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問(wèn)：棉花糖，你好！麻煩看看這道完形填空題：

Ive come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is ____ we choose to find it.

A. whatever B. wherever C. whoever D. whichever

答案選B。前面是time and place，所以后面按理說(shuō)應(yīng)該是when and where啊。難道wherever可以既指“無(wú)論何地”又指“無(wú)論何時(shí)”嗎？謝謝解答！

答：你好！這是一個(gè)很好的問(wèn)題，我將從兩方面來(lái)回答。首先，從語(yǔ)法角度來(lái)看，從句we choose to find it不缺少句子成分，因此空格處應(yīng)填關(guān)系副詞。而whatever、whoever以及whichever都是關(guān)系代詞，需要在從句中充當(dāng)主語(yǔ)或賓語(yǔ)等成分。由此可見(jiàn)，四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中我們只能選wherever來(lái)充當(dāng)從句的地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)。

實(shí)際上，除了wherever之外，我們也可以填入whenever，說(shuō)成：Ive come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is whenever we choose to find it. 如果因?yàn)閠ime and place既有時(shí)間又有地點(diǎn)而使用了whenever and wherever，說(shuō)成Ive come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is whenever and wherever we choose to find it， 從理論上講也是正確的，但在以英語(yǔ)為母語(yǔ)的人看來(lái)，這么說(shuō)有些拗口。所以只需使用wherever和whenever兩者中的任何一個(gè)即可。

其次，從wherever的用法來(lái)看，英語(yǔ)中有時(shí)候時(shí)間概念與地點(diǎn)概念之間的界線較為模糊，尤其是帶有-ever強(qiáng)調(diào)含義的時(shí)候。所以該題既可以填入wherever，又可以用whenever，且填入后句意幾乎沒(méi)有區(qū)別，意思都是：我現(xiàn)在領(lǐng)悟到，只要我們?nèi)ふ遥瑹o(wú)論在何時(shí)何地都能發(fā)現(xiàn)奇跡。

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一只會(huì)玩滑板車(chē)的狗，你見(jiàn)過(guò)嗎？

A dog named Norman becomes hot on the internet for riding his scooter（滑板車(chē)）. The clever dog lives with the Cobb family in Canton， Georgia. His owner， Karen Cobb， said， “He began playing with the kids scooter in the backyard and we thought it would be fun to give him a ride on it. Then we decided to teach him to push it， and now he loves riding his scooter.”

美國(guó)一男子是個(gè)忠實(shí)的變形金剛“粉絲”，他用玩具自制了變形金剛“戰(zhàn)衣”！

A man， Drew， has turned himself into a real life Transformer（變形金剛）—by creating an Autobot（汽車(chē)人）costume out of a childrens toy. Drew said， “Ive always been a big Transformer fan ever since I was a kid. Then one day I had an idea—making a Transformer costume.” Drew hopes to roll out（正式推出）his costume on mail order by 2012. “Im sure Transformer fans will like my Transformer costume. ” he said.

jokes笑話(huà)

I Didnt Notice The Other（我沒(méi)看到另一塊）

Mother： I left two pieces of cake in the cupboard this morning， Johnny， and now there is only one piece left. Can you explain that？

Johnny： Well， I suppose it was so dark that I didnt notice the other.

Whos 50 Cents（誰(shuí)的50美分）

Jacky： I found 50 cents on the sidewalk in front of school.

Tommy： I think its mine. I dropped 50 cents there today and couldnt find it.

Jacky： But what I found was two quarters.

Tommy： Then Im sure its mine. It probably broke when it hit the sidewalk.

How to Become Rich （如何致富）

Little brother： I saw you kiss my elder sister， and if you dont give me a nickel（五分鎳幣） Ill tell my father.

Sisters boyfriend： No， dont do that. Heres a nickel.

Little brother： That makes a buck（元） and a quarter Ive made this month.

An Interesting Answer（有趣的回答）

Teacher： Which is farther away—Australia or the moon？

Bobby： Australia.

Teacher： Why do you say that？

Bobby： We can see the moon， but we cant see Australia.