◎ when有時可表示and then或at that time/moment,意為“這時突然,就在那時”,引導的從句要放在主句后。
He was just going out when the telephone rang. 他剛要出去,電話就響了。(=and just then)
She was walking down the road when she heard someone singing. 她正在路上走著,突然聽見有人在唱歌。(=and at that time)
He was reading a book when he saw a bird flying past the window. 他正在讀書,這時看見一只鳥從窗前飛過。(=and at that moment)
He left the army in 2001,when he went back to his hometown. 他是2001年退伍的,而后回了家鄉(xiāng)。