When/While my mother was cleaning the room, I was reading a novel.
The students took notes as they listened.
2.as soon as, immediately, directly, the moment, the minute, no sooner...than, hardly/scarcely...when 等引导时 间状语从句时,常译为“一……就……”。
They were about to set off when it began to rain.
六、while 作为并列连词,意为“而,却”,表示对比 He likes pop music, while I am fond of folk music. 七、“祈使句+and/or/or else+陈述句”固定句式 Study hard and you will succeed. Follow your doctor's advice, or your cough will get worse.
三、结果状语从句 结果状语从句用 so...that...,such...that, so that 引导。 It was such delicious food that they ate it up. The teacher spoke loud so that everybody heard him. 四、目的状语从句 目的状语从句用 so that, in order that, in case 引导, 从句谓语常含有 may, might, can, could, will, would 等情 态动词。当主从句主语一致时,可以把从句转化成不定式。