VOA慢速英语:Identify With Relative Pronouns

短语讲解：

1. A relative pronoun relates to the noun it is describing.

relate to 涉及; 同…有…关系; 与…协调;
例句：The row entries relate to the destination of the outputs.
横列的项目指的是产品的目的地。

2. Think of relative clauses as long adjectives.

thnik of 想起; 考虑
例句：A driver must think of safety.
司机一定要考虑到安全。

3. The speaker might have more than one sister.

more than 多于
例句：At some time more than five billion years ago the universe started.
在50亿年前的某个时候，宇宙开始形成。

4. The clause “who lives in New York” is identifying which sister he or she is talking about.

talk about 讨论，谈论; 考虑
例句：He went on to talk about his accident.
他接着谈到了他的意外事故。