在下列三种情况下，名词所有格所修饰的名词通常被省去。

一、避免名词重复

具体来说，若名词所有格所修饰的名词已经出现过，则第二次出现在所有格后面的名词可以省去，以避免重复。请看例句：

1 This bike is mine,not Michael’s （=Michael’s bike）. 这辆自行车是我的，不是迈克尔的。

2 This is my room and that is my sister’s（=my sister’s room）. 这是我的房间，那是我姐姐的房间。

3 I don’t know her name ,but I can tell you her husband’s （=her husband’s name）. 我不知道她的名字，但是我可以告诉你她丈夫的名字。

二、表示店铺或教堂

具体来说，在一些表示店铺或教堂的名词的所有格后面可省去名词，此时所有格表示相应的场所，且一般要在所有格名词前加定冠词the。例如：

4 at the baker’s （=baker’s shop） 在面包店

5 at the butcher’s （=butcher’s shop） 在肉铺

6 at the chemist’s （=chemist’s store） 在药店

7 at the florist’ （=florist’s shop） 在花店

8 at the dentist’s （=dentist’s clinic） 在牙医诊所

9 at the doctor’s （=doctor’s clinic） 在医生的诊所

10 I’m going to the dentist’s tomorrow afternoon（=dentist’s clinic）. 明天下午我要去看牙医。

11 I want to pay a visit to the St.Paul’s （=St.Paul’s Cathedral） .我想去拜访一下圣保罗大教堂。

三、表示某人的住宅

具体来说，在人名后的所有格省去名词时，表示某人的住宅。比如：

12 go to my sister’s （=my sister’s home） 去我姐姐家

13 I called at my uncle’s yesterday（=my uncle’s home）. 我昨天拜访了我叔叔家。

思维训练1.4 Key

一、在下列各句中需要的地方加上“’”或“’s”。

1.One student asked me a question after class.I answered the students question.

2.Many students asked me questions after class.I answered the students questions.

3.Is this Johns dictionary?

4.My brother paintings are interesting.

5.Johns job was more difficult than Dick.

6.John and Mike school is the same as Tom.

7.My best friends father job is very interesting.

8.My brother-in-laws sister house is near mine.

9.Are you going to Dave party?

10.We thought all of the teachers speeches were brilliant.

11.The Browns house is bigger than the Greens.

12.The thief stole both John mother-in-law and his sister-in-law handbags.

13.They were all tired after five hours walk in the woods.

14.She told me of her fathers illness the other day.

15.He is very tired.He needs a night rest.

16.The earths surface is about seventy per cent water.

17.The whale（鲸）is the world largest mammal（哺乳动物）.

二、用名词所有格简化下列句子中划线的部分。

18.This is my room and that is occupied by my sister .

19.I don’t know her name,but I can tell you what her husband is called .

20.I’ve read John’s letter,but where are you keeping the one from Mary ?

21.I’ve read most of Dickens’novels and some of those written by Thackeray .

22.The accident was the driver’s own fault and not that of the cyclist .

23.He has been staying for a few weeks at the house of his uncle .

24.She prefers my plan to the plan which my brother offers .

25.He is fond of stories for children .

26.Are you going to the concert that will take place this afternoon ?

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