The villageis a very different placefrom what it was when I was a boy.
主語系動詞表語狀語
from （what it was）when I was a boy.
賓從（作介詞賓語）時間狀語從句
different from的結(jié)構(gòu), “與.不同”
what it was這個賓語從句中缺少表語故用what, 不能用that(在賓語從句中不做成分)