His father died the year that he was born.这句话中国为什么不是 in the

有些时间短语可以直接当状语,这里就是当状语,比如说morning 这个词,我们可以把它前置说 In the morning,i did some housework。当我们后置它,说i did some housework this morning,看到了吗,道理是一样的,这和这些时间短语的位置有关。一般我们看到的句子都是前置时会加介词,后置直接用。