He doesn`t even know where the difference between the two lies,which surprises us all .句中,为什么那个宾语从句要用where引导,而不用what?

He doesn`t even know where the difference between the two lies,which surprises us all .句中,为什么那个宾语从句要用where引导,而不用what?
He doesn`t even know where the difference between the two lies,which surprises us all .句中,为什么那个宾语从句要用where引导,而不用what?

He doesn`t even know where the difference between the two lies,which surprises us all .句中,为什么那个宾语从句要用where引导,而不用what?
句意：他甚至不知道这两个东西不同的地方在哪里,这点使我们都很吃惊.
注意到这里的lie不是“谎言”的意思,而是“位于”的意思.
不同的地方位于哪里,肯定是这么个说法的,所以用的是where
而如果改成以下的,就可以用what了：
what the difference between the two is
这个时候的意思就是：这两个东西的不同点是什么