关于这个句子的英语语法问题。

Question

请问哪位大神能帮助我解释一下这个句子到底是怎么回事：1960 was the first year the debates were televised. 我不知道这个句子省略了什么成分，并且是一个什么句子，请帮我剖析一下

Answer 1

上面的句子和这个 句子是同样的问题：
It has been the second time I came to Chongqing.
这个语法点在改错（高考的一种题型）中不是经常出现吗？
明确：I came to Chongqing 和 the debates were televised 都是做的定语，是定语从句。
分析：1960 was the first year the debates were televised。the debates were televised做定语修饰the first year，那么问题是the First year 在定语从句中做设么成分
明确：the first year在定语从句中做状语，时间状语
接着分析：如果做状语不是应该写成1960 was the first year when(in which) the debates were televised吗？其实不然，
明确（语法点）：介词短语作状语，其中含有first/second/third等这类词 或者含有way时，介词in要省略。
接着分析：the debates were televised （in）the first year

Answer 2

1960 was the first year the debates were televised.

1960是主语 ，the first year是表语也是后面the debates were televised的先行词，the debates were televised是一个定语从句，省略了that。。追问

什么情况下that才被省略呢？但我为什么会觉得the first year是状语呢？连接词用in which也可以吗？

追答

was是系动词，所以它后面的成分是表语，就不会是状语了。。。
啊啊啊啊~~我误人子弟了。。刚刚回答错了，，我要更正一下，，后面的那个句子不是定语从句，是一个同位语从句。。。。刚才又打错了。。这就是手比脑子运行快的结果。。。

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Answer 3

1960年是辩论被电视播报的第一年，也就是辩论通过电视播报是从1960年开始的。

省略了that 。1960 was the first year （that the debates were televised）。修饰year 的定语从句。追问

那请问the first year 在定语从句the debates were televised是做什么成分的呢？

追答

先行词~

Answer 4

1960 was the first year when debates were televised.