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Language tip
in a few days' time 此短语中的in是指“过若干时间”、“在……以后”,和将来时一起用,后接时间长度,如:I’ll be back in two hours. 我两个小时之后回来(不可用after)。注意名词的复数后的s’, 如:a ten minutes' rest 十分钟的休息。His birthday is in two weeks’ time. 他生日还有两周的时间。
separate ①形容词,意思是“单独的”、“各自的”: The children sleep in separate beds. ②动词,后面常接介词from,表示“使分开,使分离” : The two friends separated at the crossroads. 两个朋友在十字路口分手了。It is not difficult to separate British English from American English. 区分英国英语和美国英语并不困难。
When are you going off to Guangzhou? 用进行时表示将来,通常是一些按计划安排即将发生的动作,这样的动词有 go, come, stay, leave, arrive,start,die等,而且常用表示将来的时间状语。如:I’m leaving for Shanghai tomorrow.
see sb. off 的意思是“送某人,给某人送行”,后面如果接代词,则必须放在off前;若后接名词,则既可在off前,也可在off后。如:He went to the station to see his friend off. 他去车站给朋友送行。
take表示“搭、乘(车、船)”,后面可接a taxi/a train/a bus等。如:I took a taxi to the station. 我搭出租车到车站。I'll take the next train to Liverpool. 我准备搭下一班火车到利物浦。 Let's take the stairs. 我们走楼梯吧。
Do give her my regards. 助动词do放在动词原形前面,可以用于肯定句或祈使句,表示强调,译作“务必,一定,确实”。例如:Do remember the rules of the game! 一定要记住游戏规则!He does speak English well. 他的英语说得确实好。He did tell me that he would come. 他真的告诉过我他要来。
by train“乘火车”。by表示旅行的方式,后接交通工具。如:He'll take a taxi there.= He'll go there by taxi. 他将乘出租车去那儿。I go to school by bike, but my father goes to his office by car. 我骑车上学,但我爸爸开车上班。注意:by 后面的名词为单数且不用冠词修饰。对比:I go to school on my bike.
say hi/hello to sb. 向某人问候。类似结构还有:向某人告别 say Good-bye to sb., 向某人道歉 say sorry to sb.,拒绝我的计划 say no to my plan 等。
The same to you. 是用在听到对方良好祝愿之后的答语,在不同的交际场合表示不同的意义,大致意思就是“你也一样…,同样祝你…”。如:I wish you good luck! 祝你好运!The same to you. 也祝你好运。
guide作名词时表示“向导,导游,指南”,作动词时意思是“为……带路,指引”。如:The visitors need a guide to show them the city. 观光者们需要一位导游领他们游览这座城市。The boy will guide you to the top of the mountain. 这孩子将把你带到山顶。
区别through与across。它们都是介词,作“穿过”讲,through的含义与in有关,表示动作在某物体的空间内进行;across的含义与on有关,表示动作是在某物体的表面进行的。常用的搭配有:through the forest (valley, crowd, window, tunnel) 穿过树林(山谷,人群,窗户,隧道) across the river (plain, desert, sky, sea) 穿过河流(平原,沙漠,天空,海洋)
tie…to 意为“把……拴到……上”。如:Don't tie the horse to the tree. Tie it to the post. 别把马拴到树上,拴到柱子上。The robber tied the owner of the house to a chair. 那个强盗把房主绑在椅子上。
It is wrong to eat monkeys. “吃猴子是不对的”, 句首的it叫做形式主语,不定式短语to eat monkeys才是真正主语。为了避免头重脚轻,英语中经常用it作形式主语,而真正的主语通常为不定式,-ing形式或从句。如:It is impossible for me to finish so much work in such a short time. 在这么短的时间里完成这么多工作对于我来说是不可能的。It is no use quarrelling with him. 和他争吵没用处。It is necessary that you should speak English in and after class. 在课内外说英语是必需的。
see sb. doing sth. 意思是“看见某人正在做某事”,强调看见某个动作正在进行;see sb. do sth.意为“看见某人做了某事”,强调看见了整个动作的过程,如:I saw him crossing the street now. 我看见他正在过马路。I saw him cross the street. 我看见他过了马路。 |
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