作者:王俊杰
1. say; speak; talk
1)say多用作及物動詞,后面常跟從句或引語,有時后跟名詞或代詞。例如:
She said that she would go to London tomorrow. 她說她明天要去倫敦。
He said, "I'll go to see a film this evening." 他說:"今晚我要去看電影。"
He said good night and then went out. 他說了句晚安,然后出去了。
What did you say? 你說什么?
2)speak既可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。既可指零星的、不連續(xù)的說話,也可指正式的談話、演說或說某種語言。例如:
Please don't speak in a loud voice. 請不要大聲說話。
Do you speak English? 你會說英語嗎?
3)talk著重于連貫性的"說話"或"談話"。例如:
What are you talking about? 你們在談?wù)撌裁矗?/p>
2. maybe; may be
1)maybe意為"或許"、"大概",是副詞,在句中用作狀語。例如:
Maybe they will let me go. 或許他們會讓我走。
Maybe he will succeed. 他也許會成功。
2)may be意為"可能是",在句中用作謂語。例如:
You may be right. 你可能是對的。
He may be a teacher. 他可能是個教師。
3. everyone; every one
everyone 只能用來指人,而every one既可指人,也可指物。every one 后可跟 of 短語。例如:
The shop-assistant dusted the books and put every one in its place. 店員把那些書撣去灰塵,然后把每本書放回原處。
Every one of the students has passed the exam except Li Ming. 除了李明,這些學生每個人都通過了考試。
1. in front of; in the front of
1)in front of意為"在......前面",指在某一事物外部的前面。例如:
There are a lot of trees in front of the building. 那座大樓的前面有許多樹。
2)in the front of意為"在......的前部",指在某一空間內(nèi)的前部。例如:
There is a blackboard in the front of the classroom. 在教室的前部有一塊黑板。
2. after; in; later
三者都可用來表示"在......之后(指時間)",但在用法上有區(qū)別。
1)after 常用來指過去的時間"在......之后"。 after 常用于時間段的前面。after也可用作連詞。例如:
She went after three days. 三天后她走了。
I'll phone you after I arrive. 我到了之后給你打電話。
2)in 表示從現(xiàn)在起,將來的某個時間之后。in 只用于時間段的前面。例如:
I will come and see you in five days. 五天以后我來看你。
3)later 常用在過去時的句子中。later 常用于時間段的后面。later 也可用在一般將來時的句子中。例如:
She came a few minutes later. 她幾分鐘后就來了。
I shall call on you three months later. 三個月后我來看望你。
3. because; because of
1)because用來引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。例如:
I felt worried because Mary was ill. 我感到擔心,因為瑪麗生病了。
2)because of后接名詞或代詞賓格形式。例如:
She was late because of the traffic. 因為交通的緣故,她來晚了。