丁紅艷 王啟忠 付詠玲
【用法點(diǎn)拔】
1. would like 相當(dāng)于would love, 為固定搭配,意為“想要”。各人稱都可使用would like, 并且它通??s寫為 “Id like”??隙ň渲谐Ec第一人稱(I, we)連用,表示意愿或委婉地表達(dá)要求等。例如:
Id like an apple. 我想要個(gè)蘋果。
Would you like to stay here? 你想要留下來嗎?
2. 在口語里與第二人稱連用構(gòu)成Would you like...? 句型,表示向?qū)Ψ教岢隹蜌?、有禮貌的請求,邀請,希望或詢問等,意為“你(們)想要……嗎?”它比“Do you want...?”要客氣、禮貌得多。后可接名詞、代詞、不定式作賓語,但習(xí)慣上不接動名詞形式。例如:
Would you like another cup of tea? 你想要再喝杯茶嗎?
【回答方式】
回答Would you like...?句型時(shí),肯定答語多用Yes, please. / Id (Wed) like (love) to. / Certainly. / Yes, thank you. ;否定答語多用No, thank you. / No, thanks. / Sorry, I...。例如:
—Would you like to go to the cinema with us? 你愿意和我們一起去看電影嗎?
—Yes, Id like to. 好的。
—Would you like to attend his birthday party tonight? 你今晚去參加他的生日聚會嗎?
—Sorry, Id like to, (but) I have an important meeting to attend. 對不起,我有個(gè)重要的會議要參加。
小試牛刀
()1. —Would you like to come to dinner tonight?
—Id like to, ______ Im too busy.
A. and B. if C. but D. so
()2. —Would you like me to call a taxi for you?
、—______, but my driver is coming to meet me
here. Thank you just the same.
A. Please do B. No, I neednt
C. I think so D. Its very kind of you
()3. —Your coffee smells good!
—Its from Canada. Would you like ______?
A. it B. some C. this D. little
()4. —Could you give me a hand, please?
—Sure. What would you like me ____?
A. doing B. does C. do D. to do
()5. —Would you like to go for a walk with us?
—______, but Im busy.
A. No, I cant B. Yes, I will
C. Id love to D. I like
Keys: 1~5 CDBDC
走進(jìn)"大"家,細(xì)辨不同
big, large, great都有“大”的意思,但是它們的含義與用法有所不同。
1. big“大的”,反義詞是little;既可以用來指具體事物,表示體積之大;也可以用來指抽象的事物,表示“巨大,偉大,重要”等意思。例如:
He is a big man.他是個(gè)大人物。
That is a big desk.那是一張大寫字臺。
China is a big country.中國是個(gè)大國。(強(qiáng)調(diào)實(shí)力)
2. large“大的”,反義詞是small,多用來指具體的事物,表示面積之大。例如:
He had a large family to support. 他要養(yǎng)活一個(gè)人口眾多的家庭。
He wanted to set up a factory and bought a large land. 他想建個(gè)廠,他買了一大塊地。
China is a large country. 中國是個(gè)大國。(強(qiáng)調(diào)面積)
3. great“巨大的,偉大的,重大的”,反義詞是little, small,除指數(shù)量、體積等具體物體的“大”外,主要用來指抽象意義上的“大”。例如:
She has made great progress. 她取得了很大進(jìn)步。
He was a great man. 他是個(gè)偉人。
China is a great country. 中國是個(gè)大國。(強(qiáng)調(diào)偉大)
【考查熱點(diǎn)】 big, large, great都可以用作形容詞,在句子中作表語或作定語,但它們所強(qiáng)調(diào)的著重點(diǎn)有所不同:big和large常用來表示具體的事物,統(tǒng)稱“大”時(shí),可以互換使用,口語中常使用big;great常用來表示抽象意義的“大”。
【小試牛刀】 從括號中選擇正確的詞語填空。
1. My bedroom is small and your bedroom is ________
(big, large, great).
2. —What about playing basketball after school?
—Thats ________ (big, large, great).
3. Your school yard (校園) is very _______
(big, large, great), ours is very small.
Keys: 1. big2. great3. large
說說fish
提起fish,它給人們的第一印象便是指“魚”,實(shí)際上它的用法并非如此簡單。fish用作可數(shù)名詞指“魚的條數(shù)”時(shí)單數(shù)和復(fù)數(shù)形式相同(two fish兩條魚),指“魚的種類”時(shí)復(fù)數(shù)形式才為fishes(two fishes兩種魚);fish用作不可數(shù)名詞時(shí)無復(fù)數(shù)形式,應(yīng)作“魚肉”解;fish用作動詞時(shí),它的含義又與“釣(捕)魚”有關(guān)(go fishing去釣魚)。例如:
There are five fish in the fishbowl. 魚缸里有5條魚。
There are five fishes in the fishbowl. 魚缸里有5種魚。
Help yourself to some fish. 隨便吃些魚。
There is some fish in the plate. 盤子里有一些魚肉。
Do you often fish on Sundays? 星期天你經(jīng)常去釣魚嗎?
在英語口語里,fish還常常被用來指“人”,類似于漢語里的“家伙、東西”等。例如:
a poor fish(可憐蟲),a big fish(大亨),a cool fish(無恥之徒),a strange fish(奇人、怪人),a loose fish(放蕩鬼)等。但必須注意的是,fish用來指人時(shí)形象雖然鮮明,但往往含有貶義。
由fish構(gòu)成的習(xí)語也非常生動有趣。如:fish in the air本意為“空中釣魚”,喻指“方法(向)不對而達(dá)不到目的”,相當(dāng)于漢語中的成語“緣木求魚”。又如:like a fish out of water喻指“如魚離水、感到生疏”;feel the fishes喻指“葬身魚腹,暈船”。
【小試牛刀】
學(xué)習(xí)了fish 的用法,讓我們試試翻譯下面的句子吧:
1. Never offer to teach fish to swim.
2. The best fish smell bad when they are three days old.
3. He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.
4. Theres as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
Keys:
1. 不要班門弄斧。(原意為:不要教魚游泳。)
2. 久居別家招人嫌。(原意為:魚過三天就要臭。)
3. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子。(原意為:捉魚不要怕鞋濕。)
4.縱然失去一個(gè)機(jī)會,不愁沒有其他機(jī)會。(原意為:海里的好魚是取之不盡的。)