第一组:
spend/ take /cost
①spend的主语通常是“人”,即“某人在─花多少时间或金钱。”
例句:
1)The boy spends a lot of money.(in) playing computer games.
(那个男孩花了很多钱玩电子游戏。)
2)She spent lots of money on books last year.
(去年她花费很多钱在书本上。)
②take前常以it作形式主语,作“做某事需要花多少时间。”
It takes +(人)+时间+ to do sth.
1)How long does it take you to finish the work?
(你需要多少时间才能完成那工作?)
2)It took me an hour to repair my bike.
(我花了一个小时修理自行车。)
3)It takes a lot of courage to tell the truth.
(说真话需要很大的勇气。)
③cost的主语通常是事物,即指 ①某物值多少钱②需要多少时间③某人花了多少钱④使(某人)(丧失)(事/物)+cost+(人)+时间/金钱
1)The watch cost me two hundred yuan.
(这块手表花了我200块钱。)
2)Writing a novel cost plenty of time.
(写本小说要花很多时间。)
3)The girl's bad behavior cost her parents many sleepless nights.
(那个女孩的不良行为使得她的父母许多夜晚睡不着。)
注意:cost的过去式,过去分词都是cost。
第二组:
speak/say/tell/talk
①speak说某种语言,说某人好、坏话是及物动词;发表讲话,对某人说话,是不及物动词。
1)The students speak English very fluently.
(这些学生英语说得非常流利。)
2)The Prime Minister spoke on the international situation.
(首相就国际形势发表了演说。)
3)She always speaks ill of others.
(她总是说别人的坏话。)
②speak的习惯用语:
Generally speaking 一般而言
Frankly speaking 坦白地说
Strictly speaking 严格地说
not to speak of 且不说;更不用说
1)Generally speaking, man is stronger than woman.
(一般而言,男人比女人强壮。)
2)We can speak English, not to speak of Chinese.
(我们会读英语,汉语更不用说了。) |
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