正在學(xué)習(xí)英語的同學(xué),你有時(shí)是否會覺得Native的表達(dá)方式有點(diǎn)含糊其詞?其實(shí)不是這樣的,他們在說英語的時(shí)候,會加入一些虛詞,讓句子表達(dá)更地道更自然。扎克老師今天就跟同學(xué)們講講:英語中虛詞的使用。
在我們嘗試說英語的時(shí)候,很多同學(xué)嘗試把內(nèi)容講得十分詳細(xì),把肚子里的墨水都想一一倒出來,說個(gè)清楚。但是殊不知其實(shí)有時(shí)候我們并不需要較真哦,因?yàn)槟憧赡軙兂上旅鎸υ挼臉幼樱?/p>
Marie: So, what are your plans for tomorrow?
Martin: First, I’m going into the city centre. I need to buy a shirt and some toothpaste, then at 10.30 I’m meeting William Bukowski for coffee at the café on Gloucester Square. What about you?
Marie: I have to spend two hours working in the morning, then I’m meeting six old friends. We’re going to go for a drink, then to an Italian restaurant where they serve 44 different kinds of pizza.
Martin: Really? I love Italian food. I especially like caprese salad, spaghetti vongole, pizza romana, ravioli, tiramisu, panna cotta…
怎么樣,感覺是不是特別像機(jī)器人對話,一點(diǎn)都不自然。
其實(shí)在我們?nèi)粘I钪杏刑貏e多的虛詞使我們的句子變得更通順流暢,而且還特別簡單,分分鐘解決詞匯量不足的問題,今天就跟著扎克老師一起學(xué)習(xí)吧!
第 一組:‘thing’or ‘things’
表示某些特定的物品
Give me that thing to clean the window.
Don’t forget to take your things with you.
‘stuff’ 也是相似的用法. 但是請記住‘stuff’是不可數(shù)名詞哦!
We’re only going for two days, so we don’t need much stuff.
Every time I move apartments, I throw loads ofstuffaway.
另外‘thing’ and‘stuff’,都可以表示你將要去做的事情
I have to go to thatthingtonight.
I have a lot of stuffto do next week.
當(dāng)講到數(shù)量的時(shí)候,我們同樣可以用虛詞去省略一些其實(shí)并不重要的精細(xì)數(shù)據(jù)
‘lots of’, ‘loads of’, ‘a(chǎn) few’, ‘a(chǎn) couple’, etc.
They sent me 34 emails yesterday.
You can say:
They sent me loads of emails yesterday.
Instead of saying:
I saw six of my old school friends last night.
You can say:
I saw a few of my old school friends last night.
And, instead of saying:
I have to finish three more things, and then we can go.
You can say:
I have to finish a couple more things, and then we can go.
當(dāng)你想表示某一類的東西,不需要一一列舉,可以講出有代表性的一兩個(gè)之后再接下面的表達(dá)
…and that kind of thing
…and things like that
…and so on
…or something like that
So, your friend might say:
We went to the beach, did some sightseeing and things like that.
這時(shí)候我們再來看看這個(gè)對話。
Marie: So, what are your plans for tomorrow?
Martin: I’m going into the city centre to buy some stuff, then I’m meeting a friend for a coffee. You?
Marie: I have to do some work in the morning, then I’m meeting a few old friends later. We’re going for a drink, then to an Italian restaurant where they have lots of different kinds of pizza.
Martin: Really? I love Italian food, especially the pasta. I really like spaghetti vongole and things like that.
是不是自然流暢了很多呢?
佛山的同學(xué)們,把今天的虛詞用法學(xué)起來,讓英語表達(dá)更地道!