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| 本課介紹現在進行式的用法, 和動詞complain的用法, 以及"the + 所有格" 表示場所的用法, 並複習though作副詞表『不過、但是』的用法。 |
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Grouchy people are always complaining for no reason.
滿腹牢騷的人總是毫無理由地抱怨。 |
Is he driving you crazy with his complaints?
他的那些抱怨是否逼得妳發瘋？ |
a. 一般使用現在進行式時, 通常用來表示現在正在做的動作。
例:Mary is doing her homework.
(瑪麗正在寫功課。)
He is watching TV.
(他正在看電視。)
She is reading the newspaper.
(她正在看報紙。)
但現在進行式亦可用來表示現在經常出現的常態情形, 如本文中的用法。
Whenever I go to visit Grandpa, he is sleeping.
(每次我去拜訪祖父時，他總是在睡覺。)
Joan is always boasting about how rich she is.
(瓊安總是誇耀自己有多富有。)
＊boast vi. 自誇, 誇耀
b. complain vi. 抱怨, 不滿 & vt. 抱怨 (以that子句作受詞)
complaint n. 抱怨, 不滿; 控訴 (常與動詞make並用)
注意:
complain是不及物動詞, 故其後不可直接加受詞, 而須先置介詞about或of後, 方可接受詞; 但complain亦可作及物動詞, 此時其後僅能接that引導的名詞子句作受詞。
complain about/of + 名詞/動名詞 抱怨……
complain + that子句 抱怨……
make a complaint 抱怨; 申訴
例: John complained about his neighbor's noisy children.
(約翰抱怨他鄰居吵鬧的小孩。)
The woman complained that her husband worked overtime
every day.
(那位婦人抱怨她先生每天都加班。)
I'm going to make a complaint to the police if you don't
stop playing loud music in the middle of the night.
(如果你還繼續在半夜大聲放音樂的話，我就要向警方申
訴。)
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Take him to the doctor's.
帶他去看醫生。 |
注意:
在英語中, 有定冠詞the引導的所有格若很清楚地表示出某人的職業時, 此時其後表示某人上班或工作場所的名詞可予以省略, 而直接用"the + 所有格"來表示該場所。此類"the + 所有格"常見的有下列數個:
the doctor's office/clinic → the doctor's 醫生診療室/診所
the dentist's office → the dentist's 牙醫診所
the grocery store → the grocer's 食品雜貨店
the barber shop → the barber's 理髮店
the butcher's shop → the butcher's 肉店
例: There are many patients waiting in line at the doctor's.
(有許多人在醫生診所裡排隊候診。)
Mom goes to the grocer's to buy food once a week.
(老媽一個禮拜到雜貨店去採購食品一次。)
David went to the barber's to have a haircut.
(大衛到理髮店去理髮。) |
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There's one strange thing about the report, though.
不過這項報導有一點很奇怪。 |
| 上列句中的though為副詞, 置於句尾, 表『不過、但是』, 即等於however之意, 但兩者用法不同; though使用時可置於句中作插入語用, 兩旁置逗點, 亦可置於句尾, 其前加逗點; 而however使用時, 則可置於句首, 其後加逗點, 或置於兩子句中, 其前置分號, 其後加逗點, 亦可置於句中作插入語用, 兩旁以逗點相隔, 但較少置於句尾使用。 |
例: Helen is very pretty. I, though, don't like her.
= Helen is very pretty. I don't like her, though.
= Helen is very pretty. However, I don't like her.
= Helen is very pretty; however, I don't like her.
= Helen is very pretty. I, however, don't like her.
(海倫非常漂亮，但是我不喜歡她。)
I know you are angry with Jack. What can you do about it,
though?
(我知道你很氣傑克，但是你又能怎樣呢？)
注意: though置於句首使用時, 則為副詞連接詞, 此時though可用although取代, 表『雖然』之意, 其所引導的副詞子句修飾句中的主要子句, 兩句中間以逗點相隔, 但此副詞子句亦可置於主要子句之後, 此時兩句間則不須用逗點。
例: Though Brad is old, he looks very young.
= Although Brad is old, he looks very young.
= Brad looks very young (al) though he is old.
(雖然布萊德年紀很大，但他看起來很年輕。)
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