文法解析
Part B
1. I beg your pardon?  對不起,請再說一遍好嗎?
本問句理應說成:
May I beg your pardon?  我可以請求你的原諒嗎?
但因為經常使用的關係,反而化簡成如下用語:

I beg your pardon?
=Beg your pardon?
=Pardon me?
=Pardon?
以上問句均譯成『對不起, 請再說一遍好嗎?』, 這是很客氣的用語。

2. Nice to meet you.  很高興認識你/幸會。

=Pleased to meet you.
=Glad to meet you.
以上三句均表『幸會』, 是兩人初見面時的客氣用語。這三句分別由下列完整的句子化簡而成:
例:It's nice to meet you.
(認識你是件好事。)
I'm pleased to meet you.
(我很高興認識你。)
I'm glad to meet you.
(我很高興認識你。)

3. 英文中很多句子都是『代名詞 + be動詞』開頭的,

例:I am a boy.
(我是男孩。)
It is a book.
(那是書。)
You are very kind.
(你心腸真好。)
但在口語中, 常為求說話的速度及口氣的自然, 經常將『代名詞 + be動詞』化簡, 而形成下列的形態:
I'm a boy.
It's a book.
You're very kind.
茲列表如下:

人  稱 化  簡  前 化 簡 後
第一人稱 單數 I am (我是) I'm
複數 we are (我們) we're
第二人稱 單數 you are (你是) you're
複數 you are (你們是) you're
第三人稱 單數

he is

she is

it is

(他是)

(她是)

(/牠是)

he's

she's

it's

複數 they are (///牠們是) they're

試將下列含『代名詞 + be動詞』的句構化簡:
a. They are my good friends. 他們是我的好友。
b. He is my father. 他是我爸爸。
c. You are very nice. 你人很好。
d. We are hungry now. 我們現在肚子餓。
e. It is a cute dog. 牠是隻很可愛的狗。


解答:
a. They're my good friends.
b. He's my father.
c. You're very nice.
d. We're hungry now.
e. It's a cute dog.


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