| 1. |
稍早我們曾介紹了現在進行式的型態及用法。我們現在將兩種時態作個比較:
一般現在式:
例: He has breakfast at seven every morning.
(他每天早上七點吃早飯。)
現在進行式:
例: He is having breakfast now.
(他現在正在吃早飯。)
第一句中的has (吃) 等於eats, 是一般現在式, 所表示的動作並非『正在發生的動作』, 而是『常態的動作』; 而第二句is having (正在吃) 等於is eating, 則表示『現在正在發生的動作』。 |
| 2. |
My father does the same thing every morning. |
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= Every morning my father does the same thing.
我父親每天早上都做相同的事。
上句中的every morning是時間副詞。英文中的時間副詞可置於句首或句尾, 但多半置於句尾。中文裡的時間副詞, 則多置於主詞之後。比較下列句子:
中文: 我今天很忙。
英文: I today am busy. (╳)
→ I am busy today. (○)
= Today I am busy.
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| 3. |
He gets up at six o'clock. |
= He rises at six o'clock.
他六點鐘起床。
a. get up 起床 (= rise)
go to bed 睡覺
例: A farmer usually gets up early in the morning.
(農夫通常一大早就起床。)
b. at six o'clock 在六點鐘
= at six
英文裡表示『在……點鐘』時, 要使用介詞at, 之後接數字, 名詞o'clock通常可省略。
例: He gets up at five (o'clock) every morning.
(他每天早上五點起床。) |
| 4. |
Then, he puts on his clothes and eats breakfast. |
然後, 他就穿衣吃早飯。
put on... 穿戴 (衣、帽、鞋、襪子、耳環等可佩帶在身上的任何東西)
take off... 脫下 (上列的任何東西)
例: Put on your bathing suit and let's go swimming.
(穿上泳裝，咱們去游泳吧。)
Take off your shoes. They're dirty.
(把鞋子脫掉，它們太髒了。)
注意:
wear與put on均表示『穿』的意思, 但wear強調『穿著了……』(已穿好的狀態), 而put on則強調『穿上……』(穿的動作)。
例: After I wash, I put on my school uniform.
(盥洗過後，我穿上學校的制服。)
Bob wears a suit and tie to work.
(鮑勃上班時穿西裝打領帶。) |
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At exactly seven o'clock he leaves the house. |
= He leaves the house at exactly seven (o'clock).
他七點整出門。
exactly adv. 精確地
此處exactly置於表幾點鐘的名詞之前, 表示『幾點整』之意。
例: Please see me at exactly nine (o'clock) tonight.
(請於今晚九點整見我。) |
