童话英语(2) |
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/02/19 20:03 世博英语 |
今天的课程中,您将学到: ask…for…; or 【英汉对照】 When the fisherman got home, he saw his wife standing outside a beautiful new house with a small garden beside it. They were happy there for a few weeks, until one day the wife said to the husband, "This house isn't big enough for us now. Go down to the little fish and ask him for a bigger one." 当渔夫到家时,看到自己的妻子站在一座漂亮的房子外面,旁边还有一个小花园。(他的愿望达成了!)他们过了几个星期快乐的日子,直到有一天妻子对他说:"这房子不够住了,你去告诉他给我们一个更大的。" 【世博串讲】 人是永远都不会满足的,所以学会提要求很重要,只是千万不要像这个老太婆一样,光顾这给别人提要求,那就太过分了哦。 ask sb for sth, to make a request for(sth)or to (someone)要求,请求。 She asked (me) for a drink.她请求(我)给她一杯水。 不过,在世博英语,我们却可以承诺: You can ask us for anything about learning English. 千万别跟我们客气哦! 【世博小补贴】 既然大家这么看得起我,索性就再教大家几个带有ask的实用短句: 1、Don't ask me! "Where's Tom?" "Don't ask me!" Tom在哪?别问我!(我怎么知道!) 显得有些不太客气是吧,所以,这句话只能在比较熟的朋友之间使用哦。 2、You may well ask! "What crazy scheme has he got in mind now?" "You may well ask!" (=that's a good question because it certainly is something crazy.)他现在又在考虑什么疯狂计划?你问得好! 3、If you ask me. "I think he likes her." "If you ask me, he's in love."我觉得他喜欢她。照我看,他是在恋爱呢! 看了前面的故事,你可能会说: If you ask me, I think the fisherman is a coward. 不要着急,他马上就要发表意见了。 【英汉对照】 "That's not right," said the fisherman. "He has already given us this new house. I can't ask him for more." "Right or not, you must go and ask him," shouted his wife. "Or there'll be no dinner for you tonight." "这是不对的,"渔夫说。"他已经给了我们一座新房子,我不能再要求更多了。""我不管什么对错,总之你必须去问他要,"他的妻子叫喊道。"否则你今晚就不要吃饭了!" 【世博串讲】 "人是铁,饭是钢,一顿不吃饿得慌",看来丈夫们都受不了这一招,所以各位美眉,想要把老公训得服服帖帖,一定要记住下面这句哦。 Or there'll be no dinner for you tonight. Or在这里不表示或者的意思,而是if not; otherwise否则,要不然。 当然,也不能总是一副冷面孔,适当的时候也要表现一下我们的温柔体贴: Wear you coat or you'll be cold. 穿上衣服,要不你会觉得冷。 可是,如果他软硬不吃,就要给他最后通牒了: Either say you're sorry or get out. 要不(你)道歉,要不滚出去。 Or经常与either连用,表示要不……要不。 好了,不能再扇风点火了,呵呵……希望大家都家庭和睦,永远不要用到这两句话才好! 【世博小补贴】 此外,or还有一个用法:or can be used when you want to limit or correct something you have said,当你要对你所说的话加以限定或更正时,可用or。比如: It's going to snow tomorrow, or that's what the forecast says. 明天要下雪,确切的说,天气预报是这么说的。 (这样就算没下雪,也不会落下埋怨了嘛!) He is, or was, a very famous writer. 他是,准确的说,他过去是一位非常有名的作家。 【世博语法小教室】 bigger是big的比较级,意思是更大的。one指得就是house,在这里用one代替house是为了避免重复。 (未完待续) |
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