有些同义词的不同含义一时难以讲解清楚。要正确掌握它们的用法,可通过阅读对照上下文理解其意义。下面有几组同义词,你细读一下这几篇小短文,便可领悟它们的用法。

　　LOOK FOR and FIND

　　When we lose something, we always look for it until we find it. Sometimes we can't find it, and some day, when we are not looking for it, we suddenly find it. A few days ago, I lost my pen. I looked for it everywhere, but I could not find it, and I did not go on to look for it. But this morning I found it in one of my books! So if I lose anything again, I will not look for it at all.

　　BRING and TAKE

　　A friend of mine brought us some oranges from Shanghai last week. He brought them to me in a beautiful basket. But my mother took them all to my little sister who was in hospital. She took them away together with the basket. When she brought my sister home this morning, they did not bring the basket with them. I asked them why they had not brought it back, they said that a little boy had taken it home.

　　“Your friend can bring us another one if he goes to Shanghai again,” said my sister. “Yes,” I said, “so the little boy can take it away again!”

　　LISTEN (TO) and HEAR, LOOK AT, SEE and WATCH

　　I never liked boys, but yesterday I heard some loud voices outside. I listened for a while and I heard many children's voices. When I looked out of the window, I saw some little boys playing football. I watched them for a long time. Have you ever seen them playing football? They are really good at it.

　　Listen! I hear their voices again. Can't you hear them? Just listen to the voice! Come and look at them from this window! Would you like to watch them? Do you see the smallest boy? Look, how fast he runs! Just watch him! You can easily see he is the best. I don't like boys, but he happens to be my son, you see.

　　(文/杨俊杰；英语辅导报牛津八年级版2004-2005学年第9期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)