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薄冰、司树森教授答读者问
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薄冰、司树森教授答读者问

  1、问:< limingyan@163.com >有这样一道选择题:①Frankly speaking, I’d rather you___anything about it for the time being. A)have done B)haven’t done C)don’t do D)didn’t do 所给正确答案是D),但我不太清楚为什么,请解释。

  答:本题测试的是would rather的常用习惯表达法。这在初、中级的水平测试,如四、六级统考、研究生入学考试等中时有出现,是常见的命题内容。would rather意为:“宁愿,宁可”( used to say that you would prefer to do or have one thing rather than another thing ), 表示选择或意愿,其用法之一是后接that(常可省略)引导的宾语从句,从句谓语动词须用虚拟过去式(did),意为:“真希望……”。如:② I’d rather you didn’t take those important documents with you. ③ I would much rather it was forgotten. ④He would rather (that) you didn’t do that for the time being.

  把I’d rather that...或He’d rather (that)...作为句型来记忆,若表示现在或将来的意愿,宾语从句的谓语动词须用一般过去时,如上述例句。若要表示与过去的事实相反的意愿,那么that从句的谓语动词则须用过去完成时(had done) 。如:⑤ I’d rather (that) you had been present.

  记住:...would rather that...句型中,从句谓语动词不可用现在时或将来时。

  2、问:< chenshao4017@yahoo.com.cn > 我和一个外国朋友看电影时经常听见他说:“It sucks!”我想请教一下这句话的意思,还有suck在这里的用法。

  答:It sucks!(这电影太糟了!)

  句中的suck是不及物动词,其意为:“令人生厌,讨嫌,令人极不愉快”(to be very bad, very annoying, to be very bad or unpleasant in quality),是俚语、粗话,尤其多用于美国英语,并只用现在时态。

  如:①The job sucks!(这工作真烦人!)②Her acting sucks!③My mum says I have to clean the garage. That sucks.④ If your job really sucks, leave it.当然,主语也可以是人。如:⑤He sucks!(他这人真讨厌!)

(2006-2007学年第1期)


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