Unit 8 相似词语辨析(冀教版)

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作者:王俊杰

1. say; speak; talk

1)say多用作及物动词,后面常跟从句或引语,有时后跟名词或代词。例如:

She said that she would go to London tomorrow. 她说她明天要去伦敦。

He said, "I'll go to see a film this evening." 他说:"今晚我要去看电影。"

He said good night and then went out. 他说了句晚安,然后出去了。

What did you say? 你说什么?

2)speak既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。既可指零星的、不连续的说话,也可指正式的谈话、演说或说某种语言。例如:

Please don't speak in a loud voice. 请不要大声说话。

Do you speak English? 你会说英语吗?

3)talk着重于连贯性的"说话"或"谈话"。例如:

What are you talking about? 你们在谈论什么?

2. maybe; may be

1)maybe意为"或许"、"大概",是副词,在句中用作状语。例如:

Maybe they will let me go. 或许他们会让我走。

Maybe he will succeed. 他也许会成功。

2)may be意为"可能是",在句中用作谓语。例如:

You may be right. 你可能是对的。

He may be a teacher. 他可能是个教师。

3. everyone; every one

everyone 只能用来指人,而every one既可指人,也可指物。every one 后可跟 of 短语。例如:

The shop-assistant dusted the books and put every one in its place. 店员把那些书掸去灰尘,然后把每本书放回原处。

Every one of the students has passed the exam except Li Ming. 除了李明,这些学生每个人都通过了考试。

1. in front of; in the front of

1)in front of意为"在......前面",指在某一事物外部的前面。例如:

There are a lot of trees in front of the building. 那座大楼的前面有许多树。

2)in the front of意为"在......的前部",指在某一空间内的前部。例如:

There is a blackboard in the front of the classroom. 在教室的前部有一块黑板。

2. after; in; later

三者都可用来表示"在......之后(指时间)",但在用法上有区别。

1)after 常用来指过去的时间"在......之后"。 after 常用于时间段的前面。after也可用作连词。例如:

She went after three days. 三天后她走了。

I'll phone you after I arrive. 我到了之后给你打电话。

2)in 表示从现在起,将来的某个时间之后。in 只用于时间段的前面。例如:

I will come and see you in five days. 五天以后我来看你。

3)later 常用在过去时的句子中。later 常用于时间段的后面。later 也可用在一般将来时的句子中。例如:

She came a few minutes later. 她几分钟后就来了。

I shall call on you three months later. 三个月后我来看望你。

3. because; because of

1)because用来引导原因状语从句。例如:

I felt worried because Mary was ill. 我感到担心,因为玛丽生病了。

2)because of后接名词或代词宾格形式。例如:

She was late because of the traffic. 因为交通的缘故,她来晚了。