BUTCHER: Do you want any meat today. Mrs. Bird? MRS.BIRD: Yes, please. BUTCHER: Do you want beef or lamb? MRS.BIRD: Beef, please. BUTCHER: This lamb s very good. MRS.BIRD: I like lamb, but my husband doesn t. BUTCHER: What about some steak? This is a nice piece. MRS.BIRD: Give me that piece, please. And a pound of mince, too. BUTCHER: Do you want a chicken, Mrs. Bird? They re very nice. MRS.BIRD: No, thank you. My husband likes steak, but he doesn t like chicken. BUTCHER: To tell you the truth, Mrs. Bird, I don t like chicken either!
What about some steak? 来点牛排吗? 句中What可以换成How,用来征求对方看法或意见。请参看Lessons 31课文详注。 to tell(you) the truth, 老实说,说实话。 它常用于句首,作句子的附加成分,表示说话人对所说话语的态度: To tell you the truth, I don t like his new car at all. 给你讲实话,我一点儿也不喜欢他的那辆新车。 序数词13th~24th 13th----thirteenth;14th----fourteenth;15th----fifteenth 16th----sixteenth;17th----seventeenth;18th----eighteenth 19th----nineteenth;20th----twentieth;21st----twenty-first 22nd----twenty-second;23rd----twenty-third;24th----twenty-fourth
Step 4 ~ Grammar in use ~
选择疑问句 含有or的问句称为选择疑问句。or之前的部分读升调,之后的部分读降调。这种疑问句不能简单地用Yes或No 来回答。选择疑问句把选择的余地缩小在数目有限的事物、行动等上面,可以有无限性的选择、3项选择以及两项选择。选择疑问句通常可以采用缩略形式,如: Beef or lamb? 牛肉还是羔羊肉? 选择疑问句的例句如: What would you like to drink? 你喜欢喝什么?(无限性选择) Which/What would you prefer, tea or coffee? 茶和咖啡,你喜欢哪一种?(两项选择) Would you like tea, coffee, or milk? 你喜欢茶、咖啡、还是牛奶?(3项选择) How shall we go, by bus or by train? 我们怎么走?乘公共汽车还是坐火车? Did you go there, or didn t you? 你去了那儿还是没有去? Did you or didn t you go there? 你是去了还是没有去那儿? 一般现在时的单数第3人称 形式(可参见 Lessons 47语法部分。) 在肯定句、否定句以及疑问句中的表现方式如下所示:
Who likes lamb? 谁喜欢(吃)羊肉? Mrs. Bird does. 伯德夫人喜欢。 Does Mr. Bird like chicken? 伯德先生喜欢鸡肉吗? No, he doesn t. He doesn t like chicken at all. 不,他不喜欢。他一点儿也不喜欢鸡肉。 Mr. Bird likes potatoes, but Mrs. Bird doesn t. 伯德先生喜欢土豆,但是伯德夫人不喜欢。 I don t like potatoes, either. 我也不喜欢土豆。
Step 5 ~ Word study ~
too adv. 也,还(常用于肯定句,有时也用于疑问句,但不能用于否定句。常见于句末,而且too前常有逗号;如果不在句末,too前后都应当有逗号): I like lamb, too. 我也喜欢小羊肉。 Can I come, too? 我也来,行吗? I, too, have been to Shanghai. 我也到过上海。 either adv. 也,而且(一般用于否定句,位于句末,前面通常有逗号): He doesn t like the house, and I don t like it, either. 他不喜欢这所房子,我也不喜欢。 If you do not go, I shall not go, either. 如果你不去,那么我也不去。 I haven t seen the film and my sister hasn t either. 我没有看过那部电影,我妹妹也没看过。