PETS-2語法講解(154)

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We must keep him on a leash.
    對話
    Martha: I'm really enjoying this walk in the country and so is the dog.
    Hank: Yes, he's running here, there and everywhere.
    Martha: Oh look, there are sheep in the next field!
    Hank: I'll grab him straight away and put him on the leash. Here boy!
    Martha: Thank goodness you managed to catch him before he spotted the sheep and started chasing them.
    Hank: Yes, we must keep him on leash from now on. Farmers around here are likely to shoot on sight any dogs they catch worrying their sheep.
    瑪爾莎:我真喜歡在鄉(xiāng)間散步,狗兒也很喜歡。
    漢克:沒錯,它來回四處跑。
    瑪爾莎:啊,看,前面那塊農地有綿羊呢!
    漢克:我得馬上抓著狗兒,系上牽狗帶。來這里,小伙子!
    瑪爾莎:幸好你在它看到綿羊之前抓著它,否則它會去追趕綿羊。
    漢克:不錯,由現在起,我們得牽著它。這里一帶的農民,一見到狗兒騷擾綿羊,很可能會開槍射殺。
    瑪爾莎說:I'm really enjoying this walk in the country and so is the dog。Country除了指‘國家’,還常用來說‘鄉(xiāng)間’。但指‘國家’的country,可冠以a、the、this等字,復數形式是countries;指‘鄉(xiāng)間’的country,卻沒有復數形式,而且只能冠以the字,例如:They drove out to the country(他們開車到鄉(xiāng)間)。英文還有countryside,和country一樣解作‘鄉(xiāng)間’,切勿望文生義,以為是說‘鄉(xiāng)間邊緣地區(qū)’之類。有時,為免讀者誤解為‘國家’,用countryside一字勝于用country,例如:They drove out to the countryside。
    留意so is the dog這句式?!甋o+輔助動詞(auxiliary verb)+主詞(subject)’,有‘也是如此’的意思,例如:(1) "I love dogs." "So do I."(‘我愛狗?!?‘我也愛狗?!?2) "I am tired." "So am I."(‘我倦了。’‘我也是。’)但 ‘So+主詞+輔助動詞’,卻是說‘果然如此’,常帶‘我最初沒留意到’含義,例如:"He is tired." "So he is!"(‘他很疲倦?!。黄>氲煤?!’)上述兩個句式切勿混淆。
    最后說leash。這是牽狗用的繩索、皮帶等,同義詞是lead,常和on、off二字連用,例如:(1) Dogs must be kept on a leash/lead in the park(狗在公園里必須用繩牽著)。(2) I let the dog off the leash/lead(我解開拴著狗兒的皮帶)。