基礎英語輕松學【6】你辦年貨了嗎?

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這一講您將學到:quit + V+ing句型, bump into, fill…with…, it形式主語
    上次我們學會了殺價(bargain),不知道有沒有幫上你的忙,提你節(jié)省一點money.這次,我們還要繼續(xù)逛,不過去的是street market,像這樣的地方東西本來就很便宜,所以就別講價了,讓做小買賣的人也賺點錢吧!
    這次和我們同行的是一對兄妹倆(They are brother and sister),拿著媽媽給他們開的購物單(shopping list),辦年貨去嘍!
    (Harry is the brother and Mimi is the sister.)
    Harry and Mimi are at a street market for an hour.
    Harry: Could we go to a nice warm supermarket? I'm freezing!
    Mimi: Quit(停止)complaining(抱怨) and try to enjoy yourself.
    It's holiday time.
    Harry: It looks like the whole world has come here. People keep bumping(撞) into me!
    Mimi: All part of the fun. Hey, look at that fish! It's fresh,
    isn't it?
    Harry: Maybe, but I don't like the way it's hanging(掛).
    Mimi: Then go over there and fill a bag with those New Year candies(糖果).
    Harry: Great idea!
    「讀書筆記」
    1、street market是指在街道兩旁搭建攤位的簡易的露天市場,俗稱“菜市場”?,F(xiàn)在人們大多喜歡去supermarket/shopping mall(超級市場)購物。
    2、Harry在street market被凍得夠嗆,他說:I'm freezing. freeze是冷凍的意思, freezing可以理解為冷的都要凍冰了,冷極了,是不是很形象呢。
    3、quit + Ving是美語用法,意思是停止……妹妹正逛得興致勃勃,當然討厭哥哥抱怨(complain)個沒完,于是對他說,大過年的,你應該讓自己高興一點!(呵呵,這就是所謂“站著說話不腰疼”吧。)
    4、It looks like the whole world has come here. 看起來全世界(的人)都到這兒來了。(顯然Harry還要繼續(xù)抱怨,人太多了。)
    5、People keep bumping into me! 人們一直撞我。Keep + Ving表示動作不斷重復,并且一直持續(xù)。My little sister kept asking me questions. 我的小妹妹總是問我問題。
    6、Bump是不及物動詞,后面必須有介詞才可以接賓語,通常和 into, against搭配,表示“碰、撞”的意思。比如:The bus bumped into the car in front. 巴士撞上了前面的汽車。物體之間可以相撞,人和人相撞你見過嗎?I bumped into my sweetheart at a night market. 我和我的戀人是在夜市上邂逅的。在這里,bump into就表示“撞見、巧遇”的意思。
    7、All part of the fun. 這是節(jié)日樂趣的一部分。
    8、Maybe, but I don't like the way it's hanging. 哥哥對妹妹采取不合作的態(tài)度說:也許吧,但我不喜歡它掛在那里的樣子。Way指方式,the way it's hanging 它掛著的方式。
    9、妹妹聽出了哥哥的不滿情緒,Then go over there and fill a bag with those New Year candies. 那你去那邊買一兜子新年糖果回來吧。fill …with…是裝滿、填滿的意思,He filled my glass with beer. 他給我的杯子斟滿了啤酒。還有一個短語be full of 也表示同樣的意思,My glass is full of beer. 我的杯里裝滿了酒。(注意:fill…with和be full of雖然意思相同,可是用法不一樣,fill是動詞,可以直接接主語,full是形容詞,前面必須要有be才能接主語。)
    10、這個主意正中Harry下懷,他大叫Great idea,比good idea情緒高昂得多。忽然想起那天一位男同事問我:How about going to a movie tonight? 好久沒人約我了,我大聲回答:Great idea! 他大笑,原來那天是4月1號(Fool's Day)。
    「句型留言板」
    如果你不喜歡別人做某事,就可以用quit + V+ing句型告訴他
    Quit crying, will you? You know losing money is not a big deal.
    別哭了,行嗎?丟錢而已嘛,沒什么了不起。
    Quit yelling at me, I can't stand it.
    別嘮叨了,我受不了了。
    「語法小教室」
    It looks like (that) the whole world has come here.
    看起來全世界都到這兒來了。
    It 作形式主語代替主語從句(that the whole world has come here),主要是為了平衡句子結構,避免頭重腳輕。
    它的形式是這樣的:it+不及物動詞+從句
    It happens (seems, appears, looks ) that …來看兩個例子:
    It seems (that) he will be back in a few days.
    看來他會在幾天內回來。
    It happened (that) he met his teacher in the street.
    他碰巧在街上遇到了他的老師。