1. —Has anyone called the police?
有人給警察打電話了嗎?
—Yes, they have.
是的,他們已經(jīng)打了。
解析: 注意anyone和they的關(guān)系: 在英語中,人稱代詞在使用中要在人稱和數(shù)的方面和它對(duì)應(yīng)的對(duì)象保持一致。
① 當(dāng)不定代詞為anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, no one或nobody等時(shí),對(duì)應(yīng)的人稱代詞根據(jù)句子意思選用he或they。例如:
Everyone/Everybody lent you a hand when you were in trouble, didn’t they?
在你困難時(shí),人人都幫助過你,是不是?
② 當(dāng)不定代詞為anything, everything, nothing, something等時(shí),對(duì)應(yīng)的人稱代詞用it。例如:
Everything here is in good order, isn’t it?
這里的一切都井井有條,是吧?
2. However, when he returned some years later, the colorful coral reefs were dead and grey.
然而,在他多年以后回來時(shí),那些彩色的珊瑚礁全死了并變成了灰色的。
解析: ① however在句中意思為“然而”,用作插入語,常用逗號(hào)與句子的其它成分分開。例如:
有人給警察打電話了嗎?
—Yes, they have.
是的,他們已經(jīng)打了。
解析: 注意anyone和they的關(guān)系: 在英語中,人稱代詞在使用中要在人稱和數(shù)的方面和它對(duì)應(yīng)的對(duì)象保持一致。
① 當(dāng)不定代詞為anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody, someone, somebody, no one或nobody等時(shí),對(duì)應(yīng)的人稱代詞根據(jù)句子意思選用he或they。例如:
Everyone/Everybody lent you a hand when you were in trouble, didn’t they?
在你困難時(shí),人人都幫助過你,是不是?
② 當(dāng)不定代詞為anything, everything, nothing, something等時(shí),對(duì)應(yīng)的人稱代詞用it。例如:
Everything here is in good order, isn’t it?
這里的一切都井井有條,是吧?
2. However, when he returned some years later, the colorful coral reefs were dead and grey.
然而,在他多年以后回來時(shí),那些彩色的珊瑚礁全死了并變成了灰色的。
解析: ① however在句中意思為“然而”,用作插入語,常用逗號(hào)與句子的其它成分分開。例如: