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Helen: Dad, Khalid likes the room, and he wants to move in, but he wants to know if you can knock a bit off the rent.
Helen's dad: Helen, you know I can't allow it. Everybody has to pay the same.
Helen: I know dad, but we put the advert in the Gazette for 2 weeks, and he's the only person who's anywhere near suitable. It's going to cost a fortune if you have to keep advertising.
Helen's dad: But why couldn't you find anybody through the ad?
Helen: I don't know dad, I can't make people call. All I know is, Khalid's just right for the room, but if you want him to move in, you'll have to let him have a discount.
Helen's dad: Well, I suppose I could let him have a small reduction. But what are you going to say to Alice and Tim?
Vocabulary 詞匯
knock a bit off 稍微減少 reduce slightly
to cost a fortune 花一大筆錢 to be very expensive
keep on 繼續(xù) (v) continue
本單元的語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)是關(guān)于 Make, Let, Allow 的用法，請(qǐng)看下面的解釋和例句
Make, Let, Allow
Make - active fomp3 主動(dòng)形式 The verb 'make' has several meanings in English. When Helen says 'I can't make people call', she means that she cannot force people to call; she does not have the power to control or change the situation.
When 'make' means 'force' or 'control', in the active fomp3, it is followed by an object and the bare infinitive (原形不定式/不帶'to'的不定式，infinitive without 'to').
Be careful: in the active fomp3, 'make' is NOT followed by 'to', and it is NOT followed by an -ing fomp3: The teacher made us to do our homework -WRONG The teacher made us doing our homework -WRONG The teacher made us do our homework –RIGHT
Make - passive fomp3 被動(dòng)形式 When 'make' means 'force', in the passive from, it is followed by the infinitive with 'to'.
Let 容許,讓 If you 'let' somebody do something, you give pemp3ission or you allow them to do something. Helen says 'if you want him to move in, you'll have to let him have a discount.'
When 'let' means 'allow' or 'give pemp3ission', it is followed by an object and the bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to').
Be careful: 'let' is NOT followed by 'to', and it is NOT followed by an -ing fomp3: The teacher let us to leave early - WRONG The teacher let us leaving early - WRONG The teacher let us leave early – RIGHT
Allow 準(zhǔn)許,許可;允許 Allow has a similar meaning to 'let'. When Helen's dad says 'Helen, you know I can't allow it.' He means that he can't give pemp3ission.
Allow can be used in 2 ways:
1. It is followed by an object. The object can be a noun, or it can be an -ing fomp3.
2. It is followed by an object (noun or pronoun) and the infinitive with 'to'.
Be careful: in this pattern, the object is NOT followed by an -ing fomp3:
The teacher allowed us leaving early - WRONG The teacher allowed us to leaving early - WRONG The teacher allowed us to leave early - RIGHT
Passive fomp3s are also possible.
Smoking is not allowed in this building You are not allowed to smoke in this building
Vocabulary 詞匯
knock a bit off 稍微減少 reduce slightly
to cost a fortune 花一大筆錢 to be very expensive
keep on 繼續(xù) (v) continue
本單元的語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)是關(guān)于 Make, Let, Allow 的用法，請(qǐng)看下面的解釋和例句
Make, Let, Allow
Make - active fomp3 主動(dòng)形式 The verb 'make' has several meanings in English. When Helen says 'I can't make people call', she means that she cannot force people to call; she does not have the power to control or change the situation.
When 'make' means 'force' or 'control', in the active fomp3, it is followed by an object and the bare infinitive (原形不定式/不帶'to'的不定式，infinitive without 'to').
Be careful: in the active fomp3, 'make' is NOT followed by 'to', and it is NOT followed by an -ing fomp3: The teacher made us to do our homework -WRONG The teacher made us doing our homework -WRONG The teacher made us do our homework –RIGHT
Make - passive fomp3 被動(dòng)形式 When 'make' means 'force', in the passive from, it is followed by the infinitive with 'to'.
Let 容許,讓 If you 'let' somebody do something, you give pemp3ission or you allow them to do something. Helen says 'if you want him to move in, you'll have to let him have a discount.'
When 'let' means 'allow' or 'give pemp3ission', it is followed by an object and the bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to').
Be careful: 'let' is NOT followed by 'to', and it is NOT followed by an -ing fomp3: The teacher let us to leave early - WRONG The teacher let us leaving early - WRONG The teacher let us leave early – RIGHT
Allow 準(zhǔn)許,許可;允許 Allow has a similar meaning to 'let'. When Helen's dad says 'Helen, you know I can't allow it.' He means that he can't give pemp3ission.
Allow can be used in 2 ways:
1. It is followed by an object. The object can be a noun, or it can be an -ing fomp3.
2. It is followed by an object (noun or pronoun) and the infinitive with 'to'.
Be careful: in this pattern, the object is NOT followed by an -ing fomp3:
The teacher allowed us leaving early - WRONG The teacher allowed us to leaving early - WRONG The teacher allowed us to leave early - RIGHT
Passive fomp3s are also possible.
Smoking is not allowed in this building You are not allowed to smoke in this building