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英語中,關於「說」的表達有很多詞 ,而且這些詞都是英語初學者經常會見到的高頻詞,他們是這麼的相似。那麼,大家能否知道它們之間到底有什麼不同呢?在什麼情況下,用哪個詞是最準確的呢?
請大家看看這些例句,是不是有些傻傻分不清楚了?
Can you say your name again?Can you say your name again?We talk on the phone every week . Speak quietly , this is a library .ok, 不賣關子了,下來小編來和大家分享一下這幾個詞的用法。
Say & Tell
say 和 tell都是不規則動詞,前面是它們的動詞原形。它們的過去式分別是:said和told
這兩個單詞的差別是非常細微的。
Say:通過語言描述事情 (to express something using words)Tell: 告訴別人某些信息 ( to give information to a person)從這兩個詞的定義我們就能看出,tell後面是需要一個賓語的,tell someone,可以是一個具體的名字,也可以是一個代詞。
例如
1. Where are they going?
- She didn't say .
Where are they going?
- She didn't tell me .(she didn't give me the information )
2. What did he say ?
What did he tell you ? (what information did he give you ? )
3. Say hi to Paul for me !
Tell Paul I said hi!
4. I want to say something about our teacher .
I want to tell you something about our teacher.
Speak & Talk
speak是不規則動詞, talk是規則動詞,它們的過去式分別是:spoke和talked
這兩個單詞在大多數情況是可以互換的,speak更加正式,而且如果是一些範圍比較廣的話題的話,更多的是speak。因為talk後面多跟about,這就局限在某一個點了。
例如
can I speak with you ? 偏正式can I talk with you ? 更加隨意,沒有那么正式I spoke wiht my manager yesterday.
I talked with my manager yesterday.
下面是不可以互換的示例 :
They speak Franch.They talk in Franch.How many languages do you speak ? I speak 3 languages.
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