文/陳德永
在英語中，「拿」可以用bring、take、fetch、carry、send、lift等詞來表達，但是這幾個詞的方向、方式有所不同：
bring 指從別處拿過來；變化不規則：bring -- brought -- brought
Miss Dupont doesn't let us bring sharp things to school. 杜邦小姐不讓我們拿尖銳的東西到學校。
The waiter brought us two eggs only. 服務員只給我們拿來了兩個雞蛋。
I forot to bring your things. Silly me. 我真蠢，你的東西我忘記帶來了。
take 指從身邊拿走；變化不規則： take -- took -- took
I'll take the post card to the post office. 我會把明信片帶到郵局。
Dad tookus to my grandpa's last weekend. 爸爸上周帶我們去了爺爺那裡。
fetch 「從身邊離開，走過去，再拿過來」；
The football player asked the boy to fetch the ball. 那個球員讓那個男孩去把球拿過來。
He went to the kitchen to fetch some fruit. 他 去廚房拿了些水果過來。
carry 指一般的搬運，不涉及方向，常譯作「搬、背、拎、扛」等等；
Two medics carried a wounded player out of the playground.
兩個醫務人員把受傷的運動員抬出了場地。
常見的 carry 詞組：
lift 指把東西由低向高「提起、拎起、抬起」。
I can lift the chair but i can't life the table. 我搬得動椅子，抬不動桌子。
She lifted his trophy over her head. 她把獎盃舉過頭頂。
there be 和 have 都表示「有」，there have 卻是錯誤的
be able to 和 can 都表示「能」，怎麼區別？