以下幾個(gè)句子既不是出自名家之手,也不是出自名人之口,但它們都有自己獨(dú)特的地方,請(qǐng)你先讀讀想想,然后再看看后面的“賞析”,你會(huì)覺得挺有意思的。
1. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
【賞析】此句只有九個(gè)英語單詞,但卻包括了26個(gè)英語字母,且所描寫的景象生動(dòng)形象,通常被人們用來練習(xí)英文打字。句意為:那只敏捷的棕色狐貍跳過那只懶狗。
2. The boy there heard that Mrs Gage had measured out and packed five bushels of string beans, three of which had been then sold to a lawyer called Arthur Hunt.
【賞析】這句只有30個(gè)單詞的句子卻包含了英語絕大部分音標(biāo),同學(xué)們不妨用它來練習(xí)一下自己的發(fā)音。句意為:那里的那個(gè)男孩聽說蓋奇太太量出并包裝好五蒲式(計(jì)量單位,一蒲式耳約36公升)的蠶豆把其中的三份賣給了一個(gè)名叫阿瑟·享特的律師。
3. That teacher said that that “that” that that student used in that sentence is wrong.
【賞析】句中的第一個(gè)that為指示代詞,修飾名詞teacher;第二個(gè)that為連接詞,用以引導(dǎo)賓語從句;第三個(gè)that的用法相當(dāng)定冠詞,表特指;第四個(gè)that 為受其后定語從句修飾的先行詞;第五個(gè)that為關(guān)系代詞,用以引導(dǎo)定語從句,修飾其前的that;第六、七個(gè)that均為指示代詞,分別修飾名詞student和sentence。句意為:那位老師說那個(gè)學(xué)生在那個(gè)句子里用的那個(gè)that是錯(cuò)誤的。
4. There’s too much space between “horse” and “and” and “and” and “cart”.
【賞析】這一句共用了五個(gè)and,說話的背景可能是這樣的:說話者看到一個(gè)牌子上寫有horse and cart這三個(gè)詞,但是horse與and之間的間距以及and與cart之間的間距太寬了。其實(shí),此句可視為下面這兩個(gè)句子的緊縮:There’s too much space between “horse” and “and”. There is also too much space between “and” and “cart”. 前面那個(gè)句子的意思是:在horse與and之間以及and與cart之間空隙太多了。
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