【主題——吃透美語】
【學以致用】
First, let's put it into practice. Please translate the following sentences into English. 1 我想把所有的事情公布于眾。2 每個人都有秘密。很高興,你的秘密被公之于眾了。 Think it over and the answers are about to be given later. The suggestive answers are: 1 I wanted to get everything out in the open. 2 Everybody's got a secret. Just be glad yours is out in the open. 在為人處世中,幸災樂禍可不好。What's more, pay attention to a sentence structure: “Something is out in the open”which is different from"Ge t something out in the open. " It emphasize a state which is that the secret's been known to others. But "Ge t something out in the open. " which is emphasize an action that is that a secret will be uncover and make it known to someone else . 在這里強調一點的是:Something is out in the open。是這個秘密已經被別人知道了。而Ge t something out in the open.強調動作,把著個秘密講出來,這個秘密將被人知道。
【短語積累】
1 get out 泄露,被人知道
2 get something out 生產,出版,發行,勉強地說出
3 in the open 在露天,在野外,在戶外,公開地,毫不隱瞞地
4 do something 做事,采取措施
5 get somebody to do something 使(讓)某人做某事,說服某人做某事
The above phrases should be kept by our heart. And now let's come to the key sentences.
【詳解關鍵句子】
1 Let's get this out in the open.
【Real Speech】[let's,geðiz'audinði'əupən]
【Translation】我們將之公布于眾吧。
2 I'm unhappy working here.
【Real Speech】[aimʌnˈhæbi'wə:giniə]
【Translation】我在這里工作不愉快。
【Grammar】working here 是現在分詞短語做原因狀語。該句可以轉換為原因狀語從句:I'm unhappy because I am working here.
3 Is there anything I can do to get you stay.
【Real Speech】[izðɛə,eniθiŋaikə'du:də'getju:'sdeihi]ə]
【Translation】我們怎樣做才能使你留下來呢?
【Key words】 "Get" means "persuade, make somebody or something to do something ". 意思是:使,讓(某人)做(某事),說服某人做某事。For example : I couldn't get this car to start this morning. 今早我發動不了我的車。He got his sister to help him with his homework.他說服了他姐姐幫助他做家庭作業。Additionally, there's a phrase-get somebody or something doing something . Get 加上賓語加上現在分詞(短語)。For example: Can you really get your old car going again? 你真的能是你的老爺車跑起來嗎?It's not hard to him talking-the problem is stopping him(=He is good at talking.). 讓他開口不難,難的是讓他住口。
【Grammar】1 這是個含有定于從句的復合句。主句是Is there anything,從句是: I can do to get you stay。先行詞是不定代詞something,指代物,而且在從句中作賓語,我們可以選擇的是表物的關系代詞“which” 和“that”, 由于先行詞是不定代詞,只能用which, 在從句中充當作賓語成分可以省去。
2 從句 I can do to get you stay中,to get you to stay 是動詞不定時做目的狀語,而這個動詞不定式中又有一個動詞不定式:to stay做get后面的賓語you 的補足語。