He Is Crying
他正在哭
"Tom, what's the matter with your brother?" asked the mother in the kitchen.
"湯姆，你弟弟怎么了？" 媽媽在廚房里問。
"He's crying."
"他在哭。"
"Oh, nothing, Mum," replied Tom. "I'm eating my cake. He is crying because I won't give him any."
"沒事兒，媽媽，" 湯姆答道。"我在吃我的蛋糕。他哭是因?yàn)槲也唤o他吃。"
"But has he finished his own cake?"
"他已經(jīng)吃完自己的了么？"
"Yes." said Tom.
"是的。"
"And he also cried when I was helping him finish that."
"我?guī)退酝陼r，他也哭了。"

1.what's the matter with…
what's the matter with sb的意思是某人怎么了？
一般來說，what's the matter with you比較偏向于類似醫(yī)院場景的對話。

2.reply
reply表示“回答；答復(fù)”，既可以作及物動詞也可以作不及物動詞。如：
（1）The teacher replied to our questions.
老師回答了我們的問題。
He replied that he would come soon.
他回答說很快就來。
我們還可以說reply (to something) with something，如：
He replied with a smile.
他笑著回答。
（2）reply還可以用作名詞，表示“答復(fù)；應(yīng)答”。如：
I wrote my pen pal a reply in French.
我用法語給我的筆友回信。
There was no reply to the telephone.
電話沒人接。
（3）reply和answer，這兩個詞都可以表示回答，reply比較正式，answer在口語中使用較多。
（4）reply的常用搭配：reply to 回復(fù)

3.finish
finish+doing sth
finish這個詞后面永遠(yuǎn)接doing，不接to do
只能接動名詞做賓語的動詞常見的有：
避免錯過少延期avoid, miss, put off,postpone
建議完成多練習(xí)suggest, finish, practice
喜歡想象經(jīng)不住enjoy, imagine, can't help
承認(rèn)否定與妒忌admit, deny, envy
逃避冒險莫原諒escape,risk, excuse,
忍受保持不介意stand, keep,mind.