1. 【語義表述】某人主動提出用交通工具搭送某人一程。
【句型模板】Somebody offers someone a lift.
【句型操練】It seems that you are likely to be late for work, so let me offer you a lift.
看來你上班要遲到了,我送你一程吧。
【句型出處】Hello.I'd offer you a lift if I could.
2. 【語義表述】這就是你要見的人。
【句型模板】It is sb. you are going to see.
【指點迷津】See在這里是“會見,會晤”的意思。用定語從句you are going to see來表示“.......的”。It是不指定某個人的代詞。
【句型操練】It is the professor you are going to see.
這就是你要見的教授。
【句型出處】It was you I was coming to see.
3. 【語義表述】某人想對某人或某物或某事有更多的了解。
【句型模板】Somebody wants to know more about something/somebody.
【指點迷津】know more about的意思是“對......了解更多”。More在這里是做名詞用。相關短語還有:know little about(對......知之甚少),know nothing about(對......一無所知),know a lot about(對......了如指掌)等等。
【句型操練】I want to know more about your country culture.
我想更多地了解貴國文化。
【句型出處】I want to know more about the county generally, if I'm to live here.
4. 【語義表述】某人帶某人參觀某處。
【句型模板】Somebody shows someone somewhere.
【句型操練】I will show you the library in person.
我想親自帶您參觀圖書館。
【句型出處】Well, I thought I might show you a few of the nearer ones.
5. 【語義表述】某件事情就只能選在某日進行。
【句型模板】It would have to be a+表示星期幾的名詞。
【句型操練】——Would you like to go for a picnic? ——Sorry, if I could, it would have to be a Monday next week.
——你想去野炊嗎?——抱歉。如果我可以去的話,也只能選在下周的周一。
【句型出處】Well, it would have to be a Saturday.
6.【語義表述】某人叫某人做某事。
【句型模板】Someone gets somebody to do.
【指點迷津】get在這里是使役動詞,意思是“讓,使”。
【句型操練】I will get a driver to pick you up at the airport.
我將拍一位司機去機場接您。
【句型出處】I'll get Lynch to sort out the governess cart and I'll pick you up at about 11:00.
7. 【語義表述】某人將在幾點鐘左右去接某人。
【句型模板】Somebody picks someone up about +具體的時刻。
【指點迷津】pick sb up的意思是“接某人”,about在這里的意思是“大概,左右”。
【句型操練】Are you available to pick me up about 9 p.m.
你有空在晚上九點鐘來接我嗎?
【句型出處】I'll get Lynch to sort out the governess cart and I'll pick you up at about 11:00.
8. 【語義表述】某人想在某處轉轉。
【句型模板】Somebody plays the tourist +表示地點的狀語。
【指點迷津】這里非常巧妙地翻譯“轉溜轉溜”的意思。它是play the tourist,其中的play是扮演角色的意思,tourist是指觀光者,整個短語直接翻譯就是“扮演觀光者的角色”,意即:轉溜轉溜。
【句型操練】I will play the tourist in your city.
我打算在你的城市轉溜轉溜。
【句型出處】It's too long since I've played the tourist.