前幾期我們學(xué)習(xí)了英語語法:不定代詞few, little、不定代詞many, much、不定代詞most、不定代詞作形容詞與其他詞類的搭配、代詞all, another用于表示時間、代詞one, other用于表示時間。這一期,我們學(xué)習(xí)英語語法:this, that, these, those 。
2 . 代詞用于表示時間
不少代詞可以用作形容詞,修飾表示時間的名詞,構(gòu)成慣用搭配。
5)this/that, these/those
(1)this, that, these, those修飾表示時間的名詞,分別表示現(xiàn)在或者過去某段時間。
比如:
this morning今天早晨
that morning那天早晨
these days這些天,現(xiàn)在
in those days那些日子
this winter今年冬天
that winter那年冬天
these years這幾年
in those years那幾年
I got a telephone call from him this morning.
今天早晨我接到他的一個電話。
We had a good time in the park that morning.
那天早晨我們在公園玩得很高興。
It has been dry this year.
今年天氣一直干旱。
The weather was bad that year.
那年天氣很壞。
They are making progress these days.
這幾天他們在進(jìn)步。
Few people had fridges in their houses in those days.
那些日子里很少人家中有冰箱。
(2)“今天”應(yīng)該表達(dá)為today(adv.),不說this day。
“那天”可以表達(dá)為that day。
“今天晚上”應(yīng)該表達(dá)為this evening或者tonight(adv.),不說成this night或者today night。
“那天晚上”可以表達(dá)為that evening或者that night。
(3)to this day至今 是慣用語。
比如:
He is still remembered as a hero to this day.
至今 他還作為英雄被人們記得。
(4)this time
this time這一次
I will give you more homework this time.
這一次我將多給你們一點作業(yè)。
this time… 這個時候
This time yesterday,they were watching the final of the World Cup.
昨天這個時候,他們正在觀看世界杯足球賽決賽。
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