Speak 比較莊重,表示某人(即講者)在一段對話中所說的話較其他人多。4 c. _. w4 o. j: O) ]4 o( P, p# n" t* C" h
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舉例:
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1 o6 ]" V$ B# ]1 O/ M Tom, your boss wants to speak to you.
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Talk 不及speak莊重,而且多用於說話,少用於書寫。 Talk表示兩個或更多的人在對話。
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舉例:
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+ Z( D% V, A; D/ F/ M; a The students were talking loudly in the classroom, in the very presence of the teacher.
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當賓語是一種語言時,要用 speak 不用 talk 或 say:
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正確: Victor speaks fluent Putonghua.
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在書面英語, talk 極少用作及物動詞,除非在 talk 後接用以下的賓語:
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Stop talking nonsense. 5 p0 u' G! T, i$ e' X
1 s2 O, \" n' V+ z9 N3 d- |5 Q" V They are talking business again. 3 J( E: b: c$ T2 n$ q
7 L" ~; D6 l3 W: \ 若不是接用上列的賓語,talk 後必需接用前置詞 about。/ v o3 t# Y- U# O: ?
) Q) l" Y( t2 }; n: W& d& P$ P 舉例:
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. G6 \2 s e! R: V/ u) r& a: N6 q) o 正確: Betty and Susan are talking about the trip to London.
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Say 通常跟講者所說的話一起使用,不論是直述句或陳述句:5 d7 T# R! a3 J
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Please say hello / thank you to your mum. 9 @4 ]! h% M/ J$ I7 U( L' f
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What did your father say when you told him about your plan to get married? 『I 『cant believe it,』 he said.
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2 M& M7 |2 ~ H$ ^1 S9 N" _* Y He said that he could not believe it.
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可是,say 有時也可用於一些非直述句或陳述句中。
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2 r' X" I; y! t+ s0 _% Q 看看以下的例子:
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I want you to say something about how we met at our wedding party.1 q) B2 D7 Y4 A8 X( N
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注意 something about how we met並不是用於引述別人所說的真實語句。! ~0 M3 m$ E! O8 a9 ~, c. B
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Tell 並不是用於引述別人所說的話語,而是表達別人的說話中所述的事實或資料:
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在陳述命令句中,應用 tell 而不用 say: " z& @: O z7 U# t& E' _, ^
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『Keep quiet,』 the teacher said to the students.
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The teacher told the students to keep quiet.
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My mother told me not to stay up late. |
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