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。) `& O) o# A( N. I: O2 C% c& D8 I
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Tom, your boss wants to speak to you. 9 J3 L c5 ]6 V7 T# r
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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。8 _% I ?6 Q! _6 q
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+ E% u. M; y2 w: _! K- a* u# g- p The students were talking loudly in the classroom, in the very presence of the teacher.1 T2 X; ?1 ~. E# i8 V) Z
5 s# L! @" r3 J' d0 I 當賓語是一種語言時,要用 speak 不用 talk 或 say:' ]% H! G Z A% ?
0 T9 Y& m& ~, R- V e 正確: Victor speaks fluent Putonghua.
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" \" c" y+ a" h* }- h3 L 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: 2 p$ ]; }6 S% {! L% h% C0 m+ G a1 ^
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Stop talking nonsense.
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( P( _# M9 T' g" D 若不是接用上列的賓語,talk 後必需接用前置詞 about。5 J0 c3 s" N- O7 Y8 h/ k6 B2 Q4 k
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正確: Betty and Susan are talking about the trip to London. % W: Z0 q6 c& N$ m$ a
6 n+ x: k3 t' G) h2 X5 g Say 通常跟講者所說的話一起使用,不論是直述句或陳述句:( y" C$ t! P, H% \1 C5 }
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Please say hello / thank you to your mum.
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, n6 s4 N* b6 s' S2 y+ \ 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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He said that he could not believe it.
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4 \- d f5 y2 h$ ] 可是,say 有時也可用於一些非直述句或陳述句中。7 m1 Q! }5 x$ r" q9 \
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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。
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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: ( o) f- ?3 a6 h
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+ w+ c1 S, I# i) e! B( h9 x He told us a funny story.
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在陳述命令句中,應用 tell 而不用 say: 3 y$ k1 s7 n& k' l2 ?( y% s
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) Y5 P* U" X" n6 M The teacher told the students to keep quiet.
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/ w3 J9 b1 P7 ~; w$ x 『Don』t stay up late,』 my mother said to me.
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