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。
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; Y h6 `. Y* \: d+ y 舉例: % B) C; l2 R' s
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The Principal speaks to us every morning at the assembly.
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0 _& I; O8 e. t0 G2 Q Tom, your boss wants to speak to you.
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3 y5 G9 P6 v( C 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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( r3 \4 K& J) n- f8 K; p1 o The students were talking loudly in the classroom, in the very presence of the teacher.9 E% N% G; C+ ^' x- G) C
?/ T* O: q# J8 I; H# Y, p6 B 當賓語是一種語言時,要用 speak 不用 talk 或 say:5 N# c& g, V1 a* a3 o) S! w
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正確: Victor speaks fluent Putonghua.
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* ?' e$ T4 s6 g1 c 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: 7 H9 V* z) k7 L2 Q
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) s0 S d7 Y7 A. \# u/ J$ y+ p They are talking business again. 1 {# U% r Z5 ^( G
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若不是接用上列的賓語,talk 後必需接用前置詞 about。# \, X+ H" O# V; E+ o7 l. w: X9 f2 `
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$ y; q9 Y! S* [& w5 Q9 p# ~ 正確: Betty and Susan are talking about the trip to London.
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- a" e% r0 S0 ~6 T5 t Say 通常跟講者所說的話一起使用,不論是直述句或陳述句:$ z4 _: h/ q2 ^5 v- \- I
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Please say hello / thank you to your mum.
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. ?* @. p+ N9 T2 p# g: {3 f p What did your father say when you told him about your plan to get married? 『I 『cant believe it,』 he said. * t. h% n" Y3 m0 [
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He said that he could not believe it.1 _1 I$ [+ \) }/ P1 [ y
( C* }; H( w9 ~. f2 I! f 可是,say 有時也可用於一些非直述句或陳述句中。+ q3 r! Z. U9 J( F
% N/ n0 {- d& c 看看以下的例子:+ U# S' B6 \8 P' F/ L/ J/ J. }
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I want you to say something about how we met at our wedding party.- E2 w0 ^$ \) v2 D
) p0 ?1 a' x. i5 n7 ~ 注意 something about how we met並不是用於引述別人所說的真實語句。( [/ y8 N6 d# j$ Q
" }( E0 d. S% k# {0 o; }0 C. p- { 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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He told his parents the truth.: M6 X) \0 A& t. Z
7 B. R6 r) |5 O5 l/ Y1 U+ ?- E He told us a funny story.
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在陳述命令句中,應用 tell 而不用 say:
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0 d6 f1 x' n$ B4 Z, C; Z 『Keep quiet,』 the teacher said to the students.
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My mother told me not to stay up late. |
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