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。 B; P" Q- c8 T0 |+ p. ?
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8 W) k9 Z+ p) r1 W- a The Principal speaks to us every morning at the assembly.
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0 Y$ g9 I7 M; r- u- R j 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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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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2 V2 ~7 ]( r, l$ F9 w 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: 0 k* g7 [! o; \# f! b( n2 Z5 p" h" U
/ {8 v. m# N9 _0 @5 [0 o1 T Stop talking nonsense. 2 r9 p, {+ K2 D9 N0 F. G, i' r! a
' q& b0 w$ b6 Y# R! N, f) j6 s! k They are talking business again.
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若不是接用上列的賓語,talk 後必需接用前置詞 about。; a6 x' B F) q) [; V8 ?
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% c( R( I$ r; n# V2 t% p 正確: Betty and Susan are talking about the trip to London. 3 y; a$ ]: J- W
" U) v$ k6 z' H E0 c9 N Say 通常跟講者所說的話一起使用,不論是直述句或陳述句:3 C; U! i1 _) }' |
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Please say hello / thank you to your mum.
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, L% ]# z* q* q 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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0 s5 y t" H# f8 u 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。' v) y1 b/ I/ J8 @0 r5 E" `7 J
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看看以下的例子:4 |: U# m" ?. o2 X3 ?
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I want you to say something about how we met at our wedding party." X+ C" R3 d0 u
+ k4 ?# I3 N) b X 注意 something about how we met並不是用於引述別人所說的真實語句。$ W) F& X0 @, y& i3 J
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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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He told his parents the truth.4 A+ |, S: f( q5 b. V& y3 ^
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% {( ^) o- ~& u* ?, p 在陳述命令句中,應用 tell 而不用 say:
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The teacher told the students to keep quiet.
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『Don』t stay up late,』 my mother said to me.
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