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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The Principal speaks to us every morning at the assembly.
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Tom, your boss wants to speak to you.
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/ X/ `& S7 B8 |+ k, }3 q 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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# \ y* f) V* ]: k2 y S3 W ^4 V The students were talking loudly in the classroom, in the very presence of the teacher.% n% ^! O; @9 V- c2 A/ O
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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 |4 [, V' _: u4 S6 w, ~* s: n; N 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: ; z* a1 x$ r2 n/ v) h
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$ G! C: [- Z4 N, O# { 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。+ S: Z2 x! i4 @0 M
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正確: Betty and Susan are talking about the trip to London. 8 L! R2 R' {2 U) ~7 k9 P
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Please say hello / thank you to your mum. 0 o& J% x& s. L! Z& L
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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. 0 z0 ~4 N' v7 O' L- S, B3 F) r2 H
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& q5 a8 z b3 F8 P6 k# j3 b- I3 e 可是,say 有時也可用於一些非直述句或陳述句中。
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" I, C7 f, R6 a% N 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./ l* X) s* h5 w9 W$ K# P
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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。9 o: R8 ~; X5 y6 ?3 L7 a
7 W: S' x7 {( J# \. [ 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: 0 y& S) Y1 H3 Q; ?
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He told me about the accident.
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# X( M' K$ A6 k9 u 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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6 h3 ~5 h3 O w 『Keep quiet,』 the teacher said to the students.
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The teacher told the students to keep quiet. 2 w3 X7 u& V0 p
9 k& ~9 Y; }$ }; G 『Don』t stay up late,』 my mother said to me. + p$ P' D- O0 [ W" O
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My mother told me not to stay up late. |
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