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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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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The students were talking loudly in the classroom, in the very presence of the teacher.
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$ V7 M' P" _) O# M$ H 當賓語是一種語言時,要用 speak 不用 talk 或 say:6 I1 z' |. S7 W. \: @& Q
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正確: Victor speaks fluent Putonghua.
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9 W8 h4 [/ |( J- X: [; t6 k 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 i. d2 L4 Q: T! r
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Stop talking nonsense.
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They are talking business again.
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! x9 N" Y1 h, A8 j' u7 Q; V 若不是接用上列的賓語,talk 後必需接用前置詞 about。: a2 U7 A7 Q; ~! @3 E
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正確: Betty and Susan are talking about the trip to London. 4 ^1 k* B) B- l+ N
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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:
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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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8 x) x' k Q) L+ o4 R9 Q2 } He said that he could not believe it.
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# N5 A7 S3 X6 p' s; H" x' V2 z 可是,say 有時也可用於一些非直述句或陳述句中。
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6 m3 P! t0 V7 w1 E) z) c 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.
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3 i. o% E2 Q( X+ F, L% h1 x 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: ; L- E, l: q0 D& q7 K
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! T3 h# Q2 x7 l2 w( h3 n- X He told his parents the truth.
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He told us a funny story.
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9 r3 X7 I3 u1 ]( u" |- @3 r$ J 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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