零基础学英语:these & those词汇辨析(在线收听) |
These和those是一对常见的易混淆词汇,你是否分得清这两个“相似物”的适用场合呢?一起看看牛津博客怎么讲吧! These/those are the plural forms of this/that, and behave in the same way.
These/those是this/that的复数形式,且使用方法相似。
As a determiner this is used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being experienced.
作为限定词,this用来指定在手边的或正在经历的具体人或物,意为“这个”
These表示this的复数形式,意为“这些”:
You know these last few months when we've been expecting it to warm up a little bit?
你知道最近这几个月我们一直盼望着天能暖和一点吧?
As a determiner that refers to the more distant of two things near to the speaker, or to a specific thing previously mentioned.
作为限定词,that用来指两个物体中相对于说话者更远的那一个,或某个之前提及的具体事物。意为“那个”
Those表示that的复数形式,意为“那些”:
He did buy me those books a week ago.
他确实在一个星期前给我买了那些书。
小练习:
Sonny has many qualities worth recognizing, and the purpose of this letter is to point out two of [these/those] qualities.
Sonny有很多值的肯定的品质,这封信的目的就是指出(这些/那些)品质中的两种 |
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