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增強程式員英語口語總結:一個頂一百個單詞get學習

先給大家舉個簡單的例子。 比如說,大家想表達這麼一個意思: 小兒子繼承了她所有的财産。

通常情況下,這句話會被翻譯成下面這個樣子:   Her youngest son inherited all her property. 如果你恰巧知道 inherit 這個詞,也熟悉 property 這個詞, OK ,問題解決了。但很不幸的是,你是跟着Robbin 老師學的, Robbin 老師的詞彙表裡沒有inherit 這個詞,隻有 property ,怎麼辦?你會不會大罵 Robbin 老師是個騙子?那我告訴你,我不但能教你把這個意思表達出來,還能教你變着花樣地把這句話表達出來! 根據我的教學,這句話至少有以下四種表達方式: Her youngest son got all her property.   She gave all the property to her youngest son.   All her property goes to her youngest son.   最後一句是教給那些連 property 都背不下來的: She gave her youngest son all she had.   怎麼樣?清楚不?好懂不?道地不?簡單不? 這幾句話隻是看上去簡單,真要脫口而出,就沒那麼容易了。這四句話恰恰代表了我下面要教給大家的四個表達技巧,四個讓你能用1368 個單詞說一口流利英語的技巧:

Skill One 挑個大的

Skill Two 揀實心的

Skill Three 捏軟乎的

Skill Four 自産自用

有人說了,怎麼聽上去像在菜市場上買菜啊?嗯,我就是要用這種生活化的語言,告訴大家英語真的沒那麼神秘,說英語就跟種瓜買菜一個道理。  

以前面那個例子來說,get就是inherit的上義詞,inherit就是get的下義詞,get是大詞,inherit是小詞。它們的差別就在于,大詞可以代替小詞使用,而小詞卻不可以逆向代替大詞。 既然我們管get叫大詞,那它到底“大”在哪裡呢?它“大”就“大”在除 了剛才說的inherit之外,還可以代替很多很多的小詞,請看下面的例子。

  I get a lot of E-mails every day. 我每天都收到很多郵件。(代替 receive )   The policeman finally got him. 警察最終抓住了他。(代替 catch )   I'll get the doctor. 我去叫醫生。(代替 call )   Let's get some fresh air. 讓我們呼吸一下新鮮空氣。(代替 breathe )   She gets$19 an hour. 她一小時掙 19 美元。(代替 earn )   He didn't get the joke. 他沒聽懂這個笑話。(代替 understand )   We need to get the four-twenty bus if were going to be there by six. 要想六點鐘到的話,我們得搭乘四點二十的那班公共汽車。(代替ride)   Can you get the phone, please ? I'm making dinner. 請接下電話好嗎,我在做飯。(代替 answer )   I'm going to get you for that, you little brat ! 我要為此懲罰你,小搗蛋!(代替 punish )   That stupid dog tried to get me. 那條蠢狗試圖襲擊我。(代替 attack )   I'll get dinner if you get the movie. 你要是請看電影的話我就請吃晚飯。(代替 treat )   What time will we get there? 我們到那兒得幾點了?(代替 arrive ) 以上代替的小詞多嗎?不多,隻有 12 個, get 還可以代替下面的詞 (不再給例句): persuade, convince, induce, influence, sway, entice, coax, incite, impel, wheedle, manage, fix, succeed, arrange, contrive, wangle, annoy, upset, anger, bother, disturb, trouble, bug, irritate, aggravate, gall, madden, exasperate, nettle, vex, irk, rile, pique, buy, obtain, gain, acquire, win, land, score, achieve, net, secure, attain, reap, glean, procure, collect, net, realize, gross, reap, fetch, bring, collect, prepare, cook, follow, notice, appreciate, perceive, grasp, comprehend, fathom, develop, contract, experience, sustain, undergo, grab, capture, trap, seize, nail, collar, nab, apprehend, contact, reach, puzzle, confuse, baffle, bewilder, confound, perplex, mystify, stump, beat, flummox, nonplus, touch, affect, excite, stir, stimulate, arouse. 再加上上面的算多嗎?也不多,一共才 108 個。

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