英语日常口语 Unit75:Paul's explanation Paul 的解释
英语日常口语 Unit75:Paul's explanation Paul 的解释
本单元是关于Paul 的解释的对话
Alice: Hello?
Paul: Alice, it's Paul. Don't hang up, Alice. Just give me two minutes of your time, that's all I ask.
Alice: Ok Paul, but we haven't got much to talk about. You're married with two kids, end of story.
Paul: Alice, it's over between Lucy and me. It's been over for a long time.
Alice: Paul, I heard you talking to her on the phone. You were telling her you loved her.
Paul: No, Alice, you've got it all wrong. I was talking to my daughter, not my wife. I used to love my wife, of course, but that ended very abruptly when I came home from work, and she calmly announced that she had fallen in love with someone else. So that was it, finished. I moved out the same day.
Alice: Oh Paul?
Paul: Alice, it's you I love
Vocabulary
hang up (v) 挂断电话
to end a telephone call by deliberately breaking the connection
end of story 指谈话到此为止 when English speakers use this informal phrase, they mean that there is no reason to continue discussing something - there's no more to be said
it's over 分手了,关系结束了
the relationship is finished
abruptly (adv) 突然地
suddenly, without warning
announced 宣布
said something formally, publicly or officially. Paul uses the verb 'announce' to show that his wife did not discuss their separation with him
moved out 搬走
took all his belongings and left his home to go and live somewhere else
本单元的语言点是状态副词,状语副词告诉我们事情是如何发生的,请看下面的解释和例句
Adverbs of manner
Adverbs of manner 状态副词
Adverbs of manner tell us how something happens.
In this episode of The Flatmates, Paul says:
' ended very abruptly...'.
If we ask: how did it end? - The answer is 'abruptly'.
Paul also says:
' calmly announced that she had fallen in love with someone else.'
If we ask: how did she announce it? - The answer is 'calmly'.
Other examples:
He swims fast. How does he swim? fast.
She sings beautifully. How does she sing? beautifully.
I opened the door wide. How did I open the door? wide.
She quickly finished her dinner. How did she finish? quickly.
Was going to: the future in the past 过去未来式(用was going to表示过去未来发生的动作)
Adverbs of manner are usually placed after the main verb.
He swims fast.
She sings beautifully.
It is possible to place the adverb before the verb. This places emphasis on the adverb.
She calmly announced that she had fallen in love with someone else.
She quickly finished her dinner.
But some adverbs are always placed after the verb.
These adverbs are: well, badly, hard, fast.
The team well played. - WRONG
The team played well. - RIGHT
He performed badly.
The students tried hard. (note: hard is an irregular adverb - don't say hardly)
The dogs ran fast. (note: fast is an irregular adverb - don't say fastly)
Adverbs of manner -verbs with objects 动词带宾语时的状态副词使用
If the verb has an object, the adverb of manner is usually placed after the object, not between the verb and object.
I opened wide the door.- WRONG
I opened the door wide. - RIGHT
He ate the chocolate cake greedily. She typed the email hurriedly.
However, it is still possible to place the adverb before the verb, to emphasise the adverb.
He greedily ate the chocolate cake. She hurriedly typed the email.
Adverbs of manner -beginning position 用在句首的状态副词
Some writers put an adverb of manner at the beginning of a sentence, to catch the reader's attention and make him/her curious:
Slowly, carefully, she opened the box.
This use of adverb position makes the reader want to find out more. What is in the box? Why did she open it slowly and carefully?
Adverbs of manner -more than one verb 多动词时的状态副词使用
When there is more than one verb in a clause, the position of the adverb is very important. If it is placed with the verb, it modifies the action described by the verb. If it is placed at the end of the clause, it describes the manner of the whole action described in the clause.
Compare:
She slowly decided to leave the party. = slowly modifies decided.
She decided to leave the party slowly. = slowly modifies leave the party.
The teacher quietly asked the children to finish their game. = quietly modifies asked.
The teacher asked the children to finish their game quietly. = quietly modifies finish (their game).
Adverb modifiers 副词修饰语 - a bit, quite, most, fairly, very, extremely
You can give more information about most adverbs of manner by using a word such as:
a bit
quite
most
fairly
really
very
extremely
These words are always placed before the adverb.
Very carefully, she carried the baby upstairs. She carried the baby upstairs very carefully. She very carefully carried the baby upstairs.
He finished his homework really quickly.
Common adverbs of manner 常用状态副词
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