speak、talk、say、tell 都有“說(shuō)”的意思,但它們的意義和用法不同。
speak“講話(huà)、發(fā)言、演說(shuō)”,后面跟人做賓語(yǔ)要加介詞 to, speak 作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)后面跟各種語(yǔ)言;
Can you speak French? 你會(huì)說(shuō)法語(yǔ)嗎?
Who will speak at the meeting? 誰(shuí)將在會(huì)上發(fā)言?
May I speak to John, please? 我能和約翰講話(huà)嗎?或 請(qǐng)找約翰接電話(huà)好嗎?
常用的短語(yǔ):
speak out 暢所欲言,直言不諱的說(shuō)
speak up 大聲說(shuō),毫不猶豫地說(shuō)出
talk“談話(huà)、閑談”,是不及物動(dòng)詞, 后面跟人的時(shí)候用介詞with、to 等, 后面跟“事情”要用到介詞about ;
Who is talking to your mom? 誰(shuí)再和你媽媽聊天?
Mr. Chen wants to talk to you. 陳老師要和談?wù)劇?/span>
What are they talking about? 它們?cè)诹纳叮?/span>
talk 常見(jiàn)的短語(yǔ)還有:
talk down :以高聲或連續(xù)的話(huà)說(shuō)出
talk into 說(shuō)服......做......
talk of 談到,表示要
talk over 討論(事情)
say 是及物動(dòng)詞,表示說(shuō)的內(nèi)容,即說(shuō)了什么話(huà);
What did you say? 你剛才說(shuō)啥來(lái)著?
He said he would come to join us. 他說(shuō)他回來(lái)加入我們。
Say no to smoking. 拒絕吸煙。
What he said made me very sad. 他說(shuō)的話(huà)叫我很傷心
tell 表示“講述、告訴”是及物動(dòng)詞, 后面首先要跟人, 然后再跟從句或者介詞短語(yǔ)等。
Tell me if you need any help. 需要幫忙說(shuō)一聲。
Have you ever told a story about ghosts?你講過(guò)鬼故事嗎?
To tell you the truth, I don't like ghost stories. 說(shuō)實(shí)話(huà),我們不喜歡鬼故事。
另外,tell the difference 意為區(qū)別,如:
I can't tell the difference between you two. 我分辨不出你們倆誰(shuí)是誰(shuí)。
