1. speak说某种语言,说某人好、坏话是及物动词;发表讲话,对某人说话,是不及物动词。
1)The students speak English very fluently.(这些学生英语说得非常流利。)
2)The Prime Minister spoke on the international situation.(首相就国际形势发表了演说。)
3)She always speaks ill of others.(她总是说别人的坏话。)
speak的习惯用语:
Generally speaking 一般而言
Frankly speaking 坦白地说
Strictly speaking 严格地说
not to speak of 且不说;更不用说
1)Generally speaking, man is stronger than woman.(一般而言,男人比女人强壮。)
2)We can speak English, not to speak of Chinese.(我们会读英语,汉语更不用说了。)
2. tell说谎;讲故事;说实话
1)Don't tell a lie.(不要说谎。)
2)She likes to tell stories.(她喜欢讲故事。)
3)We should always tell the truth.(我们应该永远说实话。)
tell的意思还有:辨别;叫某人做某事;接“间接”与“直接”宾语;tell+宾语+that从句
1)Sometimes we can't tell right from wrong.(有时我们无法辨别是非。)
3. talk连续地说话;习惯用法
1)What are the girls talking about ?(那些女孩们讲什么?)
2)Young people like to talk politics.(年青人喜欢谈论政治。)
3)I talked over the matter with her.(我与她谈论了那个问题。)
4. say说出某句话或某件事;后接从句,(但say与从句之间不能直接接人称代词或名词);说明时间;书信、布告报纸上的“说”,习惯用法
1)She said ,“I love you.”(她说:“我爱你。”)
2)Say goodbye to them.(跟他们说再见。)
3)She says she is busy.(她说她很忙。)
4)My watch says 10:00 sharp.(我的表是十点整。)
5)The paper says that there was a big fire in Shanghai.(报上说上海发生了一场大火)。
6)It is said that she has been away for a month.(据说她已走了一个月了)
7)It goes without saying that education is important.(不用说,教育是重要的。)
8)Tom is a good student, that is to say, he gets good grades in school.(Tom是个好学生,也就是说,他在学校的成绩很好。)