What are conditions like in your country? 你们国家的情形如何?
How do you analyze the present economic situation? 你怎样分析当前的经济形势?
辨析advise, suggest
相同点:两个动词都有“建议”之意,并且二者都可接+that –clause
We wish to advise you that you now owe the bank $500.你现欠银行五百美元,特此通知。
I suggested that it would be quicker to travel by train. 我建议说坐火车旅行要快一些。
不同点:
1) advise sb. to do sth.
2) suggest doing sth.
He advised farmers to choose the best-heads. 他劝告农民要挑选最好的谷穗。
He suggested changing the plan.他建议改变这个计划。
辨析point out, point in, point to
point out指出,常用于借喻中,后接名词和that从句。
point in表示具体的“指”。英语可以说point a finger (gun) at ab. (用手指(枪)指某人)。但更常见的是其不及物动词的用法。例如:
point to指着;指向,有时与point at同义,但一般用于较远的事物。此外,point to还有“指向”,“显示”等意义。例如:
He pointed out the mistakes in my composition. 他指出了我作文中的错误。
“That’s the man who did it,” she said, pointing at me. “那就是干那件事的人,”她手指着我说。
She pointed to the house on the corner and said, “That’s where I lived.”她指着拐角处的房子说,那就是我住的地方。
辨析it, one, ones, that, those
这几个替代词都可以用来替代句中或上文中已提到的名词,以避免重复。
1)it用于指代前面所提到过的名词,即同类同物。它可代替单数名词或不可数名词。
2)one常用来代替上文中出现过的可数名词,或以可数名词为中心的整个名词词组,指同类异物。其复数形式为ones。one和ones即可指人,也可指物。one代替单数可数名词,ones代替复数可数名词。
that用来代替上文中出现的名词,它表示与前面同类的东西,既可代替可数名词,也可代不可数名词,常要求有后置定语,一般不指人。
those用来代替可数名词复数,表示特指。有时the ones和 those可互换,要求有后置定语。
I don't want to drink the tea. It is too hot. 我不想喝茶,太烫了。
She looked for her watch everywhere, but she couldn't find it anywhere. 她四处找她的手表,结果哪儿也没找到。
He needs a new dictionary. He is going to buy one.他需要新字典,打算去买一本。
The new designs are much better than the old one. 这些新的设计比旧的(设计)好多了。
The weather here is colder than that in Hainan.这里的天气要比海南的天气冷一些。
The book is more difficult than those we have read before.这本书比我们以前读过的书要难些。
辨析earth;soil;ground;land
earth意为:“地”,“地球”,“泥土”。它着重指“大地”以别于天空,但它也往往指地面,以别于海洋,大气和天空。作“泥土”理解时,它常用以别于坚硬的岩石。
soil意为:“土地”“土壤”,尤指生长植物的土地。
ground意为:“地、地面”,主要指大地表面,不论是泥地,沙地或水泥地,均可用这个词表示;也可用指土壤,场地。
land意为:“陆地,土地”。与海洋和河流相对,也可指“田地”,可耕种的田地就叫做 land,它可以指“国士”、“国家”。
Snakes creep on the earth 蛇在地上爬行。
I’ll fill in the hole with earth.我将用泥土把洞填起来。
The soil is very thin in the forest.森林里的土层非常薄。