擦亮眼睛辨别清楚
2020-09-10李建高
李建高
一、take after; look like; be like
1. take after意为“与……相像”,尤其指子女和父母的外貌或行为像。如:
Do you know who Susan takes after?
你知道苏珊和谁像吗?
2. look like意为“看起来像”,多指外貌看起来像,look是系动词。如:
The man looks like a successful businessman. 那名男子看起来像一个成功的商人。
3. be like意为“像……”,既可以指外貌像,也可以指性格像。如:
John is like his father.
约翰像他的父亲。
【练习】用take after, look like或be like的适当形式完成句子。
1. 我觉得她看起来不像一名老师。
I don’t think she _______ a teacher.
2. 格林先生是个怎样的人?
What _______Mr Green_______?
3. 凯特的行为像她的妈妈。
Kate _______ her mother.
二、succeed; success; successful
1. succeed是動词,意为“成功”。常用搭配为succeed in doing sth.,表示“成功做成某事”。如:
Paul succeeded in making his dream come true. 保罗成功实现了他的梦想。
2. success是名词。当它作不可数名词讲时,意为“成功”,作可数名词讲时,表示“一个成功的人或一件成功的事”。如:
If you want to achieve great success in life, you should study hard now.
如果你想在人生道路上大有成就,你现在就应该努力学习。
He wasn’t a success as an actor. 他不是一名好演员。
3. successful是形容词,意为“成功的”。在句中可以作定语或表语,作表语时,常用搭配为be successful in (doing) sth.,表示“成功做成某事”。如:
He was successful in solving the problem by himself. 他一个人成功解决了那个问题。
【练习】用succeed的适当形式填空。
1. John was _______in passing the exam.
2. Finally, Rose _______in getting to the top of the mountain.
3. His show was a great_______, wasn’t it?
三、marry; be married; get married
1. marry既可作及物动词,也可作不及物动词,它是短暂性动词,强调动作而非状态,不能和表示一段时间的状语连用。“与某人结婚”可以表达为marry sb.;marry sb. to sb.,表示“把某人嫁给某人”。如:
When are you going to marry Kate? 你打算什么时候和凯特结婚?
2. be married表示结婚的状态,可以用于完成时态中。“与某人结婚”可以表达为be married to sb.。如:
My parents have been married for over 30 years. 我父母已经结婚30多年了。
3. get married表示结婚,是短暂性动词,一般不与一段时间连用。“与某人结婚”可以表达为get married to sb.。如:
Susan plans to get married to her boyfriend in September. 苏珊计划九月和她的男朋友结婚。
【练习】用marry, be married或get married的适当形式填空。
1. The couple have_______for about seven years.
2. Helen_______Tom in 2017.
3. When you are ready to _______ , please tell me.
参考答案:
一、1. looks like 2. is,like 3. takes after
二、1. successful 2. succeeded 3. success
三、1. been married 2. married 3. get married