易 错 点 拨 自我完善•误区备考

(1)affair 意为“事情”“事件”,含义较广,泛指已做或待做的事。复数 affairs 一般指商业事务及政府的日常事务,如财政事务、外交事务等。

(2)thing 意为“事情”“事物”,不管大事还是小事,好事还是坏事均可称为 thing;thing的复数形式 things 可作“形势”解。

(3)matter 意为“事件”“事故”,系普通用词,常指需要考虑和处理的事情,而不强调行动,matter 作“物质”解时,是不可数名词。

(4)business 作“商务”“买卖”解时,不能用复数形式,常常指所指派的任务、职责,有时说的是指派的工作或商业上的买卖活动等。常用的短语有 in business “经商”;on business “有事,因公”等。

(5)event 多指“大事件”,尤指重要、有意思或不寻常的事件。

[应用1] (1)I can‘t say which wine is best—it’s a(n) ______ of personal taste.

(2)It‘s none of your ____________.

(3)What were the chief _____________ last year?

(4)He thought she was having a(n)____________.

matter   ,   business   ,   events   ,   affair

2. declare/announce

(1)declare 指正式和明确地向公众“宣布”“宣告”“声明”,侧重“当众”发表,多用于宣战、议和、宣判某人有罪、宣布国家独立等,declare 后可跟复合宾语。

(2)announce 指含有预告意味的“宣布”“宣告”或“发表”,指公开地或官方性质的“宣布”,侧重“预告”人们所关心或感兴趣的事情,尤指新闻之类的消息,后如需接间接宾语时,要在间接宾语前加 to.

[应用2] (1)It was ______________ that there would be a celebration on Sunday.

据宣布,星期日要举行庆祝(活动)。

(2)This powerful country ______________ war on that small country.

这个大国向那个小国宣战。

(3)The court _____________ the young man guilty.

法庭宣布这位年轻人有罪。

announced    ,  declared    ,    declared

(4)The little girl ____________ that she would do an experiment on Friday.

这个小女孩向大家宣布她要在星期五做个实验。

announced

3. have sb./sth. do/doing/done/to do/to be done的用法

[应用3] (1)You’d better have your car ____________ slowly.

你最好把车子开慢点。

(2)I won’t have you _____________ to your mother like that.

我不允许你这样与你妈妈说话。

running    ,    talking

(3)I have had Tom _____________ the housework again.

我已让汤姆重新做了一遍家务。

(4)He had his wallet ____________ the station.

在车站他让人掏了钱包。

(5)I’m sorry I can’t go to the movie with you. I have lots of letters ____________.(回信是主语的动作)

对不起我不能与你一起看电影了,我有很多信要回。

do  ,   picked at    ,    to answer

(6)Dolla, you can’t leave the office now. I have some letters __________________.

多拉,你现在还不能走,我有些信需要打印。(打印不是主语的动作,是多拉做的事情)

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