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1704794625 【解答】记得笔者从前到伦敦去游学的时候,有天被朋友约往 Albert Hall 听讲,事前既不知道什么人演讲,也不知道他讲的什么内容。我到达亚尔伯大会堂的时候,为时尚早,几乎听众都没有来,只有第一排上坐着有一个人,我不免要走近他去,和他闲谈几句。当我问到今晚是谁来演讲时,他回答说:
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1704794627 I am supposed to be the speaker tonight.
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1704794629 我当时马上感觉到这句英文的表现法太好了,中国话找不出这样简明委婉的说法来。如果说 I am the speaker tonight.就多么的唐突生硬而缺乏含蓄呀。从那以后我就留意到英文的 be supposed to 的用法,含义和译法。我发现这时的 suppose 是自动词;自动词怎样可以用被动的形式呢?原来是另有含义的,例如:
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1704794631 (a)Spring has come.(春到人间。)
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1704794633 (b)Spring is come.(春满人间。)
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1704794635 (a)句是用的现在完成式的动词,表示春来了,那个来的动作(action)已经完成。(b)句是自动词具被动形式,表示莺飞草长,江南三月那种春满人间的状态(state)。现在说的 be supposed to,也正是表示成为那一个状态的。这个表现法有下面两种含义:
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1704794637 (1)=be expected to,有推测,预定,应该、作为当然而期待等等意思:
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1704794639 He is supposed to come at eight, but as a matter of fact he never comes before nine.(他应该在八点钟到此的,但事实上他从来没有在九点以前到过。)
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1704794641 You are supposed to be here at eight every day.(你须每天八点钟来此上班。)
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1704794643 You are supposed to read this to the class. It’s from the library.(这是个图书馆的通知,请念给你班上的学生听。)
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1704794645 When the bell rings,we’re supposed to go!(铃子一响,我们就走。)
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1704794647 (2)=be obligated to,有应该那样做成的义务:
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1704794649 He is not supposed to clean the table.(他没有收拾吃饭桌子的义务〔因为他是客人〕。)
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1704794651 Everybody is supposed to know the law.(人人有明了法律的义务。)
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1704794653 You are not supposed to shine the shoes for me.(你没有替我擦皮鞋的义务。)
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1704794658 英文疑难详解 [:1704787148]
1704794659 英文疑难详解 154.Do you know who he is?和 Who do you think he is?
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1704794661 (a)Do you know who he is?
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1704794663 (b)Who do you think he is?
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1704794665 上面这两个问句,同是问 who he is,为何(a)要把 who 置于动词之后,而(b)又置于动词之前呢?
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1704794667 【解答】英文的问句可大别为两类,一类是要用 Yes 或 No 来回答的,一类是不可以用 Yes 或 No 来回答的,(a)便是前者,(b)便是后者。
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1704794669 (a)你知道那人是谁吗?
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1704794671 回答不外是: Yes, I do.或 No, I don’t.
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1704794673 (b)你以为那人是谁?
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