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There are three things I can never remember—names, faces, and I’ve forgotten the other.有三样东西我老记不住——人名、面孔,另一样我都忘了。
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My mother—who rarely gets angry—really lost her temper.我很少生气的母亲真的发脾气了。
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We had a great time in Greece—the kids really loved it.我们在希腊玩得很好,孩子们确实很喜欢那儿。
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破折号后有时加上一个后想起的东西:
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Let Tess help her—if she wants help.让特斯去帮助她——如果她需要帮助的话。
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That’s wonderful—really it is.那太好了——确实的。
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引号(quotation mark)和汉语引号的用法差不多,主要用在引语前后:
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Longfellow wrote, “Life is real! Life is earnest!” 朗费罗写道:“生活是真实的!生活是严肃的!”
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Do you know the origin of the saying “A little learning is a dangerous thing”?你知道“一知半解很危险”的出处吗?
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也可用来加在书名、剧名等的两头:
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His next play was “Macbeth”.他的下一部剧是《麦克白》。
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I borrowed Dickens’ novel “A Tale of Two Cities”.我借了狄更斯的小说《双城记》。
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It may also be called “subject complement”.它也可以称为“主语补语”。
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有时放在一个词或词组前后,让人注意它的特别意义:
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Thousands were imprisoned in the name of “national security”.数以千计的人被以“国家安全”的名义投入狱中。
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单引号(‘’)和双引号(“”)没有什么差别。在美国双引号用得多一些,在英国单引号用得多一些。
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括号(brackets)——多用在解释性或补充性短语等前后:
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Normally he had the last word (at least in the early days).通常都是他说了算(至少在早期是如此)。
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I ordered two coffees and an ice-cream (for her).我叫了两杯咖啡和一份冰淇淋(是给她的)。
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Mount Robson (12,972 feet) is the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies.罗布逊峰(12972英尺高)是加拿大段洛基山脉的最高峰。
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还可用在数字及注脚前后:
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Our objectives are (1) to increase output, (2) to improve quality and (3) to maximize profits.我们的目标是:(1)提高产量,(2)改善质量和(3)获取最大利润。
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This is a feature of Shakespeare’s later works (see Chapter Eight).这是莎士比亚晚期作品的一个特点。(可参阅第八章)
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撇号(apostrophe “’”)——主要用于下面情况:
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(1)构成名词所有格:
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