“也”的几种常用表达法
2004-04-08梅陵
梅 陵
在初中英语中,too,also,either等均有“也”之意,但在用法表达上各不相同。为此,本文将一些常见而易混淆的表达作一归纳,以供同学们学习时参考。
1.too
多用于口语,一般用于肯定句,放在句末,用逗号隔开,或作插入语放在句中。例如:
(1)She comes from Yunnan,too.她也来自云南。
(2)His mother is an English teacher,too.他母亲也是一位英语老师。
(3)Mrs Black,too,isgoing to do some shopping.布莱克夫人也打算去买东西。
2.also
多用于书面语,一般用于肯定句,比too更正式些。它多位于系动词、情态动词、助动词之后,行为动词之前。例如:
(1)Lily is playing table-tennis. Lucy is also playing table-tennis.
莉莉在打乒乓球,露西也在打乒乓球。
(2)Tom speaks English. Mike also speaks English.汤姆讲英语,迈克也讲英语。
(3)You must also do this thing now.你现在也必须做此事。
3.either
多用于否定句,通常放于句末,用逗号隔开。例如:
(1)Li Hua doesnt like swimming,either.李华也不喜欢游泳。
(2)As for me,I wont drink the waters,either.至于我,也不会喝这种矿泉水。
4.as well
用于肯定句末,相当于also或too,但其前面不可加逗号隔开。as well用于并列句的第二个分句句末时,第二个分句前面常加and。例如:
(1)The girls mother knows a little English as well.那位女孩的母亲也懂一点英语。
(2)You have been to the Great Wall,and I have been there as well.你去过长城,我也去过。
(3)I can see how the language is used in everyday life as well.
同时我也看到了在日常生活中是怎样使用这种语言的。
5.as well as
在句中连接两个对等的成分。特别要注意的是在“A as well as B”结构中强调的重点是A而不是B。另外,如as well as连接的是两个主语时,谓语动词的形式要和第一个主语人称和数一致。例如:
(1)His aunt gave him a dictionary as well as some magazines.
他婶婶不但给他一本词典,还给他几本杂志。
(2)She,as well as I,wants to listen to the lecture this evening.
今晚,不仅我想去听这个讲座,而且她也想去。