请别人做,还是自己做
能请别人做某事,或者让别人不得不做某事,也能说自己一个人能做好。
标注的核心时长。核心模块中有两项未标注时长,因此实际课时比总和更长。
语法
18 分钟汉语表达对别人的愿望,人和动作直接连在一起:“我想让你给我打电话”“我希望你给我打电话”。英语 want 后面也是先说人,可是人和动作之间要有 to:I want you to call me。这个句型你在转述里已经见过: asked me to wait(第15课),advised me to rest(第16课)。这里再加上表示愿望和期待的动词。
想让你做:动词 + 人 + to + 动词。
| I want you to call me tonight. | 我想让你今晚给我打电话。 |
| My parents wanted me to become a doctor. | 父母想让我当医生。 |
| I'd like you to meet my sister. | 我想介绍你认识一下我妹妹。 |
| Would you like me to help? | 要我帮忙吗? |
| We expect everyone to be on time. | 我们希望大家都准时到。 |
| I need you to sign here, please. | 麻烦您在这里签个字。 |
| She doesn't want us to worry. | 她不想让我们担心。 |
动词后面的代词用宾格:me、you、him、her、us、them。否定通常放在 want 上:I don't want you to go 比 I want you not to go 自然。Would you like me to…? 是礼貌地主动提出帮忙——“要我…… 吗?”,和 Shall I…?(A2 第12课)意思相近。
迫使、允许、帮忙:make、let、help。 make 和 let 后面的动词不带 to,就像情态动词后面一样。help 后面带不带 to 都可以。
| The teacher made us rewrite the essay. | 老师逼着我们把作文重写了一遍。 |
| That film always makes me cry. | 那部电影我每次看都会哭。 |
| My parents let me stay up late at weekends. | 周末父母允许我晚点儿睡。 |
| Let me help you. | 我来帮你吧。 |
| Can you help me carry these boxes? | 能帮我搬一下这些箱子吗?(= help me to carry) |
make——靠权力或者情势迫使别人做;东西也能“使”人做某事:电影、天气、噪音。let——允许,不阻拦。你从 Let's(A1 第16课)就认识它了:Let's go 就是 let us go,“让我们走吧”。
get + 人 + to——说服别人做,设法让别人做。 英式口语里非常常用:I'll get Tom to fix it.—— “我叫汤姆来修。”I couldn't get him to listen.——“我没法让他听进去。”和 make 不同,get 后面要用 to。
比较一下——意思一样,形式不同:
| They let us leave early. | 不带 to |
| They allowed us to leave early. | allow——同样是“允许”,但带 to,更正式 |
在被动语态里,make 后面要出现 to:We were made to wait for an hour.——“我们被迫等了一个小时。” let 没有被动语态,用第11课的 be allowed to 代替:We were allowed to leave early.——“我们获准提前离开。”于是有了这样一对:They let us leave early——We were allowed to leave early。
反身代词——“自己”。
| I — myself | we — ourselves |
| you — yourself | you — yourselves(指几个人) |
| he — himself, she — herself, it — itself | they — themselves |
它们有三种用法。
动作落在自己身上——“……自己”:I cut myself.——“我划伤了自己。”Did you hurt yourself?——“你没伤着吧?”She taught herself Italian.——“她自学了意大利语。”还有两句礼貌的套话:Help yourself!——“别客气,随便吃!”,Enjoy yourselves!——“祝你们玩得开心!”。
“亲自”,不是别人——表示强调,放在句末或者紧跟在名词后面:I'll do it myself.——“我自己来。”Did you make this cake yourself? The town itself is small, but the beaches are beautiful.——“小城本身不大……”。
by myself——“独自,一个人;没人帮忙”:I live by myself.——“我一个人住。”She built the website by herself. on my own 意思相同:I did it on my own.
很多动词在英语里不带反身代词: wash——洗漱,get dressed——穿衣服,relax——放松,feel——感觉, worry——担心,meet——见面,hurry——赶快。汉语可以说“放松一下自己”,英语一般只说 relax。只有动作真的落在自己身上、而且这一点很重要的时候,才加 myself:I cut myself,但 I washed and got dressed。
不能这样说。 ✗ I want he to come → ✓ I want him to come。want 后面用宾格:him,不是 he。
自我检测。 “要我帮您吗?”英语怎么说?She let me to use her car 错在哪里?“我自己把自行车修好了”怎么说?
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中文母语者的常见错误
已针对你的语言编写人后面漏掉 to。
✗ I want you help me → ✓ I want you to help me。✗ Would you like me open the window? → ✓ Would you like me to open the window? 汉语“我想让你帮我”“要我开窗吗”里,人和动作直接连在一起,中间什么也没有。英语 want、would like、expect、need 后面,人和动词之间一定要有 to。
make、let 后面加 to。
✗ He made me to wait → ✓ He made me wait。✗ My parents didn't let me to go out → ✓ My parents didn't let me go out。学了 want me to、ask me to、allow me to,就容易把 make 和 let 也套进这个句型。被动语态正好相反:We were made to wait;let 没有被动语态: ✗ We were let to leave early → ✓ We were allowed to leave early。
每个“让”都译成 let。
汉语的“让”既可以是允许,也可以是要求、迫使:“老师让我们重写作文”“这部电影让我哭了”。英语 let 只表示允许:The teacher let us rewrite the essay 是老师准许我们重写。要求或者迫使用 make:✗ The film let me cry → ✓ The film made me cry。
“自己住”译成 live myself。
✗ I live myself
✓ I live by myself
、I live on my own 或者 I live alone。“我自己住”里的“自己”是“一个人”的意思,要用 by myself 或者 on my own。单独的 myself 是“自己”这个人或者“亲自”。
enjoy 后面空着。
✗ We enjoyed very much
✓ We enjoyed ourselves very much
。汉语“我们玩得很开心”不需要宾语,英语 enjoy 后面却一定要有:玩得开心就是 enjoy yourself。
发音
4 分钟两个动词之间的代词不重读,而且会弱化:
| want him to | /ˈwɒnt ɪm tə/ |
| made her wait | /ˈmeɪd ə ˈweɪt/ |
| let me help | /ˈlet mi ˈhelp/ |
him、her 在句子中间时,开头的 /h/ 会消失——这是正常读法,不是马虎。重读的是两个动词,代词一带而过。
反身代词的重音在 -self 上: myself /maɪˈself/,yourself /jɔːˈself/,themselves /ðəmˈselvz/,ourselves /ˌaʊəˈselvz/。表示“亲自”的时候,还要用声音强调:I'll do it mySELF.
课文
5 分钟My first job was in a small café in Brighton when I was seventeen. The owner, Mrs Price, was very strict. She made us wear a white shirt every day, and she never let us use our phones behind the counter. She expected everyone to arrive ten minutes early, and if you were late, she made you stay ten minutes longer.
In the first week she wanted me to wash the dishes and nothing else. I was bored, so I asked her to let me make the coffee. "Not yet," she said. "I want you to watch Sam first." Sam was the oldest waiter, and he helped me learn everything: how to use the coffee machine, how to carry three plates at once, how to talk to difficult customers.
By the end of the summer I could run the café by myself on quiet afternoons. Once I burnt myself on the coffee machine, but I didn't tell anyone — I just held my hand under cold water and carried on.
On my last day Mrs Price made me a cake herself. "You've taught yourself a lot," she said. "Would you like me to write you a reference?" I still have it.
练习
32 分钟1. 连词成句。
- I / want / you / call me tonight
- my boss / expect / us / work on Saturdays
- would / you / like / me / help you
- my parents / not want / me / become an actor(过去时)
- the teacher / make / us / rewrite the essay(过去时)
- they / let / the children / play in the garden(过去时)
- can / you / help / me / carry this box
- I / get / my brother / fix my bike(将来时)
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2. 填入 to
- She made me apologise
- I'd like you meet my parents
- Let me explain
- We expect you be here at nine
- The film made everyone laugh
- I finally got him agree
- We weren't allowed take photos
- He helped me move the sofa
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3. 填入反身代词。
- Be careful with that knife — don't cut
- Did you paint the kitchen ?
- We really enjoyed at the party
- She taught to play the guitar
- The children made the cake by
- The town isn't very interesting, but the beaches are beautiful
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4. 找出错误并改正。
- I want you help me.
- My parents didn't let me to go out.
- He made me to wait for an hour.
- We enjoyed very much on holiday.
- Would you like me open the window?
- I live myself.
- We were let to leave early.
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5. 译成英语。
1) 我想让你知道真相。 2) 要我开车送您吗? 3) 老师逼着我们把那首诗背了下来。 4) 父母不让我晚上看电视。 5) 所有的事都是我自己做的。 6) 别客气,随便吃!
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6. 说说你自己
,用三个句子。下面的答案是范例。 1) 小时候大人逼着你做什么? 2) 大人允许你做什么? 3) 你自学了什么?
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小结
本课已学:want、would like、expect、need + 人 + to;Would you like me to…?;make、let 不带 to,help 带不带 to 都行;get + 人 + to;allow 和 be allowed to,was made to;八个反身代词,by myself 和 on my own;不带 myself 的 relax、feel、worry 等动词。下一课——第23课:冠词的整个体系。
核心内容结束
完成练习后即视为课程结束。此后的内容均为可选。
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词卡词汇
15 词- expect /ɪkˈspekt/ 期待,指望
- allow /əˈlaʊ/ 允许
- myself /maɪˈself/ 我自己;亲自
- by myself /baɪ maɪˈself/ 独自,没人帮忙
- on my own /ɒn maɪ ˈəʊn/ 独立地,一个人
- help yourself /ˌhelp jɔːˈself/ 别客气,随便吃
- get dressed /ˌɡet ˈdrest/ 穿衣服
- teach yourself /ˌtiːtʃ jɔːˈself/ 自学
- strict /strɪkt/ 严格的
- counter /ˈkaʊntə/ 柜台,吧台
- customer /ˈkʌstəmə/ 顾客,客人
- burn /bɜːn/ 烫伤,烧伤
- carry on /ˌkæri ˈɒn/ 继续
- reference /ˈrefrəns/ (原雇主写的)推荐信
- by heart /baɪ ˈhɑːt/ 凭记忆,背下来
写作
写六个句子,说说你的第一份工作或者你的学校:别人想让你做什么、期待你做什么,逼你做什么,允许你做什么,你自己学会了什么。
范例: At my first job, my manager expected me to answer every email the same day. She made me write reports every Friday, but she let me work from home on Mondays. She didn't let us eat at our desks, and she made everyone switch off their phones in meetings. She wanted me to learn the new software quickly, so I taught myself in the evenings. A colleague offered to help, but I wanted to do it on my own. In the end I could do most things by myself.
检查清单:want、expect、would like 后面是“人 + to”吗?make 和 let 后面没有 to 吧? myself 只用在动作真的落在自己身上或者表示“亲自”的地方吗?“一个人”用的是 by myself 或者 on my own 吗?