1. 【语义表述】某人主动提出用交通工具搭送某人一程。
【句型模板】Somebody offers someone a lift.
【句型操练】It seems that you are likely to be late for work, so let me offer you a lift.
看来你上班要迟到了,我送你一程吧。
【句型出处】Hello.I'd offer you a lift if I could.
2. 【语义表述】这就是你要见的人。
【句型模板】It is sb. you are going to see.
【指点迷津】See在这里是“会见,会晤”的意思。用定语从句you are going to see来表示“.......的”。It是不指定某个人的代词。
【句型操练】It is the professor you are going to see.
这就是你要见的教授。
【句型出处】It was you I was coming to see.
3. 【语义表述】某人想对某人或某物或某事有更多的了解。
【句型模板】Somebody wants to know more about something/somebody.
【指点迷津】know more about的意思是“对......了解更多”。More在这里是做名词用。相关短语还有:know little about(对......知之甚少),know nothing about(对......一无所知),know a lot about(对......了如指掌)等等。
【句型操练】I want to know more about your country culture.
我想更多地了解贵国文化。
【句型出处】I want to know more about the county generally, if I'm to live here.
4. 【语义表述】某人带某人参观某处。
【句型模板】Somebody shows someone somewhere.
【句型操练】I will show you the library in person.
我想亲自带您参观图书馆。
【句型出处】Well, I thought I might show you a few of the nearer ones.
5. 【语义表述】某件事情就只能选在某日进行。
【句型模板】It would have to be a+表示星期几的名词。
【句型操练】——Would you like to go for a picnic? ——Sorry, if I could, it would have to be a Monday next week.
——你想去野炊吗?——抱歉。如果我可以去的话,也只能选在下周的周一。
【句型出处】Well, it would have to be a Saturday.
6.【语义表述】某人叫某人做某事。
【句型模板】Someone gets somebody to do.
【指点迷津】get在这里是使役动词,意思是“让,使”。
【句型操练】I will get a driver to pick you up at the airport.
我将拍一位司机去机场接您。
【句型出处】I'll get Lynch to sort out the governess cart and I'll pick you up at about 11:00.
7. 【语义表述】某人将在几点钟左右去接某人。
【句型模板】Somebody picks someone up about +具体的时刻。
【指点迷津】pick sb up的意思是“接某人”,about在这里的意思是“大概,左右”。
【句型操练】Are you available to pick me up about 9 p.m.
你有空在晚上九点钟来接我吗?
【句型出处】I'll get Lynch to sort out the governess cart and I'll pick you up at about 11:00.
8. 【语义表述】某人想在某处转转。
【句型模板】Somebody plays the tourist +表示地点的状语。
【指点迷津】这里非常巧妙地翻译“转溜转溜”的意思。它是play the tourist,其中的play是扮演角色的意思,tourist是指观光者,整个短语直接翻译就是“扮演观光者的角色”,意即:转溜转溜。
【句型操练】I will play the tourist in your city.
我打算在你的城市转溜转溜。
【句型出处】It's too long since I've played the tourist.