- 有关重大事件的单词
你可以用单词的不同词形来谈论重大事件。
动词
She is going to marry Paul. 她将与保罗结婚。
She is getting married to Paul. 她将与保罗结婚。
He is dating Carol now. He dates a lot of girls. 他现在正在与卡萝约会。他与很多女孩约会。
My sister got pregnant six months after she got married. 我姐姐结婚六个月后怀孕了。
My parents divorced last year. They got divorced because of money problems. 我父母去年离婚了。他们离婚是因为经济问题。
2.形容词
My brother is married. 我兄弟结婚了。
My sister is pregnant. 我姐姐怀孕了。
My parents are divorced. 我父母离婚了。
Jenny broke up with me. I'm single again. 詹妮和我分手了。我又恢复单身了。
名词
Marriage isn't always easy. 婚姻并非总是一帆风顺。
How was your date with Carol? 你和卡萝的约会怎么样？
Dating makes me nervous. 我对约会感到紧张。
A normal pregnancy is about nine months long. 正常妊娠期约为九个月。
Divorce can be difficult for the kids. 孩子可能很难接受父母离婚。
3.不定代词
用不定代词指非特定的人、地点和事物。一般情况下，带有 some- 的不定代词用于肯定句；而带有 any- 的不定代词则用于疑问句和否定句。
人
Somebody sent her a love letter. / Someone sent her a love letter. 有人寄给她一封情书。
Please don't tell anybody my secret. / Please don't tell anyone my secret. 请别把我的秘密告诉别人。
Nobody believes her story. / No one believes her story. 没人相信她的故事。
Everybody knows they're dating. / Everyone knows they're dating. 每个人都知道他们在约会。
语言注释：不定代词中所用的后缀 -one 和 -body 具有完全相同的含义。
地点
I need somewhere quiet to work. It's a little noisy in here. 我需要找一个安静的地方工作，这里有点吵。
Is there anywhere we haven't looked? 有什么我们没看过的地方吗？
I was in a boring job, and my life was going nowhere. 我所做的工作很乏味，我的人生毫无意义。
He travels all the time. He's been everywhere. 他一直在旅行，每个地方都去过了。
语言注释：可以用 -place 代替 -where，而含义不会发生改变。
Let's go someplace quiet. 我们去个安静的地方。
5.事物
I need to tell you something. Can you keep a secret? 我想跟你说件事，你能保密吗？
Don't ask me. I don't know anything about it. 别问我，我对此一无所知。
We only went on one date. We had nothing to talk about. 我们只约过一次会，我们没什么话说。
Penny and I talked last night. She told me everything. 我和潘妮昨晚聊天了，她把什么都告诉我了。
带有 some 的问句
如果你希望或想要得到一个肯定的答案，可以在问句中用 some-，而不用 any-。注意以下问句之间含义的细微差别。
Are you dating anyone? （说话人不知情。）
Are you dating someone? （说话人怀疑此人在约会。）
6.消息的公开和发布
You won't believe this, but …
你不会相信这个，但是……
I can't believe it!
我简直不敢相信！你确定吗？
Are you sure about this?
您对此确定吗？
I swear it's true.
我发誓这是真的。
Good for her!
就该这么做！
And there's more good news.
还有更多好消息。
Can you keep a secret?
你能保密吗？
Now I'm really shocked!
现在我真的感到很吃惊！
Things are moving fast for her.
对她来说，一切都来得太快了。
