介词妙用几例

介词是我们学英语的一大难点。我们先要意识到一件事,才会看到。

下面看几段,注意一下介词(介词也常常有副词词性,这里介副词就不做区分了哈)。

Sometimes in big Hollywood movies they’ll have these crazy chase scenes where somebody jumps or gets thrown from a moving car. The person hits the ground and rolls for a bit. Then they come to a stop and pop up and dust themselves off, like it was no big deal. Whenever I see that I think, That’s rubbish. Getting thrown out of a moving car hurts way worse than that.

这段来自Born a Crime Chapter 1。Then they come to a stop and pop up and dust themselves off, 是不是简洁又形象?

He dashed back across the road, hurried up to his office, snapped athis secretary not to disturb him, seized his telephone, and had almost finished dialling his home number when he changed his mind. He put the receiver back down and stroked his moustache, thinking …

这段来自Harry Porter。Up 是因为Vernon 的办公室在9th Floor  (英式表达一层是Ground Floor, 9th Floor 是10楼) ,上楼的动作也包含在里面了。To 表示从一个地方到另一个地方, up to 含义丰富。这段里你还注意到其它介词?

“OUT!” roared Uncle Vernon, and he took both Harry and Dudley by the scruffs of their necks and threw them into the hall, slamming the kitchen door behind them. Harry and Dudley promptly had a furious but silent fight over who would listen at the keyhole; Dudley won, so Harry, his glasses dangling from one ear, lay flat on his stomach to listen at the crack between door and floor.

揣摩一下加粗的词汇。

第一周阅读的时候,关注一下用得好的介词,周日分享。

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