辨析look for,find,find out
这三个词都有"找"的涵义,但具体用法有别:
1)look for意为"寻找",是有目的地找,强调"寻找"这一动作。如:
-What are you looking for?你在找什么?
-I'm looking for my bike.我在找我的自行车。
2)find意为"找到""发现",强调"找"的结果,其宾语往往是某个丢失的东西或人。如:
-Did you find Li Ming yesterday?你昨天找到李明了吗?
-No,we looked for him everywhere,but didn't find him没有,我们到处找了.但没有找到
3)find out着重表示通过理解、分析、思考、询问等"弄清楚""查明"一件事情,其后的宾语常常是某个情况、事实。如:
Please find out when the train leaves.请查一下火车什么时候离站。
go on 此处意为"发生",与take place 同义 I wonder what was going on .我想知道发生了什么事?around the world 意为"全世界",与all over the world 同义
I think people around the world like sports. 我认为全世界的人都爱好体育。
3.Oh , I can't stand them. 哦,我无法忍受它们。
Stand 此处用作及物动词,意为"忍受",通常与can't 连用,表达对某事物到了不能容忍的程度。Can't stand doing sth.不能忍受做某事。I can't stand waiting for people who are late over an hour.
I can't stand the hot weather. 我忍受不了这种炎热的天气。
What do you think of the talk show? 你认为这个谈话节目怎么样?---I can't stand it. 我无法忍受。
『拓展』stand 作动词,还可意为"站;站立"。Don't stand there. 不要站在那里。
4.I like to follow the story and see what happens next. 我喜欢跟随故事情节了解接下来要发生的事情。
happen v.发生,一般指偶然发生,主语为事,不能为人。
Sth + happens to sb. 某人发生了某事A traffic accident happened to his elder brother yesterday.
Sth + happens + 地点/时间,意为:某地/某时发生了某事An accident happened on Park Street.
happen v,表示"碰巧",主语可以是人,后常跟动词不定式to do sth ,表示"碰巧做某事".
Sb + happens to do sth.某人碰巧......I happened to see my uncle on the street.
take place 意为"发生,举行,举办",一般指非偶然性事件的"发生",即这种事件的发生一定有某种原因或事先的安排。例:Great changes have taken place in China. The meeting will take place next Friday.
5.I hope to be a TV reporter one day. 我希望有一天成为一名电视记者。
One day 意为"有一天"。可以表示过去的某一天,也可以用于表示将来的某一天。
One day I met my Chinese teacher on the street.有一天我在街上遇到了我的语文老师。
I hope that one day skipping will be an event of the Olympic Games. 我希望有一天跳绳成为奥运会的一个项目。
『拓展』some day 意为"某一天",表示将来的有一天或日后的某一天。在表示将来某一天时可以与one day 互换。
I will go to see you some day. 日后我会去看你的。
6. serious adj. 严肃的,认真的 He is a serious man.
be serious about sb/sth. 对某人/某事认真Peter is serious about Jenny. He wants to get married to her.
be serious about doing sth. 对某事当真 He's serious about selling his house.
7.But one very famous symbol in American culture is a cartoon. 但是美国文化的一个非常著名的标志是卡通片。
famous 形容词,意为"著名的"
辨析: 1.be famous for, 因为.........而出名,后接闻名的原因,与be well-known for 同义。