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以 The girl likes me. 这个句子来举例。请看以下两个句子∶
A: The girl (with a lovely smile who wears a beautiful red dress) likes me.
B: The girl likes me.
这两句话主要都在说「The girl likes me.(这个女孩喜欢我。)」,差别只在於 A 把(这个面带可爱微笑、穿著一件漂亮红洋装的女孩)说出来,而 B 并没有说出口。但重点仍是∶The girl likes me.(这个女孩喜欢我。)
这就是英文有趣的地方。你可以讲重点 (The girl likes me.),也可以谈细节 (The girl with a lovely smile who wears a beautiful red dress likes me.),但推回原点都是∶
主词 + 动词
the girl likes...
现在再看一次上周所举的五个英文句子。五个句子或许各有不同,但都有一个共通的关键点,那就是都是「主词+动词」∶
The girl likes me.
S. V.
She is a student.
S. V.
Birds fly.
S. V.
I gave him a book.
S. V.
He keeps his room clean.
S. V.
因此可以说,英文句子的关键在於「主词+动词」;只要将句子的主词和动词找出来,就能看懂句子。同样,我们在造英文句子的时候,只要严守「主词+动词」的规则,别人就看得懂我们所写的句子。