我们常常会需要描述做某个事情的频率,是经常做,还是不常做,还是很少做? 先来学习几个对话: A: How often do you call your parents? B: I usually call them on Sunday evenings. A: Do they ever call you? B: Never. I always call them. A:你经常给你父母打电话吗? B:我通常星期天晚上给他们打电话。 A:他们给你打电话吗? B:从来不打。总是我打电话给他们。 A: How often do you see your grandparents? B: Not very often. They live far away. A: Do you and your family go to visit them? B: Sometimes, but we usually talk to them on the telephone. A: Do they ever visit you? B: They rarely visit us. We usually visit them. A:你多久见一次你的祖父母啊? B:不经常见。他们住得很远。 A:你跟你的家人去看他们吗? B:有时候,不过我们通常打电话聊天。 A:他们来看过你们吗? B:他们很少来看我们,通常是我们去看他们。 A: Do you and your girlfriend see each other often? B: No really. We always go out on Saturday nights, but we rarely see each other the rest of the week. A: Why? B: She usually goes to gym after work, and I’m always at football practice. We never see each other on weekday evenings because we both work. A:你和你女朋友经常见面吗? B:不常见。我们总是周六晚上出去,但一周其他时间很少见彼此。 A:为什么呢? B:她通常下班后要去健身房,而我总是要练足球。工作日的晚上我们从来不见面,因为我们俩都要工作。 以上三段对话很好地诠释了不同的频率的表达: always 总是 usually 常常 often 经常 not very often 不常 sometimes 有时候 rarely 很少 never 从不;永不 你了解这些描述频率的副词的用法了吗?多练习这些对话,很快就能熟练掌握。 |
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