四个花费的用法（一）.pdf

spend,take,cost 和 pay 的用法 这四个词都有花费的意思。cost 指花钱、时间、劳力等；take 主要指花时间； pay 指花钱；spend 指花时间、钱等。 cost 常以事物做主语，而不以人作主语。 初中阶段关于 “花钱”， “花费时间”的词常见的有以下五个：buy，cost，pay （for），spend 和 take。很多学生对这几个词的词义和用法似懂非懂，用起来 往往出错。其实这些词都与钱物有关，与时间有关的只有 take 和 spend。下面 具体谈一谈其用法： 1．buy，get 也可表示此意，给某人买东西、饭、饮料等，主语是人。其常见结 构为 to buy sb．sth．或 to buy sth．for sb． I bought this book for 15yuan． Would you please buy me a dictionary？ Let me buy ／get you a drink． Buy one for me． 2．cost 指花钱，表示价值或代价（此代价可以是时间）。主语是事或物或动词 不定式短语。 其常见结构是 to cost sb．some money。 The book costs 50 fen． The dictionary cost me 6yuan． The work costs much time and labour． 3．pay （for），pay 表示付给人家钱、帐单等；pay for 表示买东西付款，也 表示替别人付钱。主语是人。其常见结构是 to pay sb．some money，pay money for sth． You must pay me 100yuan a week for your meals． I have paid all my debts． How much did you pay for that book？ Dont worry about money．Ill pay for you． 4．spend 指花钱，花费时间。主语是人。其常见结构分别为 to spend money on sth．，spend time （in）doing sth．。 I spent six yuan on a new dictionary． 1 —How do you spend your spare time？ —I spend my spare time writing books． 5．take 指花钱（＝cost） It takes/costs me a lot of money to buy a big house． = To buy a big house takes/costs me a lot of money. take 用来说明做某事需要多少时间，有三种不同的结构： 1）主语是人 I took half an hour to get home yesterday． She took the whole day to read the novel． 2）主语是某种活动 The journey took me half an hour． Reading the novel took her the whole day． 3）用形式主语 it It took me half an hour to get home yesterday． It takes much time to do the shopping． 试看 “我六元钱买了一本词典”的不同译法： a．I bought the dictionary for six yuan． b．The dictionary cost me 6yuan． c．I paid six yuan for the dictionary． d．I spent six yuan on the dictionary． e．It took me six yuan to buy the dictionary． 再看 “读这本书花了我一整天的时间”的不同译法： a．I spent the whole day reading the book． b．I took the whole day to read the book． c．Reading the book took me the whole day． d．It took me the whole day to read