1 tell sb of sth用法

I told her of my experience the night before. We thought it strange that he had not asked for pay.

 

请问老师,

1. 第一句中为何用tell sb of sth ?tell sb of sth 和tell sb (about) sth有何区别?

2. 第二句中that引导的句子 “he had not asked for pay”是it的同位语从句吗?


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最佳答案 2017-07-18 19:59

1 tell sb sth. 告诉某人某件事。如tell us a story. tell me your name.

tell sb of/about sth. 告诉某人关于某事的情况。如tell me about your name.(你的名词的含义,有什么来历)。 tell me about the story.(这个故事发生的背景,真实还是虚构,它的寓意为何等等)。 Tell me about your father. 不能说tell me your father.  tell sb of sth中,of=about, 不过比较正式,不如about常用。

2 当形容词作宾语补足语,而宾语为不定式或that从句时,必须用形式宾语it+形容词,真正宾语不定式和that从句位于宾补形容词之后。如果是比较长的名词词组作宾补,则不用形式宾语it,只是将宾补形容词移至宾语之前。例如:

I think it necessary for you to study hard.

I think it important that you should study hard.

I have made clear the importance of fulfilling one's task in time. 


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刘永科   - 教育出版集团英语总顾问 & 英语系列图书主编
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赞同曹老师的解答。我(ˇˍˇ) 想~从另一个角度谈谈tell的用法,我主要谈两个问题:

第一个问题:tell后面可以接双宾语,即:tell somebody something。

虽然如此,但并非任何名词都可以充当其直接宾语,只有少数名词如:story, tale, joke, lie, secret, truth, news, name, experience等词语才可以,何为直接宾语?它们必须是“讲述,告诉”的直接内容。我们可以说:

tell me a story

tell us a joke

tell him the news

tell them the secret

tell you the truth

......

如果不是tell的直接内容,那么,我们不能说:

tell us the accident

tell him your family

tell me the film

tell us your father

......

上述表达都是不符合逻辑的,因为the accident, your family, the film, your father不能充当tell的直接内容。这时,需要在这些名词之前加上about或of才正确。

tell us about the accident = tell us something about the accident

tell him about your family = tell him smoething about your family

tell me about the film = tell me something about the film

tell us about your father = tell us something about your father

第二个问题:tell her my experience 和 tell her of/about experience 的区别。

这两个说法都对,但是有区别。关于这个区别,首先比较以下两个句子有何异同:

I’ve read the novel and I think it is very instructive. 我读过那本小说,我认为它很有教育意义。

I’ve read about the novel, but I wonder whether it is worth reading at all. 我读过那本小说的介绍,但我不知道它是否值得一读。

read和read about为何有如此大的差别呢?原来,在read the novel中,read是及物动词,是一种直接的阅读;而在read about the novel中,read是不及物动词,是一种间接的阅读,可以理解为在它后面省略了something, 即:read something about the novel。又如:

I know about/of him, but I don’t know him. 我听说过他,但我不认识他。

We heard about/of the pop singer, but unfortunately we haven’t heard her sing. 我们听说过这位流行歌手,但很遗憾我们没有亲耳听她演唱过。

I am not a writer, and I can’t write a novel. But I can write about a novel. 我不是作家,我不会写小说。但我可以写小说评论。

所以,tell her my experience意思是:把我的经历直接告诉他。tell her of/about experience意思是:告诉她有关我的经历的一些事情。(不是经历本身)


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