常州英语中考二模真题:
翻译(汉译英):你能告诉我你爸爸是如何使食物色香味俱全的吗?
答案是:Can you tell me how your father makes the food look as good as it tastes and smells ?
而我的答案是:Can you tell me how your father makes food look as good as it tastes and smells ?
我没有用定冠词the,我认为在此不用the为佳。 但老师认为我是错的,扣分了。
相反,我认为答案使用了the,是不妥当的,应该去掉the。
在此,麻烦老师分析一下,谢谢!
Can you tell me how your father makes the food look as good as it tastes and smells ?
(以上为老师的答案)
Can you tell me how your father makes food look as good as it tastes and smells ?
(以上为网友的答案)
【答】我完全赞同网友的观点和答案,而不支持老师的答案。
为了说明孰对孰错,我用两个例句作一说明:
1. Can you tell me how your father made the food look as good as it tasted and smelled? (正)
2. Can you tell me how your father makes food look as good as it tastes and smells? (正)
如果保留定冠词,则是特指“某顿餐”(the food),需把句1改为一般过去时,才正确。
句1,把一般现在时改为一般过去时,说明这是“一次性的动作”,指“一次烹饪”。我们使用一般过去时,把泛指的food 改为the food(指这次特定的烹饪)。
句2,your father makes food look as good as it tastes and smells,本句使是用一般现在时,表示“习惯性动作”,句子的信息重心不在某一餐如何,而是重在表达“烹饪手艺”,这时,food 之前不能加the。
【结论】通过对比看出:题目句子的时态是“一般现在时”,表示“习惯”,表达的是“烹饪手艺”,不是“某顿餐”的烹饪结果如何,所以,food 不能使用定冠词。实事求是地说,网友在这个问题上,还是很敏锐的。
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