Maybe we can go together sometime.
本句出自2021年新高考英语全国卷I(全国乙卷)的听力录音原文。
请老师分析一下 sometime, sometimes, some time的区别。
全段对话:
W: Are you a football fan, Gomez?
M: Yes, I go to the stadium whenever there’s a good game. And if I can’t get a ticket, I watched the game on TV. That way they are less exciting, though.
W: Is the ticket expensive?
M: It depends. It usually costs about twenty to fifty dollars. Last time I paid twenty-five.
W: That’s not very expensive. Maybe we can go together sometime.
M: Great. It’ll be more fun to watch the game with a friend.
▲sometime:用作副词时,意思是“某个时候或时刻”,可用于过去或将来,即既可过去某个时候或时刻,也可指将来某个时候或时刻。如:
We should get together sometime. 我们应该找个日子聚一下。
A burglar broke in sometime during the night. 窃贼在夜间某个时刻入室行窃。
另外,sometime 还可用作形容词,表示“以前的”“ 曾经的”“有时的”“偶尔的”。如:
Sir Richard Marsh, the sometime chairman of British Rail 理查德·马什爵士,英国铁路公司前董事长
Grimm, a sometime delivery driver, lives with his elderly mother. 格里姆,有时送送货的一名司机,和他年迈的母亲住在一起。
▲sometimes:只用作副词,意思是“有时”,应该是大家比较熟悉的用法。如:
Sometimes I go by car. 有时我坐车去。
He sometimes writes to me. 他偶尔给我写封信。
I like to be on my own sometimes. 有时候我喜欢一个人待着。
▲some time:它通常是一个名词词组,意思是“一些时间”,也就是“一段时间”的意思,你可以联想 some money, some space, some advice, some information 等,它们属同类用法,只不过它长得与 sometime, sometimes 有点像,就容易弄混了。例句如:
I haven’t seen him for some time. 我有一段时间没见他了。
Andy and Tom talked for some time. 安迪和汤姆谈了好些时候。
We've been waiting here for some time already. 我们已经在这儿等了些时候了。
▲特别提醒:值得注意的是,在英国英语中, sometime 用作副词时也可以写作some time。也就是说,在英国英语中,some time 也可用作副词,表示“某个时候或时刻”,此时可与 sometime替换。参见:
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