新概念英语第二册,我的两个疑问

A pretty  carpet

what is the writer's carpet made of?


We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. I 


have been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because I 


own over a thousand books. To make matters worse,the room is rather small, so I 


have temporarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every inch 


of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room. A 


short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs


She went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the 


floor. 'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,' she said. She gazed at it for some 


time then added, 'You don't need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare 


time and read the carpet!


我的疑问1:This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen 这里ever我是否可以用副词before代替?He was still as far as ever.是否用副词before可以?


我的疑问2:'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,' 这里seen后面为什么是逗号?如果是这样那么下面一句“You don't need bookcases at all. ”中you的y该小写或者you前面用一个连词比如and,或者逗号换成句号。这里不是很明白?



我的疑问3:“She gazed at it for some time then added”这句里两个谓语动词居然没有连词分开!这两个谓语动词中间至少有个逗号加连词and或者单独用连词and吧?!



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最佳答案 2020-04-09 16:38

1 This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen. 不可以用before替换ever。

He was still as far as ever.可以用副词before替换ever。


2 'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,' she said.

直接引语作了主句,引述分句作为插入语出现。句子没有结束,当然不能用句号。如果用引述分句作主句,直接引语作宾语,则句末用句号。引语的结束也是句子的结束。

She said, 'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen.'


3 She gazed at it for some time then added,'...'

关于then是否可以用作连词,或者then前面是否应该加and, The Free Dictionary 有如下解释,可以回答你的问题。

The Free Dictioany:

conj.

Usage Problem  And after that: 

I showered, then combed my hair.

Usage Note: Sticklers for grammar sometimes assert that then is not a coordinating conjunction, and that the sentence She took a slice of pie, then left is thus incorrect; it must be rewritten as She took a slice of pie and then left, in which the then acts as an adverb and the halves of the compound predicate are linked by the coordinating conjunction and. But this use of then as a coordinating conjunction is actually both widespread and widely accepted; in our 2012 survey, more than three quarters of the Usage Panel found the sentence She took a slice of pie, then left completely acceptable. Note, though, that the punctuation of this conjunctive use of then differs from the usual punctuation for similar sentences using and. No comma is needed when and links the parts of a compound predicate, as in She took a slice of pie and left. When then joins the halves of the predicate, a comma is usually required; only 8 percent of the Panel approved of She took a slice of pie then left.


4 This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books.

你应该注意到前面句子用现在完成进行时,表示作者一上午一直在收拾房间,到说话时还没有结束。This指代的就是收拾房间这件事。这件事没有结束,不能用was, 不容易不是指说话时的现在不容易,而是指从上午开始收拾一直到说话时这段时间干的活不容易,所以不容易这个状态是一个从过去持续到现在的状态,所以用现在完成时。虽然没有持续时间状语,但语境已经明确告诉你这个状态是从过去持续到现在的状态。

own (拥有)为静态动词,没有开始和结束意义,只表示说话时主语拥有上千本书这种状态,表示说话时的状态,用一般现在时。你误把own当成动态动词,所以理解和分析都是错误的。

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