一、Reading:
Tony and Tina are very different. Tony likes music. Tina doesn't. Tony is an athlete. Tina isn't.
On the other hand, Tina likes movies, but Tony doesn't. She is a good student, but he isn't.
Tony and Tina are brother and sister, but are they alike? NO, they aren't. They're very different.
二、解析:
■ Tony and Tina are very different.
- 主:Tony and Tina
- 系:are
- 状:very
- 表:different
■ Tony likes music.
- 主:Tony
- 谓:likes
- 宾:music.
■ Tina doesn't.
= Tina doesn't like music.
句型: 省略句。
省略句的功能:省略两句的重复部分,使句子结构简单又不失清楚的涵义。
省略句的先决条件:
a. 两句的结构必须相同(亦即两句有相同的时态及动词),第二句方可形成省略句。
b. 第一句若为肯定句,第二句则为否定句;第一句若为否定句,第二句则为肯定句。
■ Tony is an athlete.
- 主:Tony
- 系:is
- 表:an athlete.
■ Tina isn't.
= Tina isn't an athlete.
句型: 省略句。
■ On the other hand, Tina likes movies, but Tony doesn't.
On the other hand:表“另一方面来说”或“话又说回来”。有副词的功能,通常置于句首,修饰整个句子。
此处 movie 加 s,告诉我们 movie 是个普通可数名词,使用复数 movies 来表整体的概念。
■ She is a good student, but he isn't.
- 主:She
- 系:is
- 表:a good student
- 省略句:he isn't ...
■ Tony and Tina are brother and sister, but are they alike?
句型:主系表,一般疑问句。
此句 brother 与 sister 是可数名词,照理本句应为:They are a brother and a sister. 但两个名词所表示的是相对的关系,如父子、兄妹、母子等,这些名词之前的不定冠词就应省略。
alike:adj.相像的。 注:使用时,主语一定要是复数,两个人以上。