救救菜英文筆記: 2月 2021

2021年2月18日星期四

1. Do you mind + if + 人 + present V + … ? 尋求許可

2. Would you mind + if + 人 + past V + … ? 尋求許可

3. Do you mind + V-ing + … ? 請求/要求

4. Would you mind + V-ing + …? 請求/要求

Cost

物品 + cost(s) + 人 + ＄.

The LV bag cost me NT$80,000.

It + cost(s) + 人 + ＄ + to + 原形動詞.

It cost him NT$80,000 to buy the LV bag

Spend

spen d 用於花費「時間、金錢」，主詞只能是「人」，其後若有第二個動詞，則只能用「動名詞」形式。（過去式為 spent，過去分詞也是 spent ）

人 + spend + 時間/ ＄ + V-ing.

I spent 10 minutes waiting for the bus.

人 + spend + ＄ + on + 物品.

He spent $100 on the LB (Lu Beintan 路邊攤) bag.

Take

take 用於花費「時間」（過去式為 took，過去分詞是 taken ）

It + takes/took + 人 + 時間 + to + 原形動詞.

It took Eric 10 hours to grade all the assignments.

V-ing (動名詞當主詞) + takes/took + 人 + 時間.

Writing this Chinese sentence took Eric 20 minutes.

Pay

pay 的本意為「付錢」，故只能用於「金錢」上，當然「主詞」也只能是「人」。（過去式為 paid，過去分詞也是 paid ）

人 + pay + ＄ + for + 物品. ->（人）付＄買（物）

I paid a lot of money for that iPhone99S.

Suppose、supposing 和 what if + 現在簡單式－表示對未來可能發生的事情提出建議。例如：

Suppose、supposing 和 what if + 過去簡單式－表示比上述更不確定某事在未來是否可能發生。例如：

Suppose I asked David to fix my computer? Do you think he’d do it? (如果我請大衛修理電腦怎麼樣？你想他會做嗎？)
－沒有 Suppose I ask David to fix my computer? 來得確定。
Supposing you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? (假如你中了樂透，你會怎樣處置那筆彩金？)
－沒有 Supposing you win the lottery… 來得確定。
What if the boss walked in here now and saw us? (如果老闆現在走進來這裡看到我們該怎麼辦？)
－沒有 What if the boss walks in here now and sees us? 來得確定。

Suppose、supposing 和 what if + 過去完成式－表示與過去事實相反，亦即這是一種過去的假設情況，實際上該事件並未發生。例如：

Suppose I hadn’t gone to that concert with you. (如果我沒有跟你去聽那場音樂會會怎麼樣？) －事實上，我有去聽那場音樂會。
Supposing Cindy had broken up with her boyfriend. Would that have been a good idea? (如果辛蒂跟她男友分手，那會是個好主意嗎？) －事實上，辛蒂沒有跟她男友分手。
A: What if you’d decided to move to the United States! What city would you have chosen? (A：如果你已決定搬到美國！你會選擇哪個城市？) －事實上，你並沒有決定搬到美國。
B: I would have chosen Los Angeles. (B：我會選擇洛杉磯)
Jason was supposed to hand in his paper, but he didn’t.
Jason was going to hand in his paper, but he didn’t.
Jason應該交上他的作業，但他卻沒有。
The bus was supposed to arrive.
The bus was going to arrive.
這班公車應該要到站了。