酷兔英语

牛吃草 The Cow Eats Up the Grass?!



故事 Story

美术课上,老师让每个学生都画一幅画。
突然,他看到一个学生的画纸上什么都没有,就问道:"你为什么不画画儿呢?"
学生说:"我画了,画的是牛吃草。"
老师问:"草呢?"
学生说:"被牛吃了。"
老师问:"牛呢?"
学生说:"牛吃完草走了。"
n the drawing class, the teacher asked each student to draw a picture.
Suddenly, he saw nothing on the paper of a student, and asked: "Why don't you draw?"
The student answered: "I have finished it. I drew a picture of a cow eating grass."
The teacher asked: "Where is the grass?"
The student said: "It was eaten up by the cow."
The teacher asked: "Then where is the cow?"
The student answered: "It left after eating the grass."

词语注释 Note

美术:(měishù) n. painting

幅:(fú) measure word for pictures, a piece of

突然:(tūrán) adj. sudden

画纸:(huàzhǐ) n. drawing paper

画:(huà) v. draw

画儿:(huàr) n. picture, painting

画画儿:(huà huàr) v.phr. draw a picture

语言点 Language Point

1、    突然 vs 忽然:
突然(tūrán) vs.忽然(hūrán)
        这两个词都有"事情很快地发生,事前没有想到"的意思。都可以放在动词的前面,例如:他突然/忽然走了。突然/忽然刮风了。
Both of the words mean "something happens quickly and unexpectedly" and can be put in front of a verb. For example:
他突然/忽然走了。He left all of a sudden.
突然/忽然刮风了。The wind sprang up suddenly.
 "突然"可以作谓语、定语、补语,"忽然"不可以。例如:
"突然(tūrán)" can be used as predicate, attribute or complement in the sentence, while "忽然(hūrán)" has no such usages.
事情发生得太突然了。(√)        事情发生得太忽然了。(×)
突然袭击(√)                             忽然袭击(×)
这件事让我觉得很突然。(√)    这件事让我觉得很忽然。(×)



2、    被:
被(bèi)
               被动句的标志词,用在被动句里。 "被"字前面是动作接受者,"被"字后面是动作发出者。常用结构顺序是:动作接受者 被 动作发出者 V. 其他成分。例如:
"被(bèi)" is the signal word in passive sentences. It is usually put after the object of the verb and is followed by the subject of the verb. The normalstructure is:
Object of the Verb 被 Subject of the Verb the Verb Other Components. For example:

(1)他的车小偷偷走了。His car is stolen by a thief.
     动作接受者    动作发出者
(2)我的书同屋借走了。My book is borrowed by my roommate.
   动作接受者   动作发出者

当动作接受者不明确或者不需要说明的时候,可以省略,例如故事中的"被牛吃了。","草"这个动作的接受者就被省略了。又如:
When the object of the verb is uncertain or need not be mentioned, it can be omitted. For example, in the sentence "被牛吃了。" in the story,  the object of the verb "草(grass)" is omitted. More example:
A:你的书呢?
        Where is your book?
         B:同屋借走了。Mine is borrowed by my roommate.
                  动作发出者
当动作的发出者不明确或者不需要说明的时候,可以省略,如:他的车被偷了;我的书被借走了。
When the subject of the verb is uncertain or need not be mentioned, it can also be omitted. For example:
他的车被偷了;His car is stolen.
我的书被借走了。My book is borrowed.






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