2分鐘英語課堂："their"的用法 Use Of "Their"

Introduction

簡介

In this lesson, we will discuss the correct usage of ‘their’.

本節(jié)課，我們將討論”their”的正確用法。

Explanation

解釋

Perry: In English we use ‘their’ to indicate possession. ‘Their’ is a possessive adjective pronoun so it is always connected to a noun.

佩里：在英語里，我們用’their’表示所屬。’their’是形容詞性的所屬代詞，所以它經(jīng)常與名詞一起使用。

Leena: Where is their car?

麗娜：他們的汽車在哪里?

Perry: In this example the person is talking about a car that belongs to other people.

佩里：在例子中的人提到的是屬于別人的車。

Leena: I have two kids and this is their room.

麗娜：我有兩個孩子，這是他們的房間。

Perry: The person is showing the room that belongs to the children, that’s why she said ‘their’ room.

佩里：這個人展示的房間屬于孩子。這就是為什么他說’their’房間。

Leena: We walked their dog while they were on vacation.

麗娜：在他們旅游的時候我?guī)退麄冨薰贰?/p>

Perry: The speaker is talking about a dog whose owners are traveling.

佩里：說話者說的狗的主人正在旅游。

Leena: Is that their only choice?

麗娜：這是他們唯一的選擇嗎?

Perry: In this example, the word ‘their’ is referring to a group of people with limited choices.

佩里：在這個例子里，’their’這個詞指的是沒有什么選擇的一群人。

Leena: I don’t want their money. I’ll figure something out.

麗娜：我不想要他們的錢。我會找到辦法的。

Perry: The speaker is saying that she doesn’t want the money that belongs to a group of people, maybe her friends or her parents, for example.

佩里：說話者說他不想屬于別人的錢，比如說他的朋友或者是父母。

Let’s see some sample conversations.

我們來看一些例子：

Conversation 1

對話一：

Harry: I’ve just talked to the neighbors. Did you really buy their car?

哈利：我剛剛和鄰居聊天來著，你真的要買他們的車嗎?

Johnson: Yes, I did.

強森：是的。

Harry: How did that happen, Harry?

哈利：怎么會這樣呢?

Johnson: What?! What do you mean?

強森：什么?你什么意思?

Harry: Their garage is huge. Ours is not. Where will you park that car every day?

哈利：他們的院子很大，我們的不是啊。我們要把車停子那里呢?

Johnson: They’ll let me keep the car in their garage for now.

強森：他們會讓我把車停在他們的院子里的。

Harry: And what about their money? How are you planning to pay for this?

哈利：那他們的錢呢?你要為此付錢嗎?

Johnson: Don’t worry about it. I have it all covered.

強森：不要擔(dān)心這個，我把所有的事都算進去了。

Conversation 2

對話2

Leonard: Hey, what are you looking at, Eddy?

萊納德：嗨，你在看什么?艾迪?

Eddy: Do you see those people over there?

艾迪：你看到在那兒的人了嗎?

Leonard: Yes, what about them?

萊納德：看到了，你認識他們嗎?

Eddy: Their presence here is really disturbing me.

艾迪：他們的存在讓我很困擾。

Leonard: What made you think that?

萊納德：你怎么會這么想呢?

Eddy: Look at their behaviour. Their way to talk to others is rude. I’ll just ask them to leave.

艾迪：看看他們的行為。他們談話的方式很沒有禮貌。我要讓他們離開。

Leonard: Didn't you invite them?

萊納德：你沒有邀請他們嗎?

Eddy: No, I don't even know who they are.

艾迪：沒有，我甚至不知道他們是誰。

Leonard: This is bad. Come on. Let’s talk to them.

萊納德：太糟糕了。來，我們?nèi)フ宜麄冋務(wù)劇?/p>