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在初中英语的学习中,虽然语法知识不是很复杂,但是,对于一些短语句式之间的区别,很多学生有时感到难以应对自如。概念模糊,导致在考试中屡屡失分。在我多年的英语教学实践中,有一个令我印象很深的问题,感到很有必要向学生们解释清楚。这个问题在实际的练习和考试中,正如前面我所说的,令许多学生迷惑不解。这就是三个很相近的进行提问的三个短语,分别是how long, how soon和how often这三个提问时间的短语,面对它们,有些同学总是雾里看花,搞不清楚。下面,我就由浅入深的解释这三个短语的实际用法。首先,要弄清它们之间的区别,我们不妨先从long, soon, often这三个基本的单词入手,请看下面三个句子:
He has been here long.
He will be here soon.
He often comes here.
在这三个句子中,long的意思是指“一段长的时间”,而soon是“不久以后”,often的意思则表示“次数很频繁”,学生们对这三个词一定不会感到陌生,而对这三个问句的提问,就分别用到了how long, how soon, how often:
How long has he been here? (他来这儿多长时间了?)
How soon will he be here? (他多久以后到这儿?)
How often does he come here? (他多久来一次?)
通过这三个句子,我们分析一下,加以推理,可以得出下面的结论。
how long提问的是表示“一段时间”的状语,如:for a year(一年), for half an hour(半小时), since two years ago(自从两年前), since last week(自从上星期 )等; how soon提问的是表示“未来的一段时间以后”的状语,主要体现在“in+一段时间”这个特定的短语上,在这里,in的含义并不是地点介词的意思,而是用于在将来时间上表示“在……后”,如:in a week(一星期后), in half a month(半个月以后), in a century(一个世纪以后)等,而像“after a week, after three days”这样的时间短语是不能用how soon 进行提问的,而是用when这个特殊疑问词进行提问; how often 则提问表示频率的时间状语,如:every day, sometimes, once a week(每周一次), four times a day(每天四次), every other day(每隔一天)等。为了大家更深入地理解,再看下面三组例句:
How long has the girl learned English?→She has learned English for two years./She has learned English since two years ago.
How soon will he finish reading the novel?→He will finish reading it in half a month.
How often does your father visit his hometown?→He visits his hometown once a year.
此外,大家在了解了这三个短语的同时,在实际考试和练习中,还会遇到另外一个短语how many times,这个短语同样提问次数,所以还应注意how often 和how many times的区别。举两个例句如下:
He has been to the United States twenty times.
The young actress goes to the United States twenty times a year.
那么如何对这两个句子的划线部分进行提问呢?有了以上对how often 的认识,学生一定会很容易的对第二句进行提问:How often does the young actress go to the United States?而第一句则用how many times 进行提问How many times has he been to the United States?如此进行对比之后,我们自然就找到二者的区别了。
how often是“多久一次”或者“多久几次”,指的是频度,表示“单位时间中的次数”或“每隔一段时间一次”;而how many times只是单纯地提问“几次”,回答once, twice, three times等纯粹的次数。
现在,大家一定对这三个短语有了更深入的了解,只要做到“知其然,知其所以然”,在以后的学习和考试中,面对它们,就不会再犯糊涂了,完全可以迎刃而解。
He has been here long.
He will be here soon.
He often comes here.
在这三个句子中,long的意思是指“一段长的时间”,而soon是“不久以后”,often的意思则表示“次数很频繁”,学生们对这三个词一定不会感到陌生,而对这三个问句的提问,就分别用到了how long, how soon, how often:
How long has he been here? (他来这儿多长时间了?)
How soon will he be here? (他多久以后到这儿?)
How often does he come here? (他多久来一次?)
通过这三个句子,我们分析一下,加以推理,可以得出下面的结论。
how long提问的是表示“一段时间”的状语,如:for a year(一年), for half an hour(半小时), since two years ago(自从两年前), since last week(自从上星期 )等; how soon提问的是表示“未来的一段时间以后”的状语,主要体现在“in+一段时间”这个特定的短语上,在这里,in的含义并不是地点介词的意思,而是用于在将来时间上表示“在……后”,如:in a week(一星期后), in half a month(半个月以后), in a century(一个世纪以后)等,而像“after a week, after three days”这样的时间短语是不能用how soon 进行提问的,而是用when这个特殊疑问词进行提问; how often 则提问表示频率的时间状语,如:every day, sometimes, once a week(每周一次), four times a day(每天四次), every other day(每隔一天)等。为了大家更深入地理解,再看下面三组例句:
How long has the girl learned English?→She has learned English for two years./She has learned English since two years ago.
How soon will he finish reading the novel?→He will finish reading it in half a month.
How often does your father visit his hometown?→He visits his hometown once a year.
此外,大家在了解了这三个短语的同时,在实际考试和练习中,还会遇到另外一个短语how many times,这个短语同样提问次数,所以还应注意how often 和how many times的区别。举两个例句如下:
He has been to the United States twenty times.
The young actress goes to the United States twenty times a year.
那么如何对这两个句子的划线部分进行提问呢?有了以上对how often 的认识,学生一定会很容易的对第二句进行提问:How often does the young actress go to the United States?而第一句则用how many times 进行提问How many times has he been to the United States?如此进行对比之后,我们自然就找到二者的区别了。
how often是“多久一次”或者“多久几次”,指的是频度,表示“单位时间中的次数”或“每隔一段时间一次”;而how many times只是单纯地提问“几次”,回答once, twice, three times等纯粹的次数。
现在,大家一定对这三个短语有了更深入的了解,只要做到“知其然,知其所以然”,在以后的学习和考试中,面对它们,就不会再犯糊涂了,完全可以迎刃而解。