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我们不止一次看到这样的选择填空题:To____the truth,I forgot all my promice.A.remark B.speak C.talk D.tell所给句子内容不尽相同,但都有To____the truth,所给选择中照例都有speak和tell,所给答案均为tell,言外之意是,这里不能用speak。实际情况并非如此。英美书刊中speak和the truth的搭配俯拾皆是。先看最早出版于一八九七年的《牛虻》中的几个句子: 1.I ask you to believe me,at least,that I am speaking the truth.(请
We have more than once seen this option fill in the blanks: To____the truth, I forgot all my promice.A.remark B.speak C.talk D.tell has different sentences, but all have To____the truth, given the choice As usual, there are speak and tell. The answers given are tell. The implication is that we cannot use speak here. The actual situation is not the case. The combination of speak and the truth in English and American books is all over the place. Let’s look at a few sentences from the “The Cowboy” that was first published in 1897: 1.I ask you to believe me, at least, that I am speaking the truth.