★We both have too much work to do.
We both have too much work to do.我们两人都有许多工作要做。
Both 表示“两个都…”,注意和none,each,either,neither等词的区别:none 用于三者或三者以上的范围,表示“无一”,each 用于三者或三者以上的范围,表示“每一个”,either用于二者范围,表示“两者中的一个”,neither用于二者范围,表示“两者中无一”。例如:
Both of us study in the same school.
我们两人都在一个学校里学习。
I don’t know any of them.
他们我都不认识。
You can take either of them away.
你可以拿走一个。
Neither of the answers is right.
两个答案没一个是对的。
★I like writing to my penfriend,but it takes a lot of time.
I like writing to my penfriend,but it takes a lot of time.我喜欢给笔友写信,但就是要花费好多时间。
Take 表示“花费”,指干某事花费人的时间,和spend 是同义词,但spend 指得是人花费时间去干某事。两个的主语一个是人,一个物。例如:
It took five hours for me to find his house.
找它的房子花了我五个小时。
I spend all of my spare time(业余时间)to do it.
我把所有的业余时间都用来做这件事。
★There are a lot of sheep down there,…buthardly any people!
There are a lot of sheep down there,…but hardly any people!下面有好多羊,但是很少有人。
Hardly 表示“几乎不”,是一副词,常和any 或a 连用。例如:
He is ill and he can hardly walk.
他病了,并且几乎走不动。
There are hardly any students in the classroom this time.
这个时候教室里几乎没有学生。