One of the neighbors had a very fierce dog which scared everyone.
對話
Dan: The parents of children in our street are a lot less worried these days.
Chris: Why's that?
Dan: One of the neighbors had a very fierce dog which scared everyone.Last week it bit one of the children so badly, she had to be treated in hospital.
Chris: That must have been an awful experience for the little girl. But why did you say they are not so worried now?
Dan: Well they complained about the dog to the police and the police forced the owner to put it down.
Chris: Oh I see. Well I'm sure that was for the best.
丹：我們這條街上的父母們，現(xiàn)在再也沒有那么擔心了。
克里斯：為什么？
丹：這里有一家人養(yǎng)了一只很兇的狗，人人見了都害怕。上星期它咬傷了一個小女孩，傷勢嚴重得要送院治療。
克里斯：對那小女孩來說，這一定是個很可怕的經(jīng)歷。但你為什么說他們現(xiàn)在不必那么擔心了？
丹：他們向警方投訴，警方于是要狗主人把惡狗安樂死了。
克里斯：原來如此。我想，那是好的安排了。
One of the neighbors had a very fierce dog which scared everyone一語的scare是‘驚嚇’，和同樣解作‘驚嚇’的frighten有什么分別？frighten所說的‘驚嚇’，含義至廣，適用于任何可怕場合；scare和frighten意思差不多，但語氣較為隨便。此外，scare強調(diào)對可怕事物的自然反應，例如逃跑、發(fā)呆等。故意嚇人，一般也稱為scare，例如：(1) You can't scare me with such silly pranks（你這些無聊的惡作劇，嚇不倒我的）。(2) Our dog scared the burglar away/off（我們的狗把竊賊嚇跑了）。(2) She was scared stiff by the ghostly voice（她被那陰森可怖的聲音嚇呆了）。稻草人英文叫scarecrow，直譯是‘嚇烏鴉’，意思明顯不過。留意克里斯的一句話：Why did you say they are not so worried now?英文課本的‘直述句(direct speech)變轉(zhuǎn)述句(indirect speech)’章節(jié)，都會說直述句的現(xiàn)在式動詞，在轉(zhuǎn)述句里要變成過去式，例如："I am worried." he said變成He said he was worried（他說他很擔心）。但有時現(xiàn)在式動詞其實不必轉(zhuǎn)為過去式：假如直述句說的事情，轉(zhuǎn)述時仍未成為過去，則仍可用現(xiàn)在式動詞來說。例如某甲說We are throwing a party on 27 August（我們八月二十七日開派對），你八月二十七日前轉(zhuǎn)述，仍可用現(xiàn)在式動詞：He said they are throwing a party on 27 August。Why did you say they are not so worried now?一語，are不改為過去式的were，就是這個道理。
對話
Dan: The parents of children in our street are a lot less worried these days.
Chris: Why's that?
Dan: One of the neighbors had a very fierce dog which scared everyone.Last week it bit one of the children so badly, she had to be treated in hospital.
Chris: That must have been an awful experience for the little girl. But why did you say they are not so worried now?
Dan: Well they complained about the dog to the police and the police forced the owner to put it down.
Chris: Oh I see. Well I'm sure that was for the best.
丹：我們這條街上的父母們，現(xiàn)在再也沒有那么擔心了。
克里斯：為什么？
丹：這里有一家人養(yǎng)了一只很兇的狗，人人見了都害怕。上星期它咬傷了一個小女孩，傷勢嚴重得要送院治療。
克里斯：對那小女孩來說，這一定是個很可怕的經(jīng)歷。但你為什么說他們現(xiàn)在不必那么擔心了？
丹：他們向警方投訴，警方于是要狗主人把惡狗安樂死了。
克里斯：原來如此。我想，那是好的安排了。
One of the neighbors had a very fierce dog which scared everyone一語的scare是‘驚嚇’，和同樣解作‘驚嚇’的frighten有什么分別？frighten所說的‘驚嚇’，含義至廣，適用于任何可怕場合；scare和frighten意思差不多，但語氣較為隨便。此外，scare強調(diào)對可怕事物的自然反應，例如逃跑、發(fā)呆等。故意嚇人，一般也稱為scare，例如：(1) You can't scare me with such silly pranks（你這些無聊的惡作劇，嚇不倒我的）。(2) Our dog scared the burglar away/off（我們的狗把竊賊嚇跑了）。(2) She was scared stiff by the ghostly voice（她被那陰森可怖的聲音嚇呆了）。稻草人英文叫scarecrow，直譯是‘嚇烏鴉’，意思明顯不過。留意克里斯的一句話：Why did you say they are not so worried now?英文課本的‘直述句(direct speech)變轉(zhuǎn)述句(indirect speech)’章節(jié)，都會說直述句的現(xiàn)在式動詞，在轉(zhuǎn)述句里要變成過去式，例如："I am worried." he said變成He said he was worried（他說他很擔心）。但有時現(xiàn)在式動詞其實不必轉(zhuǎn)為過去式：假如直述句說的事情，轉(zhuǎn)述時仍未成為過去，則仍可用現(xiàn)在式動詞來說。例如某甲說We are throwing a party on 27 August（我們八月二十七日開派對），你八月二十七日前轉(zhuǎn)述，仍可用現(xiàn)在式動詞：He said they are throwing a party on 27 August。Why did you say they are not so worried now?一語，are不改為過去式的were，就是這個道理。