零基础学英语：these & those词汇辨析

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　　These/those are the plural¹ forms of this/that, and behave in the same way.

　　These/those是this/that的复数形式，且使用方法相似。

　　As a determiner this is used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being experienced.

　　作为限定词，this用来指定在手边的或正在经历的具体人或物，意为“这个”

　　These表示this的复数形式，意为“这些”：

　　You know these last few months when we've been expecting it to warm up a little bit?

　　你知道最近这几个月我们一直盼望着天能暖和一点吧?

　　As a determiner that refers to the more distant of two things near to the speaker, or to a specific thing previously² mentioned.

　　作为限定词，that用来指两个物体中相对于说话者更远的那一个，或某个之前提及的具体事物。意为“那个”

　　Those表示that的复数形式，意为“那些”：

　　He did buy me those books a week ago.

　　他确实在一个星期前给我买了那些书。

　　小练习：

　　Sonny has many qualities worth recognizing, and the purpose of this letter is to point out two of [these/those] qualities.

　　Sonny有很多值的肯定的品质，这封信的目的就是指出(这些/那些)品质中的两种

1 plural   

n.复数；复数形式；adj.复数的

参考例句：

• Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
• Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。