BBC Learning English – Q & A of the Week 150
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Quick, quickly and fast 三个词快，快，快
Li: 大家好我是杨莉欢迎收听本周的《你问我答》节目。今天我的搭档是Callum.
Callum: Hello Li, now I wonder if you could start by reading today's question?
Li: Sure. 今天的问题来自江西的HANDOU.
Hello, could you explain the following words: fast and quick. I want to know their
differences. I also want to know the difference between the adverb 'quick' and the
adverb 'quickly'. Best wishes and thank you very much!
Li: 他的问题是如何区别使用以下几个和速度相关的形容词和副词, fast, quick 还有
quickly. 我觉得我们应首先介绍一下什么是形容词，你说呢 CALLUM？
Callum: Of course Li. First, adjectives are words which describe nouns, they tell us
what something or someone is like. So words like 'small', 'green',
'intelligent', 'delicious' are all examples of adjectives.
Li: 当然还有问题里提到的快 'fast' and 'quick'.
Callum: Yes. They are both adjectives and both connected with speed.
Li: 可是在用法上如何区分这两个形容词呢？
Callum: We use the adjective 'fast' for people or things that are able to move at
high speed, listen to this:
EXAMPLE
(FX Car passing) That is a fast car!
Li: 听上去在描述行进速度的时候就可以使用 'fast'. 那 'quick' 该怎么使用?
Callum: 'Quick' is for things that don't take long to do, or are done immediately.
Here's an example.
EXAMPLE
A: What do you want to eat?
B: Oh something quick, how about an omelette?
Li: 我总结一下 – 'fast 和 'quick' 这两个形容词都表快，但是 'quick' 常常用来表示做一
件事情不需要多少时间，换句话说就是很快就能做完。而 'fast' 这个词却用来形容速
度的快，比如高铁，一小时行速300公里，那就是fast.
Callum: Yes, that's right.
Li: 现在我们转看副词，Callum, 什么是副词呢？
Callum: Adverbs are used to refer to verbs, to tell us how something is done.
LI: 啊，也就是说副词是用来形容动词的，说明动作的方式，能不能举个例子？
Callum: An example? um, let me think – ok – here's one. "One way to help people
understand you is to speak slowly."
Li: One way to help people understand you is to speak slowly. 我同意，要让别人
听清你在说什么就要说得慢一点 'slowly' 就是表述说话这个动作的副词。
Callum: And many adjectives can be made into adverbs by adding 'ly'. Such as the
adjective slow, which becomes the adverb 'slowly'. But not all. Let's take a
quick look at the word 'fast'. This is an irregular adjective; the adverb from
'fast' is also 'fast'
Li: 嗯，这么说英语里没有 'fastly' 这个词，对吗？
Callum: That's right. 'Quick' on the other hand, does add ly to make the adverb –
quick – quickly.
Li: 所以 'fast' 这个词的副词形式仍然是 fast, 而quick 这个形容词的副词就要加'ly' 成
为 'quickly'. Let's hear an example.
EXAMPLE
If you want to get there quickly, you'll have to drive fast!
Callum: In that example we had both.
Li: Yes we did. 是啊，以上的例句对这两个副词的用法演示得非常清楚了!
Callum: Unfortunately it's not quite that simple.
Li: 嗯？怎么，难道这里面还有什么特殊性吗?
Callum: In informal English it's common to use 'quick' as an adverb, without the 'ly'.
EXAMPLE
Come quick, look at this, a shooting star!
Li: 从以上例句中大家一定领悟到正常情况下'quickly' 是快的副词，但是在某些非正式的
口语短语里面in certain informal expressions, 'quick' 也可以充当副词。
Callum: That's right Li
Li: Well that's all we have time for now. Thanks very much Callum.
Callum: Thank you Li, goodbye
Li: Goodbye. |