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1、英语常识---标点符号的用法句号Period用以表示一个句子的结束HockeyisapopularsportinCanada.ThefederalgovernmentisbasedinOttawa.用在缩写中B.C.istheprovincelocatedontheWestCoast.Dr.BethunewasaCanadianwhoworkedinChina.Thecompanyislocatedat888BaySt.inToronto.Itis4:00p.m.inHalifaxrightnow.问号QuestionMa
2、rk[?]在句子的结尾使用问号表示是直接疑问句：HowmanyprovincesarethereinCanada?注意：在间接疑问句结尾不要加问号：Theteacheraskedtheclassaquestion.Donotaskmewhy.叹号ExclamationMark[!]在句子的结尾使用叹号表示惊讶、兴奋等情绪：WewontheStanleyCup!Theforestisonfire!逗号Comma[,]句子中的停顿Therefore,weshouldwritealettertotheprimeminister.
3、在疑问句中引出说话人："Icancometoday,"shesaid,"butnottomorrow."排列三个或以上的名词：Ontario,Quebec,andB.C.arethethreebiggestprovinces.引出定语从句EmilyCarr,whowasbornin1871,wasagreatpainter.单引号Apostrophe[']表示所有ThisisDavid'scomputer.Thesearetheplayer'sthings.(thingsthatbelongtotheplayer)Note
4、:对于复数形式的名词，只加'Thesearetheplayers'things.(thingsthatbelongtotheplayers)缩写Idon'tknowhowtofixit.引号QuotationMarks["]直接引出某人说的话：Theprimeministersaid,"Wewillwintheelection.""Icancometoday,"shesaid,"butnottomorrow."冒号Colon[:]引出一系列名词Therearethreepositionsinhockey:goalie,de
5、fence,andforward.引出一个较长的引语Theprimeministersaid:"Wewillfight.Wewillnotgiveup.Wewillwinthenextelection."分号Semicolon[;]将两个相关的句子连接起来Thefestivalisverypopular;peoplefromallovertheworldvisiteachyear.和逗号一同使用引出一系列名词ThethreebiggestcitiesinCanadaareToronto,Ontario;Montreal,Q
6、uebec;andVancouver,B.C.破折号Dash[-]在一个句子前作总结Mild,wet,andcloudy-thesearethecharacteristicsofweatherinVancouver.在一个句子的前面或后面加入额外的注释Thechildren-Pierre,Laura,andAshley-wenttothestore.MostCanadians-butnotall-votedinthelastelection.表示某人在说话过程中被打断Thewomansaid,"Iwanttoask-"wh
7、entheearthquakebegantoshaketheroom.连字符Hyphen[-]连接两个单词sweet-smellingfire-resistant将前缀anti-Canadiannon-contact在数字中使用one-quartertwenty-three运算符号用法：1．加：用and,plus,addedto等词表示。2＋4＝6可译为：Twoandfourissix.Twoplusfourisequaltosix.Twoaddedtofourequalssix.Twoandfourmakessix.Tw
8、oplusfourwillbesix.Ifyouaddtwotofour,yougetsix.2．减：用minus,takenfrom,subtractedfrom等表示。8－3=可译为：Eightminusthreeisfive.Eightminusthreeisequaltofive.Threeta
