1、spendcostpaytake的区别1.spend的主语必须是人, 常用于以下结构:(1) spend time /money on sth. 在……上花费时间/金钱例:I spent two hours on this maths problem. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。(2) spend time / money (in) doing sth. 花费时间(金钱)做某事。例:They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。(3)spend money for sth. 花钱买……。例:His money w
2、as spent for books. 他的钱用来买书了。 2. cost的主语是物或某种活动, 还可以表示"值", 常见用法如下:(1)sth. costs (sb.) +金钱,某物花了(某人)多少钱。例:A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。(2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) +时间,某物(做某事)花了(某人)多少时间。例:Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。 注意:cost的过去式及过去分词都是cos
3、t,并且不能用于被动句。 3. take后面常跟双宾语, 常见用法有以下几种:(1) It takes sb. +时间+to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。例:It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。(2)doing sth. takes sb. +时间,做某事花了某人多少时间。例:Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修车。 4. pay的基本用法是:(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买…
4、…。例:I have to pay them 20 dollarsfor this room each month. 我每个月要付20美元的房租。(2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。例:I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔丢失的书款。(3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。例:Don‘t worry!I'll pay for you. 别担心, 我会给你付钱的。(4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。 例: They pay us every month.他们每月给我们报酬。(5)pay money back 还钱。例:May I borrow
5、 12 yuan from you? I'll pay it back next month. 你能借给我12块钱吗?下月还你。(6)pay off one's money还清钱。习题:1用几种不同的表达方式翻译:这件外套花费了我100元。1.__________________________________________2.__________________________________________3.__________________________________________4.__________________________________________选
6、择填空1.I have to them 20 pounds for this room each month. A.payB.paidC.costD.took2.TheyspendtoomuchtimethereportA.writingB.towriteC.onwritingD.write3.--Whatbeautifulshoesyou’rewearing!Theymustbeexpensive.--No,theyonly——l0yuan.A.spentB.tookC.paidD.cost4.--Willyoupleaseformydinner,Peter?--Sure!A.spe
7、ndB.payC.costD.take5.Itwillmetoomuchtimetoreadthisbook.A.takeB.costC.spendD.pay6.This science book ____ me a great amount of money. A. took B. cost C. used D. spent 7.May I borrow 12 yuan from you? I'll it back ne