英语记趣【75】I在并列主语中的位置变异【10月23日阳光上午】

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分类: 美哉英语 |
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英语中的人称代词在名词词组内并列或与人名或指人名词并列时,根据英语的习惯用法或者由于礼貌上的需要,通常的排列次序是:第二、三人称代词居前,第一人称代词居后。这同汉语的习惯有很大差别。比较如下:
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单数 |
主格 |
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he / she |
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我 |
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他/她 |
宾格 |
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him / her |
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我们 |
你们 |
他们 |
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(1) You, Tom, and I
are leaving tonight.
(2) They’ll ask you and me to do it.
(3) You or they or we can finish the work in two
days.
但在下列情况下,第一人称代词I应在并列主语中居前:
1. 表示承认错误,承担责任,检讨工作时。如:
(1) It was I and John that broke the
window.
(2) I and he made the mistakes.
(3) I and they have been too
bureaucratic.
2. 代表国家或家庭时,突出元首或家长地位。如:
(1) I and all the ministers warmly welcome your
Highness.
(2) To this little circle, I, my wife, and my two little
daughters made, I venture to think, a not unwelcome
addition.
3. 回忆往事,由自己联想到别人时。如:
(1) Remember the time I and you drove into
Volognes.
(2) When she was a very tiny little kid, I and Allie used to
take her to the park with us, especially on
Sundays.
4. 别人与自己关系亲密时。如:
(1) Play snooker together every Wednesday, I and
George.
(2) We were always thanking him for that — I and the
others.
5. 与不定代词并列时。如:
(1) I and one or two others really ripped into the
editors.
(2) Such an easy job, I and anyone can
do.
6. 当并列成分有后置定语时。如:
(1) “You see those big buildings opposite,” said the old man.
“The third floor — that is where I live. I and the old housekeeper
who looks after me.”
7. 在诗歌中,由于修辞上的需要,人称代词的位置可灵活处理。如:
(1) Who has seen the wind ?
总之,在现代英语中,并列人称代词的位置比较灵活,特别是I。因此,既能掌握它们的习惯用法,又能了解它们的特殊用法是大有裨益的。
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