Li: 大家好我是楊莉。歡迎收聽(tīng)《你問(wèn)我答》節(jié)目。今天的問(wèn)題來(lái)自 Wu Yi,請(qǐng)我的同事Carol 代讀。
Question
Can ‘hijacking’ and ‘hijack’ both mean forcefully taking over a plane? What’s the difference?
Li: Wu Yi 想知道 ‘hijacking’ 和 ‘hijack’ 這兩個(gè)詞是不是都表示劫持這個(gè)意思。最好我們永遠(yuǎn)都不會(huì)遇到被劫持的事情,Wu Yi 你說(shuō)呢? 不過(guò)回答你的第一個(gè)問(wèn)題,是的,這兩個(gè)詞的意思都是劫持。兩者的區(qū)別在于詞性不同,一個(gè)是動(dòng)名詞,一個(gè)是動(dòng)詞。請(qǐng)聽(tīng)一段想象的新聞標(biāo)題:
Example
And news just in: a passenger plane has been hijacked. Unconfirmed reports suggest several people have been injured.
Li: A passenger plane has been hijacked. 一架客機(jī)被劫持。在這句話里 hijacked是動(dòng)詞,是和被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)連用的過(guò)去分詞。被劫持了或遭到劫持。Hijack 是動(dòng)詞原形,它的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞都是 hijacked. 我們?cè)俾?tīng)一遍:
Example
And news just in: a passenger plane has been hijacked. Unconfirmed reports suggest several people have been injured.
Li: 非常戲劇性的新聞!下面是同一個(gè)故事的跟蹤報(bào)道。
Example
And now an update on the London hijacking: Three people are confirmed dead.
Li: The London hijacking. 有關(guān)倫敦劫持事件的最新進(jìn)展。單詞 ‘hijacking’ 在此處是作為一個(gè)動(dòng)名詞來(lái)使用的。我們?cè)俾?tīng)一遍:
Example
And now an update on the London hijacking: Three people are confirmed dead.
Li: 在英語(yǔ)里人們經(jīng)常在一個(gè)動(dòng)詞的后面加上 ‘i-n-g’ 使之成為一個(gè)動(dòng)名詞。比如動(dòng)詞shoot 射擊、槍擊,如果后面加上 i-n-g 詞性就變了,變成了一個(gè)名詞,請(qǐng)聽(tīng)下面這一段。
Example
It’s believed the hijackers have threatened to shoot the passengers if their demands are not met. But the army has moved in - and we can hear the sounds of shooting!
[Gunshots]
Li: 這里我們聽(tīng)到了動(dòng)詞 ‘shoot’, 還有動(dòng)名詞 shooting. 你聽(tīng)沒(méi)聽(tīng)到另一個(gè)詞 hijackers劫持者? 我們?cè)俾?tīng)一遍:
Example
It’s believed the hijackers have threatened to shoot the passengers if their demands are not met. But the army has moved in - and we can hear the sounds of shooting!
[Gunshots]
Li: 好了,請(qǐng)大家不要緊張,因?yàn)閯偛湃翘摌?gòu)的報(bào)道。不過(guò)希望你已經(jīng)對(duì) hijack 這個(gè)詞的幾個(gè)變形詞語(yǔ)有了一定的了解。在后面加上 i-n-g 就是動(dòng)名詞。 不過(guò)我想提醒大家的是 ‘hijack’ 偶爾也可以作為名詞來(lái)用。請(qǐng)聽(tīng)例句:
Example
The hijack lasted for three days.
Li: The hijack lasted for three days. 劫持事情持續(xù)了三天。
好了 Wu Yi, 希望以上講解對(duì)你有幫助。學(xué)單詞歸學(xué)單詞,千萬(wàn)不要真的遇上劫持事件!現(xiàn)在我想對(duì)收音機(jī)前的聽(tīng)眾朋友說(shuō),提問(wèn)題也是學(xué)習(xí)提高的一部分,所以我鼓勵(lì),號(hào)召大家都來(lái)貢獻(xiàn)一個(gè)英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的問(wèn)題,我們的郵箱是questions.chinaelt@bbc.co.uk. 謝謝大家收聽(tīng),我們下次節(jié)目再會(huì)!
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(來(lái)源:BBC英語(yǔ)教學(xué) 編輯:Julie)