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VOA慢速英语:Everyday Grammar: Can You Correct 'Her and I?'

2015-03-14来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. “Well, President Bush graciously invited Michelle and I to -- to meet with him and First Lady Laura Bush.”

meet with 偶然遇到;  碰到
例句:I will meet with Peter this evening. 
今天晚上我要与彼得会面。 

2. We can easily see the need for an object pronoun because of the preposition “to.”

because of 因为,由于
例句:Because of a squall the chase has to be called off. 
由于风势太大,追捕只好作罢。 

3. Writers Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman guess that people correct children who use “me” instead of “I” so much, the children grow up using “I” even when it is wrong.

instead of (用…)代替…, (是…)而不是…, (用…)而不用…
例句:I should take my rest now instead of later. 
我现在就得休息,而不是一会。