您现在的位置是:首页 > 英语口语 > 常用英语口语练习 正文 英语口语练习 Unit83:The rent房租 2007-08-26来源: 音频下载[保存到本地收听] 本单元是关房租的对话Helen: Dad, Khalid likes the room, and he wants to move in, but he wants to know if you can knock a bit off the rent.Helen's dad: Helen, you know I can't allow it. Everybody has to pay the same.Helen: I know dad, but we put the advert in the Gazette for 2 weeks, and he's the only person who's anywhere near suitable. It's going to cost a fortune if you have to keep advertising.Helen's dad: But why couldn't you find anybody through the ad?Helen: I don't know dad, I can't make people call. All I know is, Khalid's just right for the room, but if you want him to move in, you'll have to let him have a discount.Helen's dad: Well, I suppose I could let him have a small reduction. But what are you going to say to Alice and Tim?Vocabulary 词汇 knock a bit off 稍微减少reduce slightlyto cost a fortune 花一大笔钱to be very expensivekeep on 继续 (v)continue本单元的语言点是关于 Make, Let, Allow 的用法,请看下面的解释和例句Make, Let, AllowMake - active fomp3 主动形式 The verb 'make' has several meanings in English. When Helen says 'I can't make people call', she means that she cannot force people to call; she does not have the power to control or change the situation. When 'make' means 'force' or 'control', in the active fomp3, it is followed by an object and the bare infinitive (原形不定式/不带'to'的不定式,infinitive without 'to').Be careful: in the active fomp3, 'make' is NOT followed by 'to', and it is NOT followed by an -ing fomp3:The teacher made us to do our homework -WRONGThe teacher made us doing our homework -WRONGThe teacher made us do our homework –RIGHTMake - passive fomp3 被动形式 When 'make' means 'force', in the passive from, it is followed by the infinitive with 'to'.Let 容许,让 If you 'let' somebody do something, you give pemp3ission or you allow them to do something. Helen says 'if you want him to move in, you'll have to let him have a discount.'When 'let' means 'allow' or 'give pemp3ission', it is followed by an object and the bare infinitive (infinitive without 'to').Be careful: 'let' is NOT followed by 'to', and it is NOT followed by an -ing fomp3:The teacher let us to leave early - WRONGThe teacher let us leaving early - WRONGThe teacher let us leave early – RIGHTAllow 准许,许可;允许 Allow has a similar meaning to 'let'. When Helen's dad says 'Helen, you know I can't allow it.' He means that he can't give pemp3ission.Allow can be used in 2 ways:1. It is followed by an object. The object can be a noun, or it can be an -ing fomp3.2. It is followed by an object (noun or pronoun) and the infinitive with 'to'.Be careful: in this pattern, the object is NOT followed by an -ing fomp3:The teacher allowed us leaving early - WRONGThe teacher allowed us to leaving early - WRONGThe teacher allowed us to leave early - RIGHTPassive fomp3s are also possible. Smoking is not allowed in this buildingYou are not allowed to smoke in this building 本栏目更多同类内容 扫码关注和谐英语微信公众号,第一时间获取最新学习资料 或公众号搜索myhxen 上一篇 英语口语学习练习 Unit45:Packing 下一篇 英语口语练习 Unit84:A visit from the police来自警察局的询问 相关文章 英语口语学习练习 Unit1:At the airport英语口语练习 Unit68:Is the cat ill? 那只猫病了吗?英语口语练习 Unit70:Heartbreak for Alice?心烦意乱的Alice英语口语练习 Unit69:The art gallery 画廊英语口语练习 Unit72:Christmas Shopping圣诞节购物英语口语练习 Unit71:Paul confesses 保罗坦露真相英语口语练习 Unit74:Alone at New Year独自过新年英语口语练习 Unit73:Holiday plans 度假打算英语口语练习 Unit76:A new flatmate新房客伙伴英语口语练习 Unit75:Paul's explanation Paul 的解释