霏霏头头
1. 第一个问题,当然可以,anybody here?更简洁,更口语。类比中文啊,有人在家吗?有人吗?有人在吗?都是一个意思,不同的说法。2. 第二个问题,当然也可以,新概念讲的一般是口语,但是呢,口语更新的速度远大于教材的,例如,有没有,有米有,有木有等等,都是一个意思。对话,只要听你说话的人,听得懂你说的英语,你的口语就ok。但是为什么我们还要学英语口语,学新概念呢?你跟同学和跟老师说的话,肯定不一样,就算你敢跟老师开玩笑,很随意地讲,你也得注意用词对不对?所以,你说there's 可不可以省略,那个可以省,但是这是一个关于用词的问题,由你自己把握。3. 第三个问题,none 可以指“没有人”也可以指“没有事情(物)”,nothing只可以指“没有事情(物)”。所以这里,你可以说,nothing at all, 也可以说,none at all。但是呢,I see none,这个应该也可以,但是说话更正式,nothing at all 更加口语化。
可爱小伶伶
Lesson 78 The last one?After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette. For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite. My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket. After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction. My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. He himself has done it lots of times!Lesson 79 By AirI used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays. A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience. I am used to traveling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened. After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height, when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.While we were waiting to land, a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened. Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board. The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane. After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly. Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.