'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.'Youneedn't be so rude about it,' my wife answeredas she looked at herself in the mirror.I sat downon one of those modern chairs with holesin itand waited. We had been in the hat shop for halfan hour and my wife was still in front of themirror.‘We mustn't buy things we don't need,' Iremarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost atonce. 'You needn't have said that,' my wifeanswered.‘I need not remind you of that terrible tieyou bought yesterday.' "I find it beautiful,"I said. A man can never have too many ties."And awoman can't have too many hats,"she answered.Ten minutes later we walked out of the shoptogether. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse !
語法歸納:情態(tài)動詞 need 和 must 的用法
一句話總結(jié):情態(tài)動詞need和must的否定形式與肯定形式差別很大。
肯定式 否定式 其他
need 需要 needn't 不必,不許 do not need 不需要
must 必須 mustn't 不應(yīng)該 must=should=ought to 應(yīng)當(dāng)
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1. 'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.
“你把那個叫帽子嗎?” 我對妻子說。
語言點(diǎn) call sth.…稱某物為……
2.‘You needn't be so rude about it.’my wife answered as she looked at herself in themirror.
“你說話沒必要這么不客氣我的妻子邊回答邊照鏡子。
語言點(diǎn) 1) need作情態(tài)動詞時,后加動詞原形;常用于否定句和疑問句中,needn't意為“不必”
You needn't be so polite to everyone here.
你不必對這里的每個人都這么客氣。
need作實義動詞時,有人稱和數(shù)的變化,后加動詞不定式、名詞、代詞或動名詞。
I need to come in person.
我需要親自來一趟。
My pants need a slide fastener.
我的褲子需要一條拉鏈:
This suit needs ironing.
這套西裝應(yīng)該熨燙了。(含被動含義)
3. I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited.
我坐在一個新式的滿是網(wǎng)眼的椅子上,等待著。
語言點(diǎn) 本句中出現(xiàn)了四個介詞:1) on意為“在……上”
of意為“……的'表示所屬
with意為“帶著……”
in意為“在……里”