説法話茬第403期:戰爭開始的時候,他的父親還只是個小學生
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今日課題:有這麼個意思:戰爭開始的時候,他父親還只是個小學生。有人就這麼説:When the war began to break out, his father was only a pupil.
課題詳解:在這句話中,有個非常好的短語:break out,它是指(戰爭,疾病,戰鬥)爆發。例如:
I was in a nightclub and a fight broke out.(當時我在一家夜總會裏,那裏發生了一場鬥毆。)
在這句話中,還有一個動詞也是表示同樣的意思。它是:begin。例如:
He was 29 when the war began.(戰爭爆發時他才29歲。)
這麼看來,這句話就出現語意重複的語病了,我們講它們去掉其中任何一個即可。因此,根據所要表達的語意,正確的説法是:
When the war began , his father was only a pupil.
When the war broke out , his father was only a pupil.