1【問】It’s really lovely to talk to that old man.請問：這里的lovely如何理解呀？

答 這里的lovely不翻譯成“可愛的”，而是意為：“親切的，令人愉快的（friendly and pleasant ）?！彼赃@個句子可以翻譯成：跟那位老人談話很愉快。

2【問】" " It was a lovely spring day. 請問這里的lovely又如何理解呢？

答"" 這里的lovely同樣不翻譯成“可愛的”，而是用來表達(dá)天氣宜人。這句話可以翻譯成：那是一個宜人的春日。

3【問】" " 一本參考書上講，表示花費(fèi)時間，spend用人作主語，take用物作主語?？墒俏以谌私贪嬗⒄Z教材中發(fā)現(xiàn)這樣一句話：He always took time to explain things to me clearly whenever I couldn’t understand anything.請問：這里took的主語為什么是人呢？

答 當(dāng)花費(fèi)時間講，spend的主語只能是人，而take的主語既可以是物，也可以是人。如：I took just ten minutes to solve that problem. 再如：The Americans took about five days to get there in 1969.