1. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.
他回答了我,但他说得既不慢也不清楚。
知识点1:问、说、回答等动词的用法:
answer sb. sth. 回答某人……
What shall I answer?
我将怎么回答呢?
ask sb. 问某人
I asked her the time but she gave no answer.
我问她时间,可是她没回答。
tell sb.告诉某人
Tell him from me that he must be at the meeting on time.
请转告他,叫他务必按时到会。
say to sb.对某人说
We shall see his boat and then we shall say goodbye to him.
我们将参观他的船,然后与他告别。
reply to sb / sth.对……作出答复、反应
A lot of people replied to our advertisement.
有许多人对我们的广告作出了反应。
respond to sb. / sth.对……作出反应
She responded to my letter with a phone call.
她收到我的信,给我回了个电话。
着重对比:answer,reply, respond均含有“回答”的意思。
1)answer是常用词,可指口头、笔头,甚至可表示以行动回答;
2)reply 较 answer正式;
3)respond是正式用语,指对号召、职责、请求等作出自发的适当反应。
知识点2:neither... nor...意为“既不……也不……”此结构不仅可以连接副词还可连接其他词:
I can neither sing nor dance.
我既不会唱歌也不会跳舞。
She speaks neither Chinese nor English.
她既不会说中文也不会说英语。
My brother is standing beside the door neither in nor out.
我弟弟站在门口,既不进来也不出去。
2. My teacher never spoke English like that!
我的老师从来不那样说英语!
知识点:like在此为介词,意为“像”。
3. The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
我和搬运工相视一笑。
知识点:each other—般表示两者之间彼此,但也可表示三者以上的人之间彼此,相当于one another。