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Unit 3 Pardon Me!
Lesson 20
forgive v. 宽恕,原谅
◆And forgive a mistake or two.
原谅一两处错误。
◆Please forgive me for coming late.
请原谅我来晚了。
◆Excuse me, are you Mr. Black?
请问你是布莱克先生吗?
【探究总结】 forgive/excuse/pardon的用法辨析
(1)三者均可表示“原谅”,有时可换用,但在语气上有较大差别:excuse语气较轻,主要用于日常社交中对一些轻微的过失、妨碍表示道歉;forgive比excuse语气稍重,并且带有较强的个人感情色彩,含有怨恨消失且不加追究之意;pardon语气最重,原指法律上的“赦免”,在普通用语中也有免于惩罚或追究之意。
(2)forgive, pardon可接双宾语,但excuse不可。
(3)三者之后接动词时通常都用动名词,而不用不定式。
【误区警示】
汉语可以说“原谅某人做某事”,但是英语中上述三词均不能接不定式。正确的表达应是excuse/forgive/pardon sb. for doing sth. 。
【学以致用】
①Forgive me ______ some of your questions unanswered.
A. of leaving B. for leaving
C. to leave D. leave
②Could you tell me the _______ that you didn’t go to school today?
A. forgive B. pardon C. excuse D. lie
Ⅰ. 单项选择
1. I’m afraid that I’ll have to wait ______.
A. a day or two B. one day and two
C. a or two days D. one or two day
2. I forgave him for ______ at me.
A. laugh B. laughed
C. laughing D. to laugh
3. —Where ______ you come from?
—I ______ f