无论是人类社会还是自然界,都无时无刻不在发生着这样那样的变化,诸如晴朗的天空突然下起了瓢泼大雨啦,鸟巢突然从树上掉落下来啦......诸如此类的"偶然发生"的事,我们无疑都会用到happen这个词。不过在使用happen这个词时,同学们可得留心它"发生"的奥秘哟!
happen"发生"的奥秘
一、happen表示"(偶然地)发生"时,其主语一般为事,而不能是人。例如:
This happened in 1988.这件事发生在1988年。
Do you know what happened last Sunday in our school?你知道上周日在我们学校发生了什么事吗?
二、表示"某人发生了什么事"应用something happens/happened to somebody这一结构。例如:
What happened to Mr GREen?格林先生发生了什么事?
An accident happened to the twins.双胞胎出了一次事故。
三、happen是一个不及物动词,其后不可带宾语。例如:
这个故事发生在伦敦。
误:London happened this story.
正:This story happened in London.
四、happen可表示"碰巧"之意,此时,其主语可以是人,它的后面常跟上动词不定式,表示"碰巧......"。例如:
Last Sunday I happened to meet one of my old friends in the street.上星期天我在街上碰巧遇见了我的一个老朋友。
I'm sorry.I happened to leave my dictionary at home.对不起,我碰巧把词典忘在家了。
五、happen表示"碰巧......"时,还可用于It happens/happened that...结构,这种结构可与上述结构互换。例如:
It happened that the famous actor was her brother./The famous actor happened to be her brother.那个著名的演员碰巧是她哥哥。
Exercises:根据所给汉语提示,完成下列句子,注意happen的用法。
1.那件事发生在一个下雨天的早晨。
That thing __________ __________ a __________ morning.
2.林涛没告诉我他弟弟出了什么事。
Lin Tao didn't tell me __________ __________ __________ his brother.
3.昨天在街上发生了一件有趣的事。
__________ __________ __________ __________ on the street yesterday.
4.我碰巧知道他的新电话号码。
I __________ __________ __________ his new telephone number.
5.火灾发生时我碰巧在那儿。
__________ __________ that I was there when the fire started.
Key:1.happened on,rainy 2.what happened to 3.An interesting thing happened 4.happened to know 5.It happened