PETS－2语法讲解(274)

She spent half the time texting her girlfriends.
　　她有一半时间用行动电话跟女朋友通简讯
　　对话
　　Gerry: I got really fed up with Anna last weekend.
　　Buster: Why was that?
　　Gerry: Well I took her out to dinner and she spent half the time texting her girlfriends on her mobile.
　　Buster: Well girls are always doing that, you shouldn't worry too much.
　　Gerry: And the other half taking calls.
　　Buster: Well next time you take her out, why don't you call her on your mobile yourself? That way you'll get some attention and block out her girlfriends.
　　Gerry: That's not a bad idea. Can you reverse charges on a mobile?
　　格里：上个周末，安娜真令我非常不满。
　　巴斯特：为什么?
　　格里：我邀她去吃晚饭，她却有一半时间用行动电话和女朋友传简讯。
　　巴斯特：啊，女人总是这样的，你不必太过介意。
　　格里：她的另一半时间则用来接电话。
　　巴斯特：那么，下次你邀她外出，何不用行动电话跟她交谈？这样，你不会完全被忽略，她的女朋友也没法插进来。
　　麦克斯：这主意不错。你能把打出和接听电话的费用倒转过来吗？
　　She spent half the time texting her girlfriends这一句，改为He spent half the time texting his boyfriends，除了代名词she和名词girlfriends变了做男性，还有什么分别？
　　按男人的girlfriend一般是恋爱对象，女人的girlfriend则多是指普通女性朋友，通常没有同性恋含义。女人的boyfriend一般也是恋爱对象，但男人的boyfriend却有明显的同性恋含义。所以，She gave her girlfriend a farewell kiss（她吻别一位女性朋友），看来自然不过；He gave his boyfriend a farewell kiss（他吻别情郎），却往往令人侧目。
　　有时，你可以用a和my、her等字分别boyfriend、girlfriend的‘亲疏’。例如玛丽说I had lunch with a boyfriend this afternoon，是表示‘今天和一位男朋友吃午饭’；说 I had lunch with my boyfriend this afternoon，则是和情人共进午餐。
　　Text本义是‘正文’，以别于注释、插图等，例如：There are often more pictures than text in children's books（儿童读物往往图画多于文字）。行动电话问世后，text有了新的意思，指用行动电话发出文字短讯，代替说话：You can send text messages on a mobile phone instead of voice messages。作动词用，text可以带一个或两个受词，例如：(1) She is texting a friend（她正用行动电话传简讯给朋友）。(2) Tom texted me his email address（汤姆把他的电邮地址用文字经行动电话传给我）。(