PETS－2语法讲解(158)

Why is he woofing and wagging his tail?
　　对话
　　Jack: You're out exercising your dog I see.
　　Eric: Yes, dogs have to be exercised daily, otherwise they get out of condition.
　　Jack: What's his name?
　　Eric: Rover.
　　Jack: That's a good name for a dog. Why is he woofing and wagging his tail?
　　Eric: Can't you see? He wants one of us to throw that stick as far as we can for him to fetch.
　　Jack: I can't disappoint him. Come on boys ,(throws stick) go fetch!
　　杰克：你牵狗儿出来，自然是要它运动一下。
　　艾利克：没错，狗必须每天做运动，否则健康会不好。
　　杰克：它叫什么名字？
　　艾利克：漂泊者。
　　杰克：这名字很适合狗儿。它为什么汪汪叫，摇尾巴？
　　艾利克：你看不出吗？它要你或我把棒子尽力往远处扔，再让它捡回来。
　　杰克：我不能扫它的兴。来，小伙子，（掷出棍子）去捡回来！
　　叫狗儿去取东西，英文一个常用说法是Go fetch!这fetch和bring、take都有‘拿’的含义，三字用法有什么分别？假如你说bring，是叫人从某处把东西拿到你这里；说take，是指由你这里拿东西到别处；说fetch，则是指由你这里到别处拿东西回来。例如：(1) Bring your dog to my house tonight（今晚带你的狗儿来我家吧）。(2) I take my son to school in the morning, and fetch him from school in the afternoon（我早上送孩子去上学，下午去学校接他回来）。叫身边的狗儿去拿东西回来给你，当然应用fetch一字。读者也许会问：Go、fetch都是动词，两字怎么可以连用？按go、come二字之后，可用‘to＋动词’；随便一点，可用‘and＋动词’，例如：(1) I go to fetch (或go and fetch) my son in the afternoon。(2) He came to see (或came and saw) me yesterday（他昨天来看我）。比‘and＋动词’更加随便的口头英语，有时还会把come and、go and的and字略去，例如：Come sit here（来这里坐吧），Go fetch就是用这省略法。抛物叫狗儿拿回来这游戏，英文有一个名称：play fetch，这个fetch作名词用，例如：Eric was going to play fetch with his dog when Jack came across him（杰克碰到艾利克时，艾利克正准备和狗儿玩掷物取回游戏）。