PETS－2语法讲解(94)

Let's … get some cotton candy.
　　对话
　　Jilly: This takes me back, I haven't been to the seaside since I was a child.
　　Nicola: I haven't been for ages either.
　　Jilly: Tell you what, let's go on the pier and get some cotton candy.
　　Nicola: But that's for kids and it's pure sugar; it'll ruin your figure.
　　Jilly: I don't care, it was one of my favorite things to have when we came to the seaside.
　　Nicola: Well if you're going to relive your childhood, I'm going to have to do the same.
　　姬利：这使我想起从前。我长大后,就没有到过海边。
　　尼科拉：我也很久没到过海边了。
　　姬利：我们去码头买些棉花糖吃吧。
　　尼科拉：但那是小孩子吃的,而且是用糖做的,会使你变胖起来。
　　姬利：我不在乎。我小时候来到海边,就爱吃棉花糖。
　　尼科拉：嗯,假如你要重温童年滋味,我只好奉陪了。
　　姬利来到海边,说This takes me back。Take back有‘使想起从前’含义,也作carry back。The old photograph carried/took me back to my childhood即‘那张旧照片使我想起儿时’。
　　姬利又对尼科拉说: Tell you what, let's get some cotton candy。这tell you what是口头常用语,也作I/I'll tell you what ,习惯用来提出建议或加强语气,例如: (1)We've run out of sugar, but I tell you what, I'll go and buy some.(我们没有糖了,我去买些吧)。(2)Tell you what, I don't like him(告诉你,我不喜欢他)。‘棉花糖’叫cotton candy,例如: I ate lots of cotton candy when I was a child(我小时吃过不少棉花糖) 。英式英文则叫‘棉花糖’为candy floss: floss是‘丝线’,当然也是指棉花糖的形状。Floss还有另一个常见的意思: 牙线,即dental floss。这个floss还可作动词,例如: I clean between my teeth with floss every evening/I floss my teeth every evening (我每晚都用牙线清洁牙缝)。
　　尼科拉听见姬利说很久没到过海边,就说I haven't been(to the seaside) for ages either。这个either 是‘也’的意思,可不可以用also或too取代?答案是‘不可以’。有否定含义的句子,用either说‘也不’;有肯定含义的,才用also或too说‘也’,例如(1) "I didn't much enjoy the movie." "I didn't, either." ( 我不大爱看这部电影。’‘我也是。’) (2) "I enjoyed the film." "I also enjoyed it/I enjoyed it too." (‘我喜欢这部电影。’‘我也喜欢。’)