1、spend cost pay take 的区别的区别 spend,cost,take 和 pay 的区别是历年考试的必考内容之一,虽然它 们都可以表示“花费“,但用法却不尽相同,讲解如下 spend 的主语必须是人, 常用于以下结构: (1) spend time money on sth. 在上花费时间/金钱 例:I spent two hours on this maths problem. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。 (2) spend time money (in) doing sth. 花费时间(金钱)做某事。 例:They spent two years (in) building
2、 this bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。 (3)spend money for sth. 花钱买。 例:His money was spent for books. 他的钱用来买书了。 cost 的主语是物或某种活动, 还可以表示“值“, 常见用法如下: (1)sth. costs (sb.) 金钱,某物花了(某人)多少钱。 例:A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。 (2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) 时间,某物(做某事)花了(某人)多少时间。 例:Remembering these new w
3、ords cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时 间才记住了这些单词。 注意:cost 的过去式及过去分词都是 cost,并且不能用于被动句。 take 后面常跟双宾语, 常见用法有以下几种: (1) It takes sb. 时间to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。 例: It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了 这条路。 (2)doing sth. takes sb. 时间,做某事花了某人多少时间。 例:Repairing this car took him the whole afte
4、rnoon. 他花了一下午修 车。 pay 的基本用法是: (1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(给某人)买。 例:I have to pay them 20 dollars for this room each month. 我每个月要 付 20 美元的房租。 (2)pay for sth. 付的钱。 例:I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔丢失的书款。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。 例:Dont worry! Ill pay for you. 别担心, 我会给你付钱的。 (4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。 例:
5、 They pay us every month.他们每月给我们报酬。 (5)pay money back 还钱。 例:May I borrow 12 yuan from you? Ill pay it back next month. 你能借 给我 12 块钱吗?下月还你。 (6)pay off ones money 还清钱。 习题:1 用几种不同的表达方式翻译:这件外套花费了我 100 元。 1. I have to them 20 pounds for this room each month. A. pay B. paid C. cost D. took 2. They spend t
6、oo much time the report A. writing B. to write C. on writing D. write 3. -What beautiful shoes youre wearing! They must be expensive . -No,they onlyl0 yuan Aspent Btook Cpaid Dcost 4. -Will you please for my dinner, Peter? -Sure! A. spend B. pay C. cost D.take 5. It will me too much time to read thi
7、s book. A. take B. cost C. spend D.pay 6.This science book _ me a great amount of money. A. took B. cost C. used D. spent 7. May I borrow 12 yuan from you? Ill it back next week. A. take B. cost C. pay D .spend 8. I two hours on this maths problem yesterday. A. take B. cost C. pay D .spent 9. Repair
8、ing this car him the whole afternoon. A. took B. cost C. pay D .spent 五 完成句子 (1)买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。 (cost) (2)他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。 (take) (3)我每个月要付 20 美元的房租。 (pay) (4)他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。 (cost) (5)造这座桥花了他们两年时间。 (spend) 答案: I spend 100 yuan on this coat.=I spend 100 yuan to buy this coat. The coat cost me 100 yuan
9、.=It cost me 100 yuan to buy this coat. I paid 100 yuan for this coat. It takes me 100 yuan to buy this coat. 1-8AADBABCD A new computer costs a lot of money. It took them three years to build this road. I have to pay them 20 dollars for this room each month. Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. They spent two years (in) building this bridge.