1、sport、game、match、race 的区别:
1) sport通常指“户外运动”,以锻炼为主,概念较大,如People all around the world enjoy sports.(全世界的人都喜爱运动);
2) game意思是“运动、比赛”,不管户内户外还是脑力体力,指以胜负为主的运动,如The 2008 Olympic Games will be held in Beijing.(2008奥运会将在北京举行)(被动句);
3) match意为“竞赛、比赛”,多指正式比赛,如Our school football team won the league match(联赛).(我们学校足球队取得了联赛冠军)
4) race主要表示“赛跑、赛马、赛车”。如They were strong and won the boat race.(汤他们很棒,赢得了划艇比赛)
2、festival、holiday、vacation的区别:
1) festival“节日”,指喜庆的日子或持续一段时间的文娱活动,如The Shanghai Television Festival will be held next month.(上海电视节将在下个月举行);
2) holiday(假日、休息日),指法定假日或风俗习惯,复数可以表示一个较长的假期,如Sunday is a holiday and most people do not work.(星期天是个假日,多数人不工作);
3)vacation“假期”,指学习或工作中一段长时间的休息。如 What are you going to do during the summer vacation/holidays?(在暑期你打算做什么事情?)
3、journey、tour、trip、travel的区别:
1) journey指在陆地上(或海上或空中)进行的长途旅行,不知终点,含有辛苦的意思,如He made up his mind to make the journey to Dunhuang.(他拿定主意要去敦煌旅行);
2) tour指途中作短期逗留的巡回旅行,强调游览多处,常用来指观光等,如He has gone on a walking tour.(他步行观光去了)
3) trip通常指往返定时的短途旅行,如出差度假等,如He took several trips to Shanghai last year.(去年他去了上海好几次)
4) travel多指长期或长途的观光旅行,尤其指到国外,没有明确目的地,也作不可数名词,指旅行这一行为。如Did you go to Santiago(圣地亚哥) during your travels?(旅行期间你去圣地亚哥了吗?) / Travelling through thick forests is dangerous.(在密林里边穿行是很危险的)
4、sound、noise、voice的区别
1) sound指各种声音,如All of a sudden there was the sound of shots and a cry.(突然间传来几声枪响和一声尖叫)
2) noise主要指“噪音”,如The noise of the street kept me awake in the night.(街上的喧嚣声让我彻夜难眠)
3) voice指人的“嗓音”。如The singer has lost her ringing voice as a result of a bad cold.(因为感冒的缘故,这个歌唱家失去了她银铃般的嗓音)
5、fish的区别
许多条鱼且不管种类时,用fish,单复数相同;
许多种类的鱼,用fishes,如There are many kinds of fishes in the pool. (池子里有很多种类的鱼);