1、指示代詞用法:
(1) 作主語:
This is the way to do it. 這事兒就該這樣做。
This is what I want to emphasize. 這就是我想強(qiáng)調(diào)的。
This is a chair. 這是一把椅子。
That is Linda's book. 這是琳達(dá)的書。
Whose pens are those? 那些是誰的鋼筆。
(2) 作賓語:
We should always keep this in mind. 我們應(yīng)當(dāng)經(jīng)常記住這一點(diǎn)。
I like this better than that. 我喜歡這個(gè)甚至那個(gè)。
Have you read this? 你讀過這個(gè)嗎?
I like these but she likes those. 我喜歡這些,而她喜歡那些。
(3) 作表語:
My point is this. 我的觀點(diǎn)就是如此。
Her plan is this. 她的計(jì)劃是這樣的。
His worries are those. 他的煩惱就是那些。
(4) 作定語:
You can't swim at this time of the year. 你不能在這個(gè)時(shí)候游泳。
I don't like that man. 我不喜歡那個(gè)人。
We must get to know these tricks of theirs. 我們必須懂得他們這一套鬼花招。
2、指示代詞的用法區(qū)別
(1) this和these一般指在空間和時(shí)間上較近的事物,that和those一般指在空間和時(shí)間上較遠(yuǎn)的事物。
例:This is a map of China and that is a map of the world.
這是一張中國地圖,那是一張世界地圖。
Please come this way. We'll go in by that door. 請這邊走,我們從那扇門進(jìn)去。
In those year they led a hard life. 在那些歲月里,他們生活得很艱難