‘WOULD’ MEANING ‘USED TO’  与used to 具有相同意思的would

有文学色彩或者有诗意的句子中would 经常替代used to 表达相同的意思：

When I was young, my grandmother would rock me in her old rocking chair. 我小时候，祖母常常用摇椅援我。

Every Sunday, we would get up very early and we would cycle till we reached the sea.　

每个星期天，我们起得很早然后骑车到海边。

 

MULTI-WORD VERBS: WITHY ‘UP’ AND ‘DOWN’   up和down的短语动词

up最基本的表示空间的意思并不是很多。与up的意思相对应的反义词是down. up和down引申到了比喻层面的意义，用来表示用某种惊讶可以测量的东西或者在某个意义上来说可以看见它或上或下的东西。我们来看一下下面的例子。

●音量

Turn up the radio, I can’t hear it. 把收音机开大点，我听不见。

-No, turn it down, I’m working. 不，关小点儿，我正在工作。

Speak up! We can’t hear at the back. 大点儿声！　我们在后面听不见。

●声音的高低

Your voice should go up at the end, not down. 你在最后应该抬高声调，而不是降低。

●压力

　You need to pump up that tyre. 你需要给那个轮胎充气。

●速度或进度

　Hurry up! 快点！　No. slow down. 不，慢点！

●价格或者年龄的数值

　Our consultant has put up her hourly rate.　我们的顾问提高了每小时的计费。

　House prices have gone down again this month.　房价在这个月再次下跌。

●地理位置

　He went up to Scotland last week, and he’s going down to London next week.

上个星期他北上苏格兰，下星期他又要南下伦敦。

●也可以用来表示与河流有关的东西。

　Going up the river was harder than going down.沿着这条河向上走比向下走要艰难。

在下个单元，我们将会看到更多含up和down的比喻意义的惯用短语。