Those who tell the Truth love you. Those who tell you what you want to hear love themselves.

——Mother Mary Angelica

實(shí)話的人愛你,你想聽的話的人愛他們自己。

——安琪拉卡修女

一、下面我們來看看tell有幾種含義

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1.告訴,告知 [T]

I'll tell her, but it won't have any effect.

我可以告訴她,但不會起什么作用。

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2.提供,說明 [T]

The recipe tells how to make maple syrup dumplings.

這個(gè)制法講如何做楓糖點(diǎn)心。

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3.講述,表達(dá) [T]

I'll tell you what I've been thinking.

我來給你講講我這段時(shí)間的想法。

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4.泄漏,泄密 [I]

Don’t tell him any secret. He’s a real blabbermouth.

別泄露給他任何秘密,他這人多嘴,會泄漏的。

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5.命令,指示,吩咐 [T]

The light tells you if the machine is on.

指示燈告訴你機(jī)器是否在工作。

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6.識別,辨別 [I]

No one could tell exactly what was going to happen.

誰也不能猜出到底會發(fā)生什么情況。

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7.產(chǎn)生效果,發(fā)生影響 [I]

His unselfish work is beginning to tell.

他無私的工作開始產(chǎn)生效果。

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二、你知道tell和哪些詞更搭嗎?

tell apart

區(qū)分,分清,區(qū)別,辨別

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tell off

責(zé)備,斥責(zé),責(zé)罵,數(shù)說(某人的過錯) 分派,分配(工作) 數(shù),計(jì)算

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tell on

使疲憊不堪;告發(fā)

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三、最后,做個(gè)填詞游戲吧

The advertisement _____ us very little about the product.
這則廣告提供的產(chǎn)品情況很少。 ?