【英语日常口语,Unit83:The,rent房租】TheAdrentSky
英语日常口语 Unit83:The rent房租 本单元是关房租的对话 Helen: Dad, Khalid likes the room, and he wants to move in, but he wants to know if you can knock a bit off the rent. Helen"s dad: Helen, you know I can"t allow it. Everybody has to pay the same. Helen: I know dad, but we put the advert in the Gazette for 2 weeks, and he"s the only person who"s anywhere near suitable. It"s going to cost a fortune if you have to keep advertising. Helen"s dad: But why couldn"t you find anybody through the ad? Helen: I don"t know dad, I can"t make people call. All I know is, Khalid"s just right for the room, but if you want him to move in, you"ll have to let him have a discount. Helen"s dad: Well, I suppose I could let him have a small reduction. But what are you going to say to Alice and Tim?
Vocabulary 词汇
knock a bit off 稍微减少 reduce slightly
to cost a fortune 花一大笔钱 to be very expensive
keep on 继续 (v) continue 本单元的语言点是关于 Make, Let, Allow 的用法，请看下面的解释和例句 Make, Let, Allow
Make - active form 主动形式 The verb "make" has several meanings in English. When Helen says "I can"t make people call", she means that she cannot force people to call; she does not have the power to control or change the situation.
When "make" means "force" or "control", in the active form, it is followed by an object and the bare infinitive (原形不定式/不带"to"的不定式，infinitive without "to").
Be careful: in the active form, "make" is NOT followed by "to", and it is NOT followed by an -ing form: The teacher made us to do our homework -WRONG The teacher made us doing our homework -WRONG The teacher made us do our homework –RIGHT
Make - passive form 被动形式 When "make" means "force", in the passive from, it is followed by the infinitive with "to". Let 容许,让 If you "let" somebody do something, you give permission or you allow them to do something. Helen says "if you want him to move in, you"ll have to let him have a discount."
When "let" means "allow" or "give permission", it is followed by