名词易错清单1
information,message,news(1) information 作“信息”解,一般指在阅读、观测、谈话或书信往来中尤其关注的消息、情报、资料等
它侧重内容,是不可数名词
如:They must find out some information about planes to Kunming as quickly as possible
他们必须尽快查到有关飞往昆明班机的信息
(2)news 作“新闻”解,一般指通过广播、电视、报纸等新闻媒体向大众公布的社会各方面的最新消息,它侧重一种“新”字,是不可数名词
如:There's a piece of interesting news in today's newspaper
在今天的报纸上有一条有趣的消息
No news is good news
没消息就是好消息
(3)message 作“音信”解,一般指口头传递的或书写的“消息”,是可数名词
如:She often sends messages to me with her mobile phone
她常常给我发手机短信
noise,voice,sound(1) sound “声音”,为最常用词,指可以听到的任何声音,强的,弱的,令人快乐的或不快乐的,故意义的或无意义的
如:I was reading last night,when suddenly I heard a sound in the next room
昨晚我正看书时,忽然听到隔壁房间有声音
(2) noise 常指太响或人们不愿听到的声音,“嘈杂声、喧闹声”
如:The boys made too much noise
孩子们太吵闹了
(3) voice 指“说话声”“唱歌声”“嗓音”如:That sounds like Mary's