英文表達總是少了點什麼嗎?用看似簡單的so就可以達到許多加分效果,除了加強語氣,so也可以當連接詞承接上下文,甚至口頭發表時,so也可能救你一命?
加強語氣的so
1. so+形容詞
例句:Your dress is so beautiful! (你的洋裝真漂亮!)
That’s so kind of you. (你人真好)
Hint: 此處用法等於very, extremely
2. so much加強程度
例句:I love this present so much. (我超喜歡這個禮物。)
Buying an iPhone costs me so much money! (買一支iPhone花我超多錢的!)
3. So放在句尾
例句:Is that why you hate her so? (這就是為什麼你這麼討厭她?)
承先啟後的so
用so當連接詞,表達因果關係
例句:My legs started hurting so I stopped dancing. (我的腿開始痛了,所以我不跳舞了。)
Hint: 此句也可改寫為Because my legs started hurting, I stopped dancing. 但要注意的是,通常建議because和so不可同時使用,且僅有because可放句首。
1. 用so that表示為了⋯⋯
例句:I leave the keys out on purpose so (that) I remember to take them with me. (我故意把鑰匙放在外面,這樣我才會記得帶。)
Hint:通常前面是原因,so that後面帶出目的或結果,that可省略
2. 用so...that...來表示太過如何而發生某事
例句:Kids were so excited about the field trip tomorrow that they stayed up all night. (孩子們對明天的遠足太興奮了,以至於他們今天整夜睡不著。)
Hint: 前面的「太過如何」是原因,但that之後帶出的事件比較像是延伸出的後果,並非最初就想達到的目的。
so該怎麼用,一次看清楚
Becky worked out three times a week, so she lost 10 kilograms. (Becky一週運動三次,所以他瘦了10公斤)
Becky worked out three times a week so that she could lose 10 kilograms. (為了瘦了10公斤,Becky一週運動三次)
Becky worked out so hard that she lost 10 kilograms. (Becky很努力運動所以瘦了10公斤。)
參考資料:Cambridge dictionary, Thefreedictionary
本文收錄於英語島English Island 2021年5月號
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