專門替中國人寫的英語語法7-1：答案只是〝Yes〞或〝No〞的問題

　　7-1　答案只是〝Yes〞或〝No〞的問題

　　有些問題，答案只有〝Yes〞或〝No〞，以下是一些例子。

　　原來句子

　　I am a boy.

　　He has a car.

　　I gave him three books.

　　He cannot work.

　　He has not seen me.

　　They like your novel.

　　The sun sets in the west.

　　They are good teachers.

　　He will not go to a concert tonight.

　　He is going to swim.

　　They must eat vegetables.

　　They have to go.

　　I walked two kilometers yesterday.

　　It is raining now.

　　問句

　　Am I a boy?

　　Does he have a car?

　　Did I give him three books?

　　Can he work?

　　Has he seen me?

　　Do They like your novel?

　　Does the sunset in the west?

　　Are they good teachers?

　　Will he go to a concert tonight?

　　Is he going to swim?

　　Must they eat vegetables?

　　Do they have to go?

　　Did I walk two kilometers yesterday?

　　Is it raining now?

　　根據(jù)以上的例子，我們可以歸納乘以下的規(guī)則：

　　(1)凡動(dòng)詞是verb to be的，變成問句時(shí)，動(dòng)詞移到主詞前面去。例子：

　　原來句子

　　You are a girl.

　　He was a teacher.

　　They were all old.

　　This song is beautiful.

　　Peter is a good student.

　　問句

　　Are you a girl?

　　Was he a teacher?

　　Were they all old?

　　Is this song beautiful?

　　Is Peter a good student?

　　(2)動(dòng)詞不是verb to be，也沒有助動(dòng)詞，改成問句時(shí)，必須加助動(dòng)詞do或他的變形，這個(gè)助動(dòng)詞必須在主詞的前面。例子：

　　原來句子

　　I like music.

　　He likes sports.

　　Peter went to America.

　　He ate three apples last night.

　　Her mother calls her every week.

　　問句

　　Do I like music?

　　Does he like sports?

　　Did Peter go to America?

　　Did he eat three apples last night?

　　Does her mother call her every week?

　　(3)句子中間如已有助動(dòng)詞，改成問句時(shí)，只要將助動(dòng)詞移到主動(dòng)詞前面即可。例子：

　　原來句子

　　He did not eat.

　　He has gone to America.

　　She can dance.

　　I will see you tonight.

　　They are going to Washington.

　　問句

　　Did he eat?

　　Has he gone to America?

　　Can she dance?

　　Will I see you tonight?

　　Are they going to Washington?

　　我們的問句中，當(dāng)然也可已有否定的意義，比方說，我們可以問：

　　你不喜歡音樂嗎?

　　他不是你的弟弟嗎?

　　你從未見過他?

　　英文句子也可以如此，例如：

　　Don't you like music?

　　Doesn't he play piano?

　　Aren't you his brother?

　　Isn't he a good student?

　　Didn't he go to school?

　　Hasn't he lived here?

　　Won't he leave tomorrow?

　　注意，這時(shí)not通常和動(dòng)詞連在一起了。

　　有一件事，是我們中國人必須注意的，假如有人問你： 你不喜歡音樂嗎? 而你本人的確也不喜歡音樂，你會(huì)回答說： 是，我不喜歡音樂。 也就是說，我們中國人的回答是順著問句的。問句說你不喜歡，我們同意他的說法，所以前面加一個(gè)〝是〞。假設(shè)我喜歡音樂，我會(huì)回答說： 不，我喜歡音樂。 可是，英文正好相反，英文的yes和no，與問句的問法無關(guān)，而對應(yīng)了回答的事實(shí)。舉例來說，我們的問句也許是：

　　Don't you like music?

　　你如不喜歡音樂就回答說：

　　No, I don't like music.

　　你如喜歡音樂，就回答說：

　　Yes, I like music.

　　再舉一例，有人問：

　　Isn’t he Chinese?

　　他是中國人就回答：

　　Yes, he is.

　　他如不是，就回答：

　　No, he isn't.

　　反正，英文的yes和no，都和答案的事實(shí)對應(yīng)，而與如何問無關(guān)。