The main uses of the verb TO GET
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The main uses of the verb TO GET
To get在英语里是一个非常常用的动词，而且有很多不同意思和用法:
TO GET的主要含义:
•拿，得到，成为，找到:
TO GET的主要含义:
•拿，得到，成为，找到:
Did you get my email? 你收到了我的电子邮件没有？
Where did you get this information? 你哪里得到的这个信息？
I got a raise. 我涨工资了。
• 去，到达(表示动作，位移)
How can I get there? 我怎么能去那儿？
to get on (the bus) 登上(公交车)
to get in (the car) 进入(轿车)
to get away 离开
• 在反身形式里，可以表达从一个状态到另外一个状态，或者发展:
The kids are getting tired. 孩子们越来越累了。
Kevin got drunk last night. 凯文昨晚喝醉了。
Get ready! 准备好！
It's getting late. 天色越来越晚了。
• 在被动语态里，to get通常用来代替to be来强调经过了什么努力:
to get invited 被邀请
to get hired 被雇佣
to get killed 被杀
• 让某些事被做：
to get something done 使得某些事情被完成
Icarus got his hair cut. 伊卡洛斯剪了头发。
• 给，服务
Can I get you a drink? 我给你上点饮品？
• 带，拿:
I'll get you there on time. 我会准时把你带到的那儿去的。
• 明白:
I didn't get what you just said. 你刚刚说的话我没明白。
• 抓住:
Get him! 抓住他！
• 后面跟动词不定式，to get表达一个动作终于完成的含义:
Susie and Philip will eventually get to be friends. 苏西和菲利普最终还是会成为朋友。
• 还有很多其他含义，特别是后面有介词时:
to get up 起来
to get along 相处融洽
to get back 回来
to get together 在一起
to get down to 开始做某事
练习 1
Polly: Hey, Bob, I'm going to the store for some coffee and tea. Can I you anything?
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they any.
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they any.
Polly: Hey, Bob, I'm going to the store for some coffee and tea. Can I get 1 you anything?
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they have 2 any.
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they have 2 any.
1 get: 'Get' is the best choice here. It expresses Polly's offer to 'procure', 'buy' or 'obtain' something for Bob.
1 have: 'Can I have you anything?' is grammatically incorrect.
1 do: 'Can I do you anything?' does not make sense. However, we could say: 'Can I do anything for you?'.
2 have: Because Bob is asking if the store 'sells' chocolate covered espresso beans, we must use 'have' here.
2 get: 'Get' does not make sense here. Bob is asking about possession, and 'get' cannot express possession in this case.
2 do: 'Do' does not make sense here. Bob is asking about possession, and 'do' cannot express possession.
练习 2
Polly: Hey, Susie. you invited to Bruno's big birthday party?
Susie: Twice, in fact.
Polly: I don't it.
Susie: Well, I'll tell you the story. It like this...
Susie: Twice, in fact.
Polly: I don't it.
Susie: Well, I'll tell you the story. It like this...
Polly: Hey, Susie. Were 1 you invited to Bruno's big birthday party?
Susie: Twice, in fact.
Polly: I don't get 2 it.
Susie: Well, I'll tell you the story. It starts 3 like this...
Susie: Twice, in fact.
Polly: I don't get 2 it.
Susie: Well, I'll tell you the story. It starts 3 like this...
1 Were: Because Polly is only asking an ordinary question, we use 'were' as the proper auxiliary. This is the best choice here.
1 Get: 'Get' cannot be used as an auxiliary in interrogative constructions such as this one. However, we could say: 'Did you get invited', though this is a very familiar construction.
1 Have: 'Have' is not the correct auxiliary in this case.
2 get: 'I don't get it' is a familiar but common idiom, meaning, 'I don't understand what you're talking about'. This is the best choice here.
2 have: 'I don't have it' is grammatically correct, but it does not make sense in this context.
2 hear: 'I don't hear it' is grammatically correct, but it does not make sense in this context.
3 starts: 'It starts like this' is an idiomatic way of beginning a story, similar to, 'This is how it happened'. This is the best choice here.
3 gets: 'It gets like this' does not make sense.
3 has: 'It has like this' does not make sense.
练习 3
Below are several sentences which use the verb to get in different ways.
Choose all of the sentences which use the verb 'to get' correctly .
Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose all of the sentences which use the verb 'to get' correctly .
Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Below are several sentences which use the verb to get in different ways.
Choose all of the sentences which use the verb 'to get' correctly .
Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose all of the sentences which use the verb 'to get' correctly .
Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
This is not a correct use of the verb 'to get'. We could say, however: 'Do you know when he will finally get out of there?'. This sentence may refer to someone who is in prison, and 'get out of' is synonymous with 'be released' or simply 'to leave'.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'Gets' here is synonymous with 'to understand'.
This is not a correct use of the verb 'to get'. We could say, however: 'I'd like to get my hair cut'. 'To get / have something done' is used like the passive construction 'something is/was done'. Example: I got my boss killed / Someone killed my boss.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'Get' here is synonymous with 'obtain', 'buy' or 'procure'. This is one of the most common uses of 'to get'.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. In this sentence, 'get there' is synonymous with 'to arrive'.
练习 4
Below are several sentences using the verb to get in different ways.
Choose all of the sentences which correctly use the verb 'to get'. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose all of the sentences which correctly use the verb 'to get'. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Below are several sentences using the verb to get in different ways.
Choose all of the sentences which correctly use the verb 'to get'. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
Choose all of the sentences which correctly use the verb 'to get'. Be careful! There may be more than one correct answer!
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'Get out of my way' is an informal and slightly rude way of asking someone to 'move'. It can be used in imperative constructions such as this one.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'To get' is being used in the sense of 'to obtain' in this construction, and is being used in the imperative sense.
This is not a correct use of the verb 'to get'. We could say, however: 'Get started'. Certain imperative constructions do begin with 'get to' such as 'get to work' or 'get to bed', but in this case the construction 'get to start' is grammatically incorrect.
This is a correct use of the verb 'to get'. 'Get up' here is synonymous with 'wake up' or 'get out of bed'.
练习 5
Polly: Hey, Bob, I'm going to the store for some coffee and tea. Can I you anything?
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they any.
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they any.
Polly: Hey, Bob, I'm going to the store for some coffee and tea. Can I get 1 you anything?
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they have 2 any.
Bob: Yeah. I would love a box of those chocolate covered espresso beans, if they have 2 any.
1 get: 'Get' is the best choice here. It expresses Polly's offer to 'procure', 'buy' or 'obtain' something for Bob.
1 have: 'Can I have you anything?' is grammatically incorrect.
1 do: 'Can I do you anything?' does not make sense. However, we could say: 'Can I do anything for you?'.
2 have: Because Bob is asking if the store 'sells' chocolate covered espresso beans, we must use 'have' here.
2 get: 'Get' does not make sense here. Bob is asking about possession, and 'get' cannot express possession in this case.
2 do: 'Do' does not make sense here. Bob is asking about possession, and 'do' cannot express possession.
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