Even Unit 110
Unit 110
Even
(a)
Рассмотрим пример:
Our
football team lost yesterday. We all played badly.
Bill is
our best player but yesterday even Bill
played badly.
Мы
используем
even,
чтобы сказать, что что-то
необычно или удивительно. Мы
говорим
even Bill,
потому что он хороший игрок и
не в его стиле
играть плохо. Если уж он
играет плохо, то это,
должно быть, плохой день
для всей
команды.
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- These
photographs aren't very good. Even
I could take better
photographs than these. (I'm certainly not a good
photographer,
so they must be
bad.)
- It's a
very rich country. Even the poorest
people own cars.
(so the rich people must be
very rich)
- He
always wears a coat - even in
summer.
- Nobody
would lend him the money - not even his best
friend. (или
Even his best friend
wouldn't
lend him the money.)
(b)
Очень часто мы
употребляем
even с глаголом в
середине
предложения.
(Подробнее
см.
Unit 106b):
- Don
has travelled all over the world. He has even been to
the
Antarctic. (It's especially unusual to go to the Antarctic,
so he must have travelled a
lot.)
- He
always wears a tie. He even
wears a tie in bed!
- They
are very rich. They even
have their own private jet.
Вот еще ряд примеров
с
not even:
- I can't cook. I
can't even boil an egg.
(so I certainly
can't,
cook because boiling an egg
is very simple)
- They
weren't very friendly to us. They didn't even
say hello.
- He's
very fit. He's just run five miles and he's not even
out
of
breath.
(c)
Можно
использовать even
со
сравнительной
степенью (hotter/more surprised и
т.д.):
- It was
very hot yesterday but today it's even
hotter.
- I got
up at 6 o'clock but Jack got up even
earlier.
- I knew
I didn't have much money but I've got even less
than I thought.
- I was
surprised to get a letter from her. I was even more
surprised
when she
appeared at my door the next day.
(d)
Можно
использовать
even
с
if,
when и though:
- I'll probably
see you tomorrow. But even if
I don't, we're sure to
see each
other before the week-end.
- He
never shouts even when
he's angry. (you expect people to shout
when they are
angry)
- He has
bought a car even though
he can't drive.
Об if и when
см.Unit
9.
Об even
though
см.Unit
109.
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