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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.:
-
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.
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