PETS－2語法講解(274)

She spent half the time texting her girlfriends.
　　她有一半時間用行動電話跟女朋友通簡訊
　　對話
　　Gerry: I got really fed up with Anna last weekend.
　　Buster: Why was that?
　　Gerry: Well I took her out to dinner and she spent half the time texting her girlfriends on her mobile.
　　Buster: Well girls are always doing that, you shouldn't worry too much.
　　Gerry: And the other half taking calls.
　　Buster: Well next time you take her out, why don't you call her on your mobile yourself? That way you'll get some attention and block out her girlfriends.
　　Gerry: That's not a bad idea. Can you reverse charges on a mobile?
　　格裡：上個周末，安娜真令我非常不滿。
　　巴斯特：爲什麽?
　　格裡：我邀她去喫晚飯，她卻有一半時間用行動電話和女朋友傳簡訊。
　　巴斯特：啊，女人縂是這樣的，你不必太過介意。
　　格裡：她的另一半時間則用來接電話。
　　巴斯特：那麽，下次你邀她外出，何不用行動電話跟她交談？這樣，你不會完全被忽略，她的女朋友也沒法插進來。
　　麥尅斯：這主意不錯。你能把打出和接聽電話的費用倒轉過來嗎？
　　She spent half the time texting her girlfriends這一句，改爲He spent half the time texting his boyfriends，除了代名詞she和名詞girlfriends變了做男性，還有什麽分別？
　　按男人的girlfriend一般是戀愛對象，女人的girlfriend則多是指普通女性朋友，通常沒有同性戀含義。女人的boyfriend一般也是戀愛對象，但男人的boyfriend卻有明顯的同性戀含義。所以，She gave her girlfriend a farewell kiss（她吻別一位女性朋友），看來自然不過；He gave his boyfriend a farewell kiss（他吻別情郎），卻往往令人側目。
　　有時，你可以用a和my、her等字分別boyfriend、girlfriend的‘親疏’。例如瑪麗說I had lunch with a boyfriend this afternoon，是表示‘今天和一位男朋友喫午飯’；說 I had lunch with my boyfriend this afternoon，則是和情人共進午餐。
　　Text本義是‘正文’，以別於注釋、插圖等，例如：There are often more pictures than text in children's books（兒童讀物往往圖畫多於文字）。行動電話問世後，text有了新的意思，指用行動電話發出文字短訊，代替說話：You can send text messages on a mobile phone instead of voice messages。作動詞用，text可以帶一個或兩個受詞，例如：(1) She is texting a friend（她正用行動電話傳簡訊給朋友）。(2) Tom texted me his email address（湯姆把他的電郵地址用文字經行動電話傳給我）。(