get 作“變成”解時(shí),有“漸漸變得.起來”的意思,其后可跟形容詞、分詞、介詞短語(yǔ)或不定式作表語(yǔ),間或跟名詞.例如：
The weather gets warmer, and the days get longer.
I'll water them to stop the soil getting too dry.
As we get old, we find it more and more difficult to see, to hear…and to climb the stairs.
He could not wash himself or get dressed.
I didn't know she was getting married.
I don't like sports in which people easily get hurt.
I got to know him in 1990. 我是1990年認(rèn)識(shí)他的.
Soon they got to be good friends. 不久他們就成了好朋友.
We got talking, and did not notice the time. 我們談了起來,時(shí)間過去了也沒注意到.
If you want to be there in time, you’d better get going. 你要是想準(zhǔn)時(shí)到,最好就動(dòng)身.
He was getting an old man. 他已經(jīng)是一個(gè)老頭子了.
become 作“變成”解時(shí),指“變成好或壞的情況”,其后可跟形容詞、名詞、過去分詞作表語(yǔ).例如：
Our country is becoming stronger and stronger.
I'd like to study medicine and become a doctor.
When this soil is destroyed, the forest land will become sand again.
When did you become well-known as a cartoon-maker?
Even before he was ten, he became very interested in science.
He became so angry that he couldn’t speak.
turn 作“變成”解時(shí),表示“轉(zhuǎn)變成與原來不同的色彩或品質(zhì)”強(qiáng)調(diào)其新的變化.其后可跟形容詞作表語(yǔ),間或跟不帶冠詞的名詞.例如：
The trees turn green, and the flowers start to come out in spring.
Everything turned all right.
After they were graduated from the teachers' college, they turned teacher.
After he was graduated from the teachers' college, he turned teacher.
grow 作“變成”解時(shí),表示“漸漸變得.起來；長(zhǎng)得”.強(qiáng)調(diào)其變化過程,其后跟形容詞、分詞作表語(yǔ),間或跟介詞短語(yǔ)或不定式.例如：
In fact they grow better if you feed them.
You have grown so tall. 你都長(zhǎng)得這么高了.
He grew excited, and red-eared, and a little nervous. 他激動(dòng)起來,耳根都漲紅了,也有一點(diǎn)兒緊張.
They have already grown used to that kind of work. 干這種工作他們已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了.
In this way they grew from weak to strong. 就這樣他們變得有弱到強(qiáng).
You'll grow to like the place. 你慢慢會(huì)喜歡這地方的.
go 作“變成”解時(shí),通常指“由好變壞”的情況,常跟表示貶義的跟形容詞作表語(yǔ),間或跟過去分詞、介詞短語(yǔ)或名詞.例如：
Tomatoes went bad in the soil.
One question is why these telephones keep going wrong.
Mrs. Cousins held her breath, and her whole body went cold.
Her hair is going grey. 她頭發(fā)變得花白了.
The equipment has gone out of date. 設(shè)備過時(shí)了.
come 作“變成”解時(shí),表示“變成為已知的狀態(tài)；證實(shí)為”其后常跟形容詞或一個(gè)帶有un 前綴的過去分詞作表語(yǔ).例如：
Wrong never come right. 錯(cuò)的不能變成對(duì)的.
I've always dreamt of coming to China, and now my dream has come true.
I wish my dream would come true.
The string came untied.
Your shoe laces have come undone. 你的鞋帶散了.
小結(jié)：通常用作表語(yǔ)的有兩種詞語(yǔ)：既具有形容詞性質(zhì)的詞語(yǔ)和具有名詞性質(zhì)的詞語(yǔ).以上六個(gè)詞的共同特點(diǎn)是都可跟形容詞性質(zhì)的詞語(yǔ)作表語(yǔ).除了become 常跟名詞性質(zhì)的作表語(yǔ)外,其它詞一般不能,或很少跟名詞性質(zhì)的詞作表語(yǔ).