文章中These and those 好難搞不清

2014-02-24 7:02 am

The sentence: The government is preserving the heritages and culture of the city since (these/those) are always the attractions to tourists

I don't know whether these or those should be used in the sentence.
Either these or those / both of these and those could I use in the above sentence?

The sentence above always confuses me >>中文these這些those那些, 但這是近定是遠, 分不到, 對話時可以指著物件,知道近遠, 但敍述以上句子究竟heritages and culture是近定是遠, I cannot distinguish their differences.

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Jenkin

2014-02-24 5:59 pm

✔ 最佳答案

一般的回答都是按直譯或直覺來說明these=這些/those=那些，但看來你就算思想上面對句子中的東西仍無法決定「那些」古蹟或文化是「近」還是「遠」，其實所謂近或遠是指跟那人描述的關係，所以你不是自己決定近遠，而是要看寫句子/內容裏所講的這些東西是他在講現在(或實物"近"他像是指住來講)還是在講未來/以往(或實物比較"遠"感覺是要遙望或不確定的)；另外還有當比較兩件事物時便會用these/those來分開講。

由於這裏只是講一組東西(heritages and culture of the city)，而且是指住單一確實的主題，而且沒有另一樣東西要相對或比較，因此必定是用these。

以上嘗試把使用these/those可能要考慮的句子因素指出，希望以後你遇到更複雜句子時仍可以理解。

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CYTC

2014-02-25 7:23 am

these

If something happened in the past, the usage of 'that' or 'those' is more appropriate.

On the other hand, we use 'this' or 'these'.

如果句子是用過去式，用‘that’或‘those’，其餘用'this' or 'these'。

Reference:

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-these-and-those/

Jeffrey

http://cytc-jeffrey.blogspot.hk

參考: http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-is-the-difference-between-these-and-those/

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[匿名]

2014-02-25 2:33 am

The government is preserving the heritages and culture of the city since they are always the attractions to tourists.
The government is preserving the heritages and culture of the city since these, and not those of the villages, are always the attractions to tourists

2014-02-24 18:36:52 補充：
The bottom line is that the meaning is accurate and clear to the readers.

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Ling

2014-02-24 10:20 pm

these=這些/those=那些

The government is preserving the heritages and culture of the city since they are always the attractions to tourists.

They is better in the said sentence.

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