1、spend cost pay take 的区别spend，cost，take 和 pay 的区别是历年考试的必考内容之一，虽然它们都可以表示“花费“，但用法却不尽相同，讲解如下spend 的主语必须是人， 常用于以下结构： (1) spend time money on sth. 在上花费时间/ 金钱例：I spent two hours on this maths problem. 这道数学题花了我两个小时。 (2) spend time money (in) doing sth. 花费时间 (金钱) 做某事。 例：They spent two years (in) building thi
2、s bridge. 造这座桥花了他们两年时间。 (3)spend money for sth. 花钱买。 例：His money was spent for books. 他的钱用来买书了。 cost 的主语是物或某种活动， 还可以表示“值“， 常见用法如下： (1)sth. costs (sb.) 金钱 ,某物花了( 某人)多少钱。 例：A new computer costs a lot of money. 买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。(2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) 时间,某物(做某事)花了( 某人)多少时间。 例：Remembering these new wor
3、ds cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。 注意：cost 的过去式及过去分词都是 cost,并且不能用于被动句。 take 后面常跟双宾语， 常见用法有以下几种： (1) It takes sb. 时间to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。 例：It took them three years to build this road. 他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。 (2)doing sth. takes sb. 时间 ,做某事花了某人多少时间。 例：Repairing this car took him the whole afternoo
4、n. 他花了一下午修车。 pay 的基本用法是： (1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱(给某人) 买。 例：I have to pay them 20 dollars for this room each month. 我每个月要付 20 美元的房租。 (2)pay for sth. 付的钱。 例：I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不赔丢失的书款。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。 例：Dont worry! Ill pay for you. 别担心， 我会给你付钱的。 (4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。 例: They
5、 pay us every month.他们每月给我们报酬。 (5)pay money back 还钱。 例：May I borrow 12 yuan from you? Ill pay it back next month. 你能借给我 12 块钱吗？下月还你。 (6)pay off ones money 还清钱。习题：1 用几种不同的表达方式翻译：这件外套花费了我 100 元。1. I have to them 20 pounds for this room each month.A. pay B. paid C. cost D. took2. They spend too much ti
6、me the reportA. writing B. to write C. on writing D. write3. -What beautiful shoes youre wearing! They must be expensive .-No， they onlyl0 yuanAspent Btook Cpaid D cost4. -Will you please for my dinner, Peter?-Sure!A. spend B. pay C. cost D.take5. It will me too much time to read this book.A. take B
7、. cost C. spend D.pay6.This science book _ me a great amount of money. A. took B. cost C. used D. spent 7. May I borrow 12 yuan from you? Ill it back next week.A. take B. cost C. pay D .spend8. I two hours on this maths problem yesterday. A. take B. cost C. pay D .spent9. Repairing this car him the
8、whole afternoon. A. took B. cost C. pay D .spent五 完成句子（1）买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。 （cost）（2）他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。 （take）（3）我每个月要付 20 美元的房租。 （pay）（4）他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。 （cost）（5）造这座桥花了他们两年时间。 （spend）答案：I spend 100 yuan on this coat.=I spend 100 yuan to buy this coat.The coat cost me 100 yuan.=It cost me 100 yuan to buy t
9、his coat.I paid 100 yuan for this coat.It takes me 100 yuan to buy this coat.1-8AADBABCD A new computer costs a lot of money. It took them three years to build this road.I have to pay them 20 dollars for this room each month.Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. They spent two years (in) building this bridge.
