2.A man told yu Gong that he could never do it.

一个人告诉愚公他绝不可能把山移走。

【解析1】tell sb. that（从句） 告诉某人某事

【辨析】speak/talk/say/tell （四个说的区别）

(1) 说某种语言用speak； speak English 说英语

(2) 与某人交谈用talk； talk with sb.= talk to sb. 与某人交谈

(3) 强调说话内容用say； say it in English 用英语说

(4) 告诉某人用tell。 tell sb. to do sth 告诉某人做某事

【记】He wants to improve his __________ English, by ________English with native ____________.(speak)

say"讲，说"，强调说话内容。

Say it in Chinese please． 请用汉语说。

He says that he saw the man yesterday． 他说昨天我看见这个人了。

say+ 说话内容

say to sb.

It is said that... "据说"。

It is said that he could stay under the water for a long time.

据说他能呆在水里很长时间。

speak vt，"说""讲"，其宾语常是某种语言。speak French说法语；

speak + 语言

speak to sb. May I speak to Tom?

talk"讲、谈论，谈话"是不及物动词

talk to/ with sb. about sth.

(1)talk about/of 谈论......

(2)talk to / with 和...交谈

give a talk做报告 （talk n.报告） have a talk听报告

They are talking about the film． 他们正谈论这部电影。

The teacher is talking with Mike． 老师正和迈克谈话。

tell"告诉,对...说".作及物动词，

tell the truth 说真话 tell a lie说谎

tell the time "报时" tell a story讲故事

tell sb. sth.／ tell sth. to sb. tell me a story

tell sb. to do sth．My mother tells me to buy some fruit．

tell : 辨别，说出区别 tell A from B

tell the differences between A and B

speak 强调开口说话、发言的动作，后跟某种语言做宾语时是及物动词

talk 强调双方说话，为vi ，后需接介词再加宾语 talk to / with/about

say 强调说话内容

tell 接双宾语 tell sb. about sth/ tell sb. to do sth. /tell sb. sth

【记】 After she spoke at the meeting, she talked with the students. She told them that what she said was very important.

练习一：

（ ）1. Did he _____ it in English?