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Happy birthday! 生日快乐！
我们庆祝并送礼物。词汇：party、gift、present、birthday、invite、guest、cake、candle、celebrate、card、surprise、give。重要语法：动词 "give" 带两个宾语——一个人（接受者）和一个物（所给之物）——有两种语序。句型A：give + 人 + 物："I gave her a present"、"He gave me a card"。句型B：give + 物 + "to" + 人："I gave a present to her"、"He gave a card to me"。两者意思相同。其他动词也这样：send、show、tell、teach（"buy" 类似但用 "for"）。注意：句型A中，人前面不要加 "to"："He gave to me a present" ✗ → "He gave me a present" ✓。只有句型B用 "to"，且物在前。
Dialogue
What should I give him? — 我该送他什么？
- Emma Minsu, it's Jack's birthday tomorrow. Are you coming to the party? 民秀，明天是杰克的生日。你来派对吗？
- Minsu Yes! Last year he gave to me a nice book. 来！去年他送了我一本好书。（口误：人在前时不加 "to"：he gave me a nice book）
- Emma Careful — when the person comes first, no "to". Say "he gave me a nice book". 注意——人在前时不加 "to"。说 "he gave me a nice book"。
- Minsu Ah! He gave me a nice book. What should I give him? 啊！他送了我一本好书。我该送他什么？
- Emma Give him a card and a small gift. Or give a gift to him at the party. 给他一张贺卡和一件小礼物。或者在派对上把礼物送给他。
- Minsu Good idea. I will give him a cake! 好主意。我要送他一个蛋糕！
Dialogue
At the party — 在派对上
- Jack Emma, thank you for coming! Everyone gave me lovely presents. 艾玛，谢谢你来！大家都送了我可爱的礼物。
- Emma Happy birthday, Jack! I made a cake for you. 生日快乐，杰克！我给你做了一个蛋糕。
- Jack Wow! Did you give a card to Minsu too? He looks a little lost. 哇！你也给民秀贺卡了吗？他看起来有点不知所措。
- Emma Yes, I gave him the address this morning. Look, he brought you a gift! 给了，今早我把地址给了他。看，他给你带了礼物！
- Jack How kind! Please pass me that card. I want to read it. 真好！请把那张贺卡递给我。我想读一读。
- Emma Here. Now blow out the candles and make a wish! 给你。现在吹灭蜡烛，许个愿吧！
Vocabulary
- party
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noun 派对、聚会
- gift
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noun 礼物
- present
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noun 礼物
- birthday
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noun 生日
- invite
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verb 邀请
- guest
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noun 客人
- cake
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noun 蛋糕
- candle
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noun 蜡烛
- celebrate
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verb 庆祝
- card
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noun 卡片、贺卡
- surprise
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noun 惊喜
- give
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verb 给、赠送
Grammar
"give" 带两个宾语：give me a gift / give a gift to me
Explanation
很多表示"给"的动词带两个宾语：接受的人和所给的物。英语有两种语序。句型A——人在前，不加 "to"：give + 人 + 物："I gave her a present"、"She gave me a card"、"Please give me your number"。句型B——物在前，加 "to"：give + 物 + "to" + 人："I gave a present to her"、"She gave a card to me"。两种语序意思完全一样。当物较短、人较新或较长时，句型B更方便："I gave it to my new teacher"。很多动词都这样："give"、"send"、"show"、"tell"、"teach"、"bring"（而 "buy"、"make" 用 "for" 而非 "to"："I bought a gift FOR her"）。关键规则：句型A中，人前面绝不加 "to"。很多学习者说 "He gave to me a present"（像母语那样标记接受者）——但当人在前时英语去掉 "to"："He gave to me a present" ✗ → "He gave me a present" ✓。只有换成句型B时才加 "to"："He gave a present to me" ✓。
Examples
- I gave her a gift. 我送了她一份礼物。
- She gave a card to me. 她给了我一张卡片。
- Please give me your phone number. 请把你的电话号码给我。
- They gave the children some cake. 他们给了孩子们一些蛋糕。
- Can you give this present to Anna? 你能把这份礼物给安娜吗？
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