Question

7．我的表妹每天都要花两个多小时练习弹钢琴．
My cousin spends more than two hours practicing playing the piano every day．．

Answer 1

分析 My cousin spends more than two hours practicing playing the piano every day．

解答 答案；My cousin spends more than two hours practicing playing the piano every day．这里是说每天都做的事情用一般现在时，花费时间做某事，这里我们用spend+时间+doing sth，主语是My cousin，故spends，两个多小时more than two hours，练习做某事practice doing sth，弹钢琴play the piano，故答案是My cousin spends more than two hours practicing playing the piano every day．

点评 spend，cost，take和pay的区别是历年中考试题的必考内容之一，虽然它们都可以表示"花费"，但用法却不尽相同．
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 this bridge．造这座桥花了他们两年时间．cost的主语是物或某种活动，还可以表示"值"，常见用法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．take后面常跟双宾语，常见用法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．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 pounds for this room each month．我每个月要付20英磅的房租．（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：Don？蒺t worry!I'll pay for you．别担心，我会给你付钱的