你可知道在英語(yǔ)中為何以事件第一次發(fā)生用 " occur "、「再度發(fā)生」用 " recur "、兩件事「同時(shí)發(fā)生」用 " concur "嗎?
你可曾花了大把時(shí)間與精力追逐金錢，結(jié)果還是讓它給「跑掉」(run away)了?果真如此，請(qǐng)別難過(guò)，除了檢討自己的個(gè)性與計(jì)劃之外，更要了解金錢的屬性。在英文中用于商業(yè)交易的主要工具---貨幣、通貨，稱為" currency "，它的主要部分為字首的 " cur "，這是一個(gè)拉丁字根，其意為 " run "、 " running "(奔跑、逃跑)，也就是不斷由一個(gè)人手中跑到另一個(gè)人手里，追得上嗎?難怪閩南俗語(yǔ)說(shuō)「人兩腳、錢四腳」了。此外 " cur " 也有「浮現(xiàn)」、「發(fā)生」之意，例如 " recur " 就是「再度發(fā)生」的意思。
明白 " cur " 這個(gè)字根的含意，我們就可順利掌握下列相關(guān)字匯的語(yǔ)意了，例如：
1. occur ﹝ ﹞v. (oc + cur = to + to run = to run to)發(fā)生;想起(此一定義只限用于to occur to someone 的句型中，如例句2);出現(xiàn)
2. recur ﹝ ﹞v. ( re + cur = again + to run = to run again)再發(fā)生;再現(xiàn);復(fù)發(fā)
3. recurrent ﹝ ﹞adj. 再發(fā)生的;復(fù)發(fā)的
4. concur﹝ ﹞v.( con + cur = together + to run = to run together)同時(shí)發(fā)生;同意
5. currency ﹝ ﹞n.( cur = to run)通貨，貨幣，流通
6. current ﹝ ﹞adj.; n. 流通的;當(dāng)前的;現(xiàn)在的;海流;趨勢(shì)
7. curriculum﹝ ﹞n. (cur = to run)課程(即學(xué)生拿到學(xué)位前必須跑完的路程)
8. discourse ﹝ ﹞n.;v.(dis + cur = apart + to run = to run about here and there)論文;論述(原意為這點(diǎn)說(shuō)一說(shuō)，那點(diǎn)談一談)
9. precursor ﹝ ﹞n.( pre + cur = before + to run = to run before)先驅(qū);預(yù)兆
10. cursory﹝ ﹞adj.(cur = to run)匆忙的;粗略草率的(原意為奔馳太快以致無(wú)暇細(xì)看的)
接下來(lái)我們要做的是：Let the words listed above run into daily life!(讓上列字匯溶入日常生活中!)
1. The accident occurred at 3:30 p.m.
這個(gè)事故發(fā)生在下午三點(diǎn)半.
2. The idea of giving up never occurred to me.
我從沒(méi)有想到要放棄.
3. My grandmother's illness is likely to recur.
我奶奶的病有可能再?gòu)?fù)發(fā).
4. There are recurrent spelling mistakes in your compositions.
你的作文中有重覆出現(xiàn)的拼字錯(cuò)誤.
5. My political views concur with yours.
我的政治觀點(diǎn)跟你的一致.
6. They buy and sell foreign currencies.
他們經(jīng)營(yíng)外幣買賣.
7. This is my current address.
這是我目前的地址.
8. I gave a discourse on educational reformation.
我作了一項(xiàng)有關(guān)教育改革的論述.
9. My hands were full, so I just gave the book a cursory reading.
我忙得不可開(kāi)交，所以只把這本書(shū)大略看了一下.