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John, look what happened to my lamp!
约翰，看看我的灯怎么了！
Oh, is that the one you always have on your desk?
哦，是你办公桌上一直放的那个台灯吗？
Yes, it was a present.
是的，它是一份礼物。
One of the office cleaners broke it.
一个办公室清洁工把它弄坏了。
I'm sure you can fix it.
我相信你能修好它。
But I'm so mad! It was so beautiful.
但我很生气！它是如此漂亮。
Go easy on them. I'm sure it was an accident.
别对他们那么苛刻。我敢肯定那是个意外。
Yeah, you're right. And you gave me an idea for a grammar lesson.
是的，你说得对。你让我想到了一节语法课。
Great! Tell me about it.
太棒了！跟我说说吧。
Aha! I want to talk about the imperative form and you just gave me another example.
啊哈！我想谈谈祈使句，你刚才又给了我一个例子。
You're welcome. Imperatives are like commands, aren't they? What did I say?
不客气。祈使句就像命令，不是吗？我说了什么？
You said: "Go easy on them."
你说：“别对他们那么苛刻。”
Notice that sentence has no subject, but we understand it to mean "you should."
注意，这个句子没有主语，但我们理解它的意思是“你应该”。
And I meant you should not treat the cleaners too harshly.
我的意思是你不应该对清洁工太苛刻。
What is the other example?
另一个例子是什么？
You said, "Tell me about it."
你说，“跟我说说吧。”
That also has no subject, but I understood it to mean I should tell you about it.
这句话也没有主语，但我理解它的意思是我应该告诉你。
And I should go easy on the cleaners.
我不应该对清洁工那么苛刻。
They have a hard job and we should thank them.
他们的工作很辛苦，我们应该感谢他们。
That reminds me of a song.
这让我想起了一首歌。
And that's Everyday Grammar!
以上就是今天的《每日语法》！
