英语语法之反身代词reflexive pronouns

1. 通过下面的例子来看看反身代词如何使用。

•She looked at herself in the mirror.

•I’m trying to teach myself English with an app.

•Our children walk to school by themselves.

2. 语法测试一。

ourselves myself each other themselves yourself himself itself herself

1) We’re really enjoying ______ here in Brazil.

2) My daughter’s four and she dresses ______ now in the mornings.

3) That bed is too big and heavy to move by ______.

4) I hurt ______ really badly falling down the stairs.

5) The main rule in this classroom is that everyone should respect ______.

6) The children made this cake ______!

7) He knows how to laugh at ______.

8) Our cat was more interested in the box than the toy ______!

3. 语法释义。

反身代词是指如myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves和themselves的一类词，其代指一个人或一件事。

反身代词常用于一个动词的主语和宾语相同的情况。

e.g.:

1) I cut myself when I was making dinner last night.

2) I hope you enjoy yourselves at the party tonight!

3) My phone isn’t working properly. It turns itself off for no reason.

4) We need to believe in ourselves more.

•增加强调语气：

当情况不寻常或不同时，用反身代词来强调。

e.g.:

1) He wants to pass his driving test so that he can drive himself to work.

2) She broke her arm, so she couldn’t wash herself very easily.

反身代词可用于强调某人亲自做某事，而非其他人。

e.g.:

1) The door was definitely locked. I locked it myself.

2) Are you redecorating your flat yourselves?

反身代词也可和名词连用来进行强调。

e.g.:

1) We talked to the manager herself, and she agreed to give us our money back.

2) Parents themselves need to take more responsibility for their children’s learning.

•by + 反身代词：

by + 反身代词用于表达“单独地，独自地”。

e.g.:

1) He usually goes on holiday by himself.

2) Do you enjoy being by yourself?

•相互代词：

注意反身代词的复数形式和相互代词（each other, one another）的区别。

e.g.:

1) They’re buying themselves a new television.

2) They’re buying each other small gifts.

3) We looked at ourselves in the mirror.

4) We looked each other in surprise.

使用相互代词（比如each other）时，每个人对另外一个人/多人做动作，而不是针对自己本身。

4. 语法测试二。

myself themselves herself yourselves ourselves itself each other himself

1) I woke ______ up last night because I kept coughing.

2) Just download it and the software will install ______.

3) We mustn’t blame ______. It was an accident.

4) Nobody wanted to help, so he cleaned the bathroom ______.

5) We said goodbye and never saw ______ again.

6) They’re going to receive their medal from the Queen ______.

7) Many young people look for shared accommodation, as they can’t afford to live by ______.

8) Welcome to the group, Jane and Tina! Can you introduce ______?