[ti:Ask a Teacher: 'I' or 'Me'?] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.00]Welcome to Ask a Teacher – a new program [00:04.70]where readers ask questions and teachers answer them. [00:09.06]Some of the first words English students learn are "I" and "me." [00:15.43]But even native English speakers do not always know [00:19.93]which one to use in a sentence. [00:22.59]In today's Ask a Teacher, [00:25.15]Fernanda from Brazil gets right to the heart of the problem. [00:29.91]Here is her question. [00:32.44]Sometimes I don't know when to use "I" or "me." [00:38.08]For example, I want to tell someone that I made some food with a friend. [00:44.66]How can I say it: "Monica and I made the food?" [00:49.65]or "Monica and me made the food"? -Fernanda, Brazil [00:53.78]Hello Fernanda! [00:55.82]I can tell that you know to use the word "I" [00:59.63]when you are the only subject of the sentence. [01:03.24]You correctly wrote "I want..." for example. [01:06.22]In this case, "I" is the subject and "want" is the verb. [01:11.65]But you are asking about a situation involving two people: you and your friend. [01:19.02]Let's review what you already know to find the answer. [01:24.24]"I" is a subject pronoun. [01:27.58]It refers to the person performing the action of a verb. [01:32.02]Use "I" for the subject of the sentence. [01:36.10]"Me" is an object pronoun. [01:39.63]It refers to the person receiving the action of a verb. [01:43.88]Use "me" for the object of the sentence. [01:47.85]In your sentence about cooking, [01:50.57]are you and your friend the subject or the object of the verb "made"? [01:56.11]In other words, are you the ones making the food – or is the food making you? [02:02.90]You are making the food, of course. [02:06.01]So, the answer to your question is: "Monica and I made the food." [02:12.46]In this sentence, the whole subject is "Monica and I. [02:22.94]Let's look at a few more sentences with "I" as part of the subject: [02:24.22]In September, Monica and I are starting classes. [02:29.78]When can Monica and I visit the new museum? [02:36.08]And sentences with "me" as part of the object: [02:41.17]What did you bring back for Monica and me? [02:45.30]David is giving Monica and me a ride to the airport. [02:50.65]If you're still not sure whether to choose "me" or "I," [02:55.36]try keeping just the pronoun. [02:58.20]Listen: What did you bring back for I? [03:02.49]You would not ask, "What did you bring back for I?" [03:06.61]The correct way to form the question is: [03:10.51]"What did you bring back for me?" [03:12.88]Then you can just add the other person back to the sentence: [03:17.90]"What did you bring back for Monica and me?" [03:21.53]And that's Ask a Teacher. [03:24.19]I'm Alice Bryant. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM