講述故事：said怎麼用？

How do you get up, get up; Cos driving won't do it; Flying won't do it; Denying won't do it; Crying won't drown it out what you said.

——The Wanted

你如何才能振作，振作；因爲飛車沒有用，飛翔也沒有用，否認沒有用，哭喊也無法掩飾，你曾經說過的話。

——英國偶像團體

一、關於said，你應該知道的用法有

interj.

喂，哎呀

I say, Henry, you've got yourself another stripe!

喂，亨利，你的肩章上又多了一條槓了。

n.

1.發言權

Ken wanted to paint the room green but his wife had already chosen pink and he had no say in the matter.

肯想把這間屋子漆成綠色，但他的妻子卻決定要刷成粉紅色的，他在這件事上沒有發言權。

2.要說的話，意見

I've had my say.

我要講的都講了。

v.

1.說，講[T]

He went on to say that the funeral was a ritual because the Queen disliked Diana.

他繼續說那葬禮只是禮節上走走過場，因爲女王不喜歡黛安娜。

2.講述，說明[T]

That may say as much about the hedonism and anomie of the 1970s as about the contagiousness of slang.

這既可說明70年代人們那種享樂主義和頹廢反常的心理，也顯示了俚俗語的感染力之強。

3.表明，指明[T]

Some estimates say Americans spend as much as 70,000 million dollars a year for everything connected with weddings.

一些估算表明，每年美國人花費700億美元用於與婚禮相關的事宜。

4.假定，假設[T]

Let's say you miss the train, what do you plan to do?

假定你趕不上火車，你準備怎麼辦?

5.（常用作插入語）比如說，例如，估計[T]

You may learn to play the violin in, say, three years.

你可以，比如說，在三年內學會拉小提琴。

二、said的常見短語，你會用嗎？

that is to say  即，也就是說

三、學會said的用法了嗎？來做個小測試吧

She misunderstood what I       . 

她誤解了我所說的話。

When she        that, I belted into her. 

她說了那事以後，我痛罵了她一頓。