Подкаст: "Get Get Get"
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In English, we use the word get
(or its past tense got
) very often. Sometimes we say get
by itself; sometimes we say get
as part of a phrasal verb such as get in
or get up
. And we use get/got to mean many different things. If I get
a newspaper, it means that I buy a newspaper. If I get angry
, it means that I become angry. If I get to London
, it means that I arrive at London. How confusing!
In the last podcast, I said that I was going on holiday to Germany. Here is the story of our journey.
We GOT UP very early, at 3am. We GOT DRESSED and had a quick breakfast. Then we GOT INTO the car. When we left home it was still dark, but as we drove southwards it GOT lighter. We GOT TO Dover a little after 7 o'clock, and GOT the ferry from there to France. Then we drove east and south through Belgium. We stopped at a motorway service station near Brussels, where we GOT some petrol, and something to eat. At a little after 3pm we GOT TO Heimbach, a pretty little village in Germany for our holiday.
Now I will tell you the same story again, without using get
or got
(except in one place, where I cannot think of a different word to use).
We rose very early, at 3am. We dressed ourselves and had a quick breakfast. Then we got into the car. When we left home it was still dark, but as we drove southwards it became lighter. We arrived at Dover a little after 7 o'clock, and took the ferry from there to France. Then we drove east and south through Belgium. We stopped at a motorway service station near Brussels, where we bought some petrol, and something to eat. At a little after 3pm, we arrived at Heimbach, a pretty little village in Germany for our holiday.
Both these versions — the one with get
and the one without get
— are good English. But the get
expressions in English are very common — people use them all the time in both spoken and written English. So don't be afraid of them.
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