Don't Walk Into The Door——里外分开的Inside

Ann: Mary walked into the front door Betty: No, Mary is coming into the door! 很明显，安的意思是玛莉走进了房间。Shecame in the door是一个不正式的表达法，实际上就是She came in by/through the door的缩略式。 贝蒂误解了安的意思，因为当某人或某物从外面移动到里面时才用into，例如： Billy ran screaming into the house. into也可用于当某人或某物移动时，速度通常很快，并且接在某个平面上，例如： Aunt Maggie wasn't wearing her glasses and she walked right into a lamp post. 当贝蒂听到“Mary walked into the front door”时，就把into理解成上面的意思了。 动词run，walk，march, drive的行为者移动到某处时，用in还是用into就会有明显的区别，例如： Jenny, you mustn't run in grandma's house! 此句的意思是说话者要求珍妮不要在奶奶的房子里到处跑。或许是因为奶奶不喜欢噪音，也可能是因为周围有很多装饰品。 Jenny, don't run into the garden! It's all wet! 这里的珍妮是在花园外的某处，也可能在屋里。在on和onto之间也有同样的区别，例如： We enjoyed driving on the new expressway.意思是我们的确在新高速公路上驾驶。 The cars slowly drove onto the new car ferry.意思是小汽车从另外的地方(如码头上)到(onto)渡轮上。 有时当有些动词如Put，place，lay，stand，sit用于表达某人或某物从一个地方进入(into)或上到(onto)另一个地方时，就没有上面的区别。你可 以说： I put the book onto the dining room table. 但是很多人认为这太正式了，甚至有些呆板，他们喜欢说： Eg. I put the book on the dining room table. Eg. She threw her keys in the drawer. Eg. Peter stood the skeleton in the cupboard to scare his sister. in和into用于很多固定的表达法。在这些情况下，in用于表达某人或某物处于某种特殊状态Eg. Uncle Joe is always in trouble / in debt / in bad company. into用于表达某人或某事进入某种特殊状态，例如： Eg. Don't get into trouble / into debt / into bad company! Eg. Mary is always in a bad mood. Peter only gets into a bad mood when Mary's mother visits them. Eg. The partners of Peanut International were in agreement that they shouldn't enter into an agreement with the Shark Investment Company. 当描述一个人恋爱时，可以说某人in love或falls in love, 但不能说某人falls into love. 从下面的例子中，你可以发现in to 和into 之间有趣的区别： Eg. We drove everywhere in London. 意思是当我们在伦敦时，我们是开车而不是乘公共交通设施。 Eg. We drove to London. 用于表达我们从别的地方（如曼彻斯特）到伦敦。 Eg. As we drove into London, teh traffic was getting really heavy. 则表示我们从伦敦的郊区驶进伦敦的中心。