1、指示代词用法:
(1) 作主语:
This is the way to do it. 这事儿就该这样做。
This is what I want to emphasize. 这就是我想强调的。
This is a chair. 这是一把椅子。
That is Linda's book. 这是琳达的书。
Whose pens are those? 那些是谁的钢笔。
(2) 作宾语:
We should always keep this in mind. 我们应当经常记住这一点。
I like this better than that. 我喜欢这个甚至那个。
Have you read this? 你读过这个吗?
I like these but she likes those. 我喜欢这些,而她喜欢那些。
(3) 作表语:
My point is this. 我的观点就是如此。
Her plan is this. 她的计划是这样的。
His worries are those. 他的烦恼就是那些。
(4) 作定语:
You can't swim at this time of the year. 你不能在这个时候游泳。
I don't like that man. 我不喜欢那个人。
We must get to know these tricks of theirs. 我们必须懂得他们这一套鬼花招。
2、指示代词的用法区别
(1) this和these一般指在空间和时间上较近的事物,that和those一般指在空间和时间上较远的事物。
例:This is a map of China and that is a map of the world.
这是一张中国地图,那是一张世界地图。
Please come this way. We'll go in by that door. 请这边走,我们从那扇门进去。
In those year they led a hard life. 在那些岁月里,他们生活得很艰难