“五大法宝”助你掌握初中英语介词about

介词是一种虚词，初中阶段英语出现的介词达30多个，about是其中之一，about的用法也是丰富多彩的，每个人的认识不一样，我将根据多年的教学和试题经历，从五个方面给大家总结，希望大家受益！

1.表示“大约”，通常用于数字前。

I spent about about 100yuan on this coat.我花了大约100元买这外套。

He is arriving at about 12 o’clock. 他大约要12点钟到达。

It’s about 23kilometers from the village to town.

从村庄到城里大约23公里。

There are about 4,000 words in this article.这篇文章大约有4,000字。

2. about 表示“关于”时，表示一般性和通俗性。.

They are talking about the film they saw last night.

他们在谈论他们昨晚看过的电影。

This story is about Lei Feng.这是个关于雷锋的故事。

Please tell me something about your school.

请告诉我有关你们学校的一些情况。

My daughter want to buy a book about birds.

我女儿想买一本关于鸟的故事书。

3. about 表示”到处，在周围，在附近“，相当around。

There are books about the room.满屋子都是书。

There used to be many stores about our school.我们学校周围过去到处有商店。

I’d like to travel about the world.我想周游世界。

The mice ran away about the house when hearing a cat coming.

老鼠们一听见猫到来就向屋子的四周奔逃。

The children sat about their teacher to listen to a story.

孩子们围着老师坐听故事。

4.表示“在身边，在身上，在手头”。

Yesterday I had to no money about me,so I didn’t buy anything.

昨天没带钱,所以没买什么。

The strange smell about himmade us uncomfortable.他身上的怪味让我们难受。

3.表示“从事，忙于，做”。

What are you about? 你在做什么？

Do you know how to do about it? 你知道怎样做这事吗？

5.表示“就要，即将”这时前面需加be动词作谓语。

When the train was about to start,I realized I had left my case in the waiting room.火车就要开动时，我意识到我把箱子落在候车厅了。

I was about to go out when it began to rain.我正要出门，忽然天下起雨来