Perception Verbs

Perception Verbs

О наблюдательности

(увидеть/услышать/подслушать/слушать/почувствовать/заметить/наблюдать/обнаружить/поймать/… кого-то занятым чем-то/совершившим что-то).

Интереснейшая конструкция речи, на мой взгляд

• SEE/HEAR/OVERHEAR /LISTEN TO/FEEL/NOTICE/WATCH/FIND/CATCH/… somebody DO/DOING something

Итак, наблюдаем (и т.д.) действие

1) повторяющееся в течение некоторого времени или длящееся некоторое время

• DID you HEAR someone CRYING for most of the night?

• I FELT mosquitoes BITING me and SAW them FLYING in the light of lanterns.

• I CAN HEAR someone SINGING early in the morning.

2) в процессе, но не сначала и не до конца

• DID you NOTICE the girl PLAYING the guitar across the street when you came out of the tube?

• I WATCHED the children BUILDING sand castles through the kitchen window.

• I COULD HEAR it RAINING.

А теперь понаблюдаем (и т.д.) действие

1) краткое, одиночное

• I NOTICED him THROW something on the floor, so I asked him to pick it up.

• I FELT somebody TOUCH me.

• I NOTICED her quickly HIDE the ring inside her jacket and LEAVE the room.

2) от начала и до конца

• I WATCHED the sun SET and then went home.

• I WATCHED him CLIMB through the window, and then I called the police.

Далеко не всегда сообщаем, кто именно наблюдал (и т.д.), посему без страдательного залога не обойтись:

• He WAS SEEN CLIMBING over the fence. — вместо: They SAW him CLIMBING over the fence.

• The boy WAS CAUGHT SHOPLIFTING. — вместо: They CAUGHT the boy SHOPLIFTING.

• The cat WAS FOUND HIDING under the sofa. — вместо: We FOUND the cat HIDING under the sofa.