一个英语句子之美妙，段落之精彩，其值得称道之处很多。要使文章写得生动、多姿多彩，表述准确、鲜明，可采用近义词，如"说"字，用得最多的莫过于say， speak，talk，tell几个。其实"说"字的表述还有很多，在英美报刊中很常见。作为英语学习者，倘若使用得当，会使表达更有力、更准确，态度更明确。如：
1．"Have a nice evening，"added（补充说）the sister-in-law，"and have fun）
2．"Oh，my brother will be glad to see you．"repeated（重复说）Robbie to his Mum．
3．"Okay，let's watch the film tonight．"agreed（同意） his girlfriend．
4．"It's not my fault．"he defended（辩解道）．
5．"I still mean to go abroad to study further．"insisted（坚持）the student．
6．"I，a new comer，can finish this difficulttask within a week，believe it or not．"boasted（吹嘘）the young man．
7．"Taiwan is part of China．Peaceful reunification of Taiwan with Chinese Mainland is our long-term policy．"stressed（强调说）the spokesman of Foreign Ministry of China at the press conferece．
还有：complain（埋怨），argue（辩解），joke（开玩笑），protest（抗议），criticize（批评），refute（反驳），reveal（透露），imply（暗示）等等。
Try to fill in the blanks with proper verbs indicating"say"．
1．"I'm sorry ，"she__________，"I don't have time to change it．"
2．"I haven't seen this kind of cameras before．"_________the photographor．
3．"This business is slow but basically very steady，"he_______．"Demand，while modest，is fairly steady and has been so for decades．"
4．"The capital will remain'hot'in the coming days but temperature will begin to drop slightly tomorrow．"_______the senior engineer．
5．"The Chinese government is much concerned over the situation in the Middle
East，"_________the spokeswoman at the press conference．
6．"You'd better tellthe truth to your parents．"_________her boy-friend．
Key to the exercises（所填动词仅供参考）：
1．added ／said 2．denied 3．said ／remarked 4．remarked ／explained 5．commented ／stressed 6．suggested
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