【问】 I don’tlike this room. I’d prefer one. (CGEL) 我看不出another one与the other one有何区别。 【答】 the other用于指两个之中的“另一个”,因此,常常与one配合使用: 1. One of my brothers is named Richard;the other named Frederick. 我的一个哥哥叫理查德,另一个叫弗雷德里克。 2. He has a book in one hand,and a pen in the other. 他一只手拿着一本书,另一只手拿着一支笔。 3. The little girl slowly closed one eye and then the other. (IME) 小女孩慢慢地闭上了一只眼睛,然后又闭上了另一只。 4. On the one hand,the law must be obeyed. On the other(hand),we must show sympathy for those whose sufferings have caused them to break law. (Leech) 一方面,必须遵守法律。另一方面,我们必须对那些因自身所遭受的痛苦而违反法律的人表示同情。 another 则指不确定数目中的“另一个”: 1. I don’t like this one,show me another. (UED) 我不喜欢这个,给我看看另一个。 2. They went from one shop to another. (Mis) 他们从一家商店走到另一家商店。 3. A hobo is a person who wanders from one place to another. (IME) 流浪汉是从一个地方游荡到另一个地方的人。 请做下面的英语试题: 1. Though Art Tatum was totally blind in one eye and had only slight vision in another,he became an internationally renowned jazz musician. (TOEFL,87.5) 2. This typewriter isn’t good. I want____typewriter. A. some other B. another C. other D. any other(TOEFL 教程) 3. He made a drink for Jane,then poured____for himself. A. another B. the other C. one other D. other 4. One common family name is Smith,____is Brown. A. another B. the other C. other D. none(TOEFL 教程)