【问】 “Can’t you stay a little longer?”

“No，my father expects____. ”

A. that I come B. me to come

C. I should come D.me coming (TOEFL，71.6)

书上给的答案是B(me to come)。但是，my father expects me to come究竟是什么意思呢?是指“爸爸预料我会回去”的意思吗?

【答】 就my father expects me to come这个句型来看，它可以有两个意思：1.“爸爸予料我会回去。”;2.“爸爸要求我回去。”根据上道试题的句意，应取第二个含义(expect=demand，re-quire)。让我们来考察一些实例：

1. He is expected to put his work before his family.(EED)

人们要求他把工作放在家庭之上。

2. You are expected to work late if need be.(MED)

如果需要的话，要求你工作得很晚。

3. I expected Martin to be waiting for me...(Snow)

我料想马丁正在等我。

4. They expected James to win the race.

他们预料詹姆斯会在这场比赛中取胜。

5. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance，he alwaysinsisted that it should be written out in full.(NCE 3，L.22)

虽然这位贵族在每次演出时都要朗读这封信，但他总是坚持要求将信的全文写出来。

请做下面的英语试题：

“There's hardly any petrol left in the tank... Damn!”

I________ this to happen for the last ten minutes.

A. am expecting B. expect

C. have been expecting D. was expecting (Nelson，350B)