匿名使用者
1級
2009-01-24 回答首先是用法的區別。。。
（1）take place 一般指非偶然性事件的“發生”，即這種事件的發生一定有某種原因或事先的安排，例如：
Great changes have taken place in our hometown during the past ten years。
The Olympic Games of 2008 will take place in Beijing。
（2）happen一般用於偶然或突發性事件，例如：
What happened to you？ （一般不說：What did you happen？）
Maybe something unexpected happened。
I happened to see him on my way home。 = It happened that I saw him on my way home。
（3）come about表示“發生、產生”，多指事情已經發生了，但還不知道為什麼，常用於疑問句和否定句，例如：
When Mother woke up， she didn’t know what had come about。
I’ll never understand how it came about that you were late three times a week。
Do you know how the air accident came about？
你的題
They used to be good friends but now they are like strangers。How（ ）this（ ）？ A。did；come about B。did；happen to C。was；ended up D。was；happened
他們曾經是很好的朋友，但是現在像陌生人一樣。這是怎麼發生的？
如果要選B的話，應該是How did this happen？
C選項，end up是結束，不符合語境。 D選項，happen是實義動詞，提問是應該用did而不是was。
in total總計，合計 用在句首或句尾 on total 這個片語是沒有的。a total of 也是總計，後面要加名詞的。
香檳酒
1級
2009-01-24 回答（1）。 take place 表示“發生、舉行、舉辦”，一般指非偶然性事件的“發生”，即這種事件的發生一定有某種原因或事先的安排，例如：
great changes have taken place in our hometown during the past ten years。
the olympic games of 2008 will take place in beijing。
（2） 。happen作“發生、碰巧”解，一般用於偶然或突發性事件，例如：
what happened to you？ （一般不說：what did you happen？）
maybe something unexpected happened。
i happened to see him on my way home。
= it happened that i saw him on my way home。
（3）。 occur作“發生、想到、突然想起”解，其意義相當於happen，例如：
what has occurred？ （=what has happened？）
a big earthquake occurred （=happened） in the south of china last month。
it occurred to me that she didn’t know i had moved into the new house。
（4）。 come about表示“發生、產生”，多指事情已經發生了，但還不知道為什麼，常用於疑問句和否定句，例如：
when mother woke up， she didn’t know what had come about。
i’ll never understand how it came about that you were late three times a week。
do you know how the air accident came about？
（5）。 break out意思為“發生、爆發”，常指戰爭、災難、疾病或者爭吵等事件的發生，也可以表示突然大聲叫喊等，例如：
two world wars broke out last century。
a fire broke out in the hospital in the mid-night。
after the flood， diseases broke out here and there。
she broke out， “that is too unfair！”
