1. 花了多長時間用英語怎麼表達
spend的主語必須是人， 常用于以下結構：（1） spend time /money on sth. 在……上花費時間（金錢）。
例：I spent two hours on this maths problem. 這道數學題花了我兩個小時。（2） spend time / money (in) doing sth. 花費時間（金錢）做某事。
例：They spent two years (in) building this bridge. 造這座橋花了他們兩年時間。（3）spend money for sth. 花錢買……。
例：His money was spent for books. 他的錢用來買書了。 cost的主語是物或某種活動， 還可以表示“值”， 常見用法如下：（1）sth. costs (sb.) +金錢，某物花了（某人）多少錢。
例：A new computer costs a lot of money. 買一臺新電腦要花一大筆錢。（2） (doing) sth. costs (sb.) +時間，某物（做某事）花了（某人）多少時間。
例：Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time. 他花了大量時間才記住了這些單詞。 注意：cost的過去式及過去分詞都是cost，并且不能用于被動句。
take后面常跟雙賓語， 常見用法有以下幾種：（1） It takes sb. +時間+to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少時間。例：It took them three years to build this road. 他們用了三年時間修完了這條路。
（2）doing sth. takes sb. +時間，做某事花了某人多少時間。例：Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon. 他花了一下午修車。
pay的基本用法是：（1） pay (sb.) money for sth. 付錢（給某人）買……。例：I have to pay them 20 pounds for this room each month. 我每個月要付20英磅的房租。
（2）pay for sth. 付……的錢。例：I have to pay for the book lost. 我不得不賠丟失的書款。
（3）pay for sb. 替某人付錢。例：Don？蒺t worry!I'll pay for you. 別擔心， 我會給你付錢的。
（4）pay sb. 付錢給某人。 例： They pay us every month.他們每月給我們報酬。
（5）pay money back 還錢。例：May I borrow 12 yuan from you? I'll pay it back next week. 你能借給我12塊錢嗎？下周還你。
（6）pay off one's money還清錢。 spend/cost/pay/take (1)spend的主語通常是人，往往用于以下句型： （sb）spend some money/some time on sth. (sb)spend some money/some time(in)doing sth.例如： I spent fifty yuan on the coat. = I spent fifty yuan (in) buying the coat. 我花50元買了這件大衣。
He spent three days on the work. = He spend three days (in) doing the work. 我干這項工作用了3天。 （2）take常用于“占用、花費”時間，其主語通常為形式主語“it”或物。
句式是： It takes/took sb.some time to do sth=Sth.takes sb.some time. 例如： It took me three years to draw the beautiful horses. 畫這些漂亮的馬花費了我3年時間。 The work will take me two days.這項工作花了2天時間。
（3） pay為“付款、賠償”之意，主語通常是人，往往是sb. pays some money for sth或pay sb.(some money for sth) 例如： I paid fifty yuan for the coat.我花50元買了這件大衣。 He has paid the doctor 50 pounds for the medicine？ 他買藥已付醫生50英鎊。
How much did you pay him？ 你付他多少錢？ （4） cost的主語必須是某物。spend … on sth./in doing sth.的主語必須是人。
pay … for 的主語也是人。It takes + sb.+ 時間（或錢）to do sth.的主語則必須是形式主語It。
動詞cost的常用用法是sth.cost (sb.) some money。 如：The dictionary cost me £ 20.。
2. 英語中,表達花費的句型
reading and fishing.我看看書、釣釣魚打發時間。
Note：口語中，通常省略介詞in。再如： I used to spend my spare time going cycling.（我過去常常騎自行車兜風來消磨閑暇時間。）
take Pattern I（句型I） It takes sb. some time /money to do sth.. e.g. It takes us thirty minutes to walk from here to the station.It takes thirty minutes for us to walk from here to the station. 我們從這兒到車站步行要花30分鐘。 It took him a lot of money to buy her a fur coat.It took a lot of money for him to buy her a fur coat. 他給她買皮外套花了很多錢。
Note：該句型中的it為形式主語，動詞不定式短語作真正主語。"for sb. to do sth."為復合動詞不定式結構。
take后也可不接間接賓語sb.。例如：How long does it take to go there by air？（乘飛機到那兒要花多長時間？） Pattern II（句型II） Sb. takes some time to do sth.. e.g. I took two hours to finish the composition. 我花了兩個小時才完成這篇作文。
They took three years to build the bridge. 他們花了三年時間建這座橋。 Pattern III（句型III） Sth. takes(sb.)some time. e.g. The writing of the article took me two days. 寫這篇文章花了我兩天時間。
The flight from Tokyo to San Francisco takes nine hours. 從東京到舊金山的飛行要花9個小時。 Note:take作"花費"解時，若主語是it,take既可用于花時間，也可用于花金錢；若主語是人或事物，則只能用于時間。
cost Pattern I（句型I） Sth. costs sb. some money. e.g. This computer cost me 5,000 yuan. 這臺電腦花了我五千元。 Note:cost接雙賓語時，作"花費"解，若只接錢數時，作"價值"解。
例如： This jacket costs 200 dollars.（這件夾克價值200美元。） Pattern II（句型II） It costs (sb.)some money to do sth.. e.g.It will cost you 500 dollars to repair the car. 修理這部汽車要花費你500美元。
How much did it cost to build the bridge？ 建這座橋花費了多少錢？ Note：該句型中的cost與take用法相同，可替換使用。注意，cost作"花費"解時，主語只能是事物或it，不能是人。
比較：[誤]I cost two yuan on the book/ to buy the book. [正]The book cost me two yuan.I spent two yuan on the book.（這本書我花了兩塊錢。） Pattern III（句型III） Sth. costs (sb.) time, labour, life,。
e.g. Such a difficult job costs a lot of time and effort. 這麼困難的工作需要耗費極多的時間和心力。 Careless driving will cost you your life. 粗心駕駛會使你喪命。
Note: cost也可以接時間、勞力、性命等作賓語，作"耗費""（使）付出"解。cost雖可用及物動詞，但無論哪種用法，都不可用于被動語態。
比較：[誤]They were cost much labour by the work. [正]The work cost them much labour.（這項工程耗費了他們大量勞動。） pay Pattern I（句型I） Sb. pays some money for sth.. e.g. I paid 3,000 yuan for the mobile phone. 我花三千元買了這部手機。
How much did you pay for the motorbike？ 你花多少錢買的這輛摩托車？ Pattern II（句型II） One pays sb./sth. (for sth.). e.g. He's paid the bill. 他已付了賬。 She paid the driver and got out of the taxi. 她付給司機錢后下了出租車。
Please pay the cashier for the meal. 請把飯錢付給會計吧。 Pattern III（句型III） One pays sb. some money for sth.. e.g. I paid him 100 yuan for the old bike. 我花100元買了他那輛舊自行車。
How much did you pay the shopkeeper for fixing the TV set？ 你付給店主多少錢修理這臺電視機？ Note:pay接雙賓語表示"付給某人多少錢"，間接賓語也可用"to sb."表示。例如：Did you pay 100 yuan to him for the old bike？（你付給他100元買他那輛舊自行車了嗎？） Pattern IV（句型IV） One pays sb. some money to do sth.. e.g. He paid the boy 5 dollars to wash his car. 他付給那孩子5美元叫他洗車。
Note:pay作"花費"、"付款"解時，主語只能指人，不能指物。pay還可用作不及物動詞，即"pay for sth."，意思是"付某物的款"。
例如：I've paid for these books.（我已付了這些書錢。）表示"賠償"時，要用"pay back"。
例如：Let me pay him back.（讓我賠他吧。） I'll pay back for his book.（我要賠償他的書。）
練習：用至少五句話翻譯"我花了10元錢買的這本字典"。 答案： ①I spent ten yuan on the dictionary. ②I spent ten yuan buying the dictionary. ③It took me ten yuan to buy the dictionary. ④The dictionary cost me ten yuan. ⑤It cost me ten yuan to buy the dictionary. ⑥I paid ten yuan for the dictionary.。
