it takes maria eleven hours to fly from Canada to China toda
4个回答

1. It takes maria eleven hours to fly from Canada to China today.

. =Maria spends eleven hours flying form Canada to China today

解析:

It takes sb some time to do sth 做某事花费某人多长时间

sb spend some time doing sth 某人做某事花费多长时间

2. i don't know how i can swim in the river

=I don't know how to swim in the river. 我不知道怎么样在河里游泳.

how有一个用法是how + to do(即:how + 动词不定式)

Eg:

Can you tell me how to learn English well?

这句话相当于:Can you tell me how I can learn English well?

当省略主语、谓语不至于引起含义不明时,可以直接用how to do来表达.