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This is a double quotation mark and cannot be split into two.

There are four ways to use quotation marks: ①Indicate direct quotations in the text. ② Indicates the object that needs to be discussed. ③Indicates words with special meanings. ④When there are quotation marks inside quotation marks, use double quotation marks on the outer layer and single quotation marks on the inner layer.

(1) Indicates direct quotations in the text. That is, quoting someone else's words directly in your writing. Quotation marks directly quote other people's words, including proverbs, poems, and lyrics, but do not quote individual words. Sometimes if a single word is quoted, the word does not have the original meaning of the word. However, there is a special situation, that is, onomatopoeia and transliterated foreign words are added in quotation marks, which also means direct quotation. For example:

1. "Tap-tat-tat..." Heavy machine gun bullets poured down on the Marco Polo Bridge deck. ("The Marco Polo Bridge Beacon Fire")

2. Scientists borrowed the name of a country singer and named the cloned sheep "Dolly". ("The Mystery of Cloning")

(2) Indicate the object that needs to be discussed. When writing, sometimes it is necessary to add quotation marks in order to emphasize and highlight the object of discussion.

For example: 1. I would like to talk to you about the topic of "cooperation". ("Learning to Cooperate")

2. Lu Xun carved a small word on his desk: "Morning". ("Morning")

3. Helen learned to spell "soil", "seed" and many other words.

("Helen Keller")

In these sentences, "cooperation", "early", "soil" and "seed" are all emphasized. object. Some teachers think that the words "soil" and "seed" in the third sentence plus quotation marks indicate quotation, quoting the words Helen learned. In fact, as mentioned before, quotation is to directly quote other people's words, or mottos, poems, lyrics, etc., and will not quote individual words.

There is also a special situation here. Quotation marks are added to the numerical part of festivals, anniversaries and major historical times. Quotation marks are added to place names and special nouns. In the past, quotation marks were used to indicate specific titles. For example:

1. After the "September 18th" incident, Japanese imperialism invaded and occupied the three northeastern provinces of my country. ("Lugouqiao Beacon")

2. The roofs of the Great Hall of the People, Beijing Railway Station and many other famous buildings all use this "thin shell structure". ("Human "Teacher"")

Now it seems that these should be attributed to the usage of "expressing the object that needs to be emphasized". Because adding quotation marks to these words is to play a prominent and emphasized role. Therefore, the criterion for judging this usage is whether it plays the role of emphasis and prominence.

(3) Expressing words with special meanings.

When writing, some words with quotation marks no longer express their original meaning, but have new meanings. For example:

1. Helen learned to "talk" with her fingers. ("Helen Keller")

Explanation: Here, it does not mean that the fingers can really speak, but that Helen has learned to read Braille by touch and communicate with others using Braille.

2. As the news spread, General Nie received a large number of telegrams and letters from all over Japan. The Japanese people called him a "living Bodhisattva" and the "messenger of Sino-Japanese friendship." ("General Nie and the Japanese Girl")

Explanation: "Living Bodhisattva" here does not refer to a living Bodhisattva, but to a person with a charitable heart and broad mind like a Bodhisattva. "The envoy of Sino-Japanese friendship" obviously does not refer to the person who was ordered to go to China and Japan to establish friendship, but refers to General Nie Rongzhen who, like an envoy, built a bridge of Sino-Japanese friendship and concluded the friendship between the Chinese and Japanese people.

3. "Young man" is pronounced as "fatan" in Arabic. The end of the word is an open nasal note, plus a y-shaped a. When it becomes an even number, we "make falsehood true" and make this The a in the y form is treated as a true y, and the even suffix ani is added.

Here, "playing with the fake and making it real" does not mean "playing with the fake and making it real" or "playing with the fake and making it real" or "playing with the fake and making it real", but refers to changing the word "fatan" at the end of the word fatan. The y-shaped a becomes a real y, and then the even suffix is ​​added.

So the criterion for judging this usage is whether it has a new meaning different from the original meaning.

In addition, there are several examples in the textbook that are particularly likely to cause confusion and controversy, so they are listed separately for a detailed explanation.

1. Zhan Tianyou designed a "herringbone" route along the mountain. ("Zhan Tianyou")

Explanation: The word "人" in quotation marks here actually represents the metaphorical technique of Mo Xingge, which is to vividly compare the shape of the railway to resemble a "person" Character.

3. Because their outlines resemble the Chinese character "金", they are called pyramids. ("The Pyramids of Egypt")

Explanation: The word "gold" in quotation marks here actually represents a metaphor, which vividly compares the outline of the pyramid to the word "gold".

(4) When there are quotation marks inside quotation marks, use double quotation marks on the outer layer and single quotation marks on the inner layer.

For example: 1. Meng Haoran took the wine glass, drank it down in one gulp, and then said: "Wang Bo said it well, 'There are close friends in the sea, and we are like neighbors at the end of the world.' Although we are temporarily separated, our friendship remains. The waves of the Yangtze River are like this forever." ("Farewell at the Yellow Crane Tower")

2. Dad said meaningfully to Congcong: "It seems that if you want to truly understand the meaning of a word, you must not only understand it. If you know how to look up dictionaries with words, you should also learn to look up the 'wordless dictionaries' around you!" ("Learn to look up "wordless dictionaries")

Both of these two examples belong to the category of "there are words in quotation marks" When you need to use quotation marks, use double quotation marks on the outer layer and single quotation marks on the inner layer." The outer double quotation marks represent direct quotations in the text.

"There are close friends in the sea, and we are as close as the end of the world." is a direct quotation. In order to indicate the level, single quotation marks are used. The quotation marks in "Wordless Dictionary" indicate a special meaning, referring to knowledge in life.

I hope I can help you clear up your doubts.