4. 区别：event
affair
matter
thing business
event指具有重要性的大事 eg. the main event of 2006 2006年的主要大事
affair 表示“事件”时，常与某人、某事或某地有关 eg. the Water affair水门事件 表示“公共事务；政治事务；个人的事” eg. world affairs 世界事务
matter指“事情，问题”eg.
private matter私事
thing 既表示抽象概念，又可指具体的行为、做法、困难等eg. a difficult thing to do难做的事
business 主要指(需要处理或讨论的)重要事情，要点 eg. the main business of the
meeting会议的主要议题
注：business, affair, thing还可与形容词连用，表示“事情；事件；状况”
e. g. I found the whole business/
affair/ thing very pleasing.
考点例题：
①She never talks about private
________ with her fellow workers.
②That _______ led to the failure of
the government.
③There is another _______ I’d like
to ask you.
④The car crash was a terrible
___________.
⑤If there’s no other _________, we
can end the meeting.
⑥You should be able to manage your
own ________.
⑦The leader is having a(n)
__________ with a reporter.
Answers： ①matters ②event ③thing ④affair/business/thing ⑤business ⑥affairs ⑦affair