用法不同：say一般作及物动词用，着重说话的内容，它的宾语可以是名词，代词或宾语从句。例句：say sth to sb.对某人说某事。tell常作及物动词，意为“讲述，告诉”，动词常跟双宾语。例句：tell sb sth/tell sth to sb.告诉某人某事[告诉某人某事]。

say读法：英[seɪ]；美[seɪ]

v.说；讲；告诉；念；朗诵；背诵；表达，表述(见解)；比方说；表明，显示，表达（思想、感情）；提供信息

n.决定权；发言权

int.(表示惊讶或兴奋)嘿，啧啧；(提请别人注意、提出建议或作出评论)喂，我说

第三人称单数：says

现在分词：saying

过去式：said

过去分词：said

tell读法：英[tel]；美[tel]

v.告诉；告知；提供(情况)；说明；显示；讲述；说；表达；泄露（秘密）；命令；知道；识别；产生效果，发生影响（尤指负面影响）

n.[考古学]（古代村落遗址堆积而成的）台形土墩；[方言]讲的话；谈话；传闻

第三人称单数：tells

复数：tells

现在分词：telling

过去式：told

过去分词：told

You're a great help,I must say!

我得说，你可没少帮忙！

It's a free country;I'll say what I like!

这是个自由的国家，我想说什么就说什么！

You've been a great help,I must say.

依我看，你真是帮了个大忙啊。

She lost it,just as I said she would.

我就说了吧，她把它丢了。

I don't know how you can say things like that.

真想不到你怎么会说出这种话来。

You shouldn't take anything she says at face value.

她的话你绝对不能只看表面。

What would you say was the root cause of the problem?

你认为问题的根源是什么？

Most people said that pay was their main motivation for working.

大多数人说赚取报酬是他们工作的主要动机。

She hasn't written─not that she said she would.

她还没写信来——倒不是她说过她要写。

Well,really!What a thing to say!

啊，真是的！这么说太不像话了！

He said he would be here at eight o'clock.

他说他将在八点钟到达这里。

He said he would love her for ever.

他说会永远爱她。

'We must find him,'she said urgently.

“我们必须找到他。”她急切地说。

She said that she couldn't come.

她说她来不了啦。

They now say that red wine is good for you.

现在专家说喝红葡萄酒对人有好处。

He said he didn't have time or made some such excuse.

他说他没时间或别的诸如此类的借口。

Don't pay any attention to what they say.

别在意他们所说的话。

I couldn't understand a single word she said!

她讲的东西我一个字都听不懂！

He said some very hard things to me.

他对我说了些很不近人情的话。

Just say the word,and I'll go.

只要发句话，我就走。

Well?Are you going to tell us or not?

嗯？你想不想告诉我们？

Any high school student could tell you the answer.

随便一个高中生都可以告诉你答案。

I've told you time after time not to do that.

我一再告诉过你不要干那件事。

Only time will tell if the treatment has been successful.

只有时间才能证明这种疗法是否成功。

I told you we should have done it my way!

我跟你说过我们原本应该用我的方法来做这事。

I told him right off what I thought of him.

我直截了当地告诉了他我对他的看法。

She told me to get out─or words to that effect.

她叫我滚开——或说了类似的话。

It's just like her to tell everyone about it.

她就是这么个人儿，能把这事见谁就告诉谁。

Any teacher will tell you that students learn at different rates.

任何老师都知道学生学习有快有慢。

Really,you could have told us before.

真是的，其实你大可事先跟我们说一声的。

He told us not to write more than three sides.

他告诉我们写字不要超过三面纸。

He told me to leave─or words to that effect.

他叫我离开，或诸如此类的话。

I specifically told you not to go near the water!

我明确告诉过你不要靠近水边！

For the love of God,tell me what he said!

看在上帝的分上，告诉我他说了些什么！

Tell them it's just not good enough.

告诉他们这确实不够好。

I have something important to tell you.

我有重要的事情要告诉你。

I'm not sure whether I should tell you this.

我拿不准该不该把这事告诉你。

You must on no condition tell them what happened.

你决不能告诉他们所发生的事。

You did right to tell me about it.

你把这件事告诉我，做得很对。

He told us the story of his life.

他对我们讲述了他的生活经历。