1)take place 表示“發生、舉行、舉辦”，一般指非偶然性事件的“發生”，即這種事件的發生一定有某種原因或事先的安排 例如： Great changes have taken place in our hometown during the past ten years. The Olympic Games of 2008 will take place in Beijing. (2) happen作“發生、碰巧”解，一般用於偶然或突發性事件 例如： What happened to you?(一般不說：What did you happen?) Maybe something unexpected happened. I happened to see him on my way home. = It happened that I saw him on my way home. take place與 happen的用法 固定片語take place意為發生，舉行，多指舉行活動，發生某事（可指發生好事或不好的事），happen多指發生意外事故，不幸的事。如： （1）The opening of the play will take place tomorrow night. 劇的首演式將於明晚舉行。（take place不能用happen代換） （2）The accident took place only a block from my home. 事故發生地離我家只一個街區。（took place 可以用happened代換） ▲動詞happen以及片語take place, break out 等只能用作不及物動詞，不能用被動語態形式。如： (1)The car accident happened last week. 交通事故發生在上星期。（不能說：The car accident was happened last week.） (2) The war broke out in October. 戰爭於10月份爆發。（不能說：The war was broken out in October.） happen to do 意思是：碰巧。 It happened to be a fine one that day. 那天碰巧天氣好。 I happened to see him this morning. 今天早上我碰巧看見他。 It happens that...後接從句，意思也是碰巧。 It happens that his sister is a closed friend of mine. 碰巧她姐姐是我的一個好朋友。 It so happened that both of them were there. 正好他們兩人都在那兒。
1)take place 表示“發生、舉行、舉辦”，一般指非偶然性事件的“發生”，即這種事件的發生一定有某種原因或事先的安排 例如： Great changes have taken place in our hometown during the past ten years. The Olympic Games of 2008 will take place in Beijing. (2) happen作“發生、碰巧”解，一般用於偶然或突發性事件 例如： What happened to you?(一般不說：What did you happen?) Maybe something unexpected happened. I happened to see him on my way home. = It happened that I saw him on my way home. take place與 happen的用法 固定片語take place意為發生，舉行，多指舉行活動，發生某事（可指發生好事或不好的事），happen多指發生意外事故，不幸的事。如： （1）The opening of the play will take place tomorrow night. 劇的首演式將於明晚舉行。（take place不能用happen代換） （2）The accident took place only a block from my home. 事故發生地離我家只一個街區。（took place 可以用happened代換） ▲動詞happen以及片語take place, break out 等只能用作不及物動詞，不能用被動語態形式。如： (1)The car accident happened last week. 交通事故發生在上星期。（不能說：The car accident was happened last week.） (2) The war broke out in October. 戰爭於10月份爆發。（不能說：The war was broken out in October.） happen to do 意思是：碰巧。 It happened to be a fine one that day. 那天碰巧天氣好。 I happened to see him this morning. 今天早上我碰巧看見他。 It happens that...後接從句，意思也是碰巧。 It happens that his sister is a closed friend of mine. 碰巧她姐姐是我的一個好朋友。 It so happened that both of them were there. 正好他們兩人都在那兒。