1. 这个价格对我挺合适的。 mlgdwM
误:The price is very suitable for me. D] 2+<;>`>
正:The price is right. R#bg {|
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2. 你是做什么工作的呢? $/4 5*
误:What's your job? ,Fg&<Be}Jx
正:Are you working at the moment? 0r=Lilu{q
提示:what's your job这种说法难道也有毛病吗?是的。因为如果您的谈话对象刚刚失业,如此直接的问法会让对方有失面子,所以您要问:目前您是在上班吗?Are you working at the moment?接下来您才问:目前您在哪儿工作呢?Where are you working these days?或者您从事哪个行业呢?What line of work are you in? s/Wg^(&M
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3. 用英语怎么说? !U/: !e`N
误:How to say? (.!q~G
正:How do you say this in English? _ #l b\
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4. 明天我有事情要做。 #
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误:I have something to do tomorrow. g m],
正:I am tied up all day tomorrow. $zz=>BOk
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5. 我没有英文名。 AJ:@c7:eS
误:I haven't English name. $b$r,mc
正:I don't have an English name. yZFv pw|g
提示:许多人讲英语犯这样的错误,从语法角度来分析,可能是语法功底欠缺,因为have在这里是实义动词,而并不是在现在完成时里面那个没有意义的助动词。所以,这句话由肯定句变成否定句要加助动词。明白道理是一回事,习惯是另一回事,请您再说几话:我没有钱;I don't have any money.我没有兄弟姐妹;I don't have any brothers or sisters.我没有车。I don't have a car. 6M$.gX
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6. 我想我不行。 '7'cKp
误:I think I can't. ^ I,1kl~i
正:I don't think I can. &TWO/F+Y
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7. 我的舞也跳得不好。 8yFD2(#
误:I don't dance well too. ?-\K V ha
正:I am not a very good dancer either. 8N-~ .p
提示:当我们说不擅长做什么事情的时候,英语里面通常用not good at something,英语的思维甚至直接踊跃到:我不是一个好的舞者。 o<P%|>qX
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8. 现在几点钟了? G68N@g
误:What time is it now? ^"+cJ)
正:What time is it, please? AD?^.<
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9. 我的英语很糟糕。 o <l4}~a
误:My English is poor. N??<3j+Iu
正:I am not 100% fluent, but at least I am improving. T*h +"TmE
提示:有人开玩笑说,全中国人最擅长的一句英文是:My English is poor. 外国人遇到自己外语不好的情况,他们会说: I am still having a few problem, but I am getting better. :@b>,{*4zS
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10. 你愿意参加我们的晚会吗? p7H*Ff`
误:Would you like to join our party on Friday? b<. +WkO
正:Would you like to come to our party on Friday night? ' Dk(jpYB
提示:join往往是指参加俱乐部或者协会,如:join a health club; join the Communist Party.事实上,常常与party搭配的动词是come 或者go。如go a wild party,或者come to a Christmas Party。 !b _<_Y{l
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11. 我没有经验。 ]\ r~"*TZ
误:I have no experience. 9y] $c1
正:I don't know much about that. !8 =uBS%
提示:I have no experience这句话听起来古里古怪,因为您只需要说那方面我懂得不多,或者这方面我不在行,就行了。I am not really an expert in this area. rhn*k f{8
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12. ——这个春节你回家吗? EUna_ 4=
——是的,我回去。 &<^@/osi
--Will you be going back home for the Spring Festival? ! >S' eXt
误:--Of course! x=au.@psBS
正:--Sure. / Certainly. V` fh,(:
提示:以英语为母语的人使用of course的频率要比中国的学生低得多,只有在回答一些众所周知的问题时才说of course。因为of course后面隐含的一句话是“我当然知道啦!难道我是一个傻瓜吗?”因此,of course带有挑衅的意味。在交谈时,用sure或certainly效果会好得多。同时,of course not也具挑衅的意味。正常情况下语气温和的说法是certainly not。
