很多小伙伴说英语靠感觉,
自认为意思很到位,感情很到位,蜜汁自信。
但你造么,你觉得“没毛病”的英语,
老外听起来或是一脸懵B,
或是尬聊到底。
快来看看这些中国学生最常犯的英语错误吧!
你有木有中枪?
※名词类
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✕ I love going for walks in nature.
✓ I love going for walks in the country.
注:nature一般指生物学家研究动植物的领域,如果你想表达喜欢在有田野和树木的地方散步,老外会选择使用 the country。
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! The landscape in the Lake District is very beautiful.
✓ The scenery in the Lake District is very beautiful.
注: landscape一般是画家或地理学家常使用的词汇,如果你想表达欣赏美丽的风景应该用scenery.
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✕ We found a camping near the town.
✓ We found a campsite near the town.
注:扎营搭帐篷的地方应该用campsite.
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✕ I've got brown hairs.
✓ I've got brown hair.
注:只有在个别情况下,你指具体几根头发可用hairs,如:There are two hairs in my soup! 一般情况下说头发时都是不可数的。
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✕ The street between Oxford and Bath are beautiful.
✓ The roads between Oxford and Bath are beautiful.
注:streets本身是指城镇和乡村里的街道,而位于城镇之间的是roads。
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✕ Did you have a good voyage?
✓ Did you have a good journey/ flight?
注:voyage是指乘船长途旅行的意思,但它是一个过时的词汇,现在通常用journey或flight来问候对方是否旅途愉快。
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✕ I'm going on a business travel next week.
✓ I'm going on a business trip next week.
注:travel是不可数名词,如果是要长途旅行,可以表达go on/ make a journey;如果是短期旅程,应该用trip.
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✕ Doctors get a good wage.
✓ Doctors get a good salary.
注:一些工人,尤其指干体力活的劳动者,一般拿的都是weekly wage,即周薪,而现在绝大多数人,尤其是专业人员,拿的都是monthly salary,即月薪。
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✕ We went on a journey round the city by bus.
✓ We went on a bus tour round the city.
注:如果你乘公交参观了很多不同的地方,通常老外会称之为tour.
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✕ The price of living is very high in London.
✓ The cost of living is very high in London.
注:如果你想拥有某个物品,你会支付price(价格),如果要表达城市或国家生活成本高,应该用cost.
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✕ My friend have a good work.
✓ My friend have a good job.
注: work 是不可数名词,你可以说finish some work/ do some different work.意指一些工作任务;但job通常是指一份固定的职业,如建筑师、老师等。
※动词类
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!I love travel.
✓ I love travelling.
注:一般在表达热爱旅行,应该用现在分词形式,呈现出动态感,这样比较恰当和地道。
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2
✕ We'll have to rise the price of this product.
✓ We'll have to raise the price of this product.
注:如果表达价格上涨,可以说 the price rises(不及物动词), 如果人为提高价格,应该说 raise(及物动词) the price.
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✕ It takes a few days to know new people.
✓ It takes a few days to get to know new people.
注:首先你是先 get to know(认识) 新朋友,然后才能know (了解)他们,两者有时间和程度上的差别。
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✕ His new book will be sold well.
✓ His new book will sell well.
注:形容某物卖得好,畅销,地道用法就是sell well,不用被动语态。
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✕ I have a lot of homework to be done.
✓ I have a lot of homework to do.
注:习惯用法,不需要使用被动语态。
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✕ Laura has spent half a day to revise her lessons.
✓ Laura has spent half a day revising her lessons.
注:spend doing sth 是固定用法。
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✕ I'm so hot.
✓ I feel so hot.
注:如果要表达我很热,应该用feel,因为热是你的一种感受,如果用I'm hot, 是形容自己很火辣性感的意思,大家一定要表达清楚。
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✕ My watch doesn't move at all. I must get it checked up.
✓ My watch isn't running, I must get it checked up.
注:一般形容器械类运转工作的地道动词应该用run.
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✕ She was first prize.
✓ She took first prize.
注:想表达谁是第一名,隐含着是他拿到了第一名,所以应该使用动词take.
※形容词类
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✕ My friend is two meters high!
✓ My friend is two meters tall!
注:你可以讨论某个人具体的height(身高),但如果形容一个人有多高只能用形容词tall.
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✕ I'm very tall, but my father and mother are both quite small.
✓ I'm very tall, but my father and mother are both quite short.
注:small是big或large的反义词,而tall的反义词应该是short.
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✕ I enjoyed meeting your brother at the party-he's very sympathetic.
✓ I enjoyed meeting your brother at the party-he's very nice/likeable.
注:形容一个人sympathetic是指对方理解你遇到的问题,并为你感到难过或惋惜遗憾。而你如果要表达对方平易近人,相处起来很愉快,应该用he's very nice/likeable.
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✕ Is this seat empty?
✓ Is this seat taken?
注:empty一般是指空间上的意义,而想表达座位有木有人,实际上是要说有没有人占,所以要用take的分词形式表示被动意义。
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✕ Common students in U.S. don't wear a uniform.
✓ The average students in U.S. don't wear a uniform.
注:表示一般普通的学生,地道的用词应该是the average students ,common通常用来表示常见事物。
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✕ Your coat is broken.
✓ Your coat is torn.
注:broken一般形容抽象意义上的破碎,如broken heart,broken marriage,形容衣服破旧,应该用torn.
※其他用法类
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✕ I've never met your sister—how is she?
✓ I've never met your sister—what's she like?
注:如果你问how is she?相当于问how are you? 得到的回答可能是:She's fine/ very well. 如果你想要问你不认识的人的性格是什么样子的,应该用 what's sb. like ?
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✕ I work like a waitress on Fridays.
✓ I work as a waitress on Fridays.
注:work like 给人的感觉如同:I work like a slave! 我像奴隶一样工作!如果你想告诉别人你的工作岗位,应该用 work as.
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✕ I go to my work by bicycle.
✓ I go to work by bicycle.
注:go to work 是固定短语,中间不需要加my your,his等物主代词。
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✕ What's your occupation,David?
✓ What do you do,David?
注:occupation是一个相当正式的词汇,一般用于写作(如官方公文中),第二种是更常用更礼貌的用语。
其实,
造成这些错误的根本原因在于
你在用中文思维来说英语!
要说出一口地道的英语,
最终还是要归到英语思维的培养上来,
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所以,小伙伴们要多输入地道的英文,
才能保证准确地道的输出,
泥萌说对么?