生活中最常用的英语口语,却很容易犯这些小错误。我们不得不去防范一下,你可以收藏起来,学习一下!
1.你能帮我把这个扔了吗?
Can you help me throw it? (X)
throw这个词本身是表示“扔”这个动作,而不是扔掉的意思。比如:
Can you throw me that book?
你能把那本书扔给我吗?
如果表示扔掉,我们可以说:...throw Something away.比如:
I threw my old iPhone away because getting an iPhone X.
我把旧手机扔了,因为我要买一个 iPhone X.
除了throwaway,我们还可以用dump something或者get rid of
Something来表示“扔掉” 。所以表达“你能帮我把这个扔了
吗?”我们可以这样说:
Can you dump this for me?
Can you throw this away for me?
Can you get rid of it for me?
2.等一下,我得系下鞋带。
Hold up, I gotta tie my shoes up. (X)
这个句子当中有两个地方容易出现错误,“等一下”我们常用的表达有:
hold on a second
one second
hang on a second
“hold up”的意思是“举起;支撑;耽搁”。而“系鞋带”可以用“tie my shoes" 或 “tie my shoes laces" 。 口语中一般用tie my shoes就可以了。那么tie up是什么意思呢?
Tie something up表示把某物掴紧,比如:
Tie up the books so we can sell them altogether.
把这些书捆起来,我们可以把他一起卖。
所以,正确表达“等一下,我得系一下鞋带”我们可以这样说:
Hold on a sec. I need to tie my shoes.
3.我暂时没有工作。
I don't have work now. (X)
这句话的意思是我现在没有工作要做,意思就是我现在很闲。如何地道的表达“暂时没工作”?英语中有一个词组:between jobs.这是个非常形象的表达,意思是处于两个工作之间的空档期,正在找工作或者有意愿继续工作。
比如:
I'm between jobs right now. Still haven't found anything I want to do.
我现在暂时没有共做还没有找到自己想做的工作。
所以,正确表达“我暂时没有工作”我们可以说:
I' m between jobs at the moment.
4.你知道还要多久吗?
Do you know how long will it take?(X)
除了用do you know来表示 “你知道”,还可以用any idea…?需要注意的是,这都包含名词性从句,这个从句应该用陈述句的语序。
所以正确的表达是:
Any idea how much longer this is gonna take?
Do you know how long this is gonna take?
5.我得顺便去趟药店。
I have to drop by to go to the drugstore. (X)
这句话哪里不对呢,这就犯了中式英语的错误,drop by后面可以直接
跟地名,如:
Drop by a place
Stop by a place
Swing by a place
都可以表示顺便去某某地方。直接说,drop by the drugstore就可以了。
那么这句话我们可以说:
I need to swing by the drugstore.
I've got to drop by the drugstore.
I gotta stop by the pharmacy.
6.我也这么想。
I think so. (X)
"I think so”意思是我认为某事应该是真的,但又不是很确定,中文可以翻译成:我觉得是的,或者可能是吧。
使用场景:
A: Is she married?
B: I think so.
她结婚了吗?
应该结了吧。
或者:
A: Is it a good idea?
B: I think so.
这个想法好吗?
我觉得挺好的。
那么“我也这么想。"我们可以怎么说呢:
I had the same thought.
I thought the same thing.
That's what I was thinking too.
That's what I thought too.
That makes two of us.
7 .你能把剪刀递给我吗?
Could you please hand me over that scissors? (X)
这句英文中错就错在了,犯了“意象总维”的错误,“递给…”意象性的理解为“hand over”。但其实hand over的意思是把…上交给某人。例如:
Hand over the phone to the teacher.
把手机交给老师。
如果表示“把.....递给某人”面以说:
Hand sb. sth.
Hand sth. to sb.
Pass sb. sth.
Pass sth. to sb.
所以正确的说法是:
Can you pass/hand me the scissors?
Can you pass me those scissors?
8.我等会顺道去你家把你的东西给你。
I will drop by at your house and give your stuffs to you.(X)
这个句子中,顺道去…顺便拜访…可以直接使用drop by somewhere.
需要注意的是:drop by后面不能加介词短语,可以直接“地方”,
比如:drop by your place, drop by your office.
也可以用stop by和swing by来表示。
而“顺便把东西给某人”,可以用drop off这个短语很地道,可以表
示“把某个东西送到某个地方”或者“把某人送到某个地方”
例如:
Just drop me off at the intersection.
就在下个路口把我放下吧。
所以“我等会顺道去你家把你的东西给你。"这句话正确的说法应该
是:
I'll drop by your place and drop off your stuff later.
9.我们一起吃晚饭,聊聊近况吧。
Let's have dinner together and talk. (X)
"talk”这个词就是you use spoken language to express your thoughts, ideas, or feelings.意思是谈话,说话,讲话。和聊聊近况还有点差距。
聊聊近况,叙旧,我们有个很简洁的词:catch up。例如:
I promise you to catch up with you later.
我保证晚点跟你聊聊近况。
如果catch up后面跟具体的人,
例如:
和某人叙旧
Catch up with sb.
聊聊彼此的近况
Catch up with each other
所以“我们一起吃晚饭,聊聊近况吧。"这句话正确的说法应该是:
Let's have dinner and catch up.
Let's catch up over dinner.
10.我整晚都在写这篇论文。
I cost whole night writing this paper. (X)
“花费…时间”我们可以说:Sb. Spend sometime on sth.例如:
I spent two hours on this puzzle.
我花了两个小时做这个拼图。
或者spend time doing…
I spent two hours solving the puzzle.
或者 it takes sb. some time to do sth.
这个拼图花了我两个小时。
It took me two hours to solve the puzzle.
而不一般不使用cost。Cost主要表示花费钱财,或者付出一定代价。
例如:
It cost me a lot to get there.
去哪里花了我不少钱。
所以“我整晚都在写这篇论文。"这句话正确的说法应该是:
I spent the whole night on this paper.
I spent the whole night writing the paper.
I worked on this paper the whole night.
I was writing this paper the whole night.
11.你要这个平板干嘛?
What do you need the tablet for? (X)
首先我们先好清楚“用…做…”可以用want...for...或“need...for...” 。如果对for后面的内容进行提问,相对应的特殊疑问句就应该用what引导。如:
What do you need this tablet for?
或者不用介词for,疑问词用 why.
Why do you need this tablet?
正确表达:你要这个平板干嘛?
我们可以说:
What do you want the tablet for?
What do you need the pad for?
注意不要所有的平板都用"iPad"来表示哦,iPad只是众多品牌中的一种。
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