口语猫英语发现很多童鞋在说英语的时候多半“凭感觉”,觉得意思到了犯些小错误也无妨。但正是由于这些小细节让你的英语听起来非常不地道。有时即便你的语法正确了,但由于不符合英语语言习惯(Idiomatic English),也会显得很别扭。
例如问对方是做什么工作的,也许你会说:“What is your job?”语法正确,但正常人不这么说话,他们会说:“What do you do?”
所以下面这些细节要重视起来,努力改正
Word Choice 单词选择:
1.你的外套破了
Incorrect:Your coat is broken.
Correct:Your coat is torn.
2.能借你电话用下吗?
Incorrect:May I borrow your phone?
Correct:May I use your phone?
3.在美国一般学生都不穿校服
Incorrect:Common students in U.S.
don"t wear a uniform.
Correct:The average students in U.S.
don"t wear a uniform.
4.他有所好转
Incorrect:He becomes better.
Correct:He got better.
5.让我给你把把脉
Incorrect:Let me examine your pulse.
Correct:Let me feel your pulse.
Verb Use 动词用法:
1.你就是在这点上弄错了
Incorrect:This is where you mistake.
Correct:This is where you are mistaken.
2.我哥哥一直在忙着准备期终考试
Incorrect:My brother has been busy in
preparing for his final examination.
Correct:My brother has been busy preparing
for his final examination.
3.饭后,母亲提议去散步
Incorrect:After dinner,my mother suggested
to go for a walk.
Correct:After dinner, my mother suggested
going for a walk.
4.他的新书将大卖
Incorrect:His new book will be sold well.
Correct:His new book will sell well.
Adverb Use
副词用法
1.去哪儿都行
Incorrect:Anywhere will do.
Correct:Any place will do.
2.不要对我抱太多期望
Incorrect:Don"t expect me too much.
Correct:Don"t expect too much
from(of)me.
3.给我点钱吧,如果你有的话
Incorrect: Give me money,if you have.
Correct:Give me money,if you have any.
4.他待我十分友好
Incorrect:He treated me very friendly.
Correct:He treated me in a friendly way.
Others
其他用法
1.和我不一样,她对英语很精通
Incorrect:Different from me,she is
proficient in English.
Correct:Unlike me,she is proficient in
English.
2.莫妮卡,借我点钱吧,比方说500美元
Incorrect:Lend me some money, for instance
500 dollars,Monika.
Correct: Lend me some money, say 500
dollars,Monika.
3.我就是这样做的
Incorrect:This is the way how I did it.
Correct: This is how I did it. /This is the
way I did it.
4.他们不理解我的想法
Incorrect: They didn"t understand my
mind.