1、fashionable ❌ He is very fashion! ✅ He is very fashionable! 解析:fashion是名词,fashionable才是形容词但这个词有点过时,也不常用,形容时髦最好用这些词: trendy: Shanghai is trendy. 上海很时尚。 ttylish: She is stylish. 她很时髦。 thic: The dress is so chic. 这条裙子很时髦别致。
2、I like ... ❌ I very like her. ✅ I like her very much. 解析:very只能修饰形容词或副词。除了把very much放在句末,这些用法也可以表达“很喜欢”: I really like... I love... I'm into... 这个一般用在恋爱关系中,不要用错哦。 3、How to say... ❌ Hi Spencer, how to say '榴莲' in English? ✅ Hi Spencer, how do you say '榴莲' in English? 解析:How to say...不是一个语法正确的完整句子,所以不能直接用来提问。需要问“怎么说”,还可以用这些表达: How do you say... What do you call...in English? 注意:虽然问完整的问题不可以,但how to...还是可以用来做文章的标题,只要记住这不是个完整的句子。 4、foreigner ❌ This is my friend Spencer. He is a foreigner. ✅ This is my friend Spencer. He is an American. 解析:虽然没有语法错误,可是直指对方是个foreigner在英语中有点不礼貌,有点怪。最好的说法是直接说对方是哪里人: Spencer is an American. Adam is a Canadian. 有时候international这个词也可以用来介绍外国友人: He is an international student. expat可以吗? expat也可以表示外国的,但因为是比较老旧的词,有些人会觉得用起来带有感情色彩,不是最安全。 5、what's your job? ❌ What's your job? ✅ Are you working at the moment? 解析: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? 顺带说一下,回答这类问题时不妨说得具体一点,不要只是说经理或者秘书。 6、I don't think... ❌ I think I can't. ✅ I don't think I can.
解析:这一表达是个习惯问题,在语法上称为否定前置。汉语里面说“ 我想我不会 ”的时候,英语里面总是说 ”我不认为我会“。 以后您在说类似的英语句子的时候,只要您留心,也会习惯英语的说法的。 7、I don't have... ❌ I haven't English name. ✅ I don't have an English name. 解析:许多人讲英语犯这样的错误,从语法角度来分折,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。 让我们再练习一下: 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. 这些最最最常犯的7个口语错误,你学会了吗? |
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