英语口语常见错误

The pric e is very suitable for me. 正确:The price is right. Note:suitable(合适的、相配的)最常见的用法是以否定的形式出现在告示或通知上,如:下列节目儿童不宜。The following progr amme is not suitable for childr en. 你是做什么工作的呢?What’s your j ob? 正确:A re you working at the moment? Note: what’s your j ob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,所以要问:目前您是在上班吗? Are you wor king at the moment? 接下来再问:目前您在哪儿工作呢?Wher e ar e you working these days? 或者您从事哪个行业呢?What line of work ar e 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。 明天我有事情要做。I have something to do tomorr ow。 正确:Sorry, but I am tied up all day tomorrow. Note: 用I have something to do来表示很忙,也完全是中国式的说法。因为每时每刻我们都有事情要做,躺在那里睡大觉也是事情。所以您可以说我很忙,脱不开身:I'm tied up.还有其他的说法:I'm sorry I can't make it at that time. /I'd love to, but I c an't, I have to stay at home. 我没有英文名。I haven't English name. 正确:I don't have an English name. Note:许多人犯这样的错误,从语法角度来分析,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。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 brother s or sister s. 我没有车。I don't have a c ar. 现在几点钟了?What time is it now? 正确:What time is it, please? Note:What time is it now这是一个直接从汉语翻译过的句子,讲英语的时候没有必要说now,因为您不可能问what time was it yesterday, 或者what time is it tommor ow?所以符合英语习惯的说法是:请问现在几点了?还有一种说法是:How ar e we doing for time?这句话在有时间限制的时候特别合适。 我没有经验。I have no experienc e. 正确:I don't know much about that. Note:I have no experienc e这句话听起来古里古怪,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 r eally an expert in this ar ea. 价钱很昂贵/便宜。The pric e is too expensive/cheap. 正确:The price is too high/ rather low. 我们下了车。We got off the c ar. 正确:We got out of the car. 车速快了。The speed of the c ar is fast. 正确:The car is speeding. / The car is going too fast. 他看到她很惊讶。He looked at her and felt surprised. 正确:He looked at her in surprise. 别理她。Don't pay attention to her. 正确:Leave her alone. 我在大学里学到了许多知识。I get a lot of knowledge in the university. 正确:I learned a lot in university. 我遇到了很多困难。I am having many difficulties. 正确:I am having a few problems / lots of problems. 请快点走,否则我们会迟到的。Please hurry to walk or we'll be late. 正确:Please hurry up or we'll be late. 我想我不行。 × I think I c an’t. √ I don’t think I c an. Note: 这一是个习惯用法,在语法上称为否定前置。就是汉语里面说“我想我不会”的时候,英语里面总是说“我不认为我会”。以后在说类似的英语句子的时候,可要多加注意哦。 这个价格对我挺合适的。 × The pric e is very suitable for me. √ The pric e is right. Note: suitable最常见的用法是以否定的形式出现在告示或通知上,如:The following progr amme is not suitable for childr en.(下列节目儿童不宜。) 明天我有事情要做。 × I have something to do tomorrow. √ Sorry but I am tied up tomorrow. Note: 用I have something to do来表示你很忙,这也往往是中国式的说法。因为每时每刻我们都有事情要做,躺在那里睡大觉也是事情。所以你可以说:“我很忙,脱不开身。”I’m tied up. 还有其他的说法:I think I c an’t make it at that time. / I’d love to, but I c an’t, I have to stay at home. 我的英语很糟糕。 × My E nglish is poor. √ I am not 100% fluent, but a t least I am impr oving. Note: 有人开玩笑说,全中国人最擅长的一句英文是:My English is poor. 却极少听到会有美国人对咱们说:My Chinese is poor. 无论他们的汉语是好是坏,他们会说: I am still having a few pr oblem, but I getting better. 当你告诉外国人,你的英语很poor时,so what? 是要让别人当场施舍给我们一些英语呢,还是说我的英语不好,咱们别谈了吧。 一边不停地学英语,一边不停地说自己的英语很poor, 这正像有人一边给车胎充气,另一边在车胎上扎孔。 你可以实事求事地说,我的英语还不算十分流利,但至少我在进步。 我没有男朋友。 × I have no boyfriend. √ I don’t have a boyfriend. Note: 说得那么地斩钉截铁、义愤填膺,好像断定以后也不会有一样……囧 person 和people都是“人”的意思,搞不清它们的区别。 [纠错] per son是单数,可以加s,而people本身就是复数形式。但是,这并不是说:当你想表达人的复数时,可以简单的用persons或people都可以哦,还要考虑到是不是习惯用语的问题。比如These ar e five per sons in eac h group.听起来就很不顺耳,因为通常说These ar e five people in each gr oup. 因为“persons”是很正式的词,它经常用于官方语言中。西雅图工作英语教你一个秘诀:我们可以理解为people是per son的复数形式,这样使用就简单多了吧,而且保证不会出错。[例句] Millions of people wer e killed in World War II. 在二战中数百万的人失去了生命。 Is ther e any per son want to make a pr esentation to us? 有没有人想给我们做个演示呢?