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常见英语口语错误大纠正(上)

2010-05-12来源:和谐英语

[错误一] Although…, but…缺一不可。

[纠错] 汉语里面的表示转折意思的时候,喜欢说“虽然…,但是…。”但是在英文里,往往一句话只用一个表示转折的词语,也就是用了Although,就不要再用but,或者直接用but表示转折。不过总的来看,Although要比but更加正式一些。

[例句] Although Nancy does not like her boss, she likes going to work anyway.或者Nancy does not like her boss, but she likes going to work anyway.虽然楠茜不喜欢她的老板,但是她还是想去上班的。

[错误二] many 和 much意思都一样,我想用哪个就用哪个。

[纠错] “many” 用来修饰可数名词的复数形式,如 “pieces of chalk, erasers, desks, bowls of salad, dollars, books, people, apples”等等。而 “much” 是用来修饰不可数名词的,如“chalk, mud, salad, money, knowledge, time, food”等等。这两个词的意思都是许多的意思,但是修饰的名词有区别,不要混淆。我们还可以用更加口语化的lots of 来代替many,用a lot of 来代替much。意思都是一样的。

[例句] I made many food for the dinner, such as pizza, baked chicken, and some banana bread.我为今天的晚餐准备了很多吃的,有披萨、烤鸡还有香蕉包。

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