生活中易犯的英语错误

生活中易犯的英语错误

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。但正是这些小细节，让你的英语听起来非常不地道。

有时，即便语法正确了，但由于不符合英语语言习惯（Idiomatic English），也会显得很别扭。

比如，问对方是做什么工作的，你也许会说，

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. 总之苏珊没犯错。

Incorrect: Susan didn't make a fault anyway.

Correct: Susan didn't make a mistake anyway.

3. 能借你电话用下吗？

Incorrect: May I borrow your phone?

Correct: May I use your phone?

4. 他有所好转。

Incorrect: He becomes better.

Correct: He got better.

5. 外面天还亮。

Incorrect: It was still bright outside.

Correct: It was still light outside.

6. 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.

7. 这道色拉是谁做的？

Incorrect: Who cooked this salad?

Correct: Who made this salad?

8. 让我给你把把脉。

Incorrect: Let me examine your pulse.

Correct: Let me feel your pulse.

9. 我把帽子忘在屋里了。

Incorrect: I forget my hat in the house.

Correct: I left my hat in the house.

10. 你上过大学吗？

Incorrect: Did you attend college?

Correct: Did you go to college?

11. 他的体温降下来了。

Incorrect: His temperature went down.

Correct: His temperature came down.

12. 今天的报纸上有他写的关于香港的文章。

Incorrect: Today's newspapers has his articles on Hong Kong. Correct: Today's newspapers carries his articles on Hong Kong.

13. 开窗睡你会感冒的。

Incorrect: You'll have a cold if you sleep with your window open. Correct: You'll catch a cold if you sleep with your window open.

14. 我去医院探望了她生病的母亲。

Incorrect: I visited her ill mother in the hospital.

Correct: I visited her sick mother in the hospital.

15. 她是第一名。

Incorrect: She was first prize.

Correct: She took first prize.

16. 他失去意识很长时间了。

Incorrect: He lost consciousness for a long time.

Correct: He was unconscious for a long time.

17. 他创造了世界纪录。

Incorrect: He made a world record.

Correct: He set a world record.

18. 她婚姻幸福。

Incorrect: Her marriage was happy.

Correct: Her married life was happy.

19. 今年夏天我要去自己的出生地看看，这是10年来的第一次。Incorrect: I'll visit my native place for the first time in ten years this summer.

Correct: I'll visit my birth place for the first time in ten years this summer.

20. 这个座位有人吗？

Incorrect: Is this seat empty?

Correct: Is this seat taken?

21. 我看他面熟。

Incorrect: I know his face.

Correct: I know him by sight.

22. 我的手表不走了，我得拿去检查下。

Incorrect: My watch doesn't move at all. I must get it checked up. Correct: My watch isn't running, I must get it checked up.

23. 我来这儿的路上遇到了交通事故，所以迟到了。

Incorrect: There was a traffic accident on my way here. It is why I was late.

Correct: There was a traffic accident on my way here. That is why I was late.

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。