老外纠正中国人最常说的中式英语,你说对了吗?
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主播:Jimmy/吉米老师
我是中国人。
我非常喜欢你。
I very like you.(X)
I like you very much.(√)
我觉得我做不到。
更多常见中式英语的正确表达
美国外教Chuck Allanson在中国任教五年间,收集了大量的Chinglish说法,从中挑选出一组最常见的。
下面这些Chinglish,每行第一部分是中文,第二部分是Chinglish,第三部分则是英语的标准说法。
①欢迎你到... ② welcome you to ... ③ welcome to ...
①永远记住你② remember you forever ③ always remember you(没有人能活到forever)
①祝你有个... ② wish you have a ... ③ I wish you a ...
①给你② give you ③ here you are
①很喜欢... ② very like ... ③ like ... very much
①黄头发② yellow hair ③ blond/blonde(西方人没有yellow hair的说法)
①裤子② trousers ③ pants/slacks/jeans
①修理② mend ③ fix/repair
①入口② way in ③ entrance
①出口② way out ③ exit(way out在口语中是crazy的意思)
①勤奋② diligent ③ hardworking/studious/conscientious
①应该② should ③ must/shall
①火锅② chafing dish ③ hot pot
①大厦② mansion ③ center/plaza
①马马虎虎② so-so ③ average/fair/all right/not too bad/OK(西方人很少使用so-so)
①好吃② delicious ③ good/nice/tasty/appetizing(delicious在中国被滥用)
①尽我最大努力② try my best ③ try/strive(try的本意就是try my best)
①有名② famous ③ well-known/renowned/legendary/popular(famous在中国被滥用)
①滑稽② humorous ③ funny/witty/amusing/entertaining
①欺骗② to cheat ③ to trick/to play a joke on/to con/to deceive/to rip off
①怎么拼? ② how to spell? ③how do you spell?
①再见② bye-bye ③ bye/see you/see you later/later(bye-bye有些孩子气)
①玩② play ③ go to/do(play在中国被滥用)
①面条② noodles ③ pasta(noodles有些孩子气)
①据说② it is said ③ I heard/I read/I was told
①等等② and so on ③ etc. etcetera
①直到现在② till now ③ recently/lately/thus far
①农民② peasant ③ farmer
①宣传② propaganda ③ information
典型的中国式英文句子
1. 我会永远记得你
I will remember you forever. (X)
I will always remember you. (O)
没有人能活到forever,因此英文不会用「永远」,会以「always 总是」来表示一直持续的状态。
2. 祝你有个美好的一天
I wish you have a good day. (X)
I wish you a nice/good day.(O)
3. 我的英文不太好
My English is very poor. (X)
My English is pretty basic. (O)
4. 我把午餐忘在家里了
I have forgotten my lunch at home.(X)
I left my lunch at home. (O)
5. 那辆车子的速度很快
The speed of that car is fast. (X)
The speed of that car is high. (O)
由于fast和slow本身已有「快速」、「慢速」的意思,
所以有speed(速度)的英文句子,就应该改用high或low。如果要用fast的话,则是:The car is driving so fast.
6. 如果你打开门,我会很难入睡。
If you open the door, I will be difficult to fall asleep.(X)
If you open the door, it will be difficult for me to fall asleep. (O)
7. 你是做什么工作的呢?
Are you working at the moment?(O)
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?
8. 明天我有事情要做。
I have something to do tomorrow.(X)
I am tied up all day tomorrow.(O)
9 你愿意参加我们的晚会吗?
Would you like to join our party on Friday?(X)
Would you like to come to our party on Friday night?(O)
提示:join往往是指参加俱乐部或者协会,如:join a health club;join the Communist Party.事实上,常常与party搭配的动词是come 或者go。如go a wild party,或者come to a Christmas Party。
10. 我没有经验。
I have no experience.(X)
提示:I have no experience这句话听起来古里古怪,因为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 really an expert in this area.
11. 这个春节你回家吗?
是的,我回去。
Will you be going back home for the Spring Festival?
Of course!(X)
Sure. / Certainly.(O)
提示:以英语为母语的人使用of course的频率要比中国的学生低得多,只有在回答一些众所周知的问题时才说of course。因为of course后面隐含的一句话是“我当然知道啦!难道我是一个傻瓜吗?”
因此,of course带有挑衅的意味。在交谈时,用sure或certainly效果会好得多。同时,of course not也具挑衅的意味。正常情况下语气温和的说法是certainly not。