第1招 表达正确——规避常犯的9大错误
考生写作中常犯的错误主要表现在词性不明、措辞不当、用法不妥、重复累赘、句法混乱、中式英语、拼写与标点有误等。下面通过整理归类,列举正误例句,指出错误所在,总结其规律,以便帮助考生尽快提高英语书面语言的准确表达能力。
一、词性不明
1.误:Everyone in my family is like the dog.
正:Everyone in my family likes the dog.
分析:作者的原意是:我们全家都喜欢这只狗。但错误例句所传递的信息却是:我们全家都像狗。英语中的like主要用作动词(喜欢)、名词(爱好)、介词(像)。弄清“like的众兄弟”(like, unlike, dislike, likely, alike, look like, would like, feel like )的词性和搭配很有必要,以便做到触类旁通。
2.误:Those who strongly against the idea think animals will lose their freedom and nature if caged in the zoo.
正:Those who are strongly against the idea think animals will lose their freedom and nature if caged in the zoo.
分析:误将介词作动词:against(反对)是介词而不是动词,用介词表达动作意义,要加系动词be; for为其反义词,意为“同意”。
二、措辞不当
1.误:Not until I got back to the hotel did I realize I had forgotten my luggage in the taxi.
正:Not until I got back to the hotel did I realize I had left my luggage in the taxi.
分析:表示把某物“遗忘,落下”,并且句中有地点状语时要用leave。
2.误:Under the help of my classmates and teachers, I managed to make up for the lessons I had missed.
正:With the help of my classmates and teachers, I managed to make up for the lessons I had missed.
正:Thanks to the help of my classmates and teachers, I managed to make up for the lessons I had missed.
分析:思维方式差异:“在……的帮助下”实则是“由于……的帮助”, under常用于“under the leadership/protection of ...”。