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 509. 我只能匀出15分钟与你讨论这件事.
[误] Fifteen minutes are all that I can spare to talk over this matter with you. [正] Fifteen minutes is all that I can spare to talk over this matter with you. 注:当作度量,时间等的复数名词,通常被当作一个整体来看,谓语动词应采取单数形式.例如:Twenty years in prison was the penalty he had to pay.(25年监禁是他必须接受的惩罚.)

510. 恐怕已经发生了困难.
[误] I'm afraid a difficulty has risen.
[正] I'm afraid a difficulty has arisen.
注:arise(arose, arisen)现在主要用于无形的东西,说"(困难,麻烦,矛盾等)发生"可用 arise.rise 通常用于有形的东 西,表示"升起".

511. 我不喜欢现代艺术.
[误] I don't like modern arts.
[正] I don't like modern art.
注:当 art 作为"艺术"解时,是个抽象名词,因此是不可数名词,如:classical art(古典艺术),folk art(民间艺术), abstract art(抽象艺术)等.当 art 作"(做某事的)技术,技艺"解时,可数不可数都行.art 还可指"文科学科",这时用复数 形式:Bachelor of Arts(文学学士).本句的 modern art 指的是"现代艺术",故不能用复数.

512. 你只要看一下她的住房,就会知道她是一位艺术家了.
[误] You have only to see her house to know she is very artful.
[正] You have only to see her house to know she is very artistic.
注:artful 是个贬义词,意思是"狡猾的,欺诈的,诡计多端的".而 artistic 是个褒义词,含有"有审美力的,有艺术技巧的". 如:an artistic flower arrangement(富于艺术性的插花).本句中应该用 artistic,说明被讲述者的艺术气质.

513. 这条裙子是我趁打折时买的.
[误] I got this skirt from bargain.
[正] I got this skirt on sale.
注:"打折"的正确英语应为"a bargain sale"或"sale".若想说"趁打折的时候买的......"应为"get ... on sale".另外,作为名 词的 bargain 还有"物美价廉的商品","价格便宜的商品"的意思.说某种商品正在打折销售,可用 be on sale 来表达.类例: (1) This shirt was a bargain.这件衬衣真是便宜.(2) I bought this jacket on sale.我是在打折的时候买的这件夹克.(3) I got it at half price.我是半价买下(这件商品)的.

514. 她是个明星.
[误] She is a TV talent.
[正] She is a celebrity.
注电视)演员不可以说"talent","talent"有具备某种才能或技能的意思,并不代表艺人.和电视演员最相近的词 是"celebrity","celebrity"可泛指名人,从中可以联想到演艺界的知名人士

515. 我刚刚插上插座.
[误] I just put the plug in the consent.
[正] I just put the plug in the outlet.
注:美式英语的"插座"是 outlet,英式英语是"socket".电器的电源插头插入插座,用 plug;拔出时用 unplug.插电门用 put the plug 表示.类例:Jamie, don't put your fingers in the outlet. / The lamp isn't plugged in. / Plugs in China have two pins or three pins.中国的插头有两脚的或三脚的.

516. 这是我的女朋友.
[误] This is my lover.
[正] This is my girlfriend.
注:英语中"lover"不只有恋人的意思,也有情人,情妇或情夫的含义,暗指两人之间有性关系.正确的说法是 girlfriend(女朋 友,恋人)或 boyfriend(男朋友,恋人).类例ennis is my boyfriend.丹尼斯是我的恋人/男朋友./ Helen and Ross are going with each other.海伦和罗斯在恋爱.

517. 新办公室很宽敞.
[误] The new office is very wide.
[正] The new office is very spacious.
注:wide 是 narrow 的反义词,意为宽阔的,指横向幅度,例如:a wide river 一条宽阔的河流.表示房间的空间很大,不可 以用 wide,而用 spacious 或 large.类例:The house was old and not very big.这栋房子很旧,而且也不大./ The highways in America are very wide.美国的公路很宽阔./ I love your new apartment. It's so roomy.我喜欢你的新公 寓,这么宽敞.

518. 我有很多男性朋友.
[误] I have many boyfriends.
[正] I have many male friends.
注:英语中 boyfriend 指的是男朋友,恋人."男性的朋友"是 male friend,male 的意思是男性的.类例:Steve isn't my boyfriend. He's just a friend.史蒂夫不是我的男友,只是个朋友./ Most of my guy friends are good cooks.我的很多男 性朋友都是好的厨师.

519. 我的朋友住公寓大楼.
[误] My friend lives in a mansion.
[正] My friend lives in an apartment.
注:mansion 指的是有钱人住的大宅第.如果有人说"I live in a mansion",那一定会使人惊讶,人们一定会以为他很有钱. 公寓在英语中可以说 apartment 或 condo (condominium 的简略形式).类例:I wish I were rich enough to live in a mansion.我希望我很有钱,可以住在大宅子里./ Mike has a European style mansion in New York.迈克在纽约有一座欧 洲风格的宅第./ I have a large studio apartment in Bejing.我在北京有一个独单.(studio apartment 指只有一间居室 的公寓房)

520. 我想当一名地勤人员.
[误] I want to be a ground hostess.
[正] I want to work at an airport counter.
注:英语中"hostess"是空中小姐的意思.可是,ground hostess 就完全是中式英语了.在英语中,不只是这个例子,对于某 些职业,与其说职业名,倒不如说出具体的工作内容更好.例如:我是数学教师,可以说成 I'm a maths teacher,虽然不算 错,但是还是说 I teach maths 更为地道.类例:Wendy is a flight attendant for the Northwest.温迪是西北航空公司的 乘务员./ Donald teaches English at a high school.唐纳德是中学英语老师./ Penny works at the information desk. 彭妮在询问处工作.

521. 他很有趣.
[误] He's so interesting.
[正] He's so funny.
注:interesting 是指有趣味的, 引起好奇(或注意)的."让人发笑,令人觉得有趣"可以说 funny.和 funny 相近的其他词有 humorous(幽默的),amusing(引人发笑的,有趣的)等.用 funny 主语是人;用 humorous,amusing 主语是物.类 例:She's hilarious.她令人发笑./ He's a scream.他是个会搞笑的人./ She's such a laugh.她真是个开心果.

522. 能给我减价吗
[误] Price down
[正] Can I get a discount
注rice down 为中式英语.discount 有打折,减价的意思.除了 Can I get a discount,还可以说:Could you give me a discount 类例:Any chance of a discount 便宜点行吗 / Could you knock the price down 价钱能否低点

523. 真是个好消息!
[误] That's a great news!
[正] That's great news!
[正] That's a piece of great news!
注: No a before news. Though news looks like a plural noun, it is, as a matter of fact, an uncountable noun.

524. 这是一则重要的消息.
[误] It's an important information.
[正] It's a piece of important information.
[正] It's an important piece of information.
[正] It's important information.
注: (1) No an before the uncountable noun information. (2) The second sentence above is not wrong, but it is not as good as the third and the fourth sentences.

525. 医生即研究医学和行医的人.
[误] Doctor is one who has studied medical science and practices medicine. [正] A doctor is one who has studied medical science and practices med.
注: (1) Doctor is a countable noun. A singular countable noun cannot stand alone and must always go with a determiner(限定词) (e.g., a/an, the, my, his, that). E.g.: A hospital is a place where sick people are cared for.

526. 走着去大约只有十分钟的路.
[误] It's only about ten-minute walk.
[正] It's only about a ten-minute walk.
注: Walk used as a noun means walking for pleasure or exercise (take a walk), a short trip that you make by walking (an easy walk from the school to the post office) or a distance walked often in terms of the time required (an hour's walk from home). It's a countable noun and used with a. (E.g.: take a walk; have a walk; go for a walk; a ten-minute walk; take somebody/something for a walk)

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