1. 你们应当把你们的物品保管好。
误:You should take good care of your things carefully.
正:You should take good care of your things.
析:take good care of有“认真保管好”之意,后面不可再用副词carefully。
2. 只要老师一回来,我们就立刻告诉你。
误:I will let you know as soon as the teacher comes back at once.
正:I will let you know as soon as the teacher comes back.
析:as soon as 有“立刻”之意,从句中用了as soon as,主句中就不能再用at once, immediately, right away, right now等词了。
3. 我们不知道David什么时候回来。
误:We don’t know when David will return back.
正:We don’t know when David will return. 或We don’t know when David will come / be back.
析:return有come back或go back的意思,return之后不能再用副词back。
4. 我们希望你们俩明天上午都能来。
误:We hope that both you two could come tomorrow morning.
正:We hope that you two could come tomorrow morning. 或 We hope that both of you could come tomorrow morning.
析:both与two都指“两个”,不可同时使用。
5. 他们还没有完成这项工作。
误:They still haven’t finished the job yet.
正:They still haven’t finished the job. 或 They haven’t finished the job yet.
析:still和yet都可用于否定句中,表示“还,仍然”之意,但不可用于同一句中,still一般位于表示否定的助动词前,yet用于否定句末。
6. 大家都非常喜欢这个小女孩。
误:Everybody all likes the little girl very much.
正:Everybody likes the little girl very much. 或 All of us like the little girl very much.
析:everyone有“每个人,大家”的意思,用了everyone或everybody就不必再用all了。
7. 这个男孩名叫张鹏。
误:The name of the boy is called Zhang Peng.
正:The name of the boy is Zhang Peng. 或 The boy is called Zhang Peng.
析:name与be called不能同时使用,因为name 和be called在语义上是重复的。我们通常说 My name is Harry,但不能说 My name is called Harry。
8. 请把这个句子再重复一遍。
误:Please repeat the sentence again.
正:Please repeat the sentence. 或 Please say the sentence again.
析:repeat本身有 say or do sth. again之意,用了repeat,就不必再用again了,但可说say it again。
9. 战争结束以后,他成了一名医生。
误:After the end of the war, he became a doctor.
正:After the war, he became a doctor.
析:句中after是介词,是“在……以后”的意思;end是名词,意思是“结束”,用了after,就不可再用end。
10. 咱们步行去电影院好吗?
误:Shall we walk to the cinema on foot?
正:Shall we walk to the cinema? 或 Shall we go to the cinema on foot?
析:walk 本身有“步行(go on foot)”之意,用了walk,就不可再用on foot了。
11. 你喜欢米饭还是喜欢面包?
误:Which do you prefer more, rice or bread?
正:Which do you prefer, rice or bread? 或 Which do you like better, rice or bread?
析:prefer本身有“较喜欢(like better)”之意,用了prefer,就不再用 more了。
12. 他们吃完早饭急急忙忙去上班。
误:After breakfast they hurried to go to work.
正:After breakfast they hurried to work.
析:hurry(=move quickly)本身含有“走”之意,后面不可接go, walk, run之类的动词,但可接其它动词不定式或名词。如:We have to hurry away to catch the bus. / She hurried to the station.
13. 打篮球是Tom最喜爱的运动。
误:Playing basketball is Tom’s most favorite sport.
正:Playing basketball is Tom’s favorite sport.
析:favorite本身有“最喜爱(like best)”之意,前面不必再用most修饰了。又如:Jenny’s favorite color is red.
14. 这台电脑多少钱?
误:How much is the price of the computer?
正:What is the price of the computer? 或What price is the computer?或How much is the computer?
析:问“某物是多少钱”,how much和price不能在同一句中出现。
15. 当老师走进教室时,学生们不再说话了。
误:Students stopped talking when the teacher entered into the classroom.
正:Students stopped talking when the teacher entered the classroom.或Students stopped talking when the teacher walked into the classroom.
析:enter当“进入”讲时是及物动词,有come /go into的意思,不可与介词into 连用。
