YY英语救助站(2)
2008-04-01刘宝杰
刘宝杰
1. [病号]-Whats in the garden? -There are lot of trees in it.
[诊断] “a lot of ”和“lots of ”都可以用来形容某东西非常多。使用时不能丢三落四,写成lot of。
[处方] There are a lot of trees in it.
2. [病号]Now I know a lot of about public signs.
[诊断]“a lot of ”是形容词性词组,“a lot ”是名词性词组,动词know后面应该使用名词性词组。
[处方] Now I know a lot about public signs.
3. [病号] -What do you do at the weekend? -I often go to the Hongmei park.
[诊断]“红梅公园”是一个特定名称的词,在英语中像这样表示特定名称、特定地名的词要将首字母大写。
[处方]-What do you do at the weekend? - I often go to the Hongmei Park.
4. [病号] -Whens your birthday? -Its the 16th of May.
[诊断] 生日的表达与日期的表达十分相似,但在回答生日时要加上“在”,即介词“on”。
[处方]-Whens your birthday? -Its on the 16th of May.
5. [病号]Its time to some cake.
[诊断] 句子“是……的时间了”有两种表达法,其一是“Its time to+ 动词”,其二是“Its time for + 名词”。
[处方] Its time for some cake. 或者 Its time to eat some cake.
6. [病号]There is an excited football match. The boys are very exciting.
[诊断] “excited”和“exciting”都有表示“激动”的意思,他们的区别在于“excited”是形容某人或某动物“情绪激动”,而“exciting”则表示某件事情“令人激动”。
[处方] There is an exciting football match. The boys are very excited.
难度系数:★★★