病句诊疗室

李建高

1. 多亏你的帮助，我才能游得很好。

【误】Thanks for your help， I am able to swim very well.

【正】Thanks to your help， I am able to swim very well.

【析】thanks for意为“因……而感谢”，而thanks to意为“幸亏;由于;因为”，后面可以接sb.或sth.。

2. 长途步行后，他的水用光了。

【误】He ran out his water after a long walk.

【正】He ran out of his water after a long walk.

【析】run out表示“被用完;被耗尽”，主语通常是表示时间、金钱、食物等的名词;run out of sth.意为“用完某物;耗尽某物”，主语通常是人。

3. 让我们去医院看望孩子们吧，让他们高兴起来。

【误】Lets visit the kids in hospital and cheer up them.

【正】Lets visit the kids in hospital and cheer them up.

【析】cheer up意为“（使）变得更高兴;振奋起来”，既可以单独使用，也可以后接宾语。后面接代词作宾语时，代词须置于cheer和up之间。

4. 他们住在山上的小屋里，感到孤独。

【误】They feel alone living in a small house on the hill.

【正】They feel lonely living in a small house on the hill.

【析】alone作形容词时，意为“单独的;独自的”;alone作副词时，意为“独自地;单独地”，强调客观上一个人。lonely作形容词，意为“孤独的;寂寞的”，强调心灵上的孤独寂寞，在句中既可作定语，又可作表语。

5. 电脑技术使许多人在家办公成为可能。

【误】Computer technology makes that possible for many people to work at home.

【正】Computer technology makes it possible for many people to work at home.

【析】make it possible （for sb.） to do sth.意为“使（某人）做某事成为可能”，其中it是形式宾语，句子真正的宾语是to do sth. 。在此句型中，it不能用that代替。

6. 请把那本书递给我。

【误】Pass the book for me， please.

【正】Pass the book to me， please.

【析】pass sth. to sb.是固定搭配，意为“把某物递给某人”，相当于pass sb. sth.，故应将for改为to。

7. 学校给贫困的孩子们提供免费的午餐。

【误】The school provides free lunch poor children.

【正】The school provides free lunch for poor children.

【正】The school provides poor students with free lunch.

【正】The school offers poor children free lunch.

【正】The school offers free lunch to poor children.

【析】表示“为某人提供某物”时，可以使用provide sb. with sth. /provide sth. for sb. /offer sb. sth. /offer sth. to sb.。

8. 这家人3天后将从大连返回深圳。

【误】The family will return back to Shenzhen from Dalian in three days.

【正】The family will return to Shenzhen from Dalian in three days.

【析】return表示“回來;回去;返回”时，相当于go back / come back，return to ... from ...意为“从……回到……”。

9. 我哥哥比我大两岁。

【误】My elder brother is two years elder than me.

【正】My elder brother is two years older than me.

【析】elder作形容词，意为“年纪较长的”，只能用于名词前;older是old的比较级，常与than连用。

10. 与那条路相比，这条路很繁忙。

【误】This road is quite busy compared of that one.

【正】This road is quite busy compared to / with that one.

【析】compare意为“比较”，compared with / to ...意为“和……相比”，常在句中作状语。

11. 在森林里散步怎么样？

【误】How about taking a walk in the wood？

【正】How about taking a walk in the woods？

【析】wood作“木头;木材”讲时，是不可数名词;wood作“树木;森林”讲时，是可数名词，且通常以复数形式出现。