彭現(xiàn)省
1.任何東西都不能在月球上生存
Wrong: Anything cant live on the moon.
Right: Nothing can live on the moon.
Note: anything, anybody, all, both等作主語時(shí),一般不用在否定句中。若用在否定句中,該句則成了部分否定的句子。例如:他們并非都是學(xué)生??勺g為:All of them are not students.故誤句可譯為:不是任何東西都能在月球上生存的。
2.他們每個(gè)人都有一本英語書
Wrong: Everyone of them has an English book .
Wrong: Every of them has an English book .
Wrong: They each has an English book .
Right: Every one of them has an English book.
Right: Each o f them has an English book.
Right: They each have an English book .
Note:當(dāng)everyone(anyone)后面有of短語修飾時(shí),要分開寫成every one (any one).every是形容詞,不可單獨(dú)使用。each既可作形容詞,也可作代詞。作同位語時(shí),謂語用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
3.中國以茶葉出名,這是眾所周知的
Wrong: China is famous for tea. It is known to all.
Right: China is famous for tea. This is known to all.
Note:指代前面所述的整個(gè)情況時(shí),常用this (that)而不用it.試比較:It is known to all that China is famous for tea.
4.我們當(dāng)中沒有人認(rèn)識他
Wrong: No one of us knows him.
Right: None of us knows (know) him.
Note: none既可指人也可指物,后邊可接of短語。No one ( nobody )只用于指人,后不可接of短語。
5.請?jiān)俸纫槐D?/p>
Wrong: Please have the other glass of milk.
Right: Please have another glass of milk .
Note: the other特指“兩個(gè)中的另一個(gè)”;another是泛指“三個(gè)以上中的任何一個(gè)”。
6.“你借來一輛自行車了嗎?”“是的,我剛借來一輛?!?/p>
Wrong:“Have you borrowed a bike?”“Yes, Ive just borrowed it .”
Right:“Have you borrowed a bike?”“Yes, Ive just borrowed one.”
Note: one和it雖都可用來指上文所述的事物,但用法有別。如上文中被指代的名詞前是定冠詞the,則要用it;當(dāng)被指代的名詞是不定冠詞a (an)或any時(shí),則要用one.