第一部分 不恰当的英语和中国式英语 2
见面打招呼时说Whereareyougoing?有什么不妥 2
别让人误以为你是便衣警察 3
不必说MyEnglishispoor 3
Don tbepolite绝非汉语里请对方不要拘束的“别客气” 4
听到别人赞赏你的东西时你不该说什么 4
Wouldyouliketohavesomemore?说一遍就够了 5
酒足饭饱后确切而又有礼貌的答语是什么 5
有Nosorry这一说法吗 5
说It smyduty会让人听了不舒服 5
随便问人Howmuchdiditcostyou?合适吗 5
为什么偏要说Pleasewalkslowly 6
先说Thankyouforinvitingus 6
“这胖小子真好玩”可千万别说成Whatafatboy! 7
I vegotsomethingtodo中的something指什么 7
多用一箭双雕的elderly 8
GoUpstairs的牌子该出现在宾馆吗 9
用hadbetter要看对象 9
Sitdown,please已经够客气了吗 10
允许的“可以”和可供选择的“可以” 10
打电话时问对方Whoareyou?适宜吗 11
一位nativespeaker打喷嚏时我们该说什么 11
FirstPersonLastRule 12
“你真熊!”是“Youbear!”吗 13
用“白象”和“白翎”做商品牌子好吗 13
Sitwell引起的思考 14
了解中国国情的nativespeakers毕竟不是多数 15
Teacher是称呼语吗 16
Can“price”becheap 18
不要随便用aunt 18
“舞会”是adancingparty吗 19
“宣传”不总是propaganda 20
Can“knowledge”belearned 21
依此类推有时会出错 21
用crowded来修饰traffic大有人在 22
ShelearnedEnglishthroughself-study,andshestudied 23
Englishveryhard这话有什么错 23
Learnfromsomebody的真正含意是什么 24
画蛇添足的gobackhome 25
Canweremember…firmly 25
非说warmlycongratulate不可吗 26
“玩”并不都是play 27
是falloff不是falldownfromone sbike 28
“让”都能译成let吗 28
又一个典型的Qinglish的例子 30
Makefriendswithsomebody是“与…交朋友”吗 31
是Areyoumarried还是Haveyoumarried 32
不要说divorcewithsomebody 33
Ahardday swork看着别扭吗 34
不要直译“根据Smith先生的意见” 35
“又”或“再”不能总机械地译做again 36
Nevertoooldtolearn和Itisnevertoooldtolearn哪个对 37
见怪不怪的Howtospellthename? 37
如何理解classof1952 38
Inthetelephone 39
别忘了宾语 39
Last是“最近过去的” 40
请勿过多用introduce 41
切忌用中指指人或物 41
“Aiya”不是英语的拟声词,“Mymother”也不是英语的 43
惊叹词 43
应重视使用正确的标点符号 47
第二部分 常见的语法错误 47
多用些将来进行时 54
Musthavedone不属于虚拟语气的范畴 55
Itistimethat+从句结构 57
最难掌握的现在完成时 58
Find+宾语+宾语补足语和find+从句的区别 60
For可以引导目的状语吗 61
More能用来修饰形容词比较级吗 63
如何进行绝对性形容词的比较 64
She salwayslosingherkey算是什么英语语法 65
完成时和完成进行时的一个重要区别 67
为什么最高级形容词前面没有定冠词 68
单数动词还是复数动词 69
Do,todo,doing还是did 72
There+be结构 73
或A+谓语(一般过去时) 75
有用的句型:主语A-谓语(过去进行时)+when+主语B 75
第三部分 用词及发音错误 77
in/with/aftertwodays,later/lateron 77
广告哪里写错了 79
Whether和If 81
和名词achievement搭配的动词是什么 83
Send做“送”解时究竟是谁送 84
Win后面不要跟人做宾语 86
并非所有及物动词都能用不定式做宾语补足语 87
Suggest 88
Stay和Live 88
Welcome 89
Lack 91
Engage 92
Cheat和Deceive 93
Compare 94
Concern 96
P1easant 97
Dress 98
Notenough还是Noenough 100
Mostof 101
Theother s,others ,theothers ,other s 102
Except和Exceptfor 103
Beforelong和Longbefore 105
有Whathashebecomeof?这样的英语吗 106
Though和Although 107
Persist和Insist 109
Doubt和Suspect 111
Fit和Suit 112
Too 113
Such和So 114
Fairly和Rather 116
Popular和Common 117
Experience和Experiences 118
Wouldyoulike…?和Wouldyouplease…? 119
For和Because 120
Inthesun和Underthesun 121
Intheend和Attheend 122
Crossroad还是Crossroads 122
Intime和Ontime 123
Atatime和Atonetime 124
Nomorethan和Notmorethan 124
Whatdoyouthinkofthehotel?Whatdoyouthinkaboutthehotel?Howdoyoulikethehotel?Howdoyouthinkofthehotel? 125
Hereitis! 126
Besuretodosomething和Besureofdoingsomething 127
Convenient 128
Change 128
Classmates和Students 129
Nowadays 130
Nowthat 131
Aswellas 131
Lonely和Alone 133
Respectable,Respectful,Respected 134
Take,Cost,Spend 135
Wound,Hurt,Injure 136
House,Family,Home 138
Shameful,Shameless,Ashamed 139
Skilful和Skilled 141
Find和Findout 142
Turnback和Turnround 142
Loseheart和Loseone sheart 143
Distribute 144
Allthese和Allthis 145
Suchas 145
Imaginary和Imaginative 146
Famous和Infamous 147
Credible和Credulous 147
Contemptuous和Contemptiple 148
Tasteful和Tasty 148
Disinterested和Uninterested 149
Invaluable和Valueless 149
Outofthequestion和Outofquestion 150
Childish和Childlike 150
In还是On 151
Beangrywith和Beangryat 152
Begoodfor和Begoodto 153
Of和For 153
Besorryabout和Besorryfor 154
In还是For 154
上下车、船、飞机该用什么介词 155
几个以学校生活为内容造句的常见错误 155
Provided(that)和If 156
Notabit/Notalittlebit≠Notalittle 157
Somehow和Somewhat 158
画蛇添足的Good 159
Beafraidtodosomething和Beafraidofdoingsomething 160
Inspiteof和Despite 161
Historical和Historic 161
Receive和Accept 161
Spare和Save 163
Join和Takepart 164
这些词该怎么读 165
第四部分 容易产生望文生义的词句 170
AllChinesedoctorsandnursesaren tthatkindand 170
considerate 170
HethinksagreatdealofTina 171
Hesaidthatnothingintheworldwouldmakehimeathiswords 171
Youtookthewordsoutofmymouth 172
Ithinkyou repullingmyleg 172
Ican tpraiseyoutoohighly 173
Wewillbelongforgettingher 174
He sgoodandrich 174
ThismorningIwokeupatfourforgood 175
Iamaspendthrift 175
She sabusy-body 175
Youcancallmeasearlyas6o clock;Ineversleeplate 175
Areyouagoodsailor? 176
Ihaveasweettooth 176
Heplaysbridgeafterafashion 176
Mywifeisadomesticengineer 177
Where stherest-room? 177
Ididn tknowyouareinthefamilyway 177
Let snottalkshop 178
Youdon tsayso! 178
Youaretellingme 178
That snotmycupoftea 178
Hesaidhehadnoopinionofher 179
YesterdayIboughtaCanoncamera.That sasteal 179
Keepyourshirton! 179
ThisisthelastthingIwilldo 179
NOSTANDING 180
tastysoupintheworld 180
Thankstoanumberofbackseatdrivers,wehavethemost 180
Iwon tbetakenforaride 180
You relookingrathergreen 181
I mBarbara shusband,ifyouplease 181
It sapieceofcake 182
Ifthecapfits,wearit 182
Likethesoundofone sownvoice 182
Thereareplentyofpebblesonthebeach 182
Nothalfbad 183
Youconldhaveknockedmedown/overwithafeather! 183
Hemadeabomb 183
Comeon,givemeabreak! 183
coffinnail 184
brownbagger 184
asecond-storeyman 184
barassociation 184
agoldenparachute 184
actionpainting 184
Iwon tbuyyourstory 184
copywriter 185
daybed 185
dielaughing 185
drawingroom 185
drygoods 185
dumbwaiter 185
familiartalk 185
greenerpastures 185
greybeard 185
theeleventhhour 186
sweetwater 186
sweetmoney 186
personalremark 186
one-armbandit 186
lazySusan 186
ladychair 186
topbanana 187
trainoil 187
wetblanket 187
wetnurse 187
whitelightning 187
whiteroom 187
yellowjournalism 187
第五部分 美国英语和英国英语 188
表示同一事物的不同的词 188
拼写的不同 195
发音的不同 197
选词的不同 198