一、常用词语篇 1
1.语用学与外语教学 1
2.用a还是用the？ 9
3.Admittedly,Dr.Li is the best doctor in the community。这句话表达的是主动意义还是被动意义？ 18
4.A draper buys cloth by the roll,but sells it by the yard.这里 by 如何理解？ 22
5.A green husband or a cuckolded husband? 25
6.A series of panel discussions is scheduled for the business conference next week。这里动词谓语为何用单数形式？ 31
7.all but的用法 37
8.be all ears 40
9.不能变为被动形式的主动句 43
10.but作介词的一些用法 48
11.but作代词和连词的一些用法 51
12.double的用法 58
13.从every谈起 61
14.He is one of those students who is shy of speaking English in class。该句中的定语从句的谓语用单数还是用复数？ 66
15.人称代词he/she的回指与预指问题 70
16.量度动词的用法 74
17.I can't go to the film tonight,for I have much too much work to do。这句话对吗？ 76
18.I like the city,but I like the country better in that I have more friends in the country。这里“in that”引导什么从句？ 78
19.If anybody wants to give their names for the trip to Shanghai,will they please do it before lunch time？这句话正确吗？为什么用their,they而不用his/her或he/she？ 81
20.In our class,more than 40 percent of the students wear glass-es。句中40 percent后的谓语用单数形式还是用复数形式？ 85
21.It's beginning to rain。关于英语动词体貌的用法 88
22.John earns $ 32,000 a year at the outside。这里“at the outside”是什么意思？ 93
23.肯定的形式，否定的意义 95
24.肯定还是否定？ 99
25.Be it ever so humble,home is home。这是什么语法结构？ 106
26.Mr.Zhang has just bought a house for a song and will sell it sometime later at a good profit. 111
27.otherwise的用法 113
28.Rice is in great demand in the country。这句话表示被动意义还是主动意义？ 117
29.反意疑问句的用法 120
30.a)The room is two meters too wide.b)The room is two meters narrow。 这两句哪一句正确？ 125
31.There be的多种用法 127
32.There being/to be+NP结构 133
33.There is a tree on either side of the road。这里共有几颗树？ 137
34.These houses are selling very well。 这句话表示主动意义还是被动意义？ 141
35.They have made up their minds to bus it from Tianjin to Shanghai。请分析“bus it”的用法及含义 148
36.We come here to learn knowledge,and our teachers teach us knowledge。这种用法对吗？ 152
37.一些介词和介词短语的用法 157
38.英语词的多义与歧义问题 163
39.You have already more than repaid me。这句话如何理解？ 172
二、语言文化篇 175
40.Go to the bathroom,W.C.or restroom? 175
41.Let's go online和旧词新义(neologism)及新词语 180
42.“北京猿人”是Peking Man还是Beijing Man？ 186
43.从“me-generation”谈起 190
44.从“Things go better with Coke”谈起 192
45.口号、标语和告示中英语的误用 197
46.Welcome you to Beijing Hotel！这句话是否正确？ 202
47.英语颜色词的含义 207
48.英语倍数的表示法 214
49.形容词的词序规律 225
50.职务中“副”职英语如何翻译 229
51.英语静态动词 231
52.“西装”英语怎么说？ 238
53.英语词汇与文化 241
54.词汇、习语与翻译 248
55.现代英语新词语 256
56.英语动词的含义 266
57.英美人的姓名与称呼 272
58.英语的呼语 278
59.英语委婉语(euphemism)的用法。 286
60.英语语言中性别歧视现象 290
三、辨异表达篇 296
61.a third还是the third？ 296
62.abstract和summary的用法 299
63.all is,all are;all this,all that 302
64.and that,at that的用法 306
65.apologize,regret,sorry,forgive的用法 308
66.as such,such as 313
67.at table还是at the table？ 317
68.China,Chinese的用法 321
69.demolish,destroy,damage,ruin,exterminate 325
70.do with.do without,will do,make do,do by,dofor的用法 330
71.environment,surroundings,condition,circumstance 334
72.intellectual,intelligentsia,egghead的用法 337
73.into,in to的用法 341
74.journey,travel,trip,tour,outing,voyage,excursion,jaunt,junket 343
75.love,nil,zero,naught,nothing,cipher,zilch的用法 349
76.many a(time),many(times),many's the(time),many another 354
77.no less than,no less...than和not less than的用法 358
78.no more...than,not more...than，与not...any more than的用法 362
79.number,figure,numeral 368
80.of one's own,on one's own,into one's own的用法 372
81.onto,on to的用法 374
82.rain,a rain,rains 377
83.scene,scenery,sight,view 382
84.something like和something of的用法 386
85.worth,worthy,worthwhile的用法 391
附录 398
1.Key to the Exercises 398
2.参考文献 455