1.你是做什么工作的呢?
What's your job?✖
Are you working at the moment?✔
What's your job?这种英语说法难道也有毛病吗?
是的!因为如果您的谈话对象刚刚失业,如此直接的问法会让对方有失面子。
所以你要问:
目前您是在上班吗?
Are you working at the moment?
接下来才问:
目前您在哪儿工作呢?
Where are you working these days?
或者
您从事哪个行业呢?
What line of work are you in?
2.这个价格对我挺合适的
The price is very suitable for me.✖
The price is right.✔
Suitable(合适的、相配的)最常见的用法是以否定的形式出现在告示或通知上。
如:
下列节目儿童不宜。
The following programme is not suitable for children.
3.我没有英文名。
I haven’t English name.✖
I don’t have an English name.✔
have在这里是实义动词,而并不是在现在完成时里面那个没有意义的助动词。所以,这句话由肯定句变成否定句要加助动词。
同样的句式:
我没有钱
I don't have any money.
我没有兄弟姐妹
I don't have any brothers or sisters.
我没有车
I don't have a car.
4.我的舞也跳得不好
I don't dance well too.✖
I am not a very good dancer either.✔
当我们说不擅长做什么事情的时候,英语里面通常用not good at something, 甚至英语的思维直接跳跃到:我不是一个好的舞者。
5.价钱很昂贵/便宜。
The price is too expensive/cheap.✖
The price is too high/ rather low.✔
只有东西昂贵还是便宜,所以主语是事物,或用代词,可以说 It is too expensive / cheap. 价格做主语,后面只能用高或低。
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