中式英语分析1.pptVIP

中式英语辨析 Translate the following sentences into English: 1. 新办公室很宽敞。 2. 我的朋友住公寓大楼。 3. 能给我减价吗？ 4.走着去大约只有十分钟的路。 1. 新办公室很宽敞。 The new office is very wide. The new office is very spacious. 注：wide 是 narrow 的反义词，意为宽阔的，指横向幅度，例如：a wide river 一条宽阔的河流。表示房间的空间很大，不可以用 wide，而用 spacious 或 large。 类例：The house was old and not very big.这栋房子很旧，而且也不大。 The highways in America are very wide.美国的公路很宽阔。 I love your new apartment. Its so roomy.我喜欢你的新公寓，这么宽敞。 2. 我的朋友住公寓大楼。 My friend lives in a mansion. My friend lives in an apartment. 注：mansion 指的是有钱人住的大宅第。 公寓在英语中可以说 apartment 或 condo (condominium 的简略形式）。 类例：I wish I were rich enough to live in a mansion.我希望我很有钱，可以住在大宅子里。 Mike has a European style mansion in New York.迈克在纽约有一座欧洲风格的宅第。 I have a large studio apartment in Bejing.我在北京有一个独单。（studio apartment 指只有一间居室的公寓房） 3. 能给我减价吗？ Price down? Can I get a discount? 注：price down 为中式英语。 discount 有打折、减价的意思。 除了 Can I get a discount？还可以说：Could you give me a discount? 类例：Any chance of a discount?便宜点行吗？ Could you knock the price down?价钱能否低点？ 4.走着去大约只有十分钟的路。 Its only about ten-minute walk. Its only about a ten-minute walk. 注: Walk used as a noun means walking for pleasure or exercise (take a walk), a short trip that you make by walking (an easy walk from the school to the post office) or a distance walked often in terms of the time required (an hours walk from home). Its a countable noun and used with a. E.g.: take a walk; have a walk; go for a walk; a ten-minute walk; take somebody/something for a walk) Translate the following sentences into English: 5. 北京申奥成功的消息令我们热血沸腾。 6. 这家商店开辟了休息处，受到顾客的称赞。 7. 大家都怀疑汤姆是个间谍。 8. 现如今，由于出国深造的人越来越多，“海龟（归）派”也不像原来那样吃香了。 5. 北京申奥成功的消息令我们热血沸腾。 Beijings winning the bid for the Olympics makes our blood boil. Beijings winning the bid for the Olympics makes us excited. 注：make ones blood boil 是指“激怒某人”，而非“使人激动”。英语中“使人激动”的说法除了 make one excited，还有较为口语化的 make ones spine tingle。 6. 这家商店开辟了休息处，受到顾客的称赞。 This department store has set up a resting-place, much to the customer