中式英语之鉴145.docVIP

中式英语之鉴1-45.txt36母爱是一缕阳光，让你的心灵即便在寒冷的冬天也能感受到温暖如春；母爱是一泓清泉，让你的情感即使蒙上岁月的风尘仍然清澈澄净。01.有他这颗扫帚星,什么事情都办不成. [误] With a comet like him, nothing can be accomplished. [正] With a jinx like him, nothing can be accomplished. 注:扫帚星是中国人对慧星(comet)的俗称,因其后面象拖着的一条像扫帚一样的长尾巴而得名.在中国古代,扫帚 星被认为是灾难的预兆,并被用来比喻不吉利的人或事;祸根person or thing that is thought to bring)bad luck (to sb/sth);curse.英语的 comet 虽然没有这层含义,但却有一个对应的说法,即 jinx. 例:Theres a jinx on/ Someones put a jinx on this car: its always giving me trouble. 这辆汽车上有什么妨人的东西,总给我找麻烦. 02.萝卜青菜,各有所爱. [误] Some prefer radish but others prefer cabbage. [正] Tastes differ. 注:Tastes differ/vary 是句英语谚语,除此以外, 原句还可翻译成:No dish suits all tastes. / You can never make everyone happy. / 等.《新概念英语》第三册第23课的标题是no mans meat is another mans poison. 03.他一向嘴硬,从不认错. [误] He has always got a hard mouth and never admit a fault. [正] He never says uncle. 注:say (cry) uncle: to give up or in; to surrender; to admit defeat. Mainly used by boys, as when fighting.主 要是男孩们打架时的用语,当一方想制服另一方时,就用命令的口气说:Say uncle!这时,有的孩子为了表示不服输,就是不 说.后来,say uncle 就成了服输的代名词,而 not say uncle 就相当于嘴硬了 04.老师很喜欢这个嘴甜的小姑娘. [误] The teacher likes this sweet-mouthed little girl very much. [正] The teacher likes this honey-lipped little girl very much. 注:中国人喜欢说嘴甜,但 honey-lipped 更符合英美人的语言习惯. 05.同学们都很讨厌他,因为他经常拍老师的马屁. [误] The student all dislike him because he often pats the teachers ass. [正] The students all dislike him because he often licks the teachers boots. 注:以前在欧洲,臣民见到国王与王后往往要葡匐到在,亲吻他们的靴子.后来,人们将 lick the boots 引申为为了某种目的 而讨好某人,它与汉语的拍马屁含义一样.在美国英语中,拍马屁还有另一种说法,即 polish the apple,它典出以前的 学生用擦亮的苹果来讨好老师. 06.你听说了吗迈克把他的女朋友给甩了. [误] Have you ever heard that Mike broke up with his girlfriend. [正] Have you ever heard that Mike dumped his girlfriend. 注:break up with sb. 虽然表示与某人分手了,但并没说明是谁先提出来的.而 dump 的原意指倾倒垃圾,用在这里则 表示像倒垃圾一样地甩掉. 07.我们要把祖国建设成为社会主义的现代化强国. [误] We will build our motherland into a socialist modern powerful country. [正] We will build our motherland into a modern powerful socialist country. 注:形容词作为修饰语在汉语和英语中都很