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文章标题: 今天没有时间查阅芦哑之争全部案卷,只评点一下老芦对哑巴英文的批评和纠正----- (179 reads)      时间: 2006-1-16 周一, 上午4:58

作者:安魂曲罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org

“What Lu was concerned about when his wife gave a birth was if he would have a BOY or a GIRL, not his wife's safety, and that was why he tried to climb a tree to watch, so his mon-in-law was cheated.

每句都是错的,以大写字母纠正如下:

What Lu was concerned about WHILE his wife WAS GIVING BIRTH TO A BABY was WHETHER he would have a boy or a girl, not his wife's safety, and that was why he tried to climb UP a tree to watch. So his MOTHER-IN-LAW was FOOLED. ”

看了这段,我几乎敢断定老芦的英文口语是不大好的,而哑巴则相对不那么讲究书面英语。

when his wife gave ...这种时态虽然不够准确,但用于口语完全可以接受(甚至用得更广),老芦硬要改成过去进行时,说明他平时太注重书面英语而口语感觉却不大好。

gave a birth当然错误,但改成gave birth就完全足够,加上to a baby纯属画蛇添足。

if...or显然不对,应该用Whether,但在口语中这也算不得什么大错。(比如Please tell me if you want to go or not)而且在这里用if he would have a boy更好一些。

至于Climb a tree,绝对正确,Mountain climbers climb mountains.当然这里用the tree 比较好,因为这里的tree是老芦回忆中已经提到过的特定tree。另外tried to climb a tree没有必要,直接用climb a tree即可,因为climb是一个动作,不一定代表“成功爬上”

芦哑双方在这里共同的毛病则是:很别扭地使用and that was why he tried to climb UP a tree to watch去延长一个本来已经不适宜继续演唱的句子(因为这里的that含意模糊)。无论在口语还是在书面英语中,这里正确的用法都应该是另起一句THAT was why he tried to climb UP a tree to watch. (这里的that就很明显指的是前面一个句子的全部),考虑到下面一句So his MOTHER-IN-LAW was FOOLED不容易处理,这整个句子就应该这样写:

What Lu was (建议加really) concerned about when his wife was giving birth was if he could have a boy. He didn't climb the tree to watch his wife's safety, so his MOTHER-IN-LAW was FOOLED.



作者:安魂曲罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
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