英语博客：Spelling mistakes.-英语课

时间：2019-02-08 作者：英语课 分类：英语博客 A cup of English

英语课

　　I was checking the comments on my blog today, hoping to get some feedback 1 from my lovely podlisteners, when I came across one that was a bit worrying. Huy Mai very kindly 2 complimented 3 my podcast and informed me that I had made a couple of spelling mistakes on my blog of 'A Haitian art surprise'. I quickly looked up the blog, and realised that I certainly had made a couple of spelling mistakes. "Oh, Anna! How could you?" I said to myself, as I erased 4 and corrected my mistakes. An English teacher making a mistake in English spelling? How is that possible? Shame on me. I made my mind up that I would not allow this to happen again, and that I will triple-check my work in the future. Do you find that you make mistakes when you are tired or in a hurry? I certainly do. It reminds me of a story about my children's school. There was a spelling competition going on, and one of the staff members had put up a message of encouragement on the large notice board that is next to the main road. It told the date of the spelling competition, a few details, and then it said, "We know that you'll do grat," instead of 'great'. Someone driving by noticed the spelling mistake and took a picture of it on her iPhone, and then sent it in to a television station. Gosh, bad news travels fast! I do catch myself, every now and then, when I'm writing a podcast, wondering if I should put the American or English spelling of a word, as many are different. For example, today I have used the words 'realised' and 'surprised', both spelt the English way. In the U.S they are spelt with a 'z'. Infact, the word 'spelt' is not used much in the U.S.; it is interchangeable with spelled, though it really is, in this instance 5, describing the words, not the action of spelling. Here are some further examples:

Grammar notes.

Spelt, dreamt, spoilt 6, burnt.

1. His name was in the paper, but it was spelt incorrectly 7.

2. I dreamt that I lived in a world of chocolate.

3. She is so spoilt. Her behavior (our) was so bad that she spoilt (spoiled) the party.

4. The cookies are burnt; we can eat them. Sorry everyone, I burnt (burned) them!

So, in conclusion, though spelling should be correct, some English/ American verbs 8 are interchangeable, so both are correct.

1 feedback

n.回授，反馈，反应

I was getting great feedback from my boss.老板对我的评价很高。
You need feedback to monitor progress.你需要利用反馈信息来监控进展。

2 kindly

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

3 complimented

v.表扬，恭维( compliment的过去式和过去分词 )

They complimented me on the way I looked each time they saw me. 每次见到我，他们都称赞我的外貌。来自辞典例句
He complimented her on her new dress without even looking at it. 他连看都没看一眼，就称颂她的新衣服。来自辞典例句

4 erased

v.擦掉( erase的过去式和过去分词 )；抹去；清除

He erased the wrong answer and wrote in the right one. 他擦去了错误答案，写上了正确答案。来自《简明英汉词典》
He removed the dogmatism from politics; he erased the party line. 他根除了政治中的教条主义，消除了政党界限。来自《简明英汉词典》

5 instance

n.例，例证，实例

Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

6 spoilt

adj.（孩子）宠坏的；惯坏的；（食物）变质的；spoil的过去式和过去分词v.变质( spoil的过去式和过去分词 )；损坏；毁掉；破坏