时间:2019-02-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

   学了多年英语而留美的很多中国学子,以及真正与外国人做日常交流的中国人,往往会尴尬地发现,自己所说的并不是地道的英语,而是“中式英语”(Chinglish,指 Chinese English)。几年前,一位自言在浙大当了五年英语外教的亚兰森(Chuck Allanson)在大陆博客上发表了一篇对比中式英语与正宗英语表达的博文,至今广为流传,虽然不无争议,但也有一些很值得参考。这里以他的博文为参照,为读者罗列15句常见的Chinglish,以及更标准的英语表达,相信会让很多读者会心一笑。


  1. 价格挺合适/挺好的。
  Chinglish: The price is very suitable 1.
  English: The price is right. / The price is appropriate 2. / The price is good.
  提示: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中,如:这部影片儿童不宜。This movie is not suitable for children.
  2. 你是做什么工作的呢?
  Chinglish: What's your job?
  English: Are you working at the moment?
  提示:前一种说法的语气显得生硬唐突,因为对方可能目前并未上班。后一种说法——“目前你是在上班吗?”可以引出你要问的问题:目前你在哪儿工作呢?Where are you working at?/ Where do you work?或者:你从事哪个行业呢?What line of work are you in? / What type of work do you do?最简单的问法当然还是:What do you do?
  3. 用英语怎么说?
  Chinglish: How to say?
  English: How do you say that in English?
  提示:How to say 不是一个完整的句子,而是引领分句。同类的例子还有:请问这个单词怎么拼?How do you spell that please? 请问这个单词怎么读?How do you pronounce this word?
  4. 明天我有事。
  Chinglish: I have something to do tomorrow.
  English: I am tied up all day tomorrow.
  提示:要表达脱不开身,可以说:I'm tied up. 或:I can't make it at that time. I'd love to, but I can't, I have to stay at home. 即明天不行啊,我很想去,但没办法,得待在家。
  5. 我想我不行。
  Chinglish: I think I can't.
  English: I don't think I can.
  提示:英语的表达习惯是,“我不认为我可以。”
  6. 我的舞也跳得不好。
  Chinglish: I don't dance well too.
  English: I am not a very good dancer either.
  提示:表达不擅长做什么事情,英语里面常用not good at something,或者直接说:我不是一个好的舞者。
  7. 现在几点了?
  Chinglish: What time is it now?
  English: What time is it?
  提示:讲英语的时候没有必要说now。还有一种说法是:How are we doing for time? 意思是:How much time have we got left? Are we pressed for time? 即问:我们还有多少时间?
  8. 我的英语不好。
  Chinglish: My English is poor.
  English: I am not 100% fluent 3, but at least I am improving.
  提示:要说自己外语(课程)不好,外国人一般不用poor这么重的词,而是会说: I am still having a few problems, but I am getting better. / I am learning 4 to be fluent, and I am making good progress!
  简单的说法则有:My English is not so good. 我的英文不太好。My English is pretty limited. 我的英文水平非常有限。
  9. 你愿意参加我们的晚会吗?
  Chinglish: Would you like to join our party on Friday?
  English: Would you like to come to our party on Friday night? / Would you join us on Friday night?
  提示:join往往是指和某个人群一起活动,或参加俱乐部、协会等组织,如:join a health and fitness 5 club.(参加健身俱乐部。)常常与 party 搭配的动词是 come 和 go。如:Please come to my birthday party.
  10. 我没有经验。
  Chinglish: I have no experience.
  English: I don't know much about that. 或:I am not an expert in this field.
  提示:只需要说:那方面我懂得不多,或者这方面我不在行,就行了。
  11. ——能请你帮个忙吗? ——当然。
  —Could you do me a favor 6?
  Chinglish:
  —Of course! / Certainly.
  —English: Sure.
  提示:以英语为母语的人很少使用 of course,只有在示意答案众所周知时,才说 of course 或 of course not,隐含反诘的意思:“当然(不)是这样啦!”certainly 一般用在句中作副词,表示确知某事、确定会做。如:我肯定会再光顾那家旅店的。I'll certainly stay in that hotel again.
  请问 sure 和 certainly 两个词有区别吗?当然有区别啦!Of course! There is certainly a difference between them!
  12. 你觉得这个计划如何?
  Chinglish: How do you feel about the plan?
  English: How do you like the plan?
  提示:一般要问别人对某人或某事物的看法或意见时应该用 How do you like …? 或 What do you think of / about …? 这两个句式才对。
  当使用 think (of / about…) 这个动词时,疑问词要用 what 而不能用 how。例如:What do you think about the plan?
  13. 我把午餐忘在家里了。
  Chinglish: I've forgotten my lunch at home.
  English: I've left my lunch at home.
  提示:forgotten中文是遗忘,但把东西落在某处,应该用 leave。或者只说:I forgot to bring my lunch. 我忘带午餐了,就可以啦!
  14. 祝你有美好的一天!
  Chinglish: I wish you have a nice/good day.
  English: Enjoy your day! / Have a wonderful day! / Have a good one! /Have a nice/good day!
  提示:I wish you have a nice/good day. 是纯粹的中式英语。在英语里,wish 后面只需加名词,即:I wish you a nice/good day. 不过,这个句式很古板,一般用于圣诞贺卡或节日歌词,如:I wish you a Merry Christmas. 日常只说:Enjoy your day! Have a wonderful day! 而Have a nice/good day! 是美国店员向顾客标准的道别语。流行的美式道别语(也用作回应)则是:Have a good one!
  15. 再见啦!
  Chinglish: Bye-bye!
  English: Bye. /See you. /Later. 或:I'll see you later.
  提示:“Bye-bye!”比较孩子气,或带调侃。
  更多中式英语
  1. 黄头发:在英语中是金发,即 blond 7 / blonde。
  2. 真遗憾:It's a pity. 是老式表达,更常用的是:That's too bad. / It's a shame.
  3. 厕所:不说WC,一般常说 restroom。
  4. 裤子:很少说大陆英语课本上的 trousers,通常说 pants 或 jeans(休闲裤、牛仔裤)。
  英语的丰富性
  英语表达力之丰富,从一句简单的问候就可以看出:你好吗?
  How are you doing? How's it going? 很普遍的问候语。回答一般是:Good. 甚或是:Awesome 8.(很棒。)
  How are you (recently)? 你(最近)好吗?很平常的询问。
  Everything ok? 都好吧?用于查问亲友是否都好。
  Are you ok? 不确定对方是否发生状况,而关切询问:你还好吗?(雷军Are you okay?)
  Are you doing ok? 一般指工作、财务、课业或手头正在做的事是否进展顺利。
  Have you been well? 用于询问近期身体怎么样。
  中文渗入英语!
  台湾东吴大学英文系主任曾泰元近日撰文分享,据他长期关注,中文词语甚至中式英语会悄悄被收入英语词典,如 goji(枸杞)和 wuxia(武侠)。出乎意料被收入的还有:long time no see(好久不见,一说来自印第安人的英语),no can do(不可以、不行,源自洋泾滨英语),二者都已正式入籍美式俗语。

adj.合适的,适当的,适宜的
  • Tomorrow will be quite suitable.明天挺合适。
  • Is she suitable for the job?她适于做这工作吗?
adj.适当的,合适的;v.拨出,挪用,盗用
  • It is appropriate that he should get the post.由他担任这一职务是恰当的。
  • We should take appropriate measures to improve our teaching.我们应当采取适当的措施提高教学质量。
adv.流利地,流畅地
  • She is fluent in five languages.她通晓五种语言。
  • My father speaks fluent English.我父亲讲一口流利的英语。
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
n.适合,适当,健康,健身
  • They're doing exercises to improve their fitness.他们为增强体质而做体操。
  • No one questions her fitness for the job.没人怀疑她能胜任这项工作。
n.好感;赞同;好事;vt.赞同,喜爱;有利于
  • She is out of favor with her employer.她失去了雇主的欢心。
  • The new teacher finds favor in the eyes of the parents.那位新老师很受家长的欢迎。
adj.金发的;n.白肤碧眼金发的人
  • Her long blond hair spilled down over her shoulders.她那淡黄色的长发披垂在双肩。
  • This blond man delivers newspaper every morning.这个白肤金发碧眼的男人每天早晨送报纸。
adj.令人惊叹的,难得吓人的,很好的
  • The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
  • That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.
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学英语单词
abdominal part
absolutely stable
absorbing state
adrenochromes
aluminium foils
asymmetric transformation
banded stilts
basivertebral vein
battologized
be let in on the ground floor
body feed
Buridan's ass
cash invoice
Chorzelów
chronographer
clip off
combined vibrating roller
compensating feedback loop
conus planorbis
cost objective
cotton production
cylinder by-pass valve
D-frame
data over voice
days of rest
deglamorization
derestrict
dextrotorsion
dispersion-equalization
ditching attitude
Dohans
electrical characteristics
externally-braced monoplane
fall-out of synchronism
forecaddies
golden eagle
Goldstein-Scheerer tests
graduated string
half-hunter
Haplopappus spinulosus
have analogy to
heating system
heliotridylamine
hildebrand
hotlines
hyuck
indirect type central air-conditioning unit
Internet suffix
Izena-jima
Kurdistani
lampyridaes
leukoplania
liquid waste receiver tank
local acceptance
lsi-cml circuit technology
magnetoresistance magnetometer
merions
metal surface plasmon and second harmonic generator
minimum graph
mohs scales
natural environment management
nervi ampullaris lateralis
neverless
occasional light
once and a way
ordinary life assurance
oscillator padding
Osipa
photocell matrix
piston curl
pivot hinge
pontes
prequalified tenderer
puffest
queueing system structure
reflux column
repair of side ditch
Revere, Paul
sample-reset loop filter
Scirpus rosthornii
scornliche
separation of spinal cord and arachnoid adhesions
silicon diode array
sope
speed through the water
stellite-faced valve
Subprime Meltdown
tee-times
toll free number
toroidal discharge
transitive law
trichomonal urethro-cystitis
under constraint
undistributed score
virus diarrhea
waltz through
white cypresses
wide anode
win ... over
Yak-141
yellow-necked mice
zygomorphic pea flower