1. 對(duì)不起,我沒(méi)看見(jiàn)你在這兒。
[誤] Sorry, I don"t see you here.
[正] Sorry, I didn"t see you here.
[析] 根據(jù)語(yǔ)境,本句是指剛才沒(méi)看見(jiàn)對(duì)方在這,而不是現(xiàn)在沒(méi)看見(jiàn)對(duì)方在這,所以要用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。
2. 你能告訴我北京冬天是否下雪嗎?
[誤] Could you tell me if it snowed in winter in Beijing?
[正] Could you tell me if it snows in winter in Beijing?
[析] 一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)除表示經(jīng)常性的動(dòng)作外,還可表示習(xí)慣性的動(dòng)作,即現(xiàn)階段的一個(gè)事實(shí),句中不需要任何經(jīng)常性的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)配合。could表示一種客氣的語(yǔ)氣,不表示過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)。
3. 他說(shuō)他第二天要去合肥出差。
[誤] He said he will go to Hefei on business the next day.
[正] He said he would go to Hefei on business the next day.
[析] 主句謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞為過(guò)去時(shí),賓語(yǔ)從句表示過(guò)去的將來(lái)要發(fā)生的動(dòng)作,要用過(guò)去將來(lái)時(shí)。
4. 我忘了把你的傘帶來(lái)了。
[誤] I forget to bring your umbrella with me.
[正] I forgot to bring your umbrella with me.
[析] 不用forget,而用forgot,因?yàn)楝F(xiàn)在已經(jīng)記起來(lái)了,forgot是說(shuō)話這一時(shí)刻之前的動(dòng)作。由于受漢語(yǔ)思維習(xí)慣的影響,動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)觀念不強(qiáng),誤把一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)當(dāng)作一般過(guò)去時(shí)。
5. 他父親離開(kāi)祖國(guó)已經(jīng)50年了。
[誤] His father has left his homeland for fifty years.
[正] His father has been away from his homeland for fifty years.
[析] 短暫性動(dòng)詞的完成時(shí)(肯定式)不能與表示一段時(shí)間的狀語(yǔ)連用,要么改為表示狀態(tài)的動(dòng)詞,要么用下列句式來(lái)表達(dá)(以此句為例):
His father left his homeland fifty years ago.
It is fifty years since his father left his homeland.
It has been fifty years since his father left his homeland.
Fifty years have passed since his father left his homeland.
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