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91.由於街道的擴建，道路兩旁矮小的房屋全部被拆除了。[誤]Theshortandsmallhousesonbothsidesoftheroadhavebeendemolishedduetoitswidening.[正]Thelowandsmallhousesonbothsidesoftheroadhavebeendemolishedduetoits......

128.那些人攢三聚五地聚在一起幹嘛呢？[誤]Whatarethosepeoplegatheringinthreesandfivesfor?[正]Whatarethosepeoplegatheringinthreesandfoursfor?注：漢語中有些數詞可以直接翻譯成英文，如：“滄海一粟”（adropintheocean），......

人都是這山望着那山高，對自己的現狀沒有滿意的時候。[誤]Almostallpeoplethinkthattheothermountainishigherthantheonehe'sstandingon.Theyneverfeelsaisfiedwithwhatthey'vealreadygot.[正]Almostallpeoplethinkth......

歌迷們衝進演員休息室，搶着同凱莉.米納合影[誤]ThefansrushedintotherestroomtryingtotakephotoswithKylieMinogue.[正]ThefansrushedintothegreenroomtryingtotakephotoswithKylieMinogue.注：倫敦西區的特魯街劇院是英......

249.麥餅比米餅便宜。[誤]Acakemadeofwheatcostslessthanthatmadeofrice.[正]Acakemadeofwheatcostslessthanonemadeofrice.注：that是從the變來的，屬於定冠詞的範圍之內，所以它只能代表有定冠詞的單數名詞，如Thecostofoil......

156.明日復明日，明日何其多。[誤]Tomorrowaftertomorrow.Howmanytomorrowswouldtherebe?[正]Onetodayisworthtwotomorrows.注：因爲漢語獨特的音韻特點，所以這句話用漢語重複起來有綿延效果，但直譯成英文卻韻味盡失。因此，......

182.建好新的高速公路恐怕要等到猴年馬月了。[誤]Thenewmotorwaywon\'tbereadyuntilmonkey\'syearandhorse\'smonth.[正]Thenewmotorwaywon\'tbereadyfordonkey\'syears.注：我們的“猴年馬月”在英文中要用......

144.他輸了這場球。一切都完蛋了。[誤]Hehaslostthegame.Theeggisover.[正]Hehaslostthegame.Ithasgonebellyup.注：我們不知道中文“完蛋”二字的源頭，但是英文表達裏的bellyup源自漂在水中的死魚。怎麼樣？很生動吧！千萬......

237.我從小就認識他。[誤]Ihaveknownhimsinceachild.[正]Ihaveknownhimfromachild..Ihaveknownhimsincehischildhood.注：從過去某一時期到現在爲止，英語要用現在完成時態，介詞就用since，但有時不說“迄”（till）也可以說“起......

124.大舌頭的人發音都很糟糕。[誤]Big-tonguedpersonshaveterriblepronunciations.[正]Thick-tonguedpersonshaveterriblepronunciations.注：tongued常和其他詞構成複合詞，如：loose-tongued（鐃舌的，隨口亂說的），silver-tongu......

240.該校有三千名學生。[誤]Theschoolhasthreethousandstudents.[正]Therearethreethousandstudentsintheschool.注：英語動詞have有三義：（1）物質上的所有，如Ihavealotoffriends.（2）身心上的具有：如Ihaveapoormemory.（3）構成上的......

55.每節課老是都會點名。[誤]Theteacherwillcallournamesineveryperiodofclass.[正]Theteacherwillcalltherollineveryperiodofclass.注：英語的“點名”是calltheroll，而callone'sname(s)的意思是“謾罵某人”。rool有......

175.她做事總是揀了芝麻，丟了西瓜。[誤]Sheisalwayscollectingsesameatthecostofwatermelon.[正]Sheisonlypenny-wise.注：“揀了芝麻，丟了西瓜”是中文裏對因小失大的形象比喻，但照搬到英文裏則會讓人糊塗。西方人怎樣說......

206.麪包和黃油是西方人極其喜愛的食品。[誤]Breadandbutterarewesterners\'favorites.[正]Breadandbutteriswesterners\'favourite.注：breadandbutter在這裏應該被看成一個整體，所以謂語動詞要用單數形式。又如：刀......

255.到公園去怎樣走？[誤]HowshallIgotothepark?[正]WhatwayshallItaketogettothepark?注：HowshallIgo是問怎樣去法，如坐出租車去，坐公共汽車去，或坐三輪車去之類。問路應說Whatway纔對。......

198.他三言兩語就解釋清楚了整件事。[誤]Hemadethewholethingclearinthreeortwowords.[正]Hemadethewholethingclearinoneortwowords.注：雖然英語中的oneortwowords也是虛指，但所用的數字卻與中文的不同。又如：三思（think......

207.失之東隅，收之桑榆。[誤]Losewherethesunrisesandgainwherethesunsets.[正]Whatonelosesontheswings,hegetsbackontheroundabouts.注：第一句雖然將原文的意思忠實地表達了出來，但英國人仍然難以體會中文“日出之處日......

62.房間裏有一張牀、兩張桌子和五把椅子。[誤]Thereareonebed,twodesksandfivechairsintheroom.[正]Thereisonebed,twodesksandfivechairsintheroom.注：therebe句型中，be動詞的單複數取決於離它最近的那個詞。原文雖然......

最近的人口統計顯示中國人口已超過13億[誤]ThelatestcensusshowsthatChina'spopulationhassurpassed1.3billion.[正]ThelatestcensusshowsthatChina'spopulationexceeds1.3billion.注：surpass和exceed譯成中文雖然都......

93.歐文按捺不住激動的心情，大聲喊道：“我中獎了！”[誤]Owencouldn'tholdbackhisexcitingfeeling,andheshouted,"I'vegotthewinningnumberinthebond!"[正]Owencouldn'tholdbackhisexcitement,andheshouted,"I'veg......

120.有人看見一位婦女和兩個孩子朝路那邊走去。[誤]Awomanwithtwochildrenwereseenwalkingdowntheroad.[正]Awomanwithtwochildrenwasseenwalkingdowntheroad.......

159.我給年輕人的忠告就是多用耳朵，少用嘴巴。[誤]TheadviceIwouldliketoprovidetheyoungpeoplewithistousetheirearsmorethantheirmouths.[正]TheadviceIwouldliketoprovidetheyoungpeoplewithistobeswifttohearbutsl......

北京申奧成功的消息令我們熱血沸騰。[誤]Beijing'swinningthebidfortheOlympicsmakesourbloodboil.[正]Beijing'swinningthebidfortheOlympicsmakesusexcited.注：makeone'sbloodboil是指“激怒某人”，而非“使人激動......

126.你爲什麼不走大路偏走小路呢？[誤]Whydon\'tyoutakethebigroadinsteadofthesmallone?[正]Whydon\'tyoutakethemainroadinsteadofthepath?注：英語裏常用main表示“主要的”，如：mainline（鐵路的主要幹線）；mainstem（河流......

轉戰南北[誤]fightsouthandnorth[正]fightnorthandsouth注：在地理方位的表達習慣上，中英文有一定的區別。中國人習慣於先“東西”後“南北”，而且在涉及“南北”時，習慣於先說“南”，再說“北”，如：“南征北戰”、“南來北往......