2012年1月4日水曜日

英语问答:"你只属于我"英文怎样写?


"You only belong to me"

还是
"You belong only to me" ?

答:

应该是
You belong only to me.

上面句子的含义是
You belong only to me (and to no one else).

要是说
You only belong to me
句子的含义有小小的不同:
You only belong to me (but your heart may be somewhere else).

两个句子的区别很微小但很重要,你看得出来吗?

如何让你的英语说得更生动

 

How to spruce up your English

 

 

把英语说、写得更生动比你想象还容易,只需要恰当的副词。

 

 

举几个例子:

 

(1) 与其说

Improving your English is easier than you think,

 

你可以说

Improving your English is incredibly easy.

 

(2) 与其说

Michelle speaks good English,

 

可以尝试说

Michelle speaks English perfectly.

 

也可以说

Michelle speaks English fluently.

 

(3) 与其说

I was surprised that the driver was not hurt in the accident,

 

不如说

Miraculously the driver escaped the carnage unharmed,

 

或者说

Astonishingly the driver was able to escape injury.

 

 

 

三个例子中前者和后者的区别,仅仅是一个恰当的副词,但其事半功倍的效果显而易见。下面是一些很简单的副词,在日常写作和谈话中恰当使用这些副词会让你的语言更引人注目:

 

absurdly  荒谬地

admittedly  无可否认地

astonishingly  令人惊讶地

certainly  的确

coincidentally  碰巧

curiously  奇怪的是

definitely  肯定地

evidently  明显地

financially  经济上说

frankly  坦率地说

fortunately  幸运地,辛亏

honestly  说真的

hopefully  但愿,我希望

in my opinion  在我看来

indeed  是真的

incredibly  极其,比想象更(好,坏,容易,等等)

interestingly  有趣地,值得一提的是

ironically   正话反说,出乎意料之外

luckily  幸亏

miraculously  不可思议地,奇迹似的

more importantly  更重要的是

mysteriously  令人费解

naturally  自然地,不用说

superficially  表面上看

surprisingly  令人惊讶地

technically  严格意义上说

theoretically  在理论上说

unexpectedly  出乎意料地

undeniably  无可否认地

 

把形容词构建为副词来用,是英语"生动化" 最简易的方法,一旦你掌握了这个语言诀窍,你的英语能力将会很快进入一个更高的领域!

 

 

如何让你的英语说得更生动(2)

 

告诉你一个秘密:把英语说和写得更生动比你想象还容易,只需一个恰当的副词。

 

我们知道,成语能生动化语言,但副词有同样的效用,而且比成语更容易学好。相比中文,副词在英语语法能发挥更大的、事半功倍的作用。请看下面例子:

 

 

与其说:

 

It seems so simple. I'm surprised you had so much trouble.

 

可尝试说:

 

It's hard to understand why a seemingly simple matter would cause you so much trouble.

 

 

与其说:

 

You handled the situation like a pro. Everyone was impressed.

 

不如说:

 

You handled the situation so expertly. No wonder everyone was impressed.

 

 

与其说:

 

John did not prepare for the interview. He appeared nervous.

 

你可以说:

 

John's nervousness showed he was not adequately prepared for the interview.

 

 

副词常是从形容词构出来的。构造副词的规则其实很简单:

 

beautiful =>  beautifully

Ann sang beautifully. Her singing brought the house down.

 

slight => slightly

Smiling slightly as she spoke Mary put her audience in a receptive mood. 

 

slow => slowly

Drive slowly. It's better to be safe than sorry.

 

 

上面构造副词的方法有两个重要的例外:

 

例外(一):如果形容词最后的字母是 "y" ,构成副词要把 "y" 改成 "ily",如

 

busy => busily             

Joe is busily cleaning the floor.

 

happy => happily           

Happily everything turned out okay.

 

lazy => lazily               

The dog stirred lazily, ignoring the commotion around it.

 

例外(二):有些形容词有料想不到的副词,如

 

形容词  good             

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

副词    well                

All is well that ends well.

注:第一个well 是形容词。

 

形容词  late                

Better late than never.

副词   late                

He came home late for dinner.

 

形容词  early             

The early bird gets the worm.

副词    early            

Anne rises early and jogs for 30 minutes everyday.

 

形容词  fast               

Porsches are fast cars.

副词    fast               

The horse runs fast.

 

形容词  hard             

Marble has a hard surface.

副词    hard             

Peter plays hard but also works hard.

 

 

切勿搞错:late  hard 的副词不是 lately  hardly。后两者与前两者的意思无直接相连!

 

Lately 的同义词是 recently(最近,近来)hardly  not  not much  之意。例:

 

Political discourse in America has become a lot less civil lately.

 

This is hardly the time to ask my boss about a pay raise

 

 

副词是"生动化"语言最简易的方法,一旦掌握了这个诀窍,地道的英语指日可待。

 

常用英语缩写一览表 

 

英语有很多缩略语,掌握缩略语是学英语的重要一部分,互联网的普及化

出现了更多新的缩略语。列表(A)一些常见英语缩写以供参考,欢迎指正、

补充。

 

手机短信也有其独特缩略语,这些未"正式化"缩略语已经逐渐被电邮采用。

请看列表(B)

 

(A)

 

am. , pm.

morning, afternoon

上午,下午

abbr.

abbreviation

缩略语

APR

annual percentage rate

年利率

asap

as soon as possible

尽快,及早

b/f  (also b4)

before

之前

btw

by the way

顺便说一句

btw

between

之间

cc:  ,  bcc:

carbon copy, blind carbon copy

副本:抄送,密送

cf

compared with

相比

Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms.

salutations

称呼(医生/先生/夫人/女士)

e.g.

for example

比如,例

et al

and others

等等人,其他人

etc.

etcetera (and so on)

等等

evg.

evening

晚上,晚间

fyi

For your information

供参考/请关注(无必要行动)

GM.

General Manager

总经理

i.e.

that is

n.b.

nota bene (note well)

注,按,注意

p.a.

per annum

每年

pls/plz

please

 

PM.

Prime Minister

总理,首相

Pres.

President

总统,主席,总裁

Re:/RE:

concerning

关于,鉴于

Q & A

questions and answers

问答

Sr./Jr.

Senior/Junior

/小(如老布什/小布什)

thx

thanks

 

viz.

namely

即,如下

w. (or w/)

with

w/o

without

除外

w/i

within

之中,之内

wrt

with respect to

关于

 

(B)

 

b4

before

 

brb

be right back

很快回来

ciao

goodbye

意大利语再见

cid

consider it done

放心,没问题

cio

check it out

 

csl

can't stop laughing

 

f2f  ftf

face to face

 

4ever

forever

 

g2g  gtg

got to go

 

imo, imho

in my (humble) opinion

依我看来

idk  idky

I don't know (why)

 

idts

I don't think so

 

ifu

I'm fed up

我厌倦,我不耐烦

iimad

If it makes any difference

 

iirc

If I remember correctly

 

iiwy

If I were you

如果我是你

jk

Just kidding

开玩笑,别当真

lol

Laugh out loud

 

ttyl

Talk to you later

下次再说

u

you

 

ygbk ygtbk

You got to be kidding

是开玩笑吧

ynk

You never know

 

yoyo

You're on your own

得靠自己