来自开言英语
Low-hanging fruit 容易改的小错误
“容易改正,容易达到”在英语中有一个短语:
Low-hanging fruit:最容易摘到的果子
These easily fixable mistakes are low-hanging fruit. 这些容易改正的错误都是最容易摘到的果子。
These low-level mistakes are low-hanging fruit. 这些低级错误都是最容易摘到的果子。
错误1: For many times
很多人常常把"for"放在“times”前面。不管是1 time, 2 times, many times, 都是错的哦!
I‘ve been here for ten times.
I‘ve gone there for three times.
I‘ve seen this movie for five times.
正确用法:直接用多少次,不要介词for。
I‘ve been here many times. 我来过这里很多次了。
I‘ve only been here once: 我这里只来过一次。
I‘ve seen this movie 5 times: 这个电影我看过5遍了。
注意:如果是具体的时间长度,不是times, 还是需要for的。
I‘ve been in China for 5 years: 我来中国5年了。
错误2: To后面加here, there...
说到目的地,记住下面这四个词前面不能加to:
Here
There
Home
Downtown
错误例句:
I‘m going to there tomorrow.
I‘m going to home now.
I‘m going to downtown for shopping.
要改正,很容易!记住这4个词不加to就行啦!
I‘m going home.
I‘m going downtown.
错误3: 混淆since和from
说到时间跨度、从什么时候开始,很多朋友会把since和from用反。
大家只要记住一个简单小规律,就能改正这个错误:
1. Since: 已经开始了,从以前到现在
I‘ve been in China since 2010. 从2010年开始,我住在中国。
I‘ve been learning English since elementary school. 从小学开始,我就学英语了。
2. From: 尚未开始、即将开始,从未来到更未来
From now on: 从现在开始
From this point on:从这个时刻开始
看一下对比:
From next week, you can‘t smoke in any indoor spaces. 从下个星期开始,你不能在室内吸烟。
You can‘t smoke in any indoor spaces in Shanghai since next week.
想一想:什么时候用下面两个问题?
Since when?
From when?
A: I‘ve been waiting for your for a long time. 我等你很久了。
B: Since when? 从什么时候开始等的?
A: You won‘t be able to smoke indoor soon. 你很快就不能在室内抽烟了。
B: From when? 从什么时候开始?
这样一对比就清楚了吧?