中考英语语法:2011年中考英语易错题整理最新版(9)
1. date
[误]He studied ten hours a date.
[正]He studied ten hours a day.
[析]date是指具体日期。如问What's the date today? 应回答具体日期:“October 1st 1998.”而day是指1日(24小时)。如What day is today? 问的是星期几,应回答“It's Sunday.”
[误]Today's date is January first, 1998.
[正]Today's date is January 1, 1998.
[正]Today's date is January 1st, 1998.
[析]在日期书写中不要用序数词全写,而要用1st, 2nd, 3rd等。如果一定要用序数词,其顺序应为:It is the first of January.
2. day
[误]This is a book about every day English.
[正]This is a book about everyday English.
[正]This is an everyday English book.
[误]We go to school everyday.
[正]We go to school every day.
[析]everyday是形容词,意为“日常的”,而every day则是“每天”、“天天”之意。
3. dead
[误]My father has died for ten years.
[正]My father has been dead for ten years.
[析]die是瞬间动词,它可以用于完成时,如:My father has died. 但用于完成时不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。它也可以用于过去时,如:My father died three years ago.
[误]We'll always remember the deads who were killed in the war.
[正]We'll always remember the dead who were killed in the war.
[析]形容词前如加定冠词表示一类人,如the rich(富人),the sick(病人),the poor(穷人),其后的谓语动词要用复数,如:The rich are not always happy.
dead, deadly
dead在某些词组里是“完全”、“的确”的意思,如dead right, dead tired, dead sure。而deadly则是“致命的”,如:The rich man had many deadly enemies. 又如:Cancer is a deadly disease.
dead, died
dead是形容词,如:Mrs Ginty was dead. 而died是动词die的过去式及过去分词,如:She died in 1960.但英语中如表达出对某人去世的伤感说法是pass away, 如:My father passed away, this morning.
4. deer
[误]In the zoo, there are many deers.
[正]In the zoo, there are many deer.
[析]deer是单、复数同形的词,如:one deer,two deer,这样的名词还有fish,sheep等。但如果讲There are many fishes here. 这句话应译为“这里有许多种鱼类。”而不应译为“这里有很多鱼。”
5. desk
[误]The boy sat in his desk.
[正]The boy sat at his desk.
[析]在课桌旁坐着应用介词at, 而at desk 则应译为“在学习”,at table应译为“在吃饭”。
6. die
[误]In South Africa many people died from cancer.
[正]In South Africa many people died of cancer.
[误]The old man died of overwork.
[正]The old man died from overwork.
[析]死于疾病应用die of,而死于某种外因事故则多用from.
[误]His mother is died.
[正]His mother is dead.
[误]The old woman was dead at the age of seventy.
[正]The old woman died at the age of seventy.
[析]dead是形容词,而die是动词。形容词表示状态,动词则表示动作。
[误]He died in a traffic accident.
[正]He was killed in a traffic accident.
[析]由于事故而造成的死亡一般用to be killed.
[误]When the doctor came, the old man had already died.
[正]When the doctor came, the old man was already dead.
[正]The old man died before the doctor came.
7. different
[误]My room is different with yours.
[正]My room is different from yours.
[误]The village is very different with what it was.
[正]The village is very different from what it was.
[析]different from是“与……不同”之意。
8. difficult
[误]English is very difficult to be learned.
[正]English is very difficult to learn.
[误]He learned physics is difficult.
[正]It is very difficult for him to learn physics.
[析]要学习英语的表达法而不要生硬地按字去译中文。It is difficult for somebody to do something.为“对于某人来说做某事很困难。”
9. difficulty
[误]There was little difficulty to find him.
[正]There was little difficulty in finding him.
[析]这种用法还有trouble, 即difficulty (trouble) in doing something.
10. dinner
[误]When did you have the supper?
[正]When did you have supper?
[析]英语中一日三餐前无冠词。
[误]I had a lunch at 12 o'clock.
[正]I had lunch at 12 o'clock.
[析]在某些特定场合,如指某次宴会,则要加冠词,如:The dinner was given in honour of the guest.