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BBS Q & A
10 (1-20) 金 陵 本站為對英文有興趣之同學解惑，在「政大貓空BBS站」及「台大椰林風情BBS站」的英文板上，回答問題，並摘要選擇已回答的問題與答案，陸續登錄在本站BBS Q & A
(1)，(2)，(3)，(4)，(5)，(6)，(7)，(8)，(9)，(10)中，供網友參閱。 (1) I
saw him walking into the classroom與 I
saw him walk into the classroom有何不同？ A. I saw
him walking into the classroom 表示我所看到的行為未完成 (incomplete action)，也就是說我看見他走進教室，沒有繼續看下去他是否坐下準備上課。 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) Drinking coffee helps me stay awake. 為何有兩個動詞中𣎴
“to”? A. 英文用法中有一項規定，就是在某些動詞後，如再有動詞，就在它之前省
”to”, 即所謂 infinitive without “to” 下列動詞即是： behold,
bid, feel, have. hear, let, make, observe, perceive, see, watch. 例如：Let me go. She always
sees him smile. 等 help 原本也是infinitive
without “to”. 例如：She helped her mother prepare breakfast. 美國英文不用”to” 但英國英文用”to” 例如：She helped her mother to prepare breakfast. 所以我們可以不要記”help”是不是infinitive without “to”. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) bird
watching, bird-watching兩者均可嗎? A.
bird watching, bird-watching, birdwatching 三者均可bird watcher, bird-watcher, birdwatcher 均可，所以 He went bird
watching yesterday. He went
birdwatching yesterday. 亦可，但電腦上打birdwatching 出現紅底線，正如在電腦上打center 的英國拼法centre出現紅底線一樣，並非拼錯，只表示電腦不接受英國拼法。 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) in
addition to是什麽？ A 1.
in
addition to (片語介系詞) =除了……還 besides (介系詞) =除了……還 例如：Jackson speaks
French in addition to English. 2. besides (連接副詞)=而且 3. in addition(副詞片語)= 除了 ……還 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (5) 我記得有一句話叫做 熟稔生輕蔑 familiarity ______
contempt.中間動詞忘了， 煩請各位大人解答一下。 A Familiarity breeds contempt (No. 203, 800 English Proverbs Explained by Ronald Ridout & Clifford Witting)，國內英漢字典都將此句譯為「熟稔造成輕忽」，「狎暱產生輕蔑」或「熟稔生輕蔑」，很生澀。台北文鶴書店舊版【諺語辭典】(1993)也這麼譯，經本站主持人建議改譯後，新版【諺語辭典】(2001)即改譯𤔡「虎生猶可近，人熟不堪親」(出自增廣昔時賢文一書) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (6) 請問一下
for ever 和 forever
有什麼不同？ A forever可以拼為 for ever, 兩者沒有什麼不同，只是通常多用forever 例如：The will live together forever. 或They will live together for ever. 加強語氣：They will live together for ever and ever. 此時則分寫forever為 for ever. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (7) 請問哪一個是確答案？ I hope you don't mind ___ opening the door. (1) I'm (2) I (3) me (4) my A 正確答案是(4)：I hope you don't mind my
opening the door. 所有格my後opening是動名詞 口語可以用(3)：I hope you don't mind me
opening the door. 受格me後opening是分詞，修飾me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (8) 請問let the cat out of the bag是什麽意思？ A
let the cat out
of the bag意思是： (非正式英文) 洩露秘密
(尤其是指無意中洩露秘密) (informal
English) to tell a secret, esp. unintentionally ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (9) in
April 1995, 或是 on April 1995? A 是in April 1995 date 前用 on例如：on
April 14, 1995；month前用 in 例如：in April year 前用 in 例如：in
1995；Sunday through
Monday前用 on 例如：Officials said on Monday. 在新聞英語中常省畧 on. 例如：Officials said Monday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (10) 「我思故我在」怎麽說？ A「我思故我在」是法國哲學家笛卡爾(Rene Descartes)名言(maxim)的中譯。 英譯有兩種如下： “I think; therefore, I exist.” “I think; therefore, I am." (請注意標點符號) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (11) 請問everyday 與every
day的差別 A everyday—(adjective形容詞) 每天的；日常的 例如: He takes a walk in
everyday clothes.(便服) everyday
life, everyday dialogue, everyday English, everyday matters every
day—每天(adverbial phrase副詞片語) 例如: He takes a walk every day.他每天散步 (every day 是副詞片語，修飾 takes a walk) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (12) 請問：標題裡面不能大寫的字有哪些? A In titles, prepositions,
articles, and conjunctions are not capitalized unless they (在寫標題的時候，介系詞，冠詞，連接詞都不要大寫，除非它們是標題的 例如：My life in the United Kingdom My Brother and I On Reading Between the Lines(談字裡行間；談弦外之音；談言外之意) Prepositions of more than four letters are frequently capitalized in
titles. (介系詞超過四個字母時，通常都要大寫) 例如：On Reading Between the Lines (以摘錄及翻譯自本人英文著作「實用英文文法與修辭」(第五版第九刷) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (13) 請問一夜情怎麼說？ A「一夜情」是one-night stand. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (14) 句子最後是一個縮寫字母，已有句號，還要不要再加一個句號？ A 不要再加句號 例如：In 1982 the U.S. State
Department invited me to visit Washington D.C. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (15) 如何使用連字號？ A連字號(hyphen)的使用如下： 1. 寫分數時用：One-third of the
students are from that school. 2. 寫數字21- 99時用：There are thirty-two
students from that school. 3. 手數文章時，行末寫不下時用：He graduated from the His- 4. 連接兩個或多個單字變成一個詞或形容詞時用： a) 一個詞：great-grandfather(曾祖父); forget-me-not(勿忘我)；touch-me-not(含羞草)；trouble-maker(麻煩製造者)；father-in-law等。 b) 形容詞：heart-to-heart talk(談心)；once-in-a-life-time chance(千載難逢的機會)；mouth-to-mouth resuscitation(口對口人工呼吸)；nice-looking man; eye-catching
girl; long-legged girl；hard-working student; grim-faced
teacher；kind-hearted man(心地善良的人)；narrow-minded man(心地狹窄的人)；one-sided
love(單戀)；many-sided man(多才多藝的人)等。 注意：great grandfather(偉大的祖父) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (16) 如果一群人去吃飯，如何說，我們要分開付錢? A go Dutch----各自付帳 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (17) 何時用過去完成式，何時可不用？ A 過去完成式(past perfect tense)即過去裏的過去(past in
the past)，過去發生兩件事， 例如：He
had left the party when it began. He had left the party before it began. I
arrived at his home after he had left. 如果句中有時間信號字(time signals) 如before, after, 則可不用過去完成式。 例如：He
left the part before it began. I arrived at his home after he left. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (18) 怎麽說「活到老，學到老」？ A One
is never too old to learn. Never too old to learn. (或 學不厭老) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (19) 「生理時鐘」怎麽說？ A biological
clock / body clock / internal clock ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (20) 「民宿」怎麽說？ A 英國用bed and
breakfast(簡稱B & B) 即 a private house or small hotel that provides a place
to sleep for the night and breakfast for the next morning 或稱Bed
& Breakfast Inn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To be continued |