a) At the age of six, my father began to give me English lessons.
b) When I was five years old, my father began to give me English lessons.
分析:a) 句子,At the age of six 放在這個(gè)位置上,變成了"我父親六歲的時(shí)候"。改變說法,可以解決這個(gè)問題。
例 3:
a) To improve one's writing skill, regular practice is necessary.
b) To improve one's writing skill, one must make regular practice.
分析:不定式短語的邏輯主語決不是regular practice,為了把邏輯關(guān)系表達(dá)清楚,要么把不定式短語改成If one wants to improve his writing skill,要么把主句改成one must make regular practice.
4.表示相同的意思,檢查是否使用了平行語法結(jié)構(gòu)。
例 4:
a) With the computer, one can do shopping, banking and read at home.
b) With the computer, one can do shopping, banking and reading at home.
分析:can do shopping, banking and read at home, 用語法平行結(jié)構(gòu)來衡量,用動(dòng)詞原形 read是不妥的,為了和 do shopping, do banking 保持結(jié)構(gòu)上平行,接下來的一個(gè)內(nèi)容要用do reading.
例 5:
a) Nowadays, people not only eat enough food, but also eat better.
b) Nowadays, people not only eat more, but also eat better.
用 not only...but also, both...and, whether...or, either...or, as well as, along with等能連接兩個(gè)成分的連詞,前后兩個(gè)成分在結(jié)構(gòu)上要保持一致。用 eat enough food, eat better不如用 eat more, eat better,都用副詞。
5. 用代詞時(shí),檢查指代關(guān)系是否清楚。
例1:
a) Sometimes teachers will inform students of the heavy burden theyhave to bear.
b) Sometimes a teacher will inform students of the heavy burden he has to bear.
b) TV presents us with a lot of useful information.
分析:還有evidence, advice, knowledge等都是不可數(shù)名詞,都不能用復(fù)數(shù)。另外, many, a great number of, another, few 等只能與可數(shù)名詞配用。而a great amount of, a great deal of, less, much, 等應(yīng)與不可數(shù)名詞配用。
例6:
a) Making our cities greener is not an easy work.
b) Making our cities greener is not an easy job.
分析:work 用作可數(shù)名詞是"作品"這類意思,而表示"工作"時(shí),不可數(shù)。同樣,在 Word has been sent out that those who cheat on exams will be punished.這個(gè)句子中,要用單數(shù)word表示"信息"。