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英语学习工具*&%$#@ 语言环境就好像沟通人体的血液；在语言环境中耳濡目染，才能真正“活学”，掌握语音、词汇、句型、思维和文化；在语言环境中入乡随俗，也才能真正“活用”，达到理解和表达、交流和沟通。对大部分英语学习者来讲，真实的外语环境不是那么容易实现，而看电影学英语是个很好营造有效语言环境的方法，电影是生活的写照，贴近生活，学到的也能在生活中运用，提高学习的兴趣和积极性。但是中国人在跟电影学英语时，多数人当成娱乐享受，走入只看不听，或只听不看；只泛不精，或只精不泛的误区，以致看了一些英文电影，但是听和说却没有本质的提高。看电影学英语一般人会选择的播放工具：DVD机、电脑的DVD光驱或者电脑视频播放软件（如是：暴风影音、Realplayer等）。这些工具主要是面向日常的娱乐功能，对看电影学习英语的帮助是有限的。看电影学英语，关键词是要学，而不能是简单的看。看电影如何学英语呢？首先是看：学习语言最好的环境是声音和图像的结合起来。电影不像听磁带、录音那样干巴巴的，你可以通过事件发展的逻辑推理，感觉到台词的意思，或者对针对没有看懂的部分可以重复看、多看几遍电影，熟知内容后对台词自然就有感觉了。要用心地看，在看的过程中注重结合场景进行推理，培养自己的英语思维。这样就要求播放器具备选择某段循环播放的功能。怎么看字幕？第一次在看电影的时候尽量不看字幕，看也只能看英文字幕，通看一遍后，了解情节故事。第二遍不要看字幕，根据场景去猜测、推理，能听懂多少就多少，反复看，反复猜，反复模仿。最后可以看英文字幕或中英文字幕一起看，检查自己的猜测是否正确。所以，你的看电影学英语的播放器应该具备显示/不显示字幕、切换中英文字幕的功能，具有这些快捷功能的也能提升学习的效率。其次是听：要练好听力的方法其实很简单，没有捷径，那就是多听，反复的听。听力要达到一种境界：听到英语后脑海里不经过中文翻译就明白什么意思的自然条件反射。那时候你的听力才是真正的掌握。一般的播放器是不具备复读的功能的，复读机可以，但是它只有声音没有图像，专业看电影学英语的工具最起码应该是视频播放设备和复读机的结合。而且在语句切分定位上要比复读机更精准，复读的操控上要更方便。再次是说：听懂了还不够，光听不说是无法和别人交流的，虽然你不是聋子了，你却依然是个哑巴。口语是靠练出来的，练的时候注意模仿，模仿发音、语调，模仿多了，自然就能发现其发音的规律，一口纯正的英式或是美式口音就此形成。出国或者结交外国朋友，找人对练口语是个最理想的选择，但是这种条件不是每个人都能实现。有人会采用自言自语练习，但是这种方法缺少互动性，能坚持的人不多。口语的练习最好是以对话的方式，而不是纯粹的朗读。专业看电影学英语要做到学，而非娱乐，其播放器还应该具备口语练习的功能，如角色扮演，和电影里的人物对话。实现对话还不够，还要能录音重放、对比，发现发音问题所在，帮助纠正发音。最后是测：完成听说训练后，那就是要进行读写检测。要真正的学透一部电影，最后的脚本学习也是很重要的，把听力时的生词和重点句进行有关键学习，如看的时候能重点标记、复读时能重点重复，多重复几遍，最后能针对这些有系统的测试。一般的播放器根本不可能实现这些功能。专业的看电影学英语的播放器??能飞英语视听学习软件，具备了以上所有一般播放器没有的，并且不可能有的学习功能。能飞英语学习软件为看电影学英语提供了一个科学、高效的学习环境。
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发表于: 英语学习方法 » 英文如何说“手” » 加入讨论
原文：We forgot to bring any chopsticks,and you have to use your fingers. 　　译文：我们忘了带筷子，所以你们只好用你们的手指了。　　辨误：译文并非严格意义上的错，但显得别扭。除“你们的”应删去外，“用手”似乎比“用手指”更合乎习惯说法。所以原句可译为：我们忘了带筷子，所以你们只好用手了。那原句中的fingers是否能译成hands呢？不能。因为在英美人看来，即使带了筷子也还是要用hands的。　　相比而言，英语中hand所指的范围比汉语的“手”要小。汉语中广义的“手”指整个上肢，如“手指、手腕、手臂”都带有“手”字，而英语中的finger,wrist,arm却相对独立于hand。又如，“手拉手”是hand in hand，“手挽手”却是arm in arm；“他手里拿着本书”是Hehas/holds a book in his hand，而“她手里抱着个孩子”是She has/holds a baby in her arms。汉语说“她手上戴着一枚钻戒”，英语要说She wears adiamond ring on her finger；“他手上戴了一块进口表”英语却要说He wears animported watch on his wrist。　　从延伸意义看，汉语的“手”和英语的hand都可以转而指人，汉语中有“好手、巧手、能手、新手”等，英语也说good hand,crack hand,new hand,old hand,green hand,deft hand等，可是last hand,field hand等又很难译成“手”。The project needs more hands中的hands却要译成“人手”。英语中还有一些习惯说法，如give somebody a big hand（热烈欢迎）和from hand to mouth(现挣现吃地，仅够糊口地)，译成汉语时都用不上“手”。　　《圣经》中的Do not let your left hand know what your right hand does.（不要宣扬自己的善举），如果照字面直译也会让人莫名其妙。还要提一下，汉语“他向我们挥手”只需译做He waved to us而不要说He waved his hand to us。
发表于: 英语学习方法 » 是“走运”还是“倒霉” » 加入讨论
原文：As luck would have it he was caught by the teacher again. 　　译文：正如幸运所有的那样，他又一次被老师逮个正着。　　辨误：译文显然是照字面死译，意思不清楚。As luck would have it是个常见短语，这里的luck（原意为“运气”）实际上是中性的。该短语表示“碰巧”，可指“走运”也可指“背运”、“不走运”，其含义完全取决于上下文。例如：　　As luck would have it, no one was in the building when the bomb exploded. 　　幸亏炸弹爆炸时大楼里没有人。　　luck在这句中是褒义，而在原句中则含有“倒霉”的意思。“幸运”一般要说as good luck would have it或by good luck。当然“倒霉”则可以说as ill / bad luck would have it 或by ill luck。所以，原句应译为：不幸的是，他又被老师逮个正着。　　不过,有时候单独一个luck也可能是褒义，如in luck就是“交好运”的意思。又如：Finally, he came to luck and a beautiful girl fell in love with him.最后他交了好运/ 时来运转，一个美丽的姑娘爱上了他。　　至于形容词lucky，则永远表示“幸运”的意思，如：a lucky day（好日子）。Luck的同义词for-tunes（注意，常用复数形式，因为单数形式多为“财产”之意；大写的Fortune则指“命运女神”）也有类似的情况，有good fortunes和bad fortunes之分，一个人的for-tunes可以high，也可以low。而Try on e's fortune / luck中，fortune / luck是中性的，意为“碰碰运气看”、“冒险”；而形容词fortunate则总含有褒义。
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原文：People all sympathized with her as she was married to a rich man and she loved a laborer on the farm. 　　译文：人们都同情她，因为她嫁了个有钱人，可是她爱的是农场的一个工人。辨析：从原译看，这个女人不值得同情，自己明明爱着一个工人，却去嫁给了一个有钱人，不是见钱眼开吗？译文之所以错，是因为原译者忽略了一个不显眼、但很重要的地方，即she was marriedto...。　　我们知道，英语中marry既可以表示“嫁”，也可以表示“娶”，可以说Hemarried her.也可以说She married him.（当然也可以说They got mar-ried,但一般不说They married each other.）。原句表示的是被动概念，所以，是她家里人（也许是父亲或哥哥，也许是族长）违背她本人的意愿，把她嫁给了那个富人，这才让人同情。所以正确的译法是：人们都很同情她，因为她被迫嫁了个有钱人，而她爱着一个农场工人。　　Marry的宾语也可以不直接是人：She married a fortune.也表示“她嫁了个有钱人”，颇有点“傍大款”的意思。　　She married into purple.是“她嫁到了一个显赫之家”的意思。　　下面，我们再来看这句话：　　He married more than a hundred women but remained single all his life. 　　这是怎么回事儿呢？怎么能同一百多个女人结婚而仍然单身呢？这里的marry并不是“同......结婚”的意思，而是“主持结婚仪式”或“证婚”，he显然是个牧师或神甫。所以，此句的正确译文是：“他一生为一百多名女子主持过婚礼，自己却一直是单身。” 　　Marry还有比喻用法，如：He married translation.意为“他终身致力于翻译”或可译成“他与翻译结下了不解之缘。”
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原文：The long exhausting trip proved too much. 　　译文：这次旷日持久的疲劳旅行证明了许多东西。　　辨析：一般而言，prove首先是一个及物动词，例如：　　They proved her innocence. 　　他们证明她是清白无辜的。　　Facts proved he did it all by himself. 　　事实证明他完全是独自完成的。　　那么，Prove是否永远是及物动词呢？原译之所以误译，就是把prove当成了及物动词，认为too much是prove的宾语，所以出现了“证明了许多东西”的译文。请看下面两句：　　1.It proved a waste of time. 　　2.He will prove the winner. 　　如果说第一句译成“这证明是浪费时间”尚可（译文中“这”指代不清楚。指某个做法或某件事，确切些应译成“事实证明这样做的结果是浪费时间”）。第二句译成“他证明了胜者”则显然不知所云。　　其实，这里的prove是不及物动词，意思是“表现得，证明是，结果是”，第二句意思为“（事实将证明）他最后会成为胜者”。　　原来人们说prove to be...，现在to be常被省略（类似的用法还有turn out to be）。也有人认为，这里的prove应看成是系动词，其后的waste of time和the winner是主语补语。原文的prove也属于这种用法，不过其确切翻译要考虑上下文，从逻辑上说还有个too much for whom的问题，假定讲的是“我们”，那么原句可译成：这次旅行旷日持久，令人筋疲力尽，我们终于受不了了/我们终于累垮了
发表于: 英语学习方法 » Harry教你说--“味道”和“微笑” » 加入讨论
Chris Harry,和那个能讲相声的大山一样来自加拿大，和大山一样热爱中国，和大山一样讲着一口让人惊异的、流利的中文，目前他在北京语言文化大学从事中国文化与翻译的研究，同时也是北大“燕园阳光”中小学英语培训中心的专家。“Harry说话”栏目，旨在通过英文的一个词或一句话说开去，帮助更多打算走天下的中国人理解中外文化的各种差异。　　“味道”和“微笑” 　　英文的smile(微笑)和smell(味道)是两个常用词，可是多半的英语学习者错误地将这两个词说成同一个发音。但一旦你说，“You have a nice smell(smile)！”(你闻起来挺香！)或“She always smells(smiles).”(她总是有一股异味儿),后果可想而知。说起来有点可笑，可是这也反映了许多学习者对英文发音的基本功没有把握好，同时也反映他们不够重视正确发音。其实元音发不准很容易导致交流上的障碍。英文当中有无数常用词是单音节的，而且它们在发音上唯一的区别往往就是元音的不同，比如：bell-bill-ball-bowl-bull-ball-bale，所以元音的准确发音是口语的一个要点。　　从这些例子可以看，元音的混淆会改变句子的意思，导致语法不通，也会使对方无法理解。有一天，一个学生讲给我听他老师教他说“happy”(高兴)的发音。听了以后我愣住了，他跟我说的是“黑啤”！我跟他说要是说到啤酒的话呢，这个英文单词倒是更像“哈啤”。所以，还要注意说英文的“I 'm full.”(我吃饱了。)千万不要说“I'm (a) fool.”(我是傻瓜。) 　　练一练下面一句：The mole milled about for miles before checking his mail at the mall.您觉得容易吗？只要掌握好英文的元音和双元音，你的发音会大大地提高。毫无疑问，如果你能够更准确地辨别和模仿英文的元音，这当然也有助于强化听力理解
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本周学习怎样用洋话连篇现代美语描述你的工作和公司里不同的职位。　?What is your job title? 　?What level is your job with in the company? How many main levels of positions are there at your company? 　?What kind of business is your company in? 　?你的工作职位是什么？　?你在公司是什么级别的？在你们公司里有多少主要的职位级别？　?你们公司从事什么样的业务？　?下面是一些询问工作地点的方式：　?Which company do you work for? 　?Who do you work for? 　?Where do you work? 　?典型的回答是：　?I work for... 　?I'm employed at... 　?(或者你可以简单地给出你公司的名字) 　?下面是你如何询问别人做什么样工作的方式：　?What's your occupation? 　?What's your title? 　?What do you do for aliving? 　　通常的回答是：　　I'm a ...I work in... 　?如果你知道一个人是公司的老总，你可以问：　?What kind of business are you in? 　?What does your company do?
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I：Interviewer（面试者）A：Applicant（求职者）教育背景：简明扼要，实话实说尽管你在简历中对自己的教育背景作了介绍，但在面试时，面试官还有可能就此方面提问。还是事先做点准备吧。 ①I:what is your major? A:My major is Business Administration. I am especially interested in"Marketing". （不仅回答了问题，还顺带一句介绍了自己较为感兴趣的方面，简明扼要。） ②I:Which university are you attending? A:I am attending×××University. ③I:Have you received any degrees? A:Yes. First, I received my Bachelor degree in English Literature, and then an MBA degree. ④I:What course did you like best? A:Project Management. I was very interested in this course when I was a student. And I think it's very useful for my present work. ⑤I:Do you feel that you have received a good general training? A:Yes, I have studied in an English train-ing program and a computer training program since I graduated from university. I am currently studying Finance at a training school. 工作经验：显露实力，避免炫耀 ①I:Have you ever been employed? ②I:Your resume says you have had one-year experience working in a foreign representative office in Shanghai, may I ask why you left? A:I worked in a foreign rep.office for one year.However,I left there two years ago because the work they gave me was rather dull.I found another job that is more interesting. ③I:Have you done any work in this field? ④I:What qualifications do you have that make you feel you will be successful in your field? ⑤I:What have you learned from the jobs you have had? A:I have learned a lot about business know how and basic office skills. In addition, I learned at my previous job show to cooperate with my colleagues. ⑥I:What's you major weak point? A:I haven't been involved in international business, so I don't have any experience, but I have studied this course in the International Business Training Center of the×××Company. ⑦I:What are your greatest strengths?（实话实说好了，不必客气，但应注意语气和表情，不要给人炫耀之感。） ⑧I:Please tell me about your working experience. ⑨I:Does your present employer know you are looking for another job? A:No, I haven't discussed my career plans with my present employer, but I am sure he will understand. 性格爱好：表现积极、合作的一面 ①I:How do you spend your spare time? ②I:Are you interested in sports? ③I:Do you think you are introverted or extroverted? ④I:What kind of personality do you think you have? A:I always approach things very enthusiastically. When I beg in something, I don't like to leave it halfdone. I can't concentrate on something new until the first thing is finished. ⑤I:What is the most important thing for you to be happy? A:Different people have different ideas. I think the most important thing for me is having a good relationship with my family members and my friends. My family has always been very closeknit, and my friend sand I spend a lot of time together. Without that I would be much less happy than I am. ⑥I:What makes you angry? A:Dishonesty. It's unacceptable. ⑦I:What are your personal weaknesses? A:I'm afraid I'm a poor talker. I'm not comfortable talking with the people whom I have just met for the first time. That is not very good for business, so I have been studying public speaking. ⑧I:Are you more of a leader or a follower? A:I don't try to lead people. I'd rather cooperate with everybody, and get the job done by working together. 工作要求：我能胜任 ①I:Do you think you can make yourself easily understood in English? A:Yes, in most circumstances. ②I:Are you available for travel? A:Yes, I like traveling. I am young, and unmarried. It's no problem for me to travel frequently. ③I:How about overtime work? A:Overtime work is very common in companies. I can work overtime if it's necessary, but I don't think we will work overtime everyday. ④I:How long do you think we can depend on your working here? ⑤I:Do you like regular work? A:No, I don't like regular work. I am interested in different projects with new opport unities and new challenge, but I can do regular work if the company needs me to do so. ⑥I:What salary do you expect A:Shall we discuss my responsibilities with your company first?I think salary is closely related to the responsibilities of the job. ⑦I:Do you work well under pressure A:Working under pressure is exciting and challenging. I don't mind working under pressure. I work well under the secircum stances. People can, I Can. ⑧I:Do you have any particular conditions that you would like the company to take into consideration? A:No,nothing in particular. ⑨I:How soon can you begin working for us? A:I need about two to three weeks for necessary formalities. I will quit then transfer to your company. 面试结束：礼貌道别 ①I:Any questions? A:When will I know your decision? ②I:How can we get in touch with you? ③I:We will notify you of our decision by mail, is this convenient for you? ④I:Thank you for your interest in our company. A:Thank you, Mr.Smith. Goodbye.(Thank you for your time.) ⑤I:You will be hearing from us very soon. Please send the next applicantin on your way out. A:OK.Thank you very much. 此外，面试官还可能问及你的家庭情况，如家人对你的影响等，也应事先有所准备。