10个美剧中典型的口语错误表达
No.1 it’s no good to do / it’s no good doing
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× It’s no good to complain about your life all the time if you don’t do anything about it.
√ It’s no good complaining about your life all the time if you don’t do anything about it.
整天抱怨生活，却又不采取什么行动，可没什么好处！
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1. it’s no good + doing，意为“做某事没什么好处”。
2. 谈到complain，还有两个表示“抱怨”的词在口语中也相当常用：bitching和nagging。它们均表示“抱怨”和“数落”。
例：William’s wife kept nagging at him.
William的太太整天在他耳边唠叨。
No.2 be open to / be open with / be frank with
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× I’ll be open to you. You have to stop bitching.
× I’ll be open with you. You have to stop bitching.
√ I’ll be frank with you. You have to stop bitching.
我坦白告诉你，你得停止唠叨了。
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1. be open to 向……开放
例：The library is open to the public.
图书馆向公众开放。
2. be open with 以诚相待
例：As good friends, we must be open with each other.
作为好朋友，我们应该彼此坦诚相待。
3. be frank with与be honest with相近，指“坦率的，不委婉的”。
例：To be frank with you, you suck!
跟你说实话吧，你真恶心！
No.3 cheat / cheat on
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× Jack was heartbroken because his girlfriend cheated him.
√ Jack was heartbroken because his girlfriend cheated on him.
因为女朋友不忠，Jack很伤心。
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1. cheat someone (out of something) 意思是“骗取某人财物”，cheat在这里是及物动词。
例：She cheated her customers by overcharging them.
她通过多收费来欺骗顾客。
2. 表示“对配偶不忠”应该用cheat on a spouse，这里的cheat是不及物动词。
3. cheat in an exam意为“考试作弊”。
4. 在美国口语中，cheat还有一种调皮的用法： cheat on death，意为“捡回一条命
No.4 healthy / well / better
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× I hope you’ll be healthy soon.
√ hope you’ll be well soon.
√ I hope you’ll get better soon.
希望你早日康复。
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1. healthy作表语时，常表示“有益于健康的”。
例：Eating breakfast is healthy.
吃早饭有益健康。
2. 而形容人身体状况，一般用短语 in good/poor health，这里的health是不可数名词。
例：Health, wealth and happiness.
健康，财富和幸福。
3. “You’ll be healthy soon.”比较拗口，不符合英美人的说话习惯。well作表语意为“健康的，精神很好的”。
例：You look so well.
你看上去气色不错。
No.5 rubbish mail / junk mail
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rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ]
junk [dʒʌŋk]
× It really bothers me to get so much rubbish mail every day.
√ It really bothers me to get so much junk mail every day.
每天都收到这么多垃圾邮件让我很心烦。
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1. rubbish虽然也是“垃圾”的意思，但“垃圾邮件”一般用固定短语junk mail，包括flyers（传单）、ads（各类促销广告）、store catalogues（商品目录杂志）等。
2. 如果你不喜欢收到垃圾邮件, 可以在信箱上贴“no junk mails please”，还是挺管用的。此外，垃圾食品是junk food，现在很多女生都力主减肥，拒绝junk food。在这里给广大女性同胞提供一个减肥妙方：The only thing you gotta do is drinking much tomato juice before each .6 in fashion
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× Is this style in the fashion?
√ Is this style in fashion?
这个样式时髦吗？
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1 in fashion = in the latest fashion，表示“流行的，时髦的”，也可简称为in。
例：Is this style in?
这样式时髦吗？
2 与in相反的当然是out，意指“过时的”。
例：This style is out.
这样式过时了。
No.7 reduce / save
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× I reduced money on the newspaper.
√ I saved money on the newspaper.
我省了不少订报纸的钱。
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reduce的意思是“减少”，save表示“节省，省下”。
例：I need to reduce my expense on clothing.
我得减少买衣服的开支。
例：I saved 20 bucks buying that dress at a 25% discount.
那件裙子打75折，让我省了20美元。
No.8 payment / pay
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（Will想进一步说明自己对薪水的看法。）
× I would like to have a decent payment, but I’m not too concerned with that.
√ I would like to have a decent pay, but I’m not too concerned about that.
我希望有一个好的薪酬，不过我并不太过关注这些。
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1. payment意为“支付；金额”等。
例：（你在电话里订购了商品，对方会问：）
What’s your method of payment today?
请问你要采用哪种付款方式？
例：I received a large payment from the government after they laid me off.
我被裁员后，收到了政府一大笔失业保险金。
而pay才是“薪水，工资”的意思。
例： I stayed in that stressful job for the good pay.
我现在工作压力很大，我还是要干下去，因为这里工资高。
2. 单位的“薪水册”叫作payroll，“薪资部门”叫payroll department。
例：I’ll put you on my payroll.
我会付给你薪水。
No.9 washing / laundry
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× I need to have my suit cleaned. Do you have a washing service?
√ I need to have my suit cleaned. Do you have a laundry service?
我的套装需要清洗，你们有洗衣服务吗？
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旅馆里清洗衣物的服务叫laundry service或laundry and cleaning service，包括machine wash（机洗）和dry clean（干洗）。
No.10 delay / postpone
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postpone [poʊˈspoʊn]
× Because of the bad weather, the game was delayed for a week.
√ Because of the bad weather, the game was postponed for a week.
因天气欠佳，比赛延期一周。
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1. delay指“比预先约定的时间晚到”。至于“延期”，我们得用postpone。
例：The arrival of the flight was delayed.
飞机晚点了。
2. 值得注意的是，在美语中，一般用game来取代match。
例：I love watching baseball games. (美国、加拿大使用)
我喜欢看棒球比赛。
例：I enjoy watching football matches. (英国使用)
我喜欢看足球比赛。
