中式英语之鉴:多用耳朵,少用嘴巴

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159. 我给年轻人的忠告就是多用耳朵，少用嘴巴。

[误] The advice I would like to provide the young people with is to use their ears more than their mouths.

[正] The advice I would like to provide the young people with is to be swift to hear but slow to speak.

注：中文是用“耳朵”和“嘴”来指行为，很有特点；而英文用的是形容词与动词不定式的组合，既对称又对比鲜
明。