#凌某人閒聊 小主婦學英文二、三事(下)
續昨天的聊英文。
小主婦第二個問題:bad的比較級是"worse"、"worst",可是她卻看到"badder"的用法,為什麼呢?
她一時找不到在那裡看到的,但她跟我強調:「我真的有看到。」我趕快說:「好好好,我相信妳。」
答案:這是一種俚語,不符合正規文法,然而在日常生活經常被使用。我們中文也常冒出一堆用語是字典找不到的,例如「踹共」(出來談)、「母湯」(不可以),這些詞真是整死我那堆在學中文的朋友。
"Bad",如果是在比較一樣東西的好壞,比較級的使用就是"bad、worse、worst"
例如:Breaking and Entering is a bad idea. To hurt the owner is worse. To kill someone is the worst.
(闖入民宅是很糟糕的事,傷了屋主更糟糕,如果出了人命就糟透了!)
但"Bad、badder、baddest"指的不是壞事,"bad"在這裡指的是"很酷"、"很屌"或"很狠"的意思。最常見就是"He is a badass."(這個人是個狠角色喔!)
例句:
A: John is a badass. (約翰是個狠角色)
B: I am a badder badass. (我比他更狠好唄!)
C: Hey, the baddest badass here.(喂,最狠的在這裡!)
在這裡絕對不能替換成worse、worst,那就變成「我更糟糕」、「他最糟糕」了.
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第三個,也是最後一個問題:He和she的語助詞不是"does"嗎?可是為什麼現在很多人會寫"he don't" 或"she don't"?
甚至連電影台詞都會出現,小主婦本來以為這些人用錯了,可是這些人都是美國人啊。
首先,美國人也是會寫錯字的,尤其教育程度不高的美國人,文法不見得比非英語系的人好。某方面就像學中文的外國人講得比我們更字正腔圓一樣。
不過,在這裡倒不是錯字,它也是另一種日常生活用法,有時是為了突顯某種語氣,有時是很順口直接滑過去。
舉個真實案例,我有個朋友小時候收集撲克牌,不是什麼值錢的東西啦,可是也累積一大箱,後來他大學畢業到費城工作,那些「兒時回憶」一直堆在父母的車庫,有一天我突然看見他的FB貼了一則很悲憤的:
"I am on the phone with my mom. She throws away all my cards!!!!!!!!" (我和我老娘在通話,她把我的撲克牌都丟了啦!)
我立刻回: Oh no, she don't!
(哇咧不會吧!)
厚!這時文法魔人看了一定說:「嘿、嘿、嘿,凌某人妳英文很爛厚?誰不曉後She 明明就是要接 she doesn't的啊!」
但don't在這裡是一種更簡短有力的fu。 有一首歌叫"He don't bring me flowers any more." 他不再送我花了。這是多麼哀怨啊!
"He doesn't"只是普通陳述,但"he don't"顯示我心裡的糾結~~~
但有時真的就是日常順口,例如:"I don't go there. He don't either."(我不去那裡,他也不去)
這個文法完全不對,但只是順口和前面那句對應。
後面這兩個問題都是屬於俚俗的用法,我還是強調:「這不是正統文法,平常聊天偶爾用一下無妨,但正式場合或正式書信並不適合。請務必學好正確的文法,不然人家不會覺得妳在講俚語,只會覺得是英文沒學好。」
看,為了不誤導正在學習的人,我多麼戒慎恐懼啊!
好,本次英文小教室到此結束,小主婦以後若再遇到有趣的問題,咱們再來分享。
throws中文 在 Follow XiaoFei 跟著小飛玩 Facebook 的最佳解答
這是一個簡單而有趣的遊戲,可以在露營時玩。它佔用空間不大,可以隨處播放。This is a simple and fun game that can be played while camping. It doesn't take up much space, and can be played anywhere.⚽⚾🏀🏈
怎麼玩Bocce Ball(八七球)(中文名:滾地擲球)
8顆球:最多8名球員(4隊,每隊2名球員)和一個母球。
🌞步驟1)球員向任何方向投擲母球。
🌞步驟2)第一輪:每個球員(球隊)輪流從投球的同一位置向母球投擲一個球。
🌞步驟3)第二輪:每個球員(球隊)將第二個八七球投向母球。 離母球最🌞遠的球(球員球隊)首先投擲,依序下來投,最後投的才是離母球最近的球。
🌞步驟4)球員(球隊)的球最接近母球贏得那一輪。 如果一個球員(球隊)有兩個球比任何其他球更接近母球,他們將獲得兩分。
🌞步驟5)獲勝團隊向任何方向投擲母球,並且開啟新的回合開始。
🌞步驟6)第一個達到11分的玩家(團隊)贏得比賽冠軍。
How to play Bocce Ball
8 balls: up to 8 players (4 teams of 2 players each) and one cue ball.
⚽⚾🏀🏈
🌞Step 1) A player throws the cue ball in any direction.
🌞Step 2) Each player (team) takes turns throwing one ball at the cue ball from the same location at which it was thrown.
🌞Step 3) Each player (team) throws their 2nd Bocce Ball toward the cue ball. The player (team) with their Bocce ball farthest from the cue ball throws first, followed by the next closest, etc.
🌞Step 4) The player (team) with their ball closest to the cue ball wins that round. If one player (team) has two balls which are both closer than any other balls, they are awarded two points.
🌞Step 5) The winning team throws the cue ball in any direction, and the round starts over.
🌞Step 6) First player (team) to reach 11 points wins the game.
throws中文 在 Musaubach Facebook 的精選貼文
我老婆在台北市新樂園藝術空間辦個展!這部影片內容是她給大家看些作品和介紹展覽的主題。開幕茶會時我要表演!歡迎大家來跟我們玩!My wife is having a solo exhibition in Taipei at SLY art space next November. In this video she is talking in Chinese about some of her paintings and introducing the theme of the exhibition. I'll be playing at the opening! You are all welcome to come and join us! ;)
風夜狂想曲 Rhapsody on a Windy Night
Marina Burana solo exhibition 明蓮花個展
2018.11.03 - 2018.11.25
Opening 開幕茶會:11.03 (六) 17:00
Venue 展覽地點:新樂園藝術空間 SLY art space
Address 地址:台北市中山區中山北路二段11巷15-2號
No. 15-2, Lane 11, Section 2, Zhong Shan N. Rd., Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.
https://www.facebook.com/marinaburana/videos/266696694051263/
聽得懂中文:看影片!
This video is in Chinese. For English: read below! :)
Este video está en chino. Si de verdad es muy "chino básico": acá más abajo pueden leer en español! ;)
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Hello everyone! This little video is in Chinese. It's an invitation to my exhibition next November. In it, I talk a little bit about the paintings and this exhibition in particular. “Rhapsody on a Windy Night” is the title of a poem by T.S. Eliot. I chose this title as the name of my exhibition because I was inspired by this piece to paint this series of paintings. The poem talks about a person wandering through the night, lost in thought, a mere witness and also part of the world around him. It describes a struggle between the most transient of things, memory, and the physicality of existence, the material world. I translated this struggle into this series of paintings all dealing with being underwater as an analogy of being trapped in our memories. Their common thread is the flow of changing color, the intermingling of shapes and movement, just like memory, which "throws up high and dry a crowd of twisted things". This exhibition is very dear to me. The opening will be special since my husband, who is a musician, will perform for us and this is the third exhibition my baby boy will be attending (he attended the first one when in the womb). Also, I will make chocolate chip cookies! For me, every exhibition is a communal activity, an excuse to be together, to create bonds...so please come join us and let's have fun together!
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Hola a todos! Este video está en chino. Es una invitación a mi exhibición de noviembre. En él hablo un poco de las pinturas y de la exhibición en sí. "Rapsodia de una noche de viento" es el título de un poema de T.S. Eliot que fue la fuente de inspiración para hacer estas pinturas. En el poema se presenta a una persona que deambula por la noche, perdida en sus pensamientos, un mero testigo de lo que ocurre a su alrededor y, a la vez, parte fundamental del entramado del mundo. El poema describe una lucha entre la memoria -condenada a escurrirse, transformarse, desaparecer- y lo físico de la existencia, el mundo material. Mi trabajo personal fue traducir esa lucha en esta serie de pinturas que tratan el tema de la vida, el movimiento bajo el agua como una analogía de estar atrapado en la memoria. El denominador común es el fluir del color, el entrelazado de formas y de movimiento, como la memoria, que "arroja y deja en seco una multitud de cosas retorcidas". Esta es una exhibición muy querida para mí. Mi marido va a tocar el piano en la apertura y mi bebito de 9 meses estará allí (esta es su tercera exhibición, a la primera asistió desde la panza). Va a ser algo muy familiar, muy cálido; hasta haré galletitas con chips de chocolate para todos! Para mí, cada exhibición es una forma de crear comunidad, una excusa para generar lazos humanos, así que los que estén en Taipei, bienvenidísimos a jugar un rato con nosotros!
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風夜狂想曲 Rhapsody on a Windy Night
Marina Burana solo exhibition 明蓮花個展
2018.11.03 - 2018.11.25
Opening 茶會:11.03 (六) 17:00
Venue 展覽地點:新樂園藝術空間 SLY art space
Address 地址:台北市中山區中山北路二段11巷15-2號
No. 15-2, Lane 11, Section 2, Zhong Shan N. Rd., Zhongshan District, Taipei, Taiwan.
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