《我可能学的是假英语 2》读书笔记

1. “ 形 容 词 + 名 词 ” 的 组 合 比 “ 副 词 + 动 词 ” 的 组 合 好 ， 比 如

profound changes 比 change profoundly 要更好。

2. 名词

1) Value 作为“价值”之意时，是不可数；作为“价值观”之

意时，是可数。

The value of the painting

The values of our company

2) Support 作为抽象的“支持”之意时，是不可数；作为实体

的“支撑物”时，是可数。

Crutches act as supports.

3) Demand 只有在指一系列具体的要求时，才是可数。

The kidnappers sent a list of demands.

4) Care 只有在指 worries/problems 时，才是可数。

Your cares and troubles are gone.

5) Power 和 authority 的区别

Jiao Yulu had little power. His authority came from within.

6) Arrangements 指活动的组织安排，不可以指战略层面的工作

安排（make arrangements 这个词组除外）。

The arrangements for the party were a disaster.

An arrangement 指约定好的计划。
 We had an arrangement to meet at the station.

7) Pursuit 指 消 遣 爱 好 ， 不 能 指 高 远 的 追 求 ， 应 改 用

aspiration，比如 pursue…as their highest aspiration。

Golf is becoming a popular pursuit in China.

8) Concern 一般是指忧虑，但是在 a going concern 这一商业英

语表达中，意为 a financially viable enterprise；concerning

则不带忧虑之意，只是中性的“关于”。

9) Development 一定谨慎使用，可不用之处尽量不用，这是个

比较虚的词。

10)Aspect 和 respect、area

可 以 说 in the following three areas/respects ， 不 可 以 用 in

this aspect，任何 aspect 的后开放结构（后不加其它成分）

亦是错的，后面必须跟上 of 或 to。

例：Automation will change every aspect/facet of business

operation.

Respect 比 area 更抽象，area 后面一般加指更具体的领域，

而 respect 则指相对抽象的各个方面。

例：This report covers three main areas.

例：Through this visit, Sino-Japanese cooperation will start

a fresh chapter in every respect.

3. 动词

1) Participate
 一 般 不 用 被 动 态 ， 只 用 主 动 态 。 不 要 说 certain event

participated by…

2) Feature

作为动词，没有 be featured by/with 的用法，直接用主动态

即 可 。 例 ： His approach to criminal cases features

investigation, analysis of evidence and attention to the facts.

4. 形容词和副词

1) Drastic 有 negative connotation，意味着 bad news；如果形

容中性或者正面的改变，可用 dramatic，当然，dramatic 也

可以带负面色彩。

例外：drastic measures 这一搭配，用来形容权威部门被迫

采取激进的措施，此时不用 dramatic。

2) Just 和 only 的区别

Only 是不够，just 是刚好够。

I wanted to visit my brother and sister, but only had time to

visit one.

We had just enough gas to get to the next gas station.

3) Rich 的 connotation 是负面的。

5. 其它

1) A history of…有负面的含义，不要说 China has a history of

5,000 years ， 可 以 说 Chinese civilization has a 5000-year

history/dates back 5,000 years.

 A history of 的正确用法是：He has a history of violence.

2) 人名

第 一 次 提 及 时 要 把 全 名 说 出 来 ， 比 如 Chairman of Zijin

Mining, Chen Jinghe，在后面则只需要用姓 Chen 指代。

3) Aim

某人 aim to do sth.

某事 is aimed at … （用此结构时，更优的替换选项是 be

designed to… ， 例 ： The presentation is designed to give

students a better understanding of the subject.）

4) 别 用 countries in the world ， 听 起 来 似 乎 还 有 countries in

other worlds。

5) 不要用 for me, for the company 之类的 for 结构开头！非要使

用的话，可以用 concerning+前文已经提到过的内容，例：

Concerning the problems discovered during the inspection

tours, we should classify them and ensure that all are

addressed.

6) Regarding 用在正式文本里，concerning 是中性的，反而没

有 regarding 那么地正式。

7) As well as

And 在很多时候可以取代 as well as，偶尔可用 as well as 增

加句式丰富性。

例 1 ： The Kings and Queens of England and France and

the Emperor and Empress of Austria all attended the event.

可改为例 2：The Kings and Queens of England and France

as well as the Emperor and Empress of Austria all attended

the event.

但 仍 不 如 例 3 ： The Kings and Queens of England and

France all attended the event, as did the Emperor and

Empress of Austria.

何时用 as well as？用于连接相差很大的两种东西，强调差

别 。 比 如 China as well as America 不 可 以 ， 但 是 a

pharmaceutical company that produces drugs as well as

foodstuffs 可以。

亦或者：As well as being beautiful, she is very smart.

结构上如何使用 as well as？“a, b and c, as well as d”，不

可以说“a, b, c, as well as d”

例 ： The meeting was attended by the president, the vice

president and other leading politicians, as well as members

of the media.

不要用 as well as 连接动词，只能连接名词性结构，包括动

名词。