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EPISODE · Jun 3, 2020 · 4 MIN

“我家有四口人”千万别说成“My family has four people.”

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二胎时代许多人过上了一家四口的日子“我家有四口人”英文怎么说?My family has four people.(x)这样的表达简直太中式了。更加的地道表达是:There are four of us in my family.(√)“解析:汉语和英语的语序有很大的差别,所以很多时候我们会被语法绕到头晕。汉语比较喜欢用我、你等词开始一句话;但英语更喜欢用 it、there be 以及名词性主语开头。第一句比较中式表达的思维,而第二句才更加符合英语的表达习惯。“in the family way”是什么意思?这句话千万不要翻译成“在路上”它的真正意思是"怀孕了"在路上介词应该用on,on the way才对并且on the way除了表示在路上口语里to have one on the way也有怀孕,新生儿即将出生的意思例:Did you hear the good news? Anna is in the family way!你知道那个好消息了吗,Anna怀孕啦!“start a family”是什么意思?start a family也是一个容易引起误解的表达由于中西方文化差异我们中国人认为结婚就是“成家”,开始有自己新的家庭但老外说start a family的含义是:准备生小孩例:They're getting married, and will start a family straight away.他们要结婚了,马上准备要孩子。“family meal”是什么意思?字面意思可以理解为家庭餐但是此家庭餐可不是一家人的聚餐它往往表示餐厅员工的工作餐这些工作餐一般是厨师做一些菜然后员工坐在一起吃例:They're having their family meal, so we can't get food in that restaurant.因为大家在吃员工餐,所以我们没法儿去那家餐厅吃饭。“run in the family”是什么意思?这个短语可不是指在家里跑步毕竟如果家不大的话跑起来也是够费劲的run在这里有点循环的意思在里面它表达的是:家族的遗传;家族的传统,世代相传例:Lots of people in my family are teachers. It definitely runs in the family!我家里很多人都是教师。这肯定是家族传统。

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