新目标英语八年级上册正误例析
江西 胡扬朋
Unit 9 When was he born?
1. 因为我父亲病了，我必须呆在家里照顾他。
误：Because of my father is ill, I have to stay at home to look after him.
正：Because my father is ill, I have to stay at home to look after him.
析：because 与because of都有“因为”的意思，但他们的词性与用法不同。because是从属连词，用来引导原因状语从句。如：He is not coming because he is very busy. 他来不了，因为他很忙。because of是复合介词，后接名词或代词等。如：My grandpa can only walk slowly because of his old age. 我爷爷因为年纪大了，只能慢慢地走。
2. 他五岁开始学习英语。
误：He began to learn English at an age of five.
正：He began to learn English at the age of five.
析：短语at the age of中的the不能改成an。如：At the age of twelve, Edison began selling newspapers on the train. 爱迪生十二岁时开始在火车上卖报纸。
3. 有个陌生人来看你。
误：There is a strange people to see you.
正：There is a strange person to see you.
析：people与person都可表示人，people不能指单个的人，而person是可数名词，可以表示单个的人。如：“一个人”可以说a (one) person，而要说“一些人”则可说some persons 或some people。
4. 谁是当今活着的最伟大的人？
误：Who is the greatest alive man?
正：Who is the greatest man alive?
析：alive意为“活着的”，“在世的”，用作定语时，应将其放在被修饰的名词后面。如：All the other comrades were killed in the battle. He was the only man alive. 所有的同志都阵亡了，他是唯一的幸存者。
5. 我想参军。
误：I want to take part in the army.
正：I want to join the army.
析：take part in与 join都含有“参加”的意思。take part in 表示“参加”某项活动。如：The teacher took part in our discussion yesterday. 昨天老师参加了我们的讨论。如果表示“加入”党派、组织或一伙人中去，成为其中的一个成员，则用join。如：He joined the Party ten years ago. 他十年前入了党。Come and join us. 加入我们中间来。
6. 那男孩太小，搬不动那只箱子。
误：The boy is too young not to carry the heavy box.
正：The boy is too young to carry the heavy box.
析：to…to…的意思是“太……（以致）不能（做）……”，这个句型虽然没有否定词，但表示否定意义，不宜与表示否定意义的副词not连用。如：They are too old to work. 他们年纪太大了，不能工作。
7. 我们都很喜欢这部片子里的音乐。
误：We all like music of this film.
正：We all like the music of this film.
析：music为抽象名词，用来表示一般概念时，为单数形式，通常不加冠词。如：I like music.我喜欢音乐。但在特指的情况下，应该用定冠词。
8. 为什么你的父亲给你取名叫吉姆。
误：Why did your parents call your name Jim?
正：Why did your parents call you Jim?
析：call作“把（某人）叫做”或“称呼（某人）为”解时，它的宾语应该是指人的词，name不可以作它的宾语。如：We call him William. 我们叫他威廉。
9. 他是一位大学生。
正：He is an university student.
误：He is a university student.
析：university意为“大学”，其拼写形式虽然以元音字母开头，而发音却是以辅音音素开头，因此“一位大学生”英语应说a university student，不能说an university student。
10. 玛丽开始做家庭作业。
误：Mary is starting doing her homework.
正：Mary is starting to do her homework.
析：动词start作“开始”解时，其后可接动词不定式，也可接动词-ing形式。如：The workers start working (to work) at six in the morning. 工人们早上六点开始工作。但如果start用于进行时态，其后只能接动词不定式。如：The water is starting to boil. 水开始开了。
练习：错误辨认，从下列各句的A、B、C、D中找出一处错误，并将错误改正。
1. I couldn’t drink the milk because of it was too hot.
A B C D
2. Where did your brother study before he took park in the army?
A B C D
3. We have room for another people in the car.
A B C D
4. There aren’t many alive pandas in the world today.
A B C D
5. The question is too difficult for me not to understand.
A B C D
6. He pactices playing music of Mozart and Beethoven.
A B C D
7. She had a daughter last year. They called her name Mary.
A B C D
8. He became interested in science at an age of ten.
A B C D
9. My mother teaches Chinese at an university.
A B C D
10. I am glad you are starting understanding it.
A B C D
Key:
Unit 9
1.B(because) 2.D(joined)3.C(person)4.C(pandas alive)5.C(去掉not)
6.B(the music)7.D(her)8.D(the)9.D(a)10.C(to understand)