BOOKMAN BILINGUAL 雙語書林：Chinglish or Natural English? 中式英語或道地英語？

ˇ A number of countries have lost their independence as a result of foreign “economic aid.”

χ A number of countries have lost their independence as a result of foreign “economical aid.”

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註：economical 是「節儉的」、「節約的」、「合算的」。economic 是「有關經濟方面的」，如 economic policies, economic history 等。

2. 他的實驗雖然失敗了，可是他的努力卻值得稱讚。

ˇ Though his experiment failed, his efforts are worthy of praise.

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ˇ Though his experiment failed, his efforts are worth praising.

χ Though his experiment failed, his efforts are worth praise.

註：to be worth 作「價值」解時，後面接金額；作「值得」解時，後面接動名詞。例如：

The pen is worth 8 dollars.

The book is well worth reading.

to be worthy of 作「值得」解，後面接名詞。

3. 這本書值得你看。

ˇ It is worth your while to read this book.

ˇ This book is worth reading.

χ It is worth to read this book.

註：worth 作「值得」解時，不能單獨在句中作補語形容詞用，在以先行詞 it 引導的句型中，應與 while 連用。例如：

It is worth while to see this film twice.

It is not worth while to bother about such trifles.

4. 首先，你們都必須用功讀書。

ˇ First, you all must study hard.

χ At first, you all must study hard.

註：at first 是「起初」、「當初」或「開始時」，等於 in the beginning，而不是「首先」或「第一」。例如：

At first I found French difficult, but I liked it from the start.

「首先」、「第一」是 first, in the first place 或 first of all。例如：

First, I will explain my topic. Next, I will give you some background material.。

5. 他努力學習日語。

ˇ He studies Japanese hard.

χ He studies Japanese hardly.

註：hard 和 hardly 都是副詞，但 hardly 作「幾乎不」解。例如：I could hardly understand him.（我幾乎不懂他的話）。hard 指「努力」、「用功」，兩者絕不可混淆。

Exercises

A. 起初我不喜歡英文，但現在卻喜歡。

__________ I didn’t like English but now I do.

1. Firstly 2. At first 3. First 4. In first

B. 這博物館很值得參觀。

This museum is well __________ visiting.

1. worthy 2. worth of 3. worth 4. worthy for

Answers: A. 2 B. 3

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蘇正隆 — 台灣翻譯學學會前理事長、師大翻譯研究所兼任副教授; 編著《走讀自然.花言樹語》，《英語的對與錯》，《世紀病毒：必讀防疫英文知識與詞彙》...等。國家教育研究院中英雙語詞彙審議委員；研究領域為翻譯、術語及詞典編譯，從事植物與人文導覽數十年，亦曾應邀遠赴國外大學做植物人文導覽。