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

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註：find out 通常指經探索或觀察而發現某些資訊，例如：to find out the truth, to find out how to do something 等。找到失去的錢包、找到追求的目標之類，一般會用 to find。

2. 我擔心得睡不著覺。

ˇ I was too worried to go to sleep.

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χ I was too worried to go to bed.

註：to go to bed 是「就寢」、「上床」；本句中的 to go to sleep 是 「睡著」、「入睡」，兩者不可相混。

3. 他從不向程度好的同學請教學習。

ˇ He never learns from the better students.

χ He never studies from the better students.

註：「向某人學習」是 to learn (something) from（或 of），不是 to study from。

4. 我從他那得知王先生幾個月前去世了。

ˇ I learned from him that Mr. Wang had passed away a few months ago.

χ I knew from him that Mr. Wang had passed away a few months ago.

註：to learn from someone 表示「從某人那聽來」、「從某人那得悉」，不可以說 to know from someone。又to learn from someone 也可作「向某人學習……」解。參上例。

5. 我和她相識已經很久了。

ˇ I have known her for a long time.

ˇ I met her a long time ago.

ˇ I got acquainted with her a long time ago.

χ I have recognized her a long time .

註：recognize 是「認出」、「看出」，意為「見了某人而認識」，是瞬間動詞，不可與表示持續時間的副詞連用。

to know、to get acquainted with 或 to make one’s acquaintance 是「與…相識」。

Exercises:

A. 她和我哥哥相識已經很久了。

She has __________ my older brother for a long time.

1. recognized

2. known

3. acquainted

4. understood

B. 她父親從電視上得知他女兒大賽獲勝的消息。

Her father __________ his daughter’s title victory on TV.

1. know

2. known

3. learn of

4. learned of

Answers: A. 2 B. 4

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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。