下面是平時(shí)同學(xué)們?cè)诰毩?xí)的過(guò)程中常犯的一些錯(cuò)誤，指出來(lái)供大家學(xué)習(xí)改進(jìn)。

1.非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞使用不當(dāng)

原：Comparing with the money people earns, the sense of achievement is more important.

改：Compared with the money people earns, the sense of achievement is more important.

評(píng)：此處是動(dòng)詞compare的現(xiàn)在分詞和過(guò)去分詞使用混淆了。在英語(yǔ)中，動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在分詞往往表示的是主動(dòng)的意思，過(guò)去分詞則表示被動(dòng)的含義。原句想表達(dá)的是“將成就感與錢相比”，“把…與…相比”是明顯的被動(dòng)含義，因此應(yīng)該使用compared.

2. 時(shí)態(tài)混亂

原：Although I have no work experience when I was a teenager, I always dreamed about having a job.

改：Although I had no work experience when I was a teenager, I always dreamed about having a job.

評(píng)：雖然托福寫作以議論文為主，為了表示客觀性，基本上使用的都是現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)，但是在舉例的時(shí)候還是會(huì)涉及到一些過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)，例如上面的句子，切記：主從句時(shí)態(tài)要保持一致。

3. 表述累贅

原：Internet plays an important and indispensible role in people’s life today.

改：Internet plays an indispensible role in people’s life today.

評(píng)：這個(gè)句子一看就知道是作者為了使用高級(jí)詞匯而犯下的錯(cuò)誤。明明已經(jīng)有Important來(lái)表示重要性了，又強(qiáng)行加上了indispensible來(lái)表示不可缺少，這種說(shuō)法只有在中國(guó)政府工作報(bào)告中才會(huì)出現(xiàn)的，老美是不喜歡的!

4. 用詞不當(dāng)：用詞不當(dāng)包括詞性混淆，同義詞錯(cuò)用以及固定搭配錯(cuò)誤等。

詞性混淆：

原句：A large number of people hold the believe that students’ social activities should be the first priority.

改：A large number of people hold the belief that students’ social activities should be the first priority.

評(píng)：這個(gè)例子中believe是動(dòng)詞，belief才是名詞形式。雖然發(fā)音相近，但是用法卻完全不同。

同義詞錯(cuò)用：

原句：It’s indeed that people are worrying about the increasing population.

改：It’s true that people are worrying about the increasing population.

評(píng)：雖然二者都表示“真的”，indeed卻沒(méi)有it’s indeed that…的結(jié)構(gòu)，此處只能用true來(lái)表示。

固定搭配錯(cuò)誤：

原句：As a friend and mentor, she drew from humor, a beautiful spirit and her faith in the Aboriginal culture to accomplish her work.

改：As a friend and mentor, she drew on humor, a beautiful spirit and her faith in the Aboriginal culture to accomplish her work.

評(píng)：draw from: 從……中汲取(經(jīng)驗(yàn)等)， draw on:借鑒(經(jīng)驗(yàn)等)作者本想使用一個(gè)高級(jí)的表達(dá)法，結(jié)果用錯(cuò)了，很可惜。