逍遥右脑 2010-05-07 21:54
1. 对不起，我没看见你在这儿。
[误] Sorry, I don"t see you here.
[正] Sorry, I didn"t see you here.
[析] 根据语境，本句是指刚才没看见对方在这，而不是现在没看见对方在这，所以要用一般过去时。
2. 你能告诉我北京冬天是否下雪吗？
[误] Could you tell me if it snowed in winter in Beijing?
[正] Could you tell me if it snows in winter in Beijing?
[析] 一般现在时除表示经常性的动作外，还可表示习惯性的动作，即现阶段的一个事实，句中不需要任何经常性的时间状语配合。could表示一种客气的语气，不表示过去时态。
3. 他说他第二天要去合肥出差。
[误] He said he will go to Hefei on business the next day.
[正] He said he would go to Hefei on business the next day.
[析] 主句谓语动词为过去时，宾语从句表示过去的将来要发生的动作，要用过去将来时。
4. 我忘了把你的伞带来了。
[误] I forget to bring your umbrella with me.
[正] I forgot to bring your umbrella with me.
[析] 不用forget，而用forgot，因为现在已经记起来了，forgot是说话这一时刻之前的动作。由于受汉语思维习惯的影响，动词时态观念不强，误把一般现在时当作一般过去时。
5. 他父亲离开祖国已经50年了。
[误] His father has left his homeland for fifty years.
[正] His father has been away from his homeland for fifty years.
[析] 短暂性动词的完成时(肯定式)不能与表示一段时间的状语连用，要么改为表示状态的动词，要么用下列句式来表达(以此句为例)：
His father left his homeland fifty years ago.
It is fifty years since his father left his homeland.
It has been fifty years since his father left his homeland.
Fifty years have passed since his father left his homeland.