早安英文 第435期:一说英语就尴尬?

 A lack of vocabulary 词汇量太少了
Problems with pronunciation 发音问题
Ignorance of English grammar and syntax 不熟知语法和句法
Don't translate literally¹. 不要照字面翻译

For no reason, John would beat his wife.
John会无缘无故的打老婆。
For no reason would John beat his wife.
John无论如何也不会打老婆。
You wish the Earth would just swallow you whole.
你会希望找个地洞钻进去。

1 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。