愛薇塔樂學英文

　　II. Editorial Comments 　　編者點評　　1. Original： Furthermore， transportation keeps everything

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　　II. Editorial Comments

　　編者點評

　　1. Original： Furthermore， transportation keeps everything going easily. Revised： Furthermore， transportation keeps everything running smoothly.

　　英語中沒有 “going easily” 這種說法。這裡作者要表達的意思是“事情進展的比較順利”，我們可以用 “running smoothly”。請看以下兩個例子：

　　＊ Although the car crashed just last week， the mechanic was able to fix it quickly and now it is running smoothly.

　　＊ Although we made some measurement mistakes in our first science experiment， our second one is running smoothly.

　　2. Original： Building a shopping center near where we live may have lots of existent and potential advantages. They go as follows.

　　Revised： Building a shopping center where we live has a lot of potential advantages， such as the following.

　　為了邏輯通順和語言聯貫，由such as 或者 as follows引導的所要列舉的一系列事情，應當作為整行句子的一部分，不可以分開為兩個句子。以下是幾種常用的表示列舉的結構：

　　＊ After we moved into our new apartment， I had to buy many new household goods， such as the following： toilet paper， cooking utensils， cleaning supplies， etc.

　　＊ I am in full support of the new legislation for the following reasons.

　　＊ My reasons for studying abroad are as follows.

　　＊ My objections to your decision are listed below.

　　3. Original： If it is up to me to decide whether a shopping center should be built near my apartment， I prefer to build it. Revised： If it were up to me to decide whether or not to build a shopping center near my apartment， I would decide to build it.

　　請注意，在這裡由if引導的從句要用虛擬語氣，表示與事實相反的動作或狀態。例如：

　　If I were a magician， I would not need to study in order to get a perfect score on the TOEFL.

　　通常在“if”、“as if ”、 “as though”、 “lest”、“unless”、 “except”、“until”等等引導的從句中，也要用虛擬語態。例如：

　　If there were no honey， the flowers and the bees would have never met.