中考英语常见错误总结（四）

　　dance

　　[误] Well invite you and your wife to a dance party.

　　[正] Well invite you and your wife to a dancing party.

　　[正] Well invite you and your wife to a dance.

　　[正] Well invite you and your wife to a ball.(美语中常用ball作为舞会。)

　　date

　　[误] He studied ten hours a date.

　　[正] He studied ten hours a day.

　　[析] date是指具体日期。如问Whats the date today? 应回答具体日期：October 1st 1998.而day是指1日(24小时)。如What day is today? 问的是星期几，应回答Its Sunday.

　　[误] Todays date is January first. 1998.

　　[正] Todays date is January 1， 1998.

　　[正] Todays date is January 1st， 1998.

　　[析] 在日期书写中不要用序数词全写，而要用1st， 2nd， 3rd如果一定要用序数词，其顺序应为：It is the first of January.

　　day

　　[误] This is a book about every day English.

　　[正] This is a book about everyday English.

　　[正] This is an everyday English book.

　　[误] We go to school everyday.

　　[正] We go to school every day.

　　[析] everyday是形容词，意为日常的，而every day则是每天、天天之意。

　　dead

　　[误] My father has died for ten years.

　　[正] My father has been dead for ten years.

　　[析] die是瞬间动词，它可以用于完成时，如：My father has died. 但用于完成时不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。它也可以用于过去时，如：My father died three years ago

　　[误] Well always remember the deads who were killed in the war.

　　[正] Well always remember the dead who were killed in the war.

　　[析] 形容词前如加定冠词表示一类人，如the rich(富人)，the sick(病人)，the poor(穷人)，其后的谓语动词要用复数，如：The rich are not always happy.

　　dead deadly

　　dead在某些词组里是完全、的确的意思，如dead right, dead tired, dead sure。而deadly则是致命的，如：The rich man had many deadly enemies. 又如：Cancer is a deadly disease.

　　dead died

　　dead是形容词，如：Mrs Ginty was dead. 而died是动词die的过去式及过去分词，如：She died in 1960.但英语中如表达出对某人去世的伤感说法是pass away, 如：My father passed away, this morning.

　　deer

　　[误] In the zoo, there are many deers.

　　[正] In the zoo, there are many deer.

　　[析] deer是单、复数同形的词，如：one deer，two deer，这样的名词还有fish，sheep等。但如果讲There are many fishes here. 这句话应译为这里有许多种鱼类。而不应译为这里有很多鱼。

　　desk

　　[误] The boy sat in his desk.

　　[正] The boy sat at his desk.

　　[析] 在课桌旁坐着应用介词at, 而at desk 则应译为在学习，at table应译为在吃饭。

　　die

　　[误] In South Africa many people died from cancer.

　　[正] In South Africa many people died of cancer.

　　[误] The old man died of overwork.

　　[正] The old man died from overwork.

　　[析] 死于疾病应用die of，而死于某种外因事故则多用from.

　　[误] His mother is died.

　　[正] His mother is dead.

　　[误] The old woman was dead at the age of seventy.

　　[正] The old woman died at the age of seventy.

　　[析] dead是形容词，而die是动词。形容词表示状态，动词则表示动作。

　　[误] He died in a traffic accident.

　　[正] He was killed in a traffic accident

　　[析] 由于事故而造成的死亡一般用to be killed.

　　[误] When the doctor came，the old man had already died.

　　[正] When the doctor came，the old man was already dead.

　　[正] The old man died before the doctor came.