Dos & Don’ts — 想想看，這句話英語該怎麼說？
1. 你覺得這部電影怎樣？
ˇ What do you think of the movie?
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χ How do you like the movie?
χ How do you think of the movie?
註︰What do you think of ＝ What is your opinion of。
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think 的受詞是 what，不能用 how。
2. 你認為哪一個歌星唱得最好？
ˇ Which singer do you think is the best?
χ Do you think which singer is the best?
註︰英語中 which singer 似乎是 do you think 的受詞，實則 do you think 是插入語，其他例子如下：
你以為他喜歡誰？ Who do you think he likes?
你以為我住在哪裏？ Where do you think I live?
你想我昨天在公園裏碰到了誰？
Whom/Who do you think I met in the park yesterday?
3. 他不論到什麼地方，總是帶著一把雨傘。
ˇ No matter where he goes, he always takes an umbrella.
ˇ Wherever he goes, he always takes an umbrella.
χ No matter wherever he goes, he always takes an umbrella.
註︰說 no matter wherever，不合習慣，應說 no matter where, no matter how, no matter what, no matter when…。用了 wherever, however, whenever 等詞，就不用 no matter。試比較：
No matter when you come, I will be waiting for you.
Whenever you come, I will be waiting for you.
4. 王老師不在嗎？ 是，他不在。
ˇ Mr. Wang is not here, is he? No, he isn’t.
χ Mr. Wang is not here, is he? Yes, he isn’t.
註︰中文裏回答「是」或「否」，須視問句的口氣而決定，但在英語裏，如果回答是肯定的，就用 “Yes”，如果回答是否定的，就用 “No”，不管問句原來的口氣如何。此外，請讀者特別注意，“is he?” 和 “ isn’t he?” 之類的句尾附加疑問句（tag question），相當於中文的「嗎」或「吧」字，許多書上將之譯為「是嗎？」和「不是嗎？」太過生硬，不妥。
5. 爸，車子借給我好不好？ 抱歉，不借。
ˇ Would you mind lending me the car, Dad? I’m sorry. I can’t.
χ Would you mind lending me the car, Dad? Yes.
註︰以 Do you（或 Would you）mind. . . 開頭的請求語，如果答語表示拒絕，習慣要用 I am sorry...；如果答語表示應允，就說 Certainly not，或 Of course not，或 Not at all，表示不介意。
Exercises
A. 你認為這部電影怎樣？
__________ do you like the movie?
= _________ do you think of the movie?
B. 不論你去哪裏，我都要跟著你。
____________________ you go, I will follow you.
1. Where 2. No matter wherever
3. No matter where 4. No matter
C. 你媽媽不在家吧？ 是啊，她不在。
Your mother isn’t home, is she?
1. Yes, she isn’t 2. Yes, she is.
3. No, she isn’t. 4. No, she is.
Answers:
A. How / What
B. 3
C. 3
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蘇正隆 — 台灣翻譯學學會前理事長、師大翻譯研究所兼任副教授; 編著《走讀自然.花言樹語》，《英語的對與錯》，《世紀病毒：必讀防疫英文知識與詞彙》...等。國家教育研究院中英雙語詞彙審議委員；研究領域為翻譯、術語及詞典編譯，從事植物與人文導覽數十年，亦曾應邀遠赴國外大學做植物人文導覽。
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