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來源：世界公民文化中心

還記得國學大師胡適筆下的「差不多先生」嗎？這位凡事都馬馬虎虎的迷糊蛋，記帳時常常把「十」寫成「千」、「千」寫成「十」，在他的眼中，多一撇少一撇，有什麼大不了？你在說、寫英文時，會不會也是個「差不多先生」？小心！就算只是一點點小疏忽，都可能讓整個句子變成大笑話！

以下這五句話，你看得出哪裡差很多嗎？（紅字為錯誤用法）

1、It wasn’t easy to move a big refrigerator, but my brother gave me his hand.（移動一台大冰箱並不容易，幸好弟弟幫了我一把。）
2、I don’t want to chat with Sally because she loves to split hair.（我不想和莎莉聊天，因為她就愛在小事上吹毛求疵。）
3、Helen is not worried about the exam; it was a piece of a cake for her.（海倫並不擔心考試，對她來說那根本不算什麼。）
4、In response to the environmental protection, I go to work by foot every day.（為了響應環保，我每天走路上班。）
5、Jenny had to fill in a team member who was ill.（珍妮必須接替一位病假同事的工作。）

正確用法：

1、It wasn’t easy to move a big refrigerator, but my brother gave me a hand.
give someone a hand是一句慣用語，用在某人獨力完成某事有困難，而助對方一臂之力時。若是將冠詞a換成所有格his/her/my…，整句話就變成了血腥的大白話－－把手給了對方！

2、I don’t want to chat with Sally because she loves to split hairs.
split hairs是指在細微末節的問題上作不必要的爭辯。如果使用不可數的hair，指的是頭上的頭髮，句義就變成莎莉愛「劈頭髮」。

3、Helen is not worried about the exam; it was a piece of cake for her.
a piece of cake作為俗語，是指一件事很容易辦成。若是在cake前面多加了冠詞a，就真的是指「一塊蛋糕」了。

4、In response to the environmental protection, I go to work on foot every day.
表達走路或步行，應該用on foot；用by foot不合文法，而且硬要解釋的話，會變成「搭乘腳丫子」去上班。

5、Jenny had to fill in for a team member who was ill.
fill in for someone是暫時替代某人工作的意思，如果少了for，整句話就變成珍妮要去「填滿」這位生病的隊友。

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