第五词 Skills
作“技能、水平”讲。以前一想到“水平”一词,就会想到level一词,但是老外可不是这么想的。skills一词,更近。
先看几个句子:
1、怎样才能提高我们的英语水平?
Chinglish:How to improve our English level?(他们一般不这么说,但是应该可以看懂)
Revision:How to improve our English skills?
2、他写作、翻译水平很高。
Chinglish:His writing and translating level are very high.
Revision:He has very good writing and translation skills.
现在追求技术的时代,skills也走俏。什么English skills, computer skills, study skills, survival skills, writing skills...都泛滥了,我们也"决口"一次如何?