BEC商务英语中最容易混淆的词汇1 1. speech, talk, lecture speech指在公共场所所做的经过准备的较正式的演说，talk日常生活中的一般的谈话，讲话，lecture学术性的演讲，讲课 a series of lecture on… 2. officer, official officer部队的军官，official政府官员 an army officer 3. work, job 二者均指工作。work不可数，job可数 a good job 4. couple, pair couple主要指人或动物，pair多指由两部分组成的东西 a pair of trousers 5. country, nation, state, land country侧重指版图，疆域，nation指人民，国民，民族，state侧重指政府，政体，land国土，国家 The whole nation was sad at the news. 6 clothes, cloth, clothing clothes统指各种衣服，谓语动词永远是复数， cloth指布，为不可数名词 clothing 服装的总称，指一件衣服用a piece of, an article of 7. incident, accident incident指小事件, accident指不幸的事故He was killed in the accident. 8. amount, number amount后接不可数名词， number后接可数名词 a number of students 9. family, house, home home 家，包括住处和家人，house房子，住宅，family家庭成员. My family is a happy one. 10. sound, voice, noise sound自然界各种各样的声音，voice人的嗓音，noise噪音I hate the loud noise outside. 11. photo, picture, drawing photo用照相机拍摄的照片，picture可指相片，图片，电影片，drawing画的画 Let's go and see a good picture. 12. vocabulary, word vocabulary词汇，一个人拥有的单词量，word具体的单词He has a large vocabulary. 13. population, people population人口，人数，people具体的人 China has a large population. 14. weather, climate weather一天内具体的天气状况，climate长期的气候状况 The climate here is not good for you. 15. road, street, path, way road具体的公路，马路，street街道，path小路，小径，way道路，途径 take this road; in the street, show me the way to the museum. 16. course, subject course课程(可包括多门科目)，subject科目(具体的学科)a summer course 17. custom, habit custom传统风俗，习俗，也可指生活习惯，后接to do， habit生活习惯，习惯成自然，后接of doing. I've got the habit of drinking a lot. 18. cause, reason cause 指造成某一事实或现象的直接原因，后接of sth./doing sth，reason用来解释某种现象或结果的理由，后接for sth./doing sth. the reason for being late 19. exercise, exercises, practice exercise运动，锻炼(不可数)，exercises练习(可数)，practice(反复做的)练习 Practice makes perfect. 20. class, lesson 作"课"解时,两者可以替换.指课文用lesson. 指班级或全体学生用class. lesson 6; class 5 21. a number of, the number of a number of许多，谓语动词用复数。the number of…的数目，谓语动词用单数。The number of students is increasing. 22. in front of, in the front of in front of范围外的前面，in the front of范围内的前面 In the front of the room sits a boy. 23. of the day, of a day of the day每一天的，当时的，当代的， of a day暂时的，不长久的 a famous scientist of the day 24. three of us, the three of us three of us我们(不止三个)中的三个，the three of us我们三个(就三个人)The three of us---Tom, Jack and I went to the cinema. 25. by bus, on the bus by bus表手段，方式，不用冠词，on the bus表范围 They went there by bus. 26. for a moment, for the moment for a moment 片刻，一会儿，for the moment暂时，一时 Thinking for a moment, he agreed. 27. next year, the next year next year将来时间状语，the next year过去将来时间状语 He said he would go abroad the next year. 28. more than a year, more than one year more than a year一年多，more than one year超过一年(两年或三年等) 29. take advice, take the(one's) advice take advice征求意见，take the advice接受忠告 He refused to take the advice and failed again. 30. take air, take the air take air传播，走漏，take the air到户外去，散步 We take the air every day. 31. cook, cooker cook厨师，cooker厨具 He is a good cook. 32. damage, damages damage不可数名词, 损害，损失; damages复数形式, 赔偿金 $900 damages 33. police, policeman police警察的总称，后接复数谓语动词，policeman 指某个具体的警察 The police are questioning everyone in the house. 34. problem, question problem常和困难连系，前面的动词常为think about, solve, raise，question常和疑问连系，多和ask, answer连用 35. man, a man man人类，a man一个男人 Man will conquer nature. 36. chick, chicken 二者均可指小鸡，chicken还可以当鸡肉 The chicken is delicious. 37. telegram, telegraph 当电报解时，telegram指具体的，telegraph指抽象的 a telegram, by telegraph 38. trip, journey, travel, voyage travel是最常用的，trip指短期的旅途，journey指稍长的旅途，voyage指海上航行 a three-day trip 39. sport, game sport多指户外的游戏或娱乐活动，如打球，游泳，打猎，赛马等;game指决定胜负的游戏，通常有一套规则 His favorite sport is swimming. 40. price, prize price价格，prize奖，奖品，奖金 win the first prize The price is high/low.
BEC商务英语中最容易混淆的词汇的延伸阅读——怎样快速学习好商务英语 简易英语读物，一、两千单词，就能讲述很复杂的故事。当我们用英语能讲述这样复杂的故事时，日常生活中的英语，还会有困难吗？ 第一步：先看英汉对照吧，然后脱离中文，看改写本的英文简易读物。 第二步：看简易英文的原著。这步很关键，这步跨过去了，你学英语就基本成功了，否则，很容易退化的。 第三步：看英文原著。 胆要大，不要追求精确 说错了不要紧。发音不准也不要紧。 遣词造句，中国人说中国话，也没那么精确。英语也一样。 语感很重要，这需要在第一点说的“量”上去了，语感就培养起来了。 在实践中应用英语多看英文网站，上英文的论坛，查英文的资料。看多了，用多了，英语就跟中文似的，成了你的工作、学习和赚钱的工具了。 最后一点，就是要坚持。
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