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　　Miss Carol今集挑选八组学生常见犯错的词汇问题作解说。

　　1. As spoken on the phone.../ As discussed.../ As agreed …

　　很多学生以为这个是惯用语，其实不论是面对面的对话还是在电话的谈话，也是两个人或以上的对话。Subject（I, you, we, they, he, she, it) 是需要的。

　　建议改成：As we discussed on the phone yesterday/ this morning...

　　2. We could care less OR We couldn't　　care less　　

　　中文翻译为我们不在乎，说到我们可以少关心一个主题或是少关心一样东西。

　　很多时候这个意思是我们根本不关心某一个话题所以并不在乎。例句：

　　The politician thinks we are interested in what he comments, but we couldn't care less what he says, to be honest.

　　3. First-come, first-serve

　　先到先得或是先到先接待的意思。很多同学以为这是一句成语，非也。

　　正确写法应该是 First-come, first-served。

　　4. If worse comes to worse 就是如果发生最坏的情况或是一个假设性的写法。正确写法是：If the worst comes to the worst.

　　例句：The typhoon is still strong. If the worst comes to the worst, we can stay home instead of going to school.

　　5. Chalk full?

　　发音几乎一样但词汇写法不同。应该是Chock-full

　　Chock是旧式英语单词，跟面颊（cheek）及满到边缘（full to the brim） 一样的意思。

　　Chock-full就是挤满的或是充满的意思。

　　例句：My newly-invented mushroom soup, chock-full of corn, bacon and porcini, was absolutely delicious.

　　6.滥用literally

　　很多人以为literally可以在任何情况下使用或是一种修辞技巧。查实正确意思是"actually","Strictly speaking"

　　所以我们不能写Tom's stomach is literally exploding. 

　　例句：Tom has a feeling that his stomach is about to burst; he literally gobbled 4 pizzas down!

　　7. A little OR little 

　　A little 有正面意思，"little"有反面意思。

　　There is a little milk in the bottle. 

　　樽内有少许牛奶。

　　强调是还有牛奶的。

　　There is little　　milk in the bottle. 

　　樽内有少许牛奶。

　　强调是不够牛奶了。

　　8. Millions of thanks and regards

　　很多学生甚至在职人士喜欢在电邮最后部分加上thanks and regards / many thanks and regards, 甚至millions of thanks and regards作为歇后语。其实致谢是美好的事情，为什么要躲在最后的部分。另外就是多谢什么事情也应该交代清楚。

　　例句：Thank you for taking time to review my homework/contract/project plan.

　　Sometimes I like making mistakes, not those irrevocable ones for sure. We simply cannot learn anything from being perfect. That is why, sometimes, the most precious thing we can make is a mistake. 

　　Miss Carol 资深英语老师、国际英文考试主考官；前大专院校导师

及企业培训导师。