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英文最快進步的方法是「debug」--除錯：錯誤的文法、錯誤的style、錯誤的發音…徹底移除！你以前英文說錯了，不會有人告訴你：老外同學說：「聽得懂就好！」；外國友人覺得：「說了令人尷尬！」；英文比你好的同事認為：「不是我的責任。」你可能帶著這些bug一輩子！

下面幾句都有錯誤，現在就試著找出答案：

1."What did you do on Saturday?" "I played." (你周六在做什麼？我在玩)

2."How was the speech?" "It was good. I enjoyed." (演講如何?很好，我很喜歡)

3."Do you have a free time this weekend?" (周末有空嗎)

4."He was dead last night." (他昨晚死了)

5."I had a cold last week, so I went to the hospital." (我上周感冒所以去了醫院)

6.He has been working on the project for quite a while, but still hasn't quite finished. (他做這專案已經有一陣子了，但還沒完成。)

7.Can you speak a little bit louder? I can’t listen to your voice.
(你可以說大聲點嗎？我聽不到)

8.He spoke, "I can't. I have to finish this report today."
(他說，不行，我今天須完成這份報告。)

9.He said me that he was not feeling well. (他告訴我他不太舒服。)

10.I can’t say English well. (我英文說得不好)

Debugged(答案)：

1."What did you do on Saturday?" "I went out and had fun."
小孩才用play;大人通常用have fun, or enjoy. 大人如果用"play"，大部份是只遊戲或運動。例如："I played TV games all day on Saturday." "Please come to my house and play chess this evening."

2."How was the concert?" "It was good. I enjoyed it."
"enjoy"之後一定要加受詞，像"enjoy the concert", "enjoy the party",或"enjoy yourself" (玩得很愉快).

3."Are you free this weekend?"
“Free time”是閒暇時間，並不是有空，例如我們問人閒暇時都做什麼，問法是："What do you do when you have a free time?" "What do you do in your free time?"

4."He was dead last night"
Die是一個動詞，指生命結束這個動作，更禮貌的說法是"pass away".例如："His grandfather passed away last year." Dead是形容詞，指一種狀態，例如："I saw a dead mouse on the street."  我在街上看見一隻死老鼠。

5."I had a cold last week, so I went to see doctor."
台灣大醫院、小診所有時沒分那麼清楚。歐美等國人們有嚴重問題時才上大醫院，一般感冒看醫生不必去hospital，用這個字會讓人誤以為我們生重病。 

6.He has been working on the project for quite a while, but hasn't quite finished yet.
Still和yet兩個字都是”還”，差別在still用在肯定句，yet用在否定或疑問句。

7.Can you speak a little bit louder? I can’t hear you. 
我們常搞混Listen和hear，因為兩者都是聽。Listen是注意聽，有意識的聽，hear是聽到，指生理本能。

8.He said, "I can't. I have to finish this report today."
Speak是正式的談話或演說，這裡指說話內容，用say即可。

9.He told me that he was not feeling well.
間接引述別人講話的內容，用tell。

10.I can’t speak English well.
說一種語言用speak，say English意思是，說出”English”這個字。