中英之鉴 中式英语之鉴162

[误] The advice I would like to provide the young people with is to use their ears more than their mouths.

[正] The advice I would like to provide the young people with is to be swift to hear but slow to speak.

注：中文是用“耳朵”和“嘴”来指行为，很有特点;而英文用的是形容词与动词不定式的组合，既对称又对比鲜

明。