容易混淆的口语（5）

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18. You make my day 与  make my day ：  

You make my day 意思是你使我很高兴（ You make me feel good; you make me very happy.) 。例如：  
Thank you for your compliments ； you really have made my day. （谢谢你的夸奖，你让我高兴极了。）  

通常主词可用任何代名词，也可用任何动词时态。例如：  
I have made her day.
We made their day. ( 但  day 後面不加  s ）  
You may think you have made our day. （ day 不用多数）  

然而  make my day （前面不加代名词）意思是「你敢的话，就做吧！」这本是来自影片的对话。  例如：  
Go ahead, make my day ！意思是，假如你敢的话，我就奉陪一切  
= if you are daring to do it, I will be happy to react it.
The murderer said to the police, “ make my day ！”  凶手对警察说：「要杀我就杀吧！」  

19. Wife （ husband ） of (40) years 与  (40) -year-old wife （ husband ）：  

前者是  idiomatic expression ，系指夫妻结婚持续的时间（ refer to marriage duration between husband and wife ）而後者是指夫妻真正的年龄。  例如：  
His wife of 20 years called him a “ watchdog. ”（结婚已经廿年的太太称他为「守望者」。）  
= His wife to whom he has been married for 20 years called him a “ watchdog ” .
His 30-year-old wife loved him very much. = His wife , 30, loves him very much. （年纪卅岁的太太很爱他。）  

20. to marry （ someone ）与  to be married to （ someone ）：  

marry 当做及物动词时，多用主动语态（ active voice ）。
例如：  
* She married a man ten years younger （或 older ） . （她嫁给一位比她小或大十岁的男人）  
= She married a man ten years her junior （或 senior ） .

但是  marry 用在被动语态时（ passive voice ），後面要用介系词  to 。  例如：  
* She is （ was ） married to a man ten years younger （ older ） .
= She is （ was ） married to a man ten years her junior （ senior). （假如用  is ，指目前还是夫妻，如用  was ，可能已经不是夫妻了）  

然而，在  married 後面用介系词  by 时，又有「牧师证婚」的意思。  例如：  
* She was married by a man ten years younger. ( 是指为她证婚的牧师，比她小十岁。 )
* She was married by my father. （为他证婚的牧师是我老爸。） ( 因为牧师证婚已成过去，所以要用过去式  was 。）  

21. go to town 与  go to the town ：  

go to town 意思是花大钱，繁荣或积极的工作（ spend big money; to prosper or to be excited about doing something ）。  
例如：  He has gone to town on re － decorating his home. （他为了装饰房子花了一大笔钱。）  
（注意： town 前面不加定冠词  the 。）  
然而， go to the town 只是平常所谓「到城里去」。例如：  
We are going to the town for sight-seeing. （我们到城里去观光。）  
( 注意： town 前面要加定冠词  the 。）

大家在学习英语的过程中还遇到过容易混淆的习惯用语，请补充呦  :smile: