“我英語不好”說成My English is poor，老外以為你很自卑

“貧窮的;可憐的;貧乏的;卑鄙的”

非常消極的意思。

因?yàn)槔贤庥X得在說英語表達(dá)自我的時(shí)候，

應(yīng)該保持自信心，

如果你這時(shí)使用poor來表示自己的英語水平不好，

老外只會(huì)覺得很突兀，

這么謙虛的嗎?

國(guó)外知乎上有這么一段分析這個(gè)說法的文字，

從語法和文化角度作出了解釋

大家可以來看一下幫助理解

Greg Pringle

First, from the aspect of grammaticality or idiomaticity:

首先，從語法性或慣用性的角度

"My ... is poor" isn't very idiomatic in English.

“My ... is poor”在英語中并不是很地道

"My swimming is poor" well... "I'm a poor swimmer" or "I'm not a very good swimmer" might be better.

你說“My swimming is poor”不如說“I'm a poor swimmer”或者“I'm not a very good swimmer”。

"My speaking skills are poor"... How about "I'm a poor speaker" or "I'm not good at speaking"?

“My speaking skills are poor”...不如說成“I'm a poor speaker”或者“I'm not good at speaking”。

...

In each case, using "poor" as a predicative adjective is not very idiomatic. The more idiomatic alternatives are to say "I'm poor at...", "I'm not good at...", "My ... isn't very good".

在每種情況下，用poor作表語來形容都不是慣用的用法。更地道的說法是“I'm poor at...”,“I'm not good at...”，“My ... isn't very good”。

If you want to include slangy expressions, you might say "My English sucks" --- but if your English was good enough to say that, you wouldn't need to say it at all!

如果你想用一些俚語表達(dá)，你可能會(huì)說“My English sucks”——但是得是你英語很好才會(huì)用到這樣俚語表達(dá)，側(cè)面也就說明了你根本就不用說你英語不好。

Second, from the cultural or sociolinguistic aspect:

第二，從文化或社會(huì)語言學(xué)的角度

Telling people your English is poor is just a statement; saying it won't necessarily get the effect that you want.

告訴別人你的英語很差只是一種聲明;說它不一定能達(dá)到你想要的效果。

If you say "My English is poor" ，you might only succeed in getting people to say "No, your English is fine! Better than mine!", but that's not what you want.

如果你說“My English is poor”，那么你很有可能會(huì)成功得到別人回復(fù)你說“不，你英語挺好的!比我好!”，但是這并不是你真正想要的效果。

If you want the other person to be aware that you're still struggling with English and to make allowances for that, there are probably better ways of putting it.

如果你想讓對(duì)方知道你的英語還很差，并體諒一下，可能還有更好的表達(dá)方式。

For instance, "Sorry, I haven't been learning English for very long, could you (...say that again please, ... slow down a bit, etc.)" or even "I'm still just learning English".

例如“對(duì)不起，我很久沒學(xué)英語了，你能...(再說一遍...說慢點(diǎn)等等)嗎?”或者“我還在學(xué)英語”。

If you want to signal that your expression may be awkward or you're not sure if you will be taken the right way, you might say "Sorry, I'm not sure how to say this in English but..."

如果你想表示你的說法可能很尷尬，或者你不確定你是否被正確理解，你可以這樣說“對(duì)不起，我并不確定用英語如何說...”

And in fact, if your English is really that "poor", people will pick up on it quite quickly. It may not be necessary to say anything at all.

事實(shí)上，如果你的英語真的那么差，人們很快就會(huì)反映過來。也許根本沒有必要說什么。

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