中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒65

　　[誤] There are one bed, two desks and five chairs in the room.

　　[正] There is one bed, two desks and five chairs in the room.

　　注：there be 句型中，be 動(dòng)詞的單復(fù)數(shù)取決于離它最近的那個(gè)詞。原文雖然一共列舉了八件家具，但是根據(jù)英

　　語(yǔ)的謂語(yǔ)就近原則，one bed 決定了應(yīng)該使用is。