中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒366

[誤] She was a traditional Chinese girl before, but after one year abroad, she has become a real American.

[正] She was a traditional Chinese girl before, but after one year abroad, she has become as American asapple pie.

注：“蘋果餡餅”是典型的美國食品，用它來表達“地道的美國式”是再合適不過了。需要提醒大家注意的是，這里的 apple pie 雖用單數(shù)，但前面卻不加冠詞，又如：It\'s as easy as pie(這太容易了)。另外，這里不能用 a real American，因為她畢竟不是美國人。但可以將 real 換成 typical。