Question

【题目】假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。
Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States, was famous for a man of
few words. He knew what he should talk and when he should not. It was very hard of anyone
to enjoytalking with him. One evening he was inviting to dinner. A lady sitting next to him past the sugar
for his coffee. “Mr President,” she said.” Today a friend of me said that I couldn’t get much than
two words out of you. I had said I can, and we made a bet.” “You lost,” answered the president.

Answer 1

【答案】在30th前加the；for—as；what—when；of—for；inviting—invited；past—passed；me—mine；much—more；had said去掉had；lost—lose
【解析】①在30th前加the，序数词前应加定冠词。
②for—as，be famous for ...意为“为……而出名”；be famous as ...意为“作为……而出名”。
③what—when，从下文and when的信息可知。
④of—for，It is +adj. +for sb. to do...为固定用法。
⑤inviting—invited，此处应为被动语态。
⑥past—passed，pass为动词，而past为介词。
⑦me—mine，我的一个朋友，应说a friend of mine。
⑧much—more，more than意为“比······多······”。
⑨had said去掉had，根据made可知时态为一般过去时。
⑩lost—lose，本句为引号内的说话内容。可以理解为客观事实，“你输了”。如果用过去时表示你曾经输过。