Are you saying these 15 English phrases WRONG? | EGGCORN TEST · Eat Sleep Dream English
视频讲解15个常见英语短语的正确用法，适合练习发音和理解地道表达。通过互动测验和例句，帮助学习者避免常见错误。
Do you make these super common English mistakes?
你会犯那些非常常见的英语错误吗？
Because if you do, you're not alone.
因为如果你有这样的感受，你并不孤单。
I hear proficient English speakers making them all the time and it drives me crazy.
我经常听到英语说得很流利的人使用这些表达方式，这真的让我很恼火。
Are you ready?
你准备好了吗？
All right, which sentence is correct?
好的，哪一句是正确的？
I can't be asked to go out tonight.
今晚我实在没法被邀请出去。
I can't be asked to go out tonight.
今晚我实在没法被邀请出去。
The correct one is B.
正确答案是 B。
I can't be asked to go out tonight.
今晚我实在没法被邀请出去。
If you can't be asked to do something, it means you don't have the enthusiasm or energy.
如果某件事根本不会被要求你去完成，那就说明你缺乏相应的热情或精力。
It's similar to can't be bothered.
这就好比“懒得去做某件事”一样。
It's very British and very useful.
这非常具有英国特色，同时也非常实用。
I think I said it yesterday.
我想我昨天已经说过这句话了。
I can't be asked to cook dinner.
我可不想被要求去做晚饭。
Should we get an Andos?
我们应该买一台 Andos 设备吗？
The reason it's a common mistake is that asked is a similar sound to asked,
之所以这是一个常见的错误，是因为 “asked” 的发音与 “asked” 非常相似。
but it has a cur sound and in spontaneous fast English speech,
但它发出一个奇怪的音（“cur”音），在自然、快速的英语口语中就会出现这种情况。
it might be hard to differentiate between the two.
区分这两者可能会很困难。
And so some people might assume that it's asked, not asked.
因此，有些人可能会认为这个问题其实是被问出来的（即问题确实被提出了），而不是没有被问出来。
Can you hear the difference?
你能听出其中的区别吗？
I really can't be asked to do my homework.
我真的不应该被要求去做自己的作业。
All right, this confusion is an example of an egg bun.
好吧，这种混乱的情况其实就是一个“蛋包”（即一种特殊的面包或点心）的典型例子。
That's the term that we use to describe words or phrases that a person wrongly thinks is another word or phrase that sounds similar.
这就是我们用来描述那些被人们误认为是另一个（发音相似的）单词或短语的词汇的术语。
So for example, asked, not asked.
例如，被问到（或者没有被问到）。
Now, proficient English speakers make these mistakes all the time.
事实上，即使是英语说得很流利的母语者，也经常会犯这些错误。
And today, we're going to fix those mistakes together so that you don't make them.
今天，我们将一起纠正那些错误，这样你就不会再犯同样的错了。
And we're going to do it as a quiz.
我们将通过一个测验的形式来完成这项任务。
I'll give you two options and a sentence.
我会给你两个选择以及一个句子。
You pick the correct option and then we'll explain after.
你选择正确的选项，之后我们会进行解释。
Make sure you watch to the end
请务必看完整个视频。
because there's a mini test plus a free downloadable PDF with loads of examples of egg corns that you can learn from and practice.
因为这里有一个小测试，同时还提供了一份可以免费下载的 PDF 文件，其中包含了大量关于“蛋玉米”（egg corn）的示例，你可以通过这些示例来学习并练习相关知识。
All right, let's go.
好吧，我们开始吧。
Eggcorn quiz, round one, question one.
Eggcorn”知识问答比赛，第一轮，第一个问题。
For all intensive purposes, they've lost the election.
从所有实际角度来看，他们已经输掉了这场选举。
For all intents and purposes, they've lost the election.
从实际情况来看，他们已经输掉了这场选举。
Which one is it?
到底是哪一个呢？
The answer is B for all intents and purposes.
从所有实际角度来看，答案都是 B。
This phrase means in almost every practical way.
这个短语在几乎所有实际意义上都是正确的（即它的含义在各种情况下都是成立的）。
So in this example of an election, the winner hasn't been declared yet, but it basically
在这个选举的例子中，获胜者尚未被正式宣布，但基本上……
in every practical way the election is over.
从所有实际角度来看，这次选举已经结束了。