Wish & Hope

”我希望你在這裡“ → "I hope you were here" 或者 "I hope you are here" ...哪翻對了？ 

...嗯，對啊！兩個都錯！

Wish = 希望，願望，但願， 祝願，心願。。。

Hope = 希望，盼望，期許， 企及。。。

那時要用"Wish"?

• 你希望＿＿會發生，但你已經知道是不可能。                  -  “I wish I could fly."
• 你心願有一天 ___。                      - "I wish I could go to the moon some day."
• 你講到以往。          -  "I wish I could have known my great-great grandfather."

那時要用"Hope"?

• 你希望的事應該會發生。   -  "I hope I will be able to go to her birthday party."
• 你盼望一件事會成真。     -  "I hope a cure for cancer will be found someday."

Examples

     [x] - I wish you have a good time.

     [✓] - I hope you have a good time.

          [✓] - We wish you were coming.

          [x] - We hope you were coming.

Expenses, Expensive...

Expenses, Expensive... 差在那裡？

*Expense(s) = 費用

Expensive = 很貴

”要是我們把費用增加了我們也一定要增加售價，然後我們產品將會太貴！“
"If we increase our expenses, we will have to increase our prices too and then our product will be too expensive."


(*跟"cost"差不多)

Mail？ Letter ？ Email？

"Thank you for your mail." 

有多人很自然會認為 "Thank you for your mail." 是英文的 “謝謝你的信” 但是，其實不是。

如果是電子郵件，我們一定要加個 "e" 才寫對了。"Thank you for your email."

如果你接到了是一紙信，我們會說 "Thank you for your letter."

所以，下一次先看條件再選 "letter" 或 "email"！