can 和be able to 寫的停不下來怎麽辦？

寫(xie) 作團有同學向攀哥問到一個(ge) 很有代表性問題，如圖:

其實這個(ge) 句子最大的問題還不是can和be able to, 它有多處明顯的錯誤。

1. high income employment

income是指人或公司等的收入，用來修飾收入端的對象，比如high-income individuals/ companies: 較高收入個(ge) 人/公司。這裏用well-paid employment才合適。這屬於(yu) 搭配的問題。

2.employees:是已經被雇傭(yong) 的人，這裏應該是找工作的人job seekers或job hunters。

3.can not: 一般寫(xie) 成cannot，不分開。

4.workfore market：這兩(liang) 個(ge) 詞不會(hui) 連用。workforce指的是(國家或行業(ye) 的)勞動力，勞動人口。年輕的求職者進入的是job market，相反，雇傭(yong) 單位才是尋找workforce。

5.a large amountof people: amount不能跟people連用，應該是a large number of people。

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接下來聊聊can和be able to應該怎麽(me) 替換。

1.用同義(yi) 詞，最簡單

be capable ofdoing; have the ability to do.

例:Staff shouldbe educated so that they can giveinformed advice.

替: Staff shouldbe educated so that theyare capable ofgiving informed advice.staff是集合名詞(類似於(yu) people),不加 s.

2. 意譯,根據牛津詞典的解釋圖一: can

例:Staff shouldbe educated so that they can giveinformed advice.

替: Staff shouldbe educated so thatit is possible for them togiveinformed advice.圖二: able

例:Staff shouldbe educated so that they can giveinformed advice.

替: Staff shouldbe educated so that theyhave thenecessary knowledgetogiveinformed advice.

例:Alarge number of people are notable to find adecent job.

替: A large number of peopledo nothave the opportunity tofind a decent job.

3. 近義(yi) 詞替換

manage to do; succeed in doing; be successful in doing.

例：A large number of people are not able to find a decent job.are notable to就可以用succeed的反義(yi) 詞fail替換。

換: Alarge number of peoplefail tofind a decent job.

4. 去人稱化

例: Alarge number of people are notable to find adecent job.

替:Findingadecent job is diffcult for a large number ofpeople.

例: People can perform everydaytasks, such asshopping,banking andbusiness transactions on the Internet.

替:Performing everyday tasks,such as shopping, banking and business transations, on the Internet is acommon activityfor people.

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