开汽车/开飞机(“to drive”/ “to fly”)
Incorrect English:
“A pilot drives a plane.”
Correct English:
“A pilot flies a plane.”
Chinese:
飞行员开飞机。
解释:在汉语中,“to drive”和“to fly”都可以用来表示“开”的意思。学生们经常把“to fly”误说成“to drive”。在英文中,表示操作飞行物的动作的时候,我们用“to fly”。
Examples:
“The pilot will fly the plane from Guangzhou to Sydney. ”
“The ability to fly a helicopter is very useful in the military.”
Other examples of uses of the verb “to fly”:
“My son enjoys going to the park every Saturday to fly his kite.”
“All schools in China fly the Chinese flag.”