从“香蕉树上有许多香蕉”的英译谈起

摘要

<正> 谈起怎样把“香蕉树上有许多香蕉”这句译成英语,人们会很自然地用 there be句式,说成:There are lots of(a lot of)bananason the banana tree(s).这无疑是正确的。但初中英语第四册The Monkey and the Crocodile中有个句子:There are somebanana trees there,and they have lots of bananas on them.很明显这里的they指 the banana trees,即:… the banana trees