漏掉的往往是冠词、介词、连词等虚词,这通常与前后词的搭配有关,见到名词,应考虑是否缺了冠词;见到动词,可注意后面是否少了应与之搭配的介词或其他词;见到某些固定搭配,如 in front of, as soon as,应考虑是否完整,不是固定搭配的,也要注意英语行文习惯或逻辑上的搭配,如英语不可说 She shook head,而应说 She shook her head。
【考例】The day before the speech contest English teacher talked to me.
【分析】在English 前加my。根据句意可知应是指"我的英语老师"。
【考例】…afternoon. You won’t find difficult to get to the city.
【分析】在 find 后加 it。构成 find it difficult to do sth,it 作形式宾语。