“等红灯”可不是“wait for the red light”，这样说真是太太太二了！
<p>出行的时候</p><p>最烦的就是一步一个红灯了</p><p>尤其是约会快迟到了</p><p>等红灯真是让人急得跳脚</p><p>这时候你要是跟朋友汇报</p><p>“我在等红灯”</p><p>英语应该怎么表达呢——</p><p>如果你想说</p><p><span word="I">I</span>'<span word="m">m</span> <span word="waiting">waiting</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="light">light</span>!(✕)</p><p>也许就会被奇怪的眼光注视......</p><p>你知道为什么吗？</p><p>今日主题</p><p>"红绿灯"的英语知多少？</p><p><span word="NO">NO</span>.1</p><p><span word="wait">wait</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="light">light</span>≠等红灯</p><p>我们知道 <span word="wait">wait</span> <span word="for">for</span> 表示→等待的目的</p><p>但一定要注意</p><p>它后面跟的是我们要「等来的」</p><p>而不是「等走的」</p><p>所以如果说<span word="wait">wait</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="light">light</span></p><p>你的目的就是：等红灯出现</p><p>(难道在绿灯的时候,你不走,还等红灯出现)</p><p>那么我们如果想要表达“在红灯面前等一下，绿灯再走”，要怎么说呢？</p><p><span word="No">No</span>.1</p><p><span word="wait">wait</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span></p><p>红灯一般变化后，</p><p>就会变成绿灯</p><p>（那个说会变黄灯的给我站出来...），</p><p>所以在英语中，我们不说“等红灯”，</p><p>而是“等绿灯的到来”，</p><p>才可以过马路。</p><p>可以这样说：</p><p>↓</p><p><span word="wait">wait</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="change">change</span></p>
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