测验一下您的英语语感（好玩儿）

宋国明

        聊了几天关于培养语感的话题，到底语感是什么，各家说法不尽相同。最简单的理解当然就是能不能把话说得自然又正确，但也有人牵扯到写作的文采甚至对文学的赏析能力，也不能说没道理，但讨论的语言层次很高，对我一介语法研究者来说，要求极低，语感就是指一个人（包括小孩子）对母语的句子能瞬间判断正确与否的那个直觉。这个直觉是一个人对其母语结构和运作的深层（潜意识）了解，学龄前孩童就差不多都具备了，不用特别去学语法规则。

        您若好奇，想知道您或您的孩子学了多年英语，对英语有没有母语者般的语感？可以做做下面的一个小测验，纯粹消遣好玩儿，绝不考您什么词汇语法，只让您在每题里挑一个病句，有语感的一看就知道，没有语感的得想半天。

挑出每一题里最坏的句子：

1. a. Who do you think that John kissed?

   b. Who do you think John kissed?

   c. Who do you think that kissed Mary?

   d. Who do you think kissed Mary?

2. a. John is a boy who everyone likes.

   b. John is a boy that everyone likes.

   c. John is a boy everyone likes.

   d. John is a boy who likes everyone.

   e. John is a boy that likes everyone.

   f. John is a boy likes everyone.

3. a. Who fired John without talking to him?

   b. Who did you fire without talking to him?

   c. Who fired John without talking to?

   d. Who did you fire without talking to?

4. a. Who do you want to kiss?

   b. Who do you wanna kiss?

   c. Who do you want to kiss you?

   d. Who do you wanna kiss you?

5. a. John is a boy that anyone that talks to usually dislikes.

   b. John is a boy that anyone that talks to him usually dislikes.

   c. John is a boy that usually annoys anyone that talks to.

   d. John is a boy that usually annoys anyone that talks to him.

          我找了工作单位的同事和学生做测验，除了个别几个人在最难的第五题上犹豫了一下，基本全答对。小犬節儿今年12岁，也是不假思索五题全对，这就是母语语感的体现，他还猜说他班上的小朋友应该也都能全对。一般来说，非母语者碰到这种“凭语感判断”性质的题目会觉得相当困难，您的语感怎么样呢？如果每一题您一眼就能瞧出其中某句特别糟糕，那您可就具有英语母语者的语感了！您若看不出来，那英语对您还是很“见外”滴。当然，这也没什么，不一定会防碍您把这个外语使得极好。欲知正解，请随便问哪一个英语母语者都成，他们当会知道正确答案，或者，您在这儿答题，然后我用纸条告诉您正解也行。