汉译英常见错误 | 我想干些工作,不去看电影了

[译] 我想干些工作,不去看电影了。
[误] I imagine I’ll do some works instead of going to the movies.

[正] I imagine I’ll do some work instead of going to the movies.
[注] work 作“工作”解时,只用单数,又如:Machines now do much of the work formerly done by man. 现在机器做着许多从前由人干的工作。works(复数)常指“著作”、“作品”,如:There is a complete set of works of Shakespeare in the library. 图书馆里有一套莎士比亚全集。