8. Just stay put, all right? I'll come and find you.
站在原地别动,好吗?我过去找你.
Stay put 是一个动词片语,意指「停在原地」。所以 stay put 也就等于 "Stay where you are." 或是 "Don't move." 像我这次去爬山碰巧遇到一对情侣,两人走散了,这个女生就打手机给她男朋友。情话绵绵的部份我是没听到,只不小心听到一句,"Just stay put, all right? I'll come and find you." (在那别动,我会过去找你。)
注意到这句话当中另一个中文和英文的细微差异了没?他是说 come and find you 而不是说 come to find you。中文里因为我们常讲「去作什么什么」,所以很自然的英文一出口就变成了 "come to blah blah blah." 事实上,come to 后面加的应该是名词,例如 come to my house,come to a park 等等,但是如果 come 后面接的是动词,中间应该用的是 and 连接,例如 come and pick you up, come and watch TV 等等。而 go 的用法跟 come 类似,相同的规则也可以用在 go 这个字上面。