問：要說「我步行／騎腳踏車／搭巴士／搭地下列車上班」，英文除了I go to work on foot / on a bicycle / by bus / by the MTR，還有其他說法嗎？
答：「步行上班」的最簡單說法，是to walk to work，例如：He would walk to work even when it was pouring（即使大雨滂沱，他都會步行上班）。
腳踏車現在多叫cycle或bike，bicycle似乎已成為「上一輩」的用語。「騎腳踏車上班」，英文可以有多個說法，例如：To protect the environment, people should be encouraged to cycle（或bike）to work / to ride their bikes to work / to go to work by bike（或on their bikes）。
至於「搭巴士／地下列車上班」，除了說to go to work by bus / by the MTR，還可說to take a bus / the MTR to work，例如：He prefers to take a bus rather than the MTR to work（他寧願搭巴士上班，不搭地下列車）。
問：第二版《朗文當代高級英漢雙解詞典》有以下例句，句中more than之後，是不是應加一what字？──「These sorrows are more than flesh and blood can bear這些痛楚是常人所忍受不了的。」
答：這一句，改譯做「這樣的悲苦，人所難堪」，應該好一點。Flesh and blood這裏指「血肉之軀」或「人」。英文可以說This is more than I can bear（這非我所能忍受），當然也可說These sorrows are more than flesh and blood can bear。文法上，你可以說These sorrows are more than what（= the sorrows which）I can bear，但一般不會這樣說。