一次，和Ruff在谈万向节的交货问题时，说："5000 pcs in Jan, and another 9000 pcs next month, that will turn out to be 14000 pcs in total." (一月份交货5,000件，下个月9,000，总共是14,000件).讲到“变成...”这个动词, become会是许多人唯一能想到的英文翻译.所以这个例句许多人会翻成That project became a big flop.对,这样讲完全没错,但下次不妨可以用美国人的turn out这个词来代替become.这样子这个句子就会变成That project turned out to be a big flop.