英 语 写 译(1) (格式,词和句子) 经济管理学院 经济系
A good manuscript form---- writing the title, leaving margins, indenting, capitalizing and dividing words. 1. How to write a title (标题)?
1) Write the title in the centre of the first line; if too long for one line, in the first and second lines. Second line is shorter. How a Knowledge of English has Helped me in my Studies and Work
2) Capitalize (大写) the first and last words except articles, coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but ,nor , for ),short propositions and to in infinitives. Titles:
The People Without a Country Rules to Abide By
The Myth of a “Negro Literature”
3) No period(句号) is used at the end of a title. Question mark(问号), quotation marks (引号) are OK.
2. Word Division (移行)
The general principle is to divide a word according to its syllables. Pay attention to the following :
1. One-syllable (单音节)words like through,march,brain and pushed cannot be divided.
2. One letter of a word cannot be written at the end or at the beginning of a line, even if that one letter makes up a syllable: a.lone, trick.y.
3) Do not put a two –letter syllable at the beginning of a line: hat-ed, cab-in.
4) Avoid separating proper names of people and places: Chi-na, Aus-ten.
5)Divide hyphenated words only at the hyphen: father-in-law, empty-handed.
6) Do not divide words in a way that may mislead the reader: pea-cock,re-ally.
7) Do not divide the last word on a page. Write the whole word on the next page.
8) Divide words with prefixes and suffixes and the base part of the word: re-state-ment, un-relent-ing.
9) Divide two-syllable words with double consonants between the two consonants(辅音): strug-gle, shat-ter.
Attention: Word division is difficult. What is diction?
Do you know a diction-nary? Diction is the choice and use of words. 1. Levels of words:
formal, common, and colloquial
1) formal words: learned words, literary words or big words –formal writing, scholarly or theoretical works. a. three or more than three syllables b. Greek or Latin origin
c. seldom used in daily conversation
(formal) interrogate epoch ascend (common) question age mount (colloquial) ask time rise 2) Common words: commonly used words 3) Colloquial words: a. short words
b. Saxon origin
for example: guts (courage), guy (man),hassle (bother) 2. The meaning of words
For example: a.
b. Small 和 little = 小
small 做客观的描写,little可能表示喜欢的感情; They lived in a small town.
I will never forget the little town where I spent my happy childhood.
c. Modest 和 humble (谦逊)
modest是好的品德;humble常表示过分的自卑。一个是赞美,另外一个是贬低。
Modest and hardworking, he made very quick progress at school. Clearly Gompers was overawed by Wilson. His face took on a servile(奴性的) look; his voice was humble. Attention: