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1.是否漏掉动词“to be" [5 V
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3.复数名词后面是否漏了s CP'-CQ\Q
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题句说明文章主题。结尾段落用来归纳概或重新说明主题观点,也可以用来说明 5WT\0]RUa
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句子) 为特征的汉语相比,英语的结构显得严谨。英语的任何句子都以主谓语为 E_vq
主干,遇到从句,如果从连接词入手进行分析也会比较容易。我们在本教材的 U2bjFLd"
第一部分列出的几大语法现象可以帮助考生掌握英文中的主要句子结构。考生 .Fdgb4>BXX
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免使用过长的句子。 N<~t3/Nm
(二)用词 8C*c{(4
英文写作中应注意用词的准确性和简洁性,要避免使用不必要的词或过时的表 Kx>qz.wwI?
达方式。 ILGMMA_2
1.系动词的用法 Vh_P/C+
系动词的用法要注意以下两个问题: 3j\1S1
(1)在英文句子中,不宜过多地使用系动词。例: Tj:B!>>
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the XYZ division Of the ABC Company is the chain Of command between the position Of the ZOh`(})hy
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this office,none Of them are directly connected Up with it. vS;RJg=
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centered in the unclear connection between the division vice—president and the subordinate departments. ]Sf]J4eQ
(2)注意复合介词的用法,例: (A9Fhun
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account in advance of the client visit. =$'6(aDH
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The Translation of English and Chinese proverbs and phrases }bb;~
在我们的翻译工作中, 俚语和谚语是一大绊脚石。我们不明白这些俗语的含 /6)<}#
义,是因为我们和英语国家的文化背景不同。如果能在汉语中为这些俗语找 n@<YI
到对应的说法,问题就解决了。我们在这里向你介绍一些英汉合璧的俚语和 Ua:}V n&!
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1.After meat, mustard; after death, doctor . (nQ
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Example: just as I had cancelled my application to go abroad, I had {:/#Nc$5
a promise of money for my fare. It was a case ofter death, the 8SMxw~9$
doctor. ?qb}?&1
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2. After praising the wine they sell us vinegar. )HEa<P^kJl
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of doing. After praising the wine, he sold us vinegar. C"y(5U)d
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others. Very often the implication is that others impose on him. wH*-(*N"
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advantage of it. all lay load on the willing horse. You will j/DzCc p7
have to learn to refuse people who ask too much. H8=N@l
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5.anger and haste hinder good counsel. hDDn,uzpd
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7. A word spoken is past recalling. fUWG*o9
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the damage of that moment of harshness. "]*&oQCI
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Love is blind. 爱情是盲目的。 J1U/.`Oy
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Calamity is man's true touchstone. <NY^M!
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.World is but a little place, after all. PdFKs+Z`
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someway connected with him in a place where he would never have r+i($jMs
expected to do so. HRCT}
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on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all. {4}yKjW%z
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. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. U$.@]F4&
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you live. .V/Rfq
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you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take (zYtNLoFx
coffee and rolls. |bHelD|
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. What you lose on the swings you get back on the roundabouts. l"T44CL;
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luck on one day you have good on another; if one venture results *b}HNX|
in loss try a fresh one---it may succeed. $E~`\o%Ev
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he loses on the swings, he may win on the roundabouts. Y|f[bw
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.What are the odds so long as you are happy. kk@f
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Explanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy. HGs $*
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Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, Q800y??&J
health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy. p!7FpxZY
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.Entertain an angel unawares. _[c0)2h
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Explanation: to receive a great personage as a guest without knowing his merits. Eqd<