英文写作课教案.doc

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DiffrencesbetweenChineseWritingandWestenWriting

1.Rootedindifferentthoughtpattern.

Chinese:

circular

Westen:

linear

2.Objectivity

Chinese:

personal,tellthereadershisfeelingsfromtheinsideoftheeventorissue

Western:

objective,"Don'ttellmehowyoufeel;tellmewhathappened.I'lldecidehowIfeel."writefromtheoutsideoftheevent.

Chinesewriterismorelikelytousemoredescriptivetermsandwordsshowingagreaterdegreeofemotionthanthewesterns.

eg:

"Asafrendyoushouldpointoutmistakestoyourfriend.It'slikefreshairinjectedintoyourfriendship.Itcanhelptokeepthefrendshiptreegreenandluxuriantforever."（sentimental）

3.Westernersemphasizecreativityandindividualism.Chinesevaluemodelsandimitation,whichisaseriousproblemthatcopyrightlawsprevent.

4.Chinesearemoremilitant（youshould,wemust,absolutely...）intheirlanguage,andimperativeismorecommon.Westenerswouldstatehispointandletthefactsspeakforthemselves.Therefore,persuasionisoftenused.

UnitOneWord（Diction）

I.Levelsofwords.

Formalcommoncolloquial（informal）

1. Formal:

alsolearned,literary

a）threeormorethanthreesyllables

b） GreekorLatinorigin

c） Usedinformalwriting:

scholarytheoreticalwordspoliticalandlegaldocuments

Formallecturesaddress（readparagraph1）

2. Common:

widelyused,inallkindsofwriting

3. Colloquial:

alsoinformal

a） oneortwosyllables

b） Saxonorigin

c） mainlyusedindialogs,toexpresspeople’sthoughts

1） slangs（usedsparingly）

non-standardwords（notused）

example:

InformalFormalInformalFormal

housemansiondoperform

classcategoryhideconceal

kindspeciesactfunction

quitresignhelpassist

endterminateleavedepart

Weshoulduserightlevelsofwordsindifferentsituations

Examplesofnotsuitablesentences:

（1）Onhearingthathisfatherhadkickedthebucket,wewrotehimalettertoexpressour

sympathies.

（2）Iamdesirousofexploringyourfeelingonthelecture.（Thissentenceiscopiedfromabook,butitisusedinwrongsituation（notsuitablefororalwords）.Itmaybechangedinto:

I’dliketohearyourviewsonthelecture.orMayIhaveyourviewsonthelecture?

3.Howtochooseproperwordsincommonwriting:

（1） avoidcolloquialwordsorphrases

eg:

I’mawfullysorry.

He’gottohurry---Hehastohurry

Shutup!

（2） becarefulwhileusingslangs:

eg:

realcool（好极了）cutclass（逃学）booker（书呆子）

（3） avoidobsoleteidiomsorphrases

eg:

aspoorasachurchmouse

raincatsanddogs

（4）avoidscholary,theoreticalwords

eg:

implement—carryoutexpedite—hurryupfinalize—finish

Exercises1:

Rewritethefollowingsentenceswithcommonwords:

1.Therewillbearepeatofhislecturenextweek.

2. Themanagerhopedtogetaninterviewwiththatworker.

3. Wecannotmandateasolutiontoinflation.（findasolutionbygivinganauthoritativeorder）

4. Youshouldthinkaboutalternativesforthefuture,

5. Theywillnotthinktheworstofyouforlackofexperience.

6. Thepriceofmeathasbeendecliningalarmingly.（goingdownsteeply）

7. Penaltiesforoverduebookswillbestrictlyenforced.

（Youhavegottopayfinesforoverduebooks.）

8.Thechildrenaggravated（annoyed）mesomuchthatIfigureIgotkindofmad.

Exercise2:

Whichoneismoreformal?

（thesecondone）

1. BillspeaksFrenchmorefluentlythanme.

BillspeaksFrenchmorefluentlythanI.

2. Ican’tputupwithyourbadmanners.

Ican’ttolerateyourbadmanners.

3. Hespokeconfidently.

Hespokewithconfidence.

4. Iftheweatherisfine,we’llgoforanouting.

Weatherpermitting,we’llgoforanouting.

Exercise3:

Whichoneiscolloquial?

1.I‘dliketopickupalittleextracashthiscomingcumbersomydadwon’thavetofootthewholebillforputtingmethroughcollege.

2.Nextsummershouldliketoearnsomemoneytoreducetheexpensetomyfatherinsendingmetocollege.

II.Synonyms

Awordhastwoaspectsinitsmeaning:

denotativeandconnotative.ManywordshavethesamedenotationwhentranslatedinChinese,buthavedifferentcommutations.（example:

country,nation,state）wecallthemsynonyms.

（Onethingtobeonguardagainst:

ChinesestudentsliketofindaChineseequivalentofanEnglishwordinadictionary.However,noexact,espforsynonyms.Thereisfewabsolutesynonyms,suchas“word-formation&word-buiding;fricative&spirant）

Synonymsdifferentfromoneanothermainlyinfourways:

1. register语域，使用范围

huge→large→big（formalandinformal;lessandmoreemphatic）

eg:

Theyagreedto（informal）theplanforthedevelopmentoftheinnercity