词语的程度教案分析.ppt

Why I teach “ why do you teach, Pete?” My friend asked me questions when I told him that I didn’t want to be considered for a university administrative position. He was puzzled that I did not want to take what was obviously a step toward what all American boys are taught to want when they grow up, money and power. I told him that as a teacher, I had both a decent salary and the only kind of power worth having, the power to change lives. “ Besides, I said”, I like my job in part because no administrator has even told me how to teach or what to teach or how to treat students, why would I want to be an administrator cut off from the only kind of power that matters in university?” But he had stopped listening so I stopped talking. I was not satisfied with that answer anyhow. His question got me thinking, though. This little book is an extended answer to the question, “ why do you teach, Pete?” Certainly I don’t teach because teaching comes naturally to me. I was about the quietest kid in class all through high school and college. My teachers just couldn`t get me to talk. The last thing I wanted to do for a career was to stand in front of a group of People and jabber. And certainly I don’t teach because teaching is easy for me. Teaching is the most difficult of the various ways I have attempted to earn my living: bulldozer mechanic, carpenter, temporary college administrator, writer. 参考文献 陈忠诚 词语翻译丛谈 中国对外翻译出版公司 王佐良 英语文体学引论 外语教学与研究出版社 J.Millington – Ward 英语中的一些特殊用法 商务图书馆 包惠南 文化语境与语言翻译 中国对外翻译出版公司 Examples wise clever A politician is wise(he knows what is good for his people), but this person may not be very clever. Someone may be very clever but he may not be wise or good at all. Live and stay They are synonyms in the sense of “居住”，but “我在信阳住了十年”is put into “ I have lived in Xinyang for 10 years”; while “ 我要在武汉住一个月”is put into “ I am going to stay in Wuhan for a month”. Generally sp