Repetition(重复法)..docVIP

Repetition（重复:218) has this to say in The King’s English: Even when the repetition is a part of the writer’s original plan, consideration is necessary before it can be allowed to pass: it is implied in the terms “rhetorical” or significant repetition that the words repeated would ordinarily be either varied or left out; the repetition, that is to say, is more or less abnormal, and whatever is abnormal may be objectionable in a single instance, and is likely to become so if it occurs frequently. Compare Chinese with English: 1. 一个地方地方，一个国家国家，一个地球地球。A locality has its own over-all interest; a nation has another and the earth yet another. (nominal substitution) 2. 我们的再也不是一个被人侮辱的了。Ours is no longer a nation subject to insult and humiliation. (nominal substitution) 3. 夺取，已经的。 To win this victory will not require much more time and effort, but to consolidate it will. (nominal substitution and verbal omission) 4. 我们须决定什么东西是，什么东西是不，什么东西是应当反对的。We should decide what to commend and praise, what not to and what to oppose. (verbal omission) 5. 自周秦以来，中国是一个社会，其政治是，其经济是。 rom the Zhou and Qin Dynasties onwards, Chinese society was feudal, as were its politics and its economy. (clausal substitution ) 6. 另外一种是化学。 Another method is the chemical process. Another approach is the chemical method. (variation) 7. 电子管通常用来放大，而真空管则是的另一名称。 An electron tube is generally used for amplification, and vacuum tube is another name for this device. (variation) 8. 他就是凭这个，他就是有这个。 His credentials are deception that’s exactly what he has. (variation) 9. 一个人的工作，究竟是，还是，必须有个根本的估价。 We ust have a fundamental evaluation of a person’s work and establish whether his achievements amount to 30 per cent and his mistakes to 70 per cent, or vice versa. (clausal substitution) 10. 中国人从就是一个伟大的勇敢的勤劳的民族，只是在近代了，完全是被外国帝国主义和本国反动政府所压迫和剥削的结果。 The Chinese have always been a great, courageous and industrious nation; it is only in modern times that they have fallen behind. And that was due entirety to oppression and exploitation b