Unit减词法.pptVIP

Unit 8 Omission 减词法 I. What is Omission The time-keeping devices of electronic watches are much more accurate than those of mechanical ones. 电子表比机械表准确得多。 He took off his coat and shoes. Then he put on his slippers，went to the sofa and began to watch TV. After a moment, he asked his wife to bring him a cup of tea. 他脱了大衣和鞋子，穿上拖鞋，走到沙发前，开始看电视。过了一会儿，叫妻子端杯茶来。 省略代词 省略连词 省略冠词 省略介词 省略动词 省略同义词或近义词 省略其他词语 II. Omission of pronoun 1. 在英语中，代词充当主语的情况相当多。为了使译文前后的句子意思紧凑，避免重复用词，汉语习惯采用无主句，其主语就是前面的代词。 He was thin and haggard and he looked miserable. 他消瘦而憔悴，看上去痛苦不堪的样子（一副可怜相） But it’s the way I am, and try as I might; I haven’t been able to change it. 可我就是这个脾气，虽几经努力，却始终未能改变过来。 He was well-favoured, bright, a good dancer, a fair shot and a fine tennis player. He was an asset at any party. He was lavish with flowers and expensive boxes of chocolate, and though he entertained little, when he did it was with an originality that pleased. 他长得帅，很聪明，舞跳得不错，枪打得也可以，网球也打得挺好，深得（女孩子）喜爱。他是宴会上的宠儿，任意购买鲜花和高价巧克力送人。尽管他不大请客，请起来也别有一番创意，让人开心不已。 2.英语中的泛指人称代词作主语时，常常可以省略，翻译成无主句。 As you come into the room, you’ll notice a piano. 一进房间，就会看见一台钢琴。 One must have studied hard before one could succeed in mastering a foreign language. 必须勤学苦练, 才能精通一门外语。 Fight when you can win; move away when you cannot win. 打得赢就打，打不赢就走。 We have 7 days a week and 24 hours a day. 一周有七天，一天有24小时。 1) The significance of a man is not in what he attains but rather in what he longs to attain. 人生的意义不在于已获取的，而在于渴望获得什么样的东西。 2) Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. 知识是人到老年舒适而又必需的归宿。如果年轻时不种下知识之树，老年时就得不到树荫的遮蔽。 3）We live and learn. 活到老，学到老。 3. 作宾语的代词,翻译时也可以省略. Please take off the old picture and throw it away. 请把那张旧画摘下来扔掉。 Gathering facts, confirming them, suggesting theories, testing them, and organizing findings– this is all work of science. 收集事实并加以论证，提出理论并加以检验，以及归纳整理研究成果——这全都是科学工作的内容。 4. 物主代词在英语中出