学术交际英语第一部分（第4章).ppt

E.g. Comet ⑤For all the fiery display it makes in the sky, the nucleus of a comet is relatively small. Scientists believe that the nucleus of an average comet is only a mile or two in diameter. Despite that small size, the cloud of liberated gases and solid particle bits that is formed around it (called a coma) may have a diameter of a million miles or more. This coma and tail are formed from only a melted meter or so of the original material. Key to E.g. Comet (1) Wording: amateur--professional; created—formed; melt and stream away--gas--vaporize (2) Sentence Length: e.g. in the last paragraph, the words in each sentence are 18, 17, 31, 17 respectively, only one sentence being long, and others moderate. (3) Passive and active voice: e.g. in the last paragraph, the first three sentences are in active voice and the last sentence is in passive voice in order to lay different emphasis. Exercise 2 Exercise 2: Read the following text and show how variety is achieved in the text exe 2 text.doc III. 3 Logical Problems 3．Logical Problems (1) Improper sentence order (2) Illogical semantic cluster (3) Illogical paragraphs Example for Logical Problems Study the following text and find its logical problems. E.g. logical problems.doc E.g. Logical Problems ① Here is a text about British police tests for the amount of alcohol a driver has drunk. ② At the police station the driver can repeat the first test---the one he has already taken at the roadside---if he wants to. This check is for his protection. But if he does not take a second breath test, or if the second test also proved positive, he goes on to the next stage. E.g. Logical Problems ③ At the roadside the driver will be asked to blow through a small glass tube into a plastic bag. Inside the tube are chemically treated crystals which change colour if the driver had alcohol in his breath. If the colour change goes beyond a certain line marked on the tube this indicates th