科技英语语法Ch1.pdf

科技英语语法 科技英语语法 科技英语语法 2011年2月 2011年2月 1 Part I Parts of Speech Part I Parts of Speech 2 1. Articles 1) The general case E/C Translation There are three possibilities: They must be translated into Chinese. They needn’t be translated into Chinese. They may (or may not) be translated into Chinese. 3 There is a book on the desk. The book deals with semiconductors. 那张书桌上有一本书。该书是论述半导体的。 A watt is the unit of electrical power. 瓦特是电功率的单位。 Here, X is a variable. 这里X是[一个]变量。 4 2) Special cases Special positions 一般来说，冠词处于名词及其前置修饰词的 前面，但在以下情况，冠词并不处于名词的前 置修饰词的前面。 ① all/both/half + the + noun All the devices in the laboratory are home-made. 该实验室里的所有设备均是国产的。 5 Both the instruments are good in quality. 这两台仪器的质量都很好。 This average velocity is just half the final velocity. 这个平均速度正好是末速度的一半。 6 ② too/so/as…(as)/how +adj. + a[an] + n. This generator has produced too large a signal for the transistor to handle. 该发生器(generator)产生了一个太大的信号以至 于这个晶体管(transistor)无法处理。 They have as great an effect on the efficiency as does slip in a fluid coupling. 它们对效率(efficiency)产生的影响与液压离合器 (fluid coupling)中滑动(slip)对效率产生的影响相同。 7 b. Special uses of articles ① 在表示某个参数的单位的词前往往用定 The unit of potential difference is the volt. 电位差的单位为伏特。 The u