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Levels of Formality 正式程度等级 Classification Usually English words can be divided into three major categories as to levels of formality. 1. Formal 2. Common core 3. Informal a. standard: colloquial b. nonstandard: slang When his dad died, Pete had to get another job. After his father’s death, Peter had to change his job. On the decease of his father, Mr Brown was obliged to seek alternative employment. When his dad died, Pete had to get another job. 老皮他爹一死，他只好换个事干。 After his father’s death, Peter had to change his job. 他父亲死后，彼得不得不改变一下工作。 On the decease of his father, Mr. Brown was obliged to seek alternative employment. 他父亲亡故之后，布朗先生必须另谋职业。 His Imperial Majesty kicked the bucket at the two thirty-five Greenwich Mean Time, on the first day of the ninth month of the traditional Chinese calendar, in the year of nineteen hundred and nine. 皇帝陛下于一九零九农历九月初一格林威治平时二时三十五分翘辫子。 Discourse with the chauffeur is strictly prohibited while the vehicle is in motion. 汽车行驶过程中严禁与司机交谈。 We hereby declare all the candidates have passed their thesis defense and therefore degrees will be conferred on them. 兹宣布，所有考生均已通过论文答辩，将授予他们学位。 AIDS virus cannot penetrate intact bodily surfaces, such as skin, and quickly perishes outside the human body. 爱滋病病毒难以穿透完好无损的体表，例如皮肤，且离开人体后很快就会死亡。 It was a splendid population—for all the slow, sleepy, slow-witted sloth stay at home. 这是个伟大的民族－那些呆板、呆滞、呆头呆脑的呆子都呆在家里。 When you’re wanting to help your friends come out on the top of their problems, the very best thing you can do is to be Jesus to them. 如果你想帮助你的朋友解决他们的问题，最好你能成为他们的救世主。 One Sunday, she and her mom went shopping, Jane only had $20 saved from baby-sitting, but as it turned out, that was all she needed! She got a whole lot of great stuff. 有一个礼拜天，她和妈妈去逛商店，简只有给人看孩子挣来的20美元，结果却发现，正好够用！她用这笔钱买了一大堆的好东西。 Pride and Prejudice My Dear Lizzy, I wish you joy, if you love Mr. Darcy half so well as I do my dear Wickham, you must be very happy. It is a great comfor