Unit 12风格改进.pptVIP

# And with the following as well: flushed crimson, resented with indignation, aches and pains, hopes and wishes , hunting and shooting, joys and pleasure, ways and means, setbacks and reverses, poor and needy; * The above are all proper English though they might appear redundant for us Chinese. Many expressions are normal and good in the eyes of us Chinese while improper from the natives’ perspective. 1.Unnecessary Nouns and Verbs # Unnecessary Nouns: Most unnecessary nouns appear not alone but in short phrases, combined with articles and propositions. We have to eliminate them all. Look at the examples: * to accelerate the pace of economic reform; * There have been good harvests in agriculture. *Living standards for the people in both urban and rural areas continued to rise. These hardships are temporary in nature. * The development of our economy in the future will ,to a large extent, depend on … * We should adopt a series of measures to ensure that… # Other unnecessary nouns may be less easy to identify. However , a second thought will reveal that they add nothing to the meaning of the sentence. …following the realization of mechanization and electrification of agriculture It is essential to strengthen the building of national defense * These constitute important conditions in striving for the fulfillment of the general task in the transitional period. * At that time the situation in northeast China was still one where the enemy was stronger… ( At that time the enemy was still stronger…) The key to the solution lies in the curtailment of expenditure. *Inner-Party democracy is a subject that has been discussed in detail. # Category nouns: # One type of noun deserves special mention, because it is the commonest phenomenon in Chinese English. Why do we use a general noun to introduce a specific noun? ** … a serious mistake in the work of plann