世界文学选读第一次测验.ppt

Ancient Greeks World Literature in English Examples ofthe Language Problems from Quiz I Reason Why the SerpentTreated the Sailor Well The serpent hoped the shipwrecked could reback one day. The serpent hoped the shipwrecked sailor would come back one day. Reason Why the SerpentTreated the Sailor Well The shipwrecked sailor told the serpent story that he suffered from and how to come this island. The shipwrecked sailor told the serpent the story about his suffering and how he had come to this island. the story that he suffered from would mean the story had brought him much suffering——是这个故事让他受罪了。 told the serpent how to come to this island would mean the sailor tried to teach the serpent the way to come to this island. Reason Why the SerpentTreated the Sailor Well The story of shipwrecked sailor said was moved serpents heart. The story the shipwrecked sailor told moved serpents heart. 讲故事is tell a story, not say a story. was moved is the passive voice, but here we need the active voice. Reason Why the SerpentTreated the Sailor Well In my opinion, the serpent is lonely in the island, and the come of this sailor makes him happy. It seems the serpent is lonely on the island, and the coming of this sailor makes him happy. or: The serpent is probably lonely on the island, and the coming of this sailor makes him happy. in my opinion 一般用于表达某种主张，而非简单的对事实的猜测。 Sauls Strengths andWeaknesses as a King Sauls strength is that he fell on his sword to avoid capture. Though grammatically correct, this sentence is problematic logically, because a strength of weakness of a character should be a fairly stable feature of the character, while falling on his sword to avoid capture is a specific act, which is on a different level from a strength. The two can be related, but are not identical. One way to correct the sentence would be: Saul was brave enough to fall on his sword and kill himself, thus avoiding the shame on Israel of its king being captured by and perhaps humiliated by t