英文写作与投稿指南 English_Editing_Workshop.ppt

11/2007 CUJS - Liwen Bianji English Editing Workshop 北京精锐理文文化转播有限公司 English Editing Workshop: Making “Good” Better 英文编辑的讲修会:使文章“好”上加好November 2007by Chad Walker (王可杰)理文编辑总编辑 Writing in General写作总体要求 The Better You Can Write English, the Better You Can Edit It 英文写的好则编的更好 Words用词 Commonly Confused and Misused Words 常见易混易错单词 Practice Exercise! 练习 Check your knowledge of commonly confused and misused words Articles a/an vs. the不定冠词a/an与定冠词the “a/an”: used when the noun can exist in more than one form or as more than one case: “a/an”: 用于可数或单数名词之前 “the”: used when no more than one instance exists or is likely to exist in the future: “the”: 指目前或将来独一无二事物 Experience using and reading them is the key! 使用与阅读最为关键 2. affect/effect (and impact) “effect” as a noun is the “result of some action.” “effect”作为名词时，表示“行为的结果” “affect” as a verb is “to influence.” “affect ”作为 动词时，意思为“影响” BUT “effect” as a verb is to “bring about a change.” “effect” 作为动词时，意思为“引起变化” “affect” as a noun is the feeling or emotion caused by somebody‘s demeanor, action, or speech. “affect” 作为名词时，意思为由于某人行为举止或语言引起的感受或情绪 ? “impact” should be used only to describe “striking of one body against another” and should not be used as “affect.” “impact” 只用于描述“一件事对另一件事”产生的冲击，不能作为“affect”使用 2. affect/effect (and impact) (influence the recovery in some way) (produce/cause the recovery) Luckily, the medicine did not adversely affect the patient. Many scientists believe that global warming is the effect of greenhouse-gas emissions. 3. because/as/since “as” used only in temporal, not causal, sense. “as” 表示时间，而不是因果关系 “because” used to show causal action. “because” 表示因果关系 “since” used to show temporal relation. “since” 表示时间关系 4. because of/due to “due to” = adjective + preposition, adjectival phrase meaning “attributable to” or “caused by” 归因于．．．  “because of” = conjunction + preposition, adverbial phrase meaning “as a r