科技英语课件 EST.pptVIP

English for Science and Technology Syntactic (Grammatical) Features Topic for Today’s Class 1. Nominalization 2. Declarative and Imperative sentences 3. Tenses 4. Passive voice 5. Subjunctive Mood 6. Non-finite Verbs 7. Post-Modification 8. (dependent) Clauses 9. Long Sentences Reading and Translation 1. Nominalization Archimeds first discovered the principle of displacement of water by solid bodies. 阿基米德最先发展固体排水的原理。 2. The rotation of the earth on its own axis causes the change from day to night. 地球绕轴自转，引起昼夜的变化。 3. Television is the transmission and reception of images of moving objects