专业英语与一般英语的区别.ppt

Specialized English;Differences between specialized and general English Different purposes For specialized purpose to obtain the most recent information to publish the research results either by writing a paper or giving an oral presentation Different learning methods read as many English references as possible attend as much as seminar as possible try to compose research papers/reports in English Different contents Special vocabularies and terms;Grammatical characteristics of specialized English 1) 客观（Objectivity) the present tense, past tense or perfect tense the passive voice or impersonal subject e.g. It was started in 1969,when the U.S. Department of Defense established a nationwide network to connect a handful of universities and contractors. (past tenses);2) 简洁（Conciseness） nonfinite verbs: Gerund, participle (past, present) , infinitive noun phrase e.g. 1. Many different schemes for performing these three functions (sampling, quantizing and coding) have evolved during recent years. (gerund) 2.Consequently there is an inherent advantage for overcoming noisy environment by choosing digital transmission. (gerund) 3. Television is the transmission and reception of images of moving objects by radio waves.;4.The signal received from a satellite, located in far outer space, is very weak. (past participle) 5. Most other forms of transmission systems convey the message information using shape or level of the transmitted signal. (present participle) 6. Ethernet hubs and switches provide an easy and inexpensive means to provide more bandwidth to workstations. (infinitive);3) 准确（Accuracy) long sentences -exceedingly informative conditional sentences - accurate description e.g. If the number of the messages in the set is finite then this number or any monotonic function of this number can be regarded as a measure of the information produced when one message is chosen from the set, all choice being equally likely. ;4) “无生命主语＋及物动词＋宾语（＋宾语补足语）” e.g. Chapter 6 provi