英文写作中注意避遥只有其意,不见其形 一篇好的文章不但内容丰富有条理,句子结构紧凑清楚,遣词用字更是恰到好处,引人入胜。 即使不能达到这样理想的境界,至少也要思路清晰、文字正确。 (来源:2HZZ常识网 http://www. 2hzz. com)
下面四段出处不同的文字乖离了英语句法标准,必须更正。
先看遥段文字:
Fifteen years teaching experienced qualified full time tutor - Available for all levels Chinese subjects.
这段文字虽然措词凌乱,但是并不难理解讲的是什么;真的是 只有其意,不见其形或是有意无形。 稍微分析一下,不难断定问题所在。
㈠ 构词法不对:fifteen years→fifteen years of /15-year ;all levels→all levels of. ㈡ 名词形式不对:experienced→ experience. ㈢ 标点符号被忽略:full time→full-time.
修改后的句子合乎语法,但全句并不自然,要改写如下:
A qualified full-time tutor with 15 years of teaching experience is available for all levels of Chinese.
再看第二段文字:
All materials are good quality with latest design and guaranteed.
这段话的错误如下:
㈠ 形容词词组不对:good quality→of good quality. ㈡ 定冠词被忽略:with latest design→with the latest design. ㈢被动语态中的接系动词不在场:guaranteed→are guaranteed.
修正后的句子既正确又易解,但可以使它从对变好,如下:
All materials are of good quality, with the latest design and under permanent guarantee.
这里三个形容词词组,一个接一个,紧紧扣住,符合对句法( parallelism)中每个成分平衡的原理。
较后,看看这段话:
To sell or to market such a high value asset professionally, you should entrust the job to a true professional in order to optimise your property's full potential to secure the highest price and the shortest period of time.
上面三个加线之处,都有语病。
㈠ high value→highly valued/ highly valuable. ㈡ your property's full potential→the full potential of your property. ㈢ and→at。
此外,㈡前面有optimise(尽量提高)这字,potential 里面的full便多余了,应该除去。 遥的道理,下面这句里的 widely和in more than 100 countries,也互相抵触,要除去其中一个:
. . . prepare students for the Royal School of Music Examination which is widely recognised in more than 100 countries.
改正之后,可以是which is widely recognised或which is recognised in more than 100 countries.
此外,这句的形容词分句which. . . 是非限定的( non-restrictive adjective clause),其前面要加逗号,把分句和先行词分开,才符合用法:
. . . prepare students for the Royal School of Music Examination, which is widely recognised
or
. . . prepare students for the Royal School of Music Examination, which is recognised in more than 100 countries.