1、单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本幻灯片资料仅供参考,不能作为科学依据,如有不当之处,请参考专业资料。,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本幻灯片资料仅供参考,不能作为科学依据,如有不当之处,请参考专业资料。,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本幻灯片资料仅供参考,不能作为科学依据,如有不当之处,请参考专业资料。,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本幻灯片资料仅供参考,不能作为科
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4、版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本幻灯片资料仅供参考,不能作为科学依据,如有不当之处,请参考专业资料。,Unit 5 Text 1,Straight-A Illiteracy,James P.Degnan,第1页,Plain English,A game:running dictation,team work,Rules:,1.one student at a time,memorize,one sentence(no paper or pen),2.tell other students the sentence and another student write it do
5、wn,3.try to get it as accurate as possible,第2页,Plain English,Plain English is a term for communication in English that emphasizes clarity,brevity,and the avoidance of technical language.The goal is to write in a way that is easily understood by the readers:clear and straightforward,appropriate to th
6、eir reading skills and knowledge.,In the UK,Plain English Campaign has been campaigning since 1979,against jargon and misleading public information.They have helped many government departments and other official organizations with their documents,reports and publications.They believe that everyone s
7、hould have access to clear and concise information.,第3页,Plain English,Here are 5 rules set out by George Orwell for writing English.,1.Never use a metaphor,simile,or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.,2.Never use a long word where a short one will do.,3.If it is possible t
8、o cut a word out,always cut it out.,4.Never use the passive where you can use the active.,5.Never use a foreign phrase,a scientific word,or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English word.,第4页,Plain English,If you cant explain it simply,you dont understand it well enough.-,Albert Einstein
9、The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.,-Hans Hofmann,第5页,The title,straight-A,illiteracy,straight-A illiteracy,oxymoron,矛盾修饰法,第6页,causal analysis,Effect,:,the phenomenon of straight-A illiteracy(P1,2,3),Cause:,the text-books and professional jour
10、nals that the straight-A illiterates are forced to read during his years of education(P4),第7页,Structure,P1 definition of straight-A illiterate (general),deductive,P2,3 personal experience and observation(specific),a student(P2),many students(P3),inductive,P4 the cause(general),evidence:,example,quot
11、ations,第8页,P1,Questions:,What is an ordinary illiterate?And who are straight-A illiterates?,Why is a straight-A illiterate more influential?,What is the purpose of the writers writing?,What do they mean?,fuss and bother,plight,as often as not,give equal time with,publicized counterpart,worry and anx
12、iety,great attention,difficult and distressing situation,often,give equal attention to,the ordinary illiterate who are,widely known to the public,第9页,P2,Questions,:,Is it appropriate to compare straight-A illiteracy to a disease?,Can you find any special sentence structures in P2?Why does the writer
13、 use them?,What do they mean?,interrogate,cross-examine,pry and probe,articulate,covet,be at this,try mightily,ask questions and try to find out sth.,expressing oneself very clearly,envy,work on this,try very hard,第10页,P2,repetition,重复,I am I am I am,periodical sentence,圆周句,Finally,with both of us c
14、ombining our linguistic and imaginative resources,finally,after what seems another hour,we decode it.,cleft sentence,强调句,We decide exactly,what it is that,Mr.Bright is trying to say,what he really wants to say,which is:“Supply determines demand.”,to emphasize how difficult the task is and how long i
15、t takes,第11页,P3,Questions:,Can you give a definition to“Straight-A illiterate”now?,Make complete the elliptical sentence“Not our man.”in line32.,This is not what our man would say.,What do they mean?,critical faculties,gibberish,providentially,be protected from,affliction,inexorably,the ability of c
16、ritical thinking,meaningless nonsense,luckily,be saved from,be free from,suffering,heartlessly,pitilessly,第12页,P4,What does writers choice of the word“stuff”(l.40)reveal?,What do they mean?,profundity,grapple with,be bulging with,barbarous,monstrous,homologous,isomorphic,allotropic,dichotomize,bifur
17、cate,depth,deepness,try hard to deal with,be forced to read,be full of,meaningless,horrible,long and difficult,alike,different,divide di-,bi-:two,第13页,这些“神句”,你懂吗?,第14页,“神句”了解,Explain why the following sentences are same in meaning.,The choice of exogenous variables in relation to multi-colinearity i
18、s contingent upon the derivations of certain multiple correlation coefficients.(l.14),2.Supply determines demand.(l.21),is contingent upon,-,is determined by,depends on,the choice of exogenous variables in relation to multi-colinearity -,demand,the derivations of certain multiple correlation coeffic
19、ients -,supply,第15页,“神句”了解,Reword the following sentences and make them easier to understand.,Them people down at the shop better stock up on what our customers need,or we aint gonna be in business long.(l.31),The shop assistants had better have in stock what our customers need,or we wont be in busi
20、ness long.,The focus of concentration must rest upon objectives centered around the knowledge of customer areas so that a sophisticated awareness of those areas can serve as an entrepreneurial filter to screen what is irrelevant to future commitments.(l.34),We must focus your attention on what your
21、customers need so that we are able to tell what is necessary from what is unnecessary when we replenish your stock.,第16页,Exercises,III.Translation 1.,第17页,2.,在过去几十年,我碰到许多像他这么患有“全优文盲症”大四学生。这种疾病以最优异头脑为攻击目标,渐渐破坏他们思辨能力,是患者无法觉察自己或他人写作中那些莫名难解胡话。这种疾病在高等教育几年里愈来愈严重,普通在患者得到博士学位时到达晚期。很显著,“全优文盲症”患者并不是普通文盲,他绝不会交
22、出一篇满是拼写错误或者标点符号错误论文,绝不会使用双重否定或,irregardless,这个词。尽管如此,他依然是个文盲,而且是最差一个文盲,因为他不会简单、明了地把自己意思经过写作表示出来。,第18页,Grammar,1.,第19页,2.,第20页,Vocabulary,(B),1.easy-going2.extraordinary,3.unimportant4.atypical/unrepresentative,5.shut/closed6.hinder,7.harm8.reject/renounce,9.self-denying/unselfish10.ordinary,11.feebleness/weakness12.small/weak,13.assail/assault/attack14.save,15.relieved/consoled16.hollow,17.unite18.decent/fine,19.provide with20.reckless/heedless,第21页,






