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还有个例子,这是个便条,因为母亲突然生病,周末你不能和汤姆去跳舞了,你找了舞跳得很好的时黛来代替你,并表示抱歉。 用英语写,就是:
July 6,2002
Dear Tom,
I am sorry to inform you that I won't be able to go to dance with you this weekend. My mother is suddenly taken ill.In order not to disappoint you,I have asked Shi Dai to take my place.She is a better dancer,I think.My regrets。
Joe
西方人的习惯是先把结果告诉你,再作解释。一般来讲,无论是单句还是段落,都是将主要意思和要传达的结果放在前。汉语则与之相反。
再有就是英语的句子环环相扣,连接紧密,也就是说有更多的连接词。而中文的句子缺乏连接词,仅通过意思使之联系。也是因为连接词和各种代词的使用,英语中更多的是长句、复合句。例如:It was on a Sunday evening,when he was lying in the orchard listening to a blackbird and composing a love poem,that he heard thegate swing to,and saw the girl coming running among the trees,with the redcheeked, stolid Joe in swift pursuit。翻译过来就是:一个星期日的傍晚,他正躺在果园里,一面在听画眉鸟的啁啾,一面在写一首爱情诗,忽然听得大门砰地关上,接着看见那姑娘从树丛里奔出来,后面飞跟着那呆头呆脑的红脸的乔。 |
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