A Writing Course of English Thesis 英语论文写作教程
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《英语论文写作教程》 操时尧 柯军 编著 湖北科学技术出版社 2013.5
Chapter 7 Mechanics of Writing
I. Please proofread the following sentences and correct mistakes in punctuations. 1. My mom, who is a diplomat, has just come back from abroad.
2. China Daily is a must-read newspaper for Chinese English learners. 3. When he left the school, he went astray and loafing. 4. He has promised this; but I am not so sure... 5. What a long way it is from Beijing to Hainan!
6. Soon they came across a chapel, its spire well above other houses nearby.
7. There are five people in my family. They are my grandpa, my grandma, my father, my mother and me.
8. The bag is made of leather, metal and wool.
II. Translate the following into Chinese: Passage 1
由于缩写所提供的信息是十分有限的，因此，你必须考虑什么时候才使用它们，而且，当年决定可以使用的时候，也一定要尽量少的使用。通常，在以下三种情况下，你可以使用缩写：1） 缩写形式是常规的；2）缩写形式是读者很熟悉的；3）缩写形式可节约大量空间和避免不必要重复的。
Passage 2
此次PPT 展示是为了帮助学生熟悉逗号的使用规则。包括在复杂句中的使用，在介绍性材料后面的使用，在附着性短语和从句后面的使用，在非必要成分后的使用，在罗列项中的使用，以及和形容词的连用。本次展示也会介绍一个常见的逗号使用错误——逗号粘连。本展示共有31张幻灯片，目的是帮助展示者能以一种互动的方式说明逗号的使用情况。本展示对初学写作者，对布置写作任务和复习（符号的）语法运用都是十分有效的。
III. Translate the following into English: Passage 1
Punctuation marks are signs used to indicate stops and tones in writing. As auxiliary recorders of language, they are an integrated part of a piece of writing. They are meant to mark out stops, tones of a sentence and features and functions of words within. Correct use of them is vital to the success of a paper as an irreplaceable polisher. Authors thus should pay due attention to it. Passage 2
Punctuation marks are an integrated part of a piece of writing in both English and Chinese. It is significant to make a point of using them correctly if an English paper is to be polished. When used, those marks could not be applied too uniformly or too randomly. Therefore, their significance should be given due attention to in mind; and their principal uses should be mastered in reality. What deserves special heed is there are some differences in terms of the use of some punctuation marks in English and Chinese. In those cases, we should take due notice of them in
A Writing Course of English Thesis 英语论文写作教程
learning and using, and try our utmost to avoid mutual impacts.
IV. Please study the use of punctuations in Chinese and English comparatively. Omitted
V. Answer the following questions: Omitted
VI. Put the following quotations (theme: writer ) into Chinese.
1. 一位天才作家最初就是个园丁，后来成了厨师。首先，他要精心挑选壮硕且富有营养的思想，来培育苗圃。当它们成熟以后，他还要悉心装饰，给它们配上佐料。—— 奥古斯都·黑尔
2. 一个作者能写入书的两封面之内的，无论是什么都是公共财产。没有写入的都属于他自己，无论是什么都是私有财产。这就好像他一个字都没有写。—— 盖尔·汉密尔顿
3. 我明白了一个道理：永远不要抽空创作之井，当井底还有些水的时候，应该停止抽水，让夜晚的泉水将其注满。—— 欧内斯特·海明威
4. 假如我的医生告诉我，我的生命只剩6分钟，我不会忧伤，我会把字打得快一点。——艾萨克·阿西莫夫
5. 与伟大作家相比，不知名作家似乎从不引用，原因是除此之外他什么也没做。—— 哈维洛克·艾利斯
