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1、新编英语教程4,For your promising future,Unit Two,Objectives,1. to get familiar with the features of an exposition 2. to learn the usage of euphemism in English,Teaching Tasks and Process,I pre-reading questions,Why do we have English in the plural form as the title of the text?,How do you think of your En
2、glish style? Colloquial? Formal ? Standard？,Do you think non-standard English can be as expressive as standard English? Use examples to illustrate your opinion.,II Background Information,Idioms are fixed phrases that go through the test of history and cannot be treated separately. In order to be loy
3、al to the original text, the translation of English idioms should not only keep the original taste of the source, but also meet the standards of writing, especially for mythology and allusion. Because English idioms have manifested and absorbed the different national culture of ancient Greek, ancien
4、t Rome, and Northern Europe, it is more typical and representative than other forms of language on reflecting the cultural diversity. Domestication and foreignization are two main methods of translation.,And there are some concrete translation skills as follows: 1. Literal translation 2. Free transl
5、ation 3. Borrowing 4. Literal translation with annotation. In the trend of cultural globalization, culture among various nationalities permeate and stick together mutually. And the readers ability to accept the new cultural imagery has improved day by day.,Therefore so long as not to affect the unde
6、rstanding of source language, the author advocates translating English idioms directly as far as possible to carry on the culture, which promotes the exchange and fusion of culture all over the world.,2008年6月3日下午3点，李阳把他的“疯狂”带到中山市坦洲中学，与学校的全体师生来了一场“疯狂”英语体验。 2008年8月8日，奥运圣火燃起。依照往日观看重大新闻的习惯，高厚堃、俞敏洪、方楠、张立
7、勇不约而同地在家中打开了两个电视频道：一个CCTV、一个BBC。 30年来，作为中国第一本英语学习杂志的创办人、新东方出国培训的土老大、留学牛津的优等生、英语自学的布道者，他们薪火相传。 放眼中国，从FollowMe、疯狂英语到双语宝宝，数以亿计的中国人学好英语的愿望从未消减。 30年过去，大洋彼岸的语言，已不可避免地嵌入了中国人的生活。,III Language points,1. “Bags of fun” is no more a lazy substitute for thought in its appropriate setting than is “extremely graci
8、ous” in the setting that is appropriate for this expression.Neither “bags of fun” nor “extremely gracious” is a lazy substitute for thought in its appropriate setting. no more than in no greater degree than More examples:,She is no more able to speak Italian than I am. Without a degree and with no e
9、xperience of doing office work, the young man was no more fit to be a secretary than any of us. bags of plenty of. This phrase is a slangy expression.,2. Such an attitude is plainly ridiculous and can do nothing but harm to the good use of English. nothing butnothing other than; only More examples:,
10、What he said was nothing but empty talk. What we want is a practical measure to make this area famous again for the abundance and variety of its bird life. “Due to the wide use of insecticides, we saw nothing in the countryside but a shadow of death.” Rachel Carson stated firmly in her book Silent S
11、pring.,3. Equally, however, we should disapprove of the English used if disapprove of from/have an unfavorable opinion of .,More examples: I still disapprove of young men wearing their hair long because it is a sign of slovenliness, to say the least. It is not strange that Plomer should disapprove o
12、f having a telephone at home, as he thinks it is a pest as well as a time-waster,4. whereas “Awfully nice to see you here” would strike us as just right. whereasbut; on the other hand. This is used to introduce contrast. More examples: The Longs lived in a house, whereas Toms uncle and aunt lived in
13、 a poky flat in the city.,Titus was modest and humble whereas his brother, who was ten years younger, was ambitious. strikeasappear(to somebody) to be Your suggestion to hitch-hike to Croydon strikes me as ridiculous because there is very little to see there. Kates idea about gaining their point ind
14、irectly struck me as really great. There is no better way to win the old man over. Just (informal) absolutely; very; completely More examples: Isnt that just marvelous! That Christmas tree was just beautiful!,5. many ? Much Do you have more precise and effective way to give the description of number
15、s?,vast quantities of lot of To express the idea of many, the following words and phrases can be used: many a a great many a good many countlessnumerousa large number oflarge numbers of,To express the idea of much, the following phrases can be used: a good deal of a great deal of But the following p
16、hrases can be used to modify both the idea of many and much. a lot of lots of plenty ofa large quantity oflarge quantities of,6. Well A seemingly ordinary but actually magic word!,Discussion/Exercises,Free debate Are you for or against the opinion that to learn English is to learn the formal and standard English?,Assignments,Essay appreciation Equality and Greatness Between persons of equal income there is no social distinctio
