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1、TheEnglishofScienceandTechnology英语一班何荣华20113557罗靖20113566罗瑶20113568杨迎20113577TheEnglishofScienceandTechnologyThescopeoftheESTWiththedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,scientistsandengineersneedeconomical,efficientandimpersonalwaysofexpressiontocommunicate,hencethete
2、rmofESTborn.ESTincludesmanyfieldsofdiscourse:theEnglishofmathematics,ofphysics,ofchemistry,ofbiology,ofpsychology,oflinguistics,etc.Englishlanguageisthemostcommonforthepublicationofsciencepapers.Twosubvarieties:ESST,ECSTESTisusedinscientificworks,academicthesis,res
3、earchpapers,experimentalreports,thedescriptionorexplanationofnaturalphenomena.InoneworditisavarietyofEnglish,dealingwiththetheoriesandapplicationsofscienceandtechnology.Generallyspeaking,theEnglishofallscientificfieldshavesomethingincommonandonwhichwebaseourstudies
4、.Letuscomparethefollowingtwoparagraphsabout“man”:Whatapieceofworkisaman!Hownobleinreason!Howinfiniteinfaculties(天赋)!informandmoving,howexpressandadmirable!inaction,howlikeanangel!inapprehension,howlikeaGod!Thebeautyoftheword!Theparagon(典范)ofanimals.(WilliamShakespe
5、are:Hamlet)Manismetazoan[metә`zәuәn](后生动物,多细胞动物),triploblastic[triplә’blæstik](三胚层的),vertebrate[‘vә:tibrit](脊椎动物)pentadactyl[pentədæktil](adj.有五指的),mammalian[mæ‘meiljәn](哺乳动物),eutherian[ju:θiəriən](真哺乳亚纲的(动物),primate[‘praimit](灵长目动物)....Themainoutlineofeachofhispri
6、ncipalsystemoforgansmaybetracedback,likethoseofothermammals,tothefishes.(Fromatextbookofbiology)Ofthetwopassages,thefirstoneisapieceofliterarywork,andthesecond,EST.Bycomparison,wecanseethesharpdifferencesbetweenthestylesofthesetwopassagesalthoughtheyaredealingwitht
7、hesamesubjectmatter---humanbeing.GeneralfeaturesofESTTherearefourmajorfeaturesofESTasfollowsObjective(客观性)Logical(逻辑性)Concise(简约性)Accurate(准确性)GeneralfeaturesofEST1.Objective,notambiguousorpolysemy(客观性)Wearestruckbytheimpersonalformalstyleandaveryhighconcentrationo
8、ftechnicaltermsandanumberofmathematicalsymbols.Theopinionsshouldnotbepersonalandshouldbewidelyacknowledged.GeneralfeaturesofESTWeusesomesentences