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1、《新编英语教程》(修订版)第五册Unit1[I][见教材P1]HittheNailontheHead恰到好处AlanWarner艾伦.沃纳[1].①Haveyoueverwatchedaclumsymanhammeringanailintoabox?②Hehitsitfirsttooneside,thentoanother,perhapsknockingitovercompletely,sothatintheendheonlygetshalfofitintothewood.③Askilfulcarpenter,ontheotherh
2、and,willdrivehomethenail[withafewfirm,deftblows,hittingiteachtimesquarelyonthehead].④Sowithlanguage;thegoodcraftsmanwillchoosewordsthatdrivehomehispointfirmlyandexactly.⑤Awordthatismoreorlessright,aloosephrase,anambiguousexpression,avagueadjective,willnotsatisfyawriter
3、whoaimsatcleanEnglish.⑥Hewilltryalwaystogetthewordthatiscompletelyrightforhispurpose.[1]①你看过笨手笨脚的人用锤子往箱子上钉钉子吗?②他左敲敲,右敲敲,可能还会把整个钉子砸倒,以至于最后只钉进了半截。③但是,技艺精湛的木匠每次都会正对着钉子,果断熟练地落锤。④语言也是如此;优秀的作家会选那些能准确有力地表达观点的词。⑤那些似是而非,模棱两可的词、短语、表达方式和修饰方式,都不能让一位追求纯正英语的作家满意。⑥他会一直思考,直至找到他想要的那个词。
4、[2].①TheFrenchhaveanaptphraseforthis.②Theyspeakof“lemotjuste”,thewordthatisjustright.③Storiesaretoldofscrupulouswriters,likeFlaubert,whospentdaystryingtogetoneortwosentencesexactlyright.④Wordsaremanyandvarious;theyaresubtleanddelicateintheirdifferentshadesofmeaning,and
5、itisnoteasytofindtheonesthat109expresspreciselywhatwewanttosay.⑤Itisnotonlyamatterofhavingagoodcommandoflanguageandafairlywidevocabulary;itisalsonecessarytothinkhardandtoobserveaccurately.⑥Choosingwordsispartoftheprocessofrealization,ofdefiningourthoughtsandfeelingsfor
6、ourselves,aswellasforthosewhohearorreadourwords.⑦Someoneonceremarked:“HowcanIknowwhatIthinktillIseewhatIsay?⑧Thissoundsstupid,butthereisagreatdealoftruthinit.[2]①法国人有一个很贴切的短语,可以表达这个意思。②这就是lemotjuste,意思是“恰到好处的词”。③关于精益求精的作家,有很多传闻轶事,比如,福楼拜(Flaubert)为了使一两个句子准确无误,常常花费几天时间。④
7、在浩瀚的词海中,词与词之间在意义上往往存在着微妙精细的差别,所以要找到那些能精确表意的词很不容易。⑤这不仅是扎实的语言功底和相当大的词汇量的问题,还需要努力思考,准确观察。⑥选词是实现该目标的一个步骤,也是为我们自己,以及听众或读者详细描述我们的思想感情而必须的一个环节。⑦有人曾经说过:“在我的思想成文之前,我怎么知道自己的想法呢?”⑧这听起来似乎很离谱(不可思议),但确实很有道理。[3].①Itishardworkchoosingtherightwords,butweshallberewardedbythesatisfaction
8、[thatfindingthembrings].②Theeaxactuseoflanguagegivesusmasteryoverthematerial[wearedealingwith].③Perhapsyouhavebeenask