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1、1.我唱歌就跑调。WhenIsingasong,Ialwayssingoff-key.ChapterTwoMainLanguageDifferencesBetweenEnglishandChinese2.再跑,就毙了你!Ifyouescape(or:runaway)again,I’llshootyou.EnglishEmphasizesStructure;ChineseonMeaning一)隐性(implicit)与显性(explicit)Chinesetakesitselfimplicit,whileEnglishtakesitselfexplicit.implicit
2、ChineseandexplicitEnglisharereflectedonthefollowingaspects.1.TherearenotanysignsofwordclassesinChineseexceptforseveralaffixessuchas“子”、“儿”andsoon,andsomeauxiliarywordssuchas“的”、“地”、“得”).Forexample,“打”inthesentence“钟打了十二下”isaverb,butinthephrase“一打鸡蛋”,itisaunitword.“打”itselfhasnosignofwordc
3、lass.itswordclassshowsitselfonlyinthecontext.What’smore,Chineseverbshavenosignsoftense,voiceandmood.UnlikeChinese,quiteanumberofEnglishwordsshowthemselvesthewordsclasses.Forexample,thesuffixessuchas-ment,-er,-ness,-tionandsoonaresignsofnouns;while-al,-ful,-ativeandthelikearesignsofadjecti
4、ves.InEnglish,articlesaresignsofnouns,andnounsaremainbodyinsyntax.Thenounassubjectnaturallydecidestheformsoftheverbaspredicate.2.Fromsyntax,aChineseworddoesn’tshowitselfinformassubject,predicateorobjectandsoon,whileEnglishpersonalpronounsandverbshavesignsinsyntaxforms.Forexample,inthetwos
5、entences:“我爱她”and“她爱我”,therearenodifferencesbetweenthesubjects“她”and“他”,andtheobjects“他”and“她”.ButinEnglish,nominativeandobjectivearedifferentinfunction,sotheyaredifferentinforms.Itissoobviousinthefollowingsentences:“Iloveher.”“Shelovesme.”3.Thepredicateshouldagreewithitssubject,buttherei
6、sn’tanyrequirementoftheirforms.Englishpredicatehastoagreewithitssubjectinnumber,personandtense.Forexample,inthefollowingsentences:“我是学生,他是学生,我们都是学生。”,allthepredicatesare“是”,butEnglisharedifferent:“Iamastudent,sheisastudent,weallarestudents.”persondependontheformsof“是”.Implicitandexplicita
7、rethebiggestandthemostbasicdifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesegrammar.Thebasicdifferencesresultintheaseriesofdifferentcharacteristicsofthetwolanguages,ofwhichthemostimportantoneisthatEnglishgrammartakesformsasitsmaincharacteristic,evendependentofsemanticmeanings,suc