大学英语作文formal-and-informal-words.ppt

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1、WordsfromMarkTwain(AboutChoiceanduseofword)Thedifferencebetweentherightwordandthealmost-rightwordisasgreatasthatbetweenlightningandthelightingbug．Threetypes:FormalCommonColloquialFormal---learnedwords,literarywords,or“big”wordsCharacteristicsofformalwords:1)Mainlyappearinformalwriting,suchass

2、cholarlyortheoreticalworks,politicalandlegaldocuments,andformallecturesandaddresses.2)Manysuchwordscontainthreeormorethanthreesyllables.3)MostofthemareofGreekorLatinorigin.4)Theyareseldomusedindailyconversation,exceptforspecialpurposes.Characteristicsofcommonwords:1)Theyareusedbypeopleeveryda

3、y.2)Theycanbefoundinallkindsofwriting.Characteristicsofcolloquialwords:1)Theyaremainlyusedininformalorfamiliarconversation.2)Theyareseldomusedinformalwriting,andinliteraryworkstheirmainuseistorecordpeople'sthoughtsanddialogues.3)Theyareusuallyshortwordsofoneortwosyllables.4)MostofthemareofSax

4、onorigin(i.e.,notborrowedfromGreek,Latin,orFrench).EnglishStandardEnglishNonstandardEnglishFormalwordsCommonwordsColloquialwordsSlangwordsDialectalwordsCertainwordsusedbyuneducatedpeopleJargon(行话)ObsoleteWrittenFeaturesofslangwords1)highlyinformal2)vividandinterestingwhenusedappropriately3)of

5、fensiveorfunnywhenusedinappropriatelyFeaturesofdialectalwords:1)Showninone’spronunciation2)Omitcertainsounds3)Usedbyuneducatedspeakers1.动词AccelerateassailconfrontcompensateconsiderensuremaintainpossessinvestigatesubmitrequestSpeedupattackfacemakeupthinkmakesurekeepintactownlookintohandinask2.

6、名词AutomobileconfusionconnectionmansioncombustionAncestoroccurrencetransformationinfantemploymentCardisorderlinkhouseburningForefatherhappeningchangechildjob3.形容词AbnormalancientamissconsiderableSomberAdjacentavailableartificialUnusualveryoldwronglargeormuchDarkNearhandyman-madeEXformalcommence

7、profoundfortunateterminateproceedexplicitidenticalinformalbegindeepluckyendcontinueclearsameEXphrasalverbsgooncarryonlookintocomeacrossputupwithgetawayturnoutsingleverbscontinuecontinueinvestigatemeetendure,bearleave,escapeproduceExpressionsC