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1、LectureTwoUsingProperWordsThedifferencebetweentherightwordandthealmost-rightwordisasgreatasthatbetweenlighteningandthelighteningbug．用词准确与用词几乎准确，这两者之间的差异就如闪电与萤火虫之间的差异。”Usingtherightwordattherighttimeisratherlikewearingappropriateclothingfortheoccasion:itisacourtesytoothers,andafa
2、vortoyourself-amatterofpresentingyourselfwellintheeyesoftheworld.----TheReader’sDigestA.FormalDictionFormalEnglishisthelanguageofprofessionaljournals,formalspeeches,andmostseriouscollegewriting.“gentlemen”vs.“men”or“guys”.Poor---impoverished;rich---wealthy;clever(smart)---intell
3、igent;car---automobile;TV---television;hard-working---diligent;next-to-last---penultimate;“onthepenultimatedayoftheweek-longmeeting”(在历时一周的会议结束的前一天InformalDictionInformalEnglish---theEnglishwespeakeachday---isfoundinpartsofnovels,shortstories,letters,books,newspapers,articlesfor
4、generalreadershipandadvertisements.1. ColloquialismsColloquialEnglishoccursincasualspeechanditisperfectlyacceptablewhenyouarespeakingonanybutthemostformaloccasions.Contractions---isn’t,won’t,I’m,he’dShortenedforms---phone,exam,photoPhrases---youknow,ImeanEg.Doingparttimesjobsist
5、erriblybeneficialtocollegestudents.Eg.Thecoparereadyatanytimetoprotectthesecurityofourpropertyandlife.terriblyvery;coppoliceIsawaghost,andIwasfrightenedtodeath. (colloquial)Isawanapparition,anditreducedmetoaconditionofmoralterror.(formal)Slangwordsarehighlyinformal：theymaybeviv
6、idandinteresting,buttheymay,whenusedinappropriately,makethewriterorspeakersoundoffensive.Onhearingthathisfatherhadkickedthebucket,wewrotehimalettertoexpressoursympathies.FormalvscommonCommon:samespeechlearnedFormal:IdenticalorationeruditeCommon;DestroystifftrypieceFormal:Annihil
7、aterigidendeavorfragmentunderstandthedifferrenceThecolorfitsyouwell.(X)Thecolorsuitsyouwell.Theseshoesdon’tsuitme..(X)Theseshoesdon’tfitme.fit&suit（适合）（fit：大小尺码合适；suit：看上去体面协调。）搭配上的不同Consist,compose,constitute,makeupSure,certainIamsurethatIcanbenefitalotfromdoingtemporaryjobsinm
8、yfreetime.Itiscertainthatsocialknowledgeisindis
