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1、PartIIIPersonalvs.ImpersonalPleasetrytotranslatethefollowingsentence:我兴奋得什么话也说不出来IwassoexcitedthatIcouldn'tsayaword.ExcitementdeprivedmeofallpowerofutteranceEnglish:ImpersonalChinese:PersonalEnglishoftenuseimpersonalsubject.Excitementdeprivedmeofallpowerofutterance我兴奋得什么话也说不出来英语常用
2、物称表达法。也就是:不用人称主语来叙述,而是表达客观事物如何作用于人的感知,让事物以客观的口气呈现出来。ImpersonalEnglish:thewriterandthereaderareoutofthepicture,hidingthemselvesbehindimpersonallanguage1)我(吓得)就是说不出话来2)我突然想到了一个主意。3)凡是到底特律来的客人,一定会去参观汽车工厂。Wordsfailme!Anideasuddenlystruckme.AmustforallvisitorstoDetroitisavisittoanautom
3、obilefactory.G.LeechandJ.Svartvikpointout:1)Formalwrittenlanguageoftengoeswithanimpersonalstyleincludingofficialstyle,news,scienceandtechnologystyleetc.非人称表达法是英语常见的一种文风,尤其常见于书面语,如公文、新闻、科技论著以及散文、小说等文学作品。这种表达法使叙述显得客观、冷静、结构趋于严密、紧凑、语气较为委婉、间接。2)Someofthecommonfeaturesofimpersonallangua
4、geare:A.passivesB.sentencesbeginningwithintroductory"it"C.abstractnounsJ.Perlmutter:Whenthewriterandreaderareoutofthepicture,writinglackswarmthandsincerity,personalreferenceandhumantouch.Hence,thearticalappearsabstractandofficial,evencoldandinhuman.Pleasecompare:Impersonal:Itwasno
5、tedthatthisofficedidnotreplytotheletterofJuly22.Pleasebeadvisedthatapologiesareherebytendered.Human:WesincerelyapologizefornotreplyingtoyourJuly22letter.Impersonal:ApplicantsforthesepositionsmustfileformsbyAugust1.Human:PleaseapplybyAugust1.Conclusion:1)Impersonalsubjectsareoftenu
6、sedinEnglish英语常用非人称主语,注重“什么事发生在什么人身上”2)PersonalsubjectsareoftenusedinChinese汉语常用人称主语,注重“什么人怎么样了”1)我们没有听到任何声音Notasoundreachedourears2)她独处时便感到一种特殊的安宁Astrangepeacecameoverherwhenshewasalone.3)Agreatelationovercamethem他们欣喜若狂。4)Alarmbegantotakeentirepossessionofhim他变得惊恐万状Impersonalsubj
7、ectinEnglishisalsocalledinanimatesubjectwhichisemployedtoexpressabstractconcept,feeling,object,timeandplaceetc.Butpredicateoftenemployanimateverbtoexpressactionandbehaviorofpeopleandsocialgroup.animateverbincludes:see,find,bring,give,escape,surround,kill,deprive,seize,send,know,te
8、ll,permit,invite,take,drive,preve