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1、英汉表达差异（DifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseexpressions）TheexpressionofdifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseinthewayofEnglishWritingSomeexpertshavedonesuchanexperiment:hefoundtwotwentyyearoldSpanishboysandChineseboy,letthematthesametimewiththesamecompositionwriting,Engli
2、sh,SpanishboysXiaoxiaowrotemorethan500words,expressthebasicandclear,butthespellingmistakesingrammarbetoonumeroustoenumeratenotmuchchange,andChina;youngmanonlyprimlywrotelessthanthreehundredwords,spellingerrorsarenotmany,butnotmorethan20grammarchanges,makeitdifficultt
3、oreadfluently.Obviously,theformeronlypaysattentiontotheexpressionofthought,whilethelatterhasstronggrammaticalawareness-forfearofmakingmistakesingrammar,whichaffectstheexpressionofthoughttoaconsiderableextent.Thus,differentsocialandculturalbackgrounds,therearedifferen
4、twaysofthinkingandthinkinghabitinlearninganewlanguage,peoplewillnaturallygetaccustomedtosuchanewlanguagetoproducebadresultsofthisorthat.ItisworthmentioningthatChineseandWesternapproachestotheproblemareinmanywaystherearedifferences,andthisdifferenceisindeedtiedwithChi
5、nesestudents,theybecomeEnglishwritingstumblingblock,sothattheycannotspeakfreely,cannotaccuratelyandsuccinctlythought.Therefore,thispapertalksaboutsomedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseexpressionsincommonproblemsinCollegeEnglishwriting.First,let'sfocusonthedifferentw
6、aysofthinkingbetweenEnglish,Americanandchinese.TheAngloAmericanwayofthinkingislinear,theyphrasedrulesfollowfromgeneraltospecific(general)(specific),fromthesummary(summarize)to(exemplify),forexample,fromtheoverall(whole)totheindividual(respective)principle.Pleasereadt
7、hepassage:Soccerisadifficultsport.(1)Aplayermustbeabletorunsteadilywithoutrest.(2)Sometimesaplayermusthittheballwithhisorherhead.(3)Playersmustbewillingtobangintoandbebangedintobyothers.(4)Theymustputupwithachingfeetandsoremuscles.Mainideasentence,whichisthecenteroft
8、hearticle,isthefirstsentence,and(1)(2)(3)(4)sentenceisusedtoillustratethetopicsentence.InChinese,weareaccustomedtoaftertotal,saidth
