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Unit 1 Nature in the balance
Grammar and usage
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lead-in
- Excuse me!
- Yes?
- Is this your handbag?
- Pardon?
- Is this your handbag?
- Yes, it is.
- Thank you very much.
my handbag.
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Ellipsis
省略
Introduction of ellipsis
1. What is ellipsis?什么是省略?
2. When can we use ellipsis?我们什么时候可以使用省略?
3. What's the function of ellipsis?省略的功能是什么?
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Introduction of ellipsis
1.Leave out a word or words from a sentence deliberately.故意省略句子中的一个或多个单词。
2.We can use ellipsis when the meaning can still be understood without using a word or certain words.当不使用单词或某些特定词仍然可以理解其意义时,我们可以使用省略。
3.It makes sentences concise. 使句子简洁。
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The use of ellipsis in English
省略的用法
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*什么是“省略”?
省略(ellipsis)是指省去可以根据上下文语境或情景语境恢复的句子成分,是一种避免重复、突出新信息并使上下文紧密连接的语法手段。
英语中存在多种多样的省略现象,句子中既可以省略主语、谓语、谓语的一部分或宾语,也可以一起省略主语和谓语。
* 省略的意义:
可使语言更加简洁,意思更加明确,句子结构更加紧凑。
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一、简单句的省略
1、省略主语:祈使句中主语通常省略,其它省略主语
多限于少数现成的说法。
Thank you for your help.
See you tomorrow.
Doesn’t matter.
(I)
(I)
(It)
2、省略主谓或主谓语的一部分
No smoking.
Have a smoke?
What about a cup of tea?
Why not say hello to him?
(There is)
(Will you)
(do you think)
(do you)
3、省略作宾语的不定式短语,只保留to,但如果该宾语
是动词be或完成时态,则须在之后加上be或have:
(1) -Are you going there?
-Yes, I’d like to (go there).
(2) He didn’t give me the chance, though he
had promised to (give me the chance).
(3) -Are you an engineer?
-No, but I want to be (an engineer).
(4) -He hasn’t finished the task yet.
-Well, he ought to have (finished the task).
4、省略表语
(1) -Are you thirsty? - Yes, I am (thirsty).
(2) His brother isn’t lazy, nor is his sister (lazy).
5、同时省略几个成分
(1) Let’s meet at the same place as (we met)
yesterday.
(2) --Have you finished your work?
--(I have) Not (finished my work) yet.
二、并列句中的省略
Mr. Smith picked up a coin in the road and (Mr. Smith) handed it to a policeman.
史密斯先生在路上捡起一枚硬币,(史密斯先生)把它交给了一名警察。
Some called for the application of the modern technology, and others (