1、Unit 3 Amplification,Course: English-Chinese Translation Lecturer: Li Jianhua,Unit 3 Amplification,增减词方法的原则: 增词不增义，减词不减义。,3.1 语义上的需要,Science demands of men great efforts and complete devotion.,人们要掌握科学，必须做出巨大的努力，并全身心地投 入。（增主谓语）,In the evening, after the banquets, the concerts and the table tennis exh
2、ibitions, he would work on the drafting of the final communiqu.,The plane twisted under me, trailing flame and smoke.,This typewriter is indeed cheap and fine.,After all preparations were made, the planes were flown across the US to San Francisco.,In the summer of 1969, the Administration publicly u
3、rged an easing of tensions with China.,3.2 语气、修辞上的需要,In this mood, I went to diplomatic circles, earnest but only sketchily informed.,Youre a student, arent you?,Dont take it seriously. Im just making fun of you.,We think we have freed our slaves, but we have not. We just call them by a different na
4、me.,The lion is the king of animals.,The mountains began to throw their long blue shadows over the valley.,The Americans and the Japanese conducted a completely secret exchange of messages.,It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
5、it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, . . . .,For mistakes had been made, bad ones.,3.3 语法结构上的需要,The old man said, “They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are.”,Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; writing an exact man.,He remembered the i
6、ncident, as had his wife.,Better be wise by the defeat of others than by your own.,I suppose poor George is all broken up. I would be in his case.,Alone Roosevelt could have accomplished little.,A smoother tongue and a lighter manner would have been better suited to the situation.,Yes, I like Chines
7、e food. Lots of people do these days, sort of the fashion.,3.4 背景知识的需要,In April, there was the “ping” heard around the world. In July, the ping “ponged”.,I am frank to say that Mr. Acheson would not have been my choice for Secretary of State.,四月里，全世界听到中国“乒”的一声把球打了出去，到了 七月，美国“乓”的一声把球打了回去。（乒乓外交）,3.5 R
8、epetition,Repetition is a special form of amplification.,3.5.1 语义上的需要,a. Repetition of nouns,I had experienced oxygen and/or engine trouble.,He became an oil baronall by himself.,Water can be decomposed by energy, a current of electricity.,No one dared to walk out of Johnsons Administration, because
9、 they knew if they did, two men were going to follow their ass to the end of the earth, Mr. J. Edgar Hoover and the head of the Internal Revenue Service.,b. Repetition of verbs,They covered the 19th century foreign intervention in China, Maos Long March in the mid-1930s, the French and American revo
10、lutions.,And the body lay white and still beneath the pines, all bathed in sunshine and in blood.,c. Repetition of pronouns,Jesse opened his eyes. They were filled with tears.,He hated failure; he had conquered it all his life, risen above it, despised it in others.,Whoever violates the disciplines
11、should be criticized.,The change of Taylor was that of a key man in the key slot something that symbolized the gradual transformation of the other players.,Happy families also had their own troubles.,Whoever violates the disciplines should be criticized.,d. some . . . others . . .,Some played soccer
12、 and others played basketball.,有些人，另一些人？Stereotypical.,On Sunday afternoon, some reviewed their lessons, and others helped the cooks in their work.,e. Repetition of the same meaning with different words,He wanted to send them more aid, more weapons and a few more men.,To him, the birds sang, the squ
13、irrel chattered and the flowers bloomed.,He was proficient both as a flyer and as a navigator.,3.5.2 Rhetorical,a. For emphasis,He wandered about in the chill rain, thinking and thinking, brooding and brooding.,他在凄雨中荡来荡去，想了又想，琢磨了又琢磨。,“I know you hate me and I hate you, we had better part right now.”
14、,Every change of season, every change of weather, every hour of the day produces some change in the magical hues and shapes of these mountains; and they are regarded by all good wives, far and near, as perfect barometers.,b. For vividness,The streets were overrun by Hitlers bullies.,那时希特勒的暴徒在街上横行霸道，无恶不作。（四字词组）,Target priorities were established there.,Only a very slight and very scattering ripples of half-hearted hand-clapping greeted him.,With his tardiness, carelessness and appalling good humor, we were sore perplexed.,
