Introduction Course: English Grammar Lecturer: Rongcheng Pan Object: English Major05-5&6 Textbook: English Grammar Course (Fourth Edition) by Zhang Zhenbang, Shanghai Foreign

Unit 2 English Reserve and politeness I Objective Aware of the Characteristics of the English people A Figuring out general British personalities A Learning about headline Vocabulary Time arrangement Text:2 hours

The length of a sound is the length of time during which it is held on continuously in a given word or phrase. The principal facts concerning length in English are given in the following rules: 203. Length of vowels 1. English vowels /i:/, /a: / /:/, /u:/, /a: /are longer than the other English vowels in similar context, i.e., when surrounded by the same sounds, and pronounced with the same degree of stress. Thus

202.The length of a sound is the length of time during which it is held on continuously in a given word or phrase. The principal facts concerning length in English are given in the following rules: 203. Length of vowels 1.English vowels [i:], are longer than the other English vowels in similar context,i.e when surrounded by the same sounds, and pronounced with the same degree of stress Thus the vowels in bead

• This chapter is chiefly concerned with the transformation rules between various parts of speech in English-Chinese translation, including the transformation of nouns, verbs, prepositions, adjectives, adverbs in English

College English 3 The Course Curricular Participants: Second-year Students Majoring Time: 9/2001-2/2002 First semester of the Academic Year 2001-2002 Teaching Material: College English (Revised edition published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press)

• Ⅴ.Tentative syllabus • Chapter 1 An Introduction to Translation • Chapter 2 The Process of Translation • Chapter 3 The Methods of Translation • Chapter 4 A Contrastive Study between English and Chinese • Chapter 5 Transformation between Parts of Speech in English-Chinese Translation • Chapter 6 Translation of English passive into Chinese • Chapter 7 Amplification vs. Omission • Chapter 8 Positive vs. Negative Expressions(Affirmation vs. Negation) • Chapter 9 Breaking and Combining Sentences • Chapter 10 Abstract vs. Concrete • Chapter 11 Styles vs. Translation

About the final It will be in English. Try to answer in English as well. The problems are given in such a way that very short answers are needed. Chinese allowed if you can only read English

College English 1 The Course Curricular Participants: Second-year Students Time: 9/2001-2/2002 First semester of the Academic Year 2001-2002 Teaching Material: College English (Revised edition, published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press) Major Task of This Semester

Unit 1 My First Job Unit 2 American Homes and British Homes Unit 3 What is in a Name? Unit 4 Doing Away with the King's English Unit 5 England as seen by Americans Unit 6 The First Day at School Unit 7 Computers Unit 8 The Missing Monarchs Unit 9 The Risks of Life Unit 10 Words can Give You Power Unit 11 The Transaction Unit 12 The Message Behind the Smile Unit 13 A Delightful Village Unit 14 The Mystery of the White Gardenia Unit 15 For or Against Smoking in Public Places Unit 1 Someone Waiting Unit 2 Football Unit 3 The Snake Bite Unit 4 He was My Father Unit 5 The English Countryside Unit 6 Suffering to Be Beautiful Unit 7 Waiting for a Call Unit 8 Secret Messages to Ourselves Unit 9 All That' s Happening in the Music World Unit 10 Teenager's Nightmare the English Countryside Unit 11 Understanding Your Owner Unit 12 Transforming Mars Unit 13 The Mud-backs Unit 14 The Japanese Ageing Suit Unit 15 Have You Seen the Tree? Unit 1 My Father Unit 2 Why My Great-uncle Gave up the Ministry