We use language every day. We live in a world of words. Hardly any5 r6 w% a: k3 T
moment passes with someone talking, writing or reading. Indeed, __1__
( W" p! b$ ~7 p- S languages is most essential to mankind. Our lives increasingly depend
5 v+ r$ y$ M& |+ O on fast and successful use of language. Strangely enough, we know __2__
9 c5 x% y K+ Y# R1 `) h9 z0 t2 Q more about things around us than on ourselves. For example, language __3__$ M |/ g' T" t
is species specific, that is, it is language that differs human from __4__$ \5 K9 N9 {7 @4 [+ j3 L# r! e4 `
animals. However, we do not know yet how exactly we inquire language __5__' ?( s/ A) y: \/ n/ {4 K
and how it is possible for us to perceive through language; nor we __6__
* a0 V; B2 a# d9 J7 L8 R T/ F+ b understand precisely the combinations between language and thought, __7__
6 t) L# m) w! d& B3 y9 X language and logic, or language and culture; still less, how and when
$ [# p( G& `! M language started. One reason for this inadequate knowledge of language
* o' ~, g% n/ W" c is that we, like language users, take too many things for granted. __8__6 _) {5 d0 ?6 v' Q# T: s9 E
Language comes to every normal person so naturally that a few __9__
; K- {0 a% y, a& a8 m of us stop to question what language is, much less do we feel the7 v# B' B+ `. {( Z3 I6 O
necessity to study it. Language is far more complex than most people9 e6 p+ w& i0 W4 H
have probably imagined and the necessity to study it is far greater than# T1 a3 f6 m S6 b5 ]! Y
some people may have assured. Linguistic is a branch of science which __10__
, }' N8 w, ^) j! W, W* e takes language as its object of investigation.1 V! I" P' R3 T! v# @" R
参考答案:
. ^4 ]0 ^: l2 P& j' K' f$ ^ 1. with 改为 without。”hardy any moment passes without someone…” , 两个否定: without 和hardly,意思是“每一时刻有人……”。0 g! T0 O, r, t- O/ d: g$ s, J
2. fast 前面加the因为fast and successful use 这个词组后边有一个前置词短语 of language 修饰use,所以被修饰的词前面加定冠词。, D1 `% P# u' u7 M6 `' s! ]( M4 \; ~0 a" x
3. than on ourselves 改为than things on ourselves。在这里比较的是两件事:things around us and things on ourselves(我们周围的事物和我们自身的东西)。第二个things不能省略,否则引起误解。- I% ]" j8 V# L& J- }/ o
4. differs 改为distinguishes。语言区分人与动物,differ是不及物动词,后面不能带宾语,只能用介词,如:Man differs from animals in that man possesses language。
: q* R8 ] w5 O1 D* [& V' K 5. inquire改为acquire“习得语言”应该是acquire language,名词短语是language acquisition。 Inquire 是“询问”的意思。
- K$ b- F. L w: @+ O! d 6. we前面加上 do 副词nor放在句首表示强调,应用倒装句,一般现在时强调句是在主语前面加助动词 do。7 w) E7 j5 \' _, \- ~- z
7. combination改为relationships.语言和思维的关系,不是结合;语言和思维的关系是当代语言学研究的重要领域。
/ m+ |9 R4 Z0 {! B7 u/ i. C' H 8. like 改为as。根据上下文,要表达的意思是“作为语言的使用者”,不是“像语言的使用者”。0 b! C1 [* F) U! u
9. a 去掉 这里是否定的意思:“我们没有多少人……”而不是“我们一些人.….”。" @% Q' w m, P1 n$ ~# ~. T$ ~
10. assured 改为 assumed. 这句的后半部分意思是“研究语言的必要性比我们想象的要大得多”。Assure译为“确保”;assume译为“假设”或者“想象”的意思。 |