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1、WordsfromMarkTwain(AboutChoiceanduseofword)Thedifferencebetweentherightwordandthealmost-rightwordisasgreatasthatbetweenlightningandthelightingbug．Threetypes:FormalCommonColloquialFormal---learnedwords,literarywords,or“big”wordsCharacteristicsofformalwords:1)Mainlyappearinformalwriting,suchass
2、cholarlyortheoreticalworks,politicalandlegaldocuments,andformallecturesandaddresses.2)Manysuchwordscontainthreeormorethanthreesyllables.3)MostofthemareofGreekorLatinorigin.4)Theyareseldomusedindailyconversation,exceptforspecialpurposes.Characteristicsofcommonwords:1)Theyareusedbypeopleeveryda
3、y.2)Theycanbefoundinallkindsofwriting.Characteristicsofcolloquialwords:1)Theyaremainlyusedininformalorfamiliarconversation.2)Theyareseldomusedinformalwriting,andinliteraryworkstheirmainuseistorecordpeople'sthoughtsanddialogues.3)Theyareusuallyshortwordsofoneortwosyllables.4)MostofthemareofSax
4、onorigin(i.e.,notborrowedfromGreek,Latin,orFrench).EnglishStandardEnglishNonstandardEnglishFormalwordsCommonwordsColloquialwordsSlangwordsDialectalwordsCertainwordsusedbyuneducatedpeopleJargon(行話)ObsoleteWrittenFeaturesofslangwords1)highlyinformal2)vividandinterestingwhenusedappropriately3)of
5、fensiveorfunnywhenusedinappropriatelyFeaturesofdialectalwords:1)Showninone’spronunciation2)Omitcertainsounds3)Usedbyuneducatedspeakers1.動(dòng)詞AccelerateassailconfrontcompensateconsiderensuremaintainpossessinvestigatesubmitrequestSpeedupattackfacemakeupthinkmakesurekeepintactownlookintohandinask2.
6、名詞AutomobileconfusionconnectionmansioncombustionAncestoroccurrencetransformationinfantemploymentCardisorderlinkhouseburningForefatherhappeningchangechildjob3.形容詞AbnormalancientamissconsiderableSomberAdjacentavailableartificialUnusualveryoldwronglargeormuchDarkNearhandyman-madeEXformalcommence
7、profoundfortunateterminateproceedexplicitidenticalinformalbegindeepluckyendcontinueclearsameEXphrasalverbsgooncarryonlookintocomeacrossputupwithgetawayturnoutsingleverbscontinuecontinueinvestigatemeetendure,bearleave,escapeproduceExpressionsC
