李明会
摘 要: 本文论述了在英语教学中应让学生注意英语中的特殊否定形式,只有这样,学生才能提高英语水平。
关键词: 大学英语教学 综合教程 特殊否定现象
完全否定、部分否定、转移否定和排除否定是由于否定词位置的不同、搭配上的不一致而产生的特殊否定现象,《大学英语综合教程》中这几种否定现象出现频率较高,本文拟对它们进行探讨如下。
一、用肯定结构表否定意义,在意义上相当于英语的“can not...”,译为“简直不,无法,难以”
The impact theyve had on my confidence is more them word can describe is more than words can describe(Book III Unit 6)
他们对我信心的影响是词语无法描述的。
The blow is more than words can tell.(Book III Unit 6)
这打击远非词语能表达。
二、完全否定(absolute negation)
Absolute Negation表示一种绝对没有的情况,是对整体的全部否定。它的构成方式有以下几种:
1.绝对否定词(no,never,no one,nobody,none,nothing,neither,nowhere,no more,no longer,no way)加上肯定谓语表示:
I would never have been able to finish those two miles if I were you.(Book I Unit 6)
如果我是你的话,绝对不可能跑完那两英里。
Until the lawyer read her will,I never fully appreciated the depth of the old ladys love.(Book II Unit 5)
直到律师宣读她遗嘱那一刻,我才充分感受到这位老妇人深深的爱。
It was a moment I will never forget——a day that made me the richest kid in town.(Book II Unit 5)
这是一个我永生难忘的时刻—这一天,我成了镇上最富有的孩子。
...,bring a little happiness into a place where no one ever looks forward to going.(Book Ⅱ Unit 6)
给那个谁也不愿去的地方带去一点快乐。
No longer was Jim the gentle,affectionate,loving man he was when wed first met.(Book IV Unit2)
吉姆不再像我们初次见面时那样温柔、体贴、充满爱心了。
periodically asked for but never was given back his Olympic prizes.
他不时地要求把奥林匹克奖牌发还给他,但最终也未能要回。
No one at the base has ever seen a figure like that.
基地上没有哪个人曾见过这样的高分。
Were none of us getting any younger.
我们都不年轻啦。
And nothing can grow there.
那里什么东西也无法生长。
But neither the nursery nor the hotel my parents bought later had provided enough money to send my sister and me to college.
然而无论是托儿所还是我父母后来购买的汽车旅馆都不能提供足够的收入供我妹妹和我上大学。
There were no more butterflies in my stomach when I opened up an abdomen or a chest.
当我切开病人的腹部或胸腔时我不再紧张得瑟瑟发抖了。
First,weather would no longer be important.
首先,气候将变得无关紧要。
I know there is no way to prepare for the next time.
我知道我不可能为下次做好准备。……