the most effective way of english learning is to cram enough vocabulary into one's mind.
on the linguistic level, traditional english teaching method that focuses on grammar and word learning is among the factors to blame for the awkward expressions of chinese english majors.
words serve as the vehicle of thoughts, as well as of culture.
the texts of advanced english, which span over half a century, wrap up the（ ）issues of the english-speaking countries.
chewing of these texts can help students to be appreciative and creative in english language.
ignoring the culture embedded in classical texts is like leaving a treasure trove with empty hands.
the focus of advanced english study is, rather than word---grammar---exercise, textual ysis and perctption, appreciation and enriched, logical writing.
the majority of today's young chinese english learners are adept at employing rhetorical devices in their writing.
in the study of advanced, english, understanding of the text alter from literal to inferential, from information obtaining to ytical.
the humanistic spirit of each text in this course inspires us to look at a broader world and think critically.
suddenly they see the moment for one of their best anecdotes, but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the opportunity is lost.
however intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.
the conversation had swung from australian convicts of the 19th century to the english peasants of the 12th century.
perhaps it is worth trying to speak it, but it should not be laid down as an edict , and made immune to change from below.
the phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes.
the king's english is a model—a rich and instructive one--but it ought not to be an ultimatum.
it was an australian who had given her such a definition of "the king's english," which produced some rather tart remarks about what one could expect from the descendants of convicts.
one could have expected that it would be abo then that the phrase would be coined.
when e. m. forster writes of “the sinister corridor of our age”, we sit up at the vividness of the phrase, the force and even terror in the image.
let all our neighbors know that we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere in the americas.
let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead of its terrors.
for i have sworn before you and almighty god the same solemn oath our forebears prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.
…we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace,…
together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths and encourage the arts and commerce.
we observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom.
…and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed…
since this country was founded, each generation of americans has been summoned to give testimony to its national loyalty.
let both sides, for the first time, formulate serious and precise proposals for the inspection and control of arms
"can you mean." i said incredulously, "that people are actually wearing raccoon coats again?"
she was not yet of pin-up proportions but i felt sure that time would supply the lack she already had the makings.
i reeled back, overcome with the infamy of it.
"i'11 never do that again," she promised contritely."are you mad at me?"
"right!" i cried exultantly.
“…that walter pidgeon is so dreamy. i mean he fractures me."
i had long coveted polly espy.
"listen," he said, clutching my arm eagerly,…
raccoon coats are unsanitary. they shed. they ell bad. they weight too much. they are unsightly.
naturally, the spirit of carnival and the enthusia for high military adventure were soon dissipated once the eager young men had received a good taste of twentieth- century warfare.
to them, it was bitter to return to a home town virtually untouched by the conflict.
…memories of the deliciously illicit thrill of the first visit to a speakeasy,…
…we had reached an international stature that would forever prevent us from retreating behind the artificial walls…
…no longer left any room for the code of polite behavior and well-bred morality fashioned in a quieter and less competitive age.
…turned in both europe and america to the destruction of an obsolescent nineteenth-century society.
thus in a changing world youth was faced with the challenge of bringing our mores up to date.
prohibition afforded the young the additional opportunity of making their pleasures illicit.
…they were being asked to curb those energies and resume the pose of self-deceiving victorian innocence.
…it "gave" in the form of a complete overthrow of genteel standards of behavior.…
those ad campaigns celebrating the big apple, those t-shirts with a heart design proclaiming ―i love new york, are signs, pathetic in their desperation, of how the mighty has fallen.
new york was never a good convention city.
to win in new york is to be uneasy; to lose is to live in jostling proximity to the frustrated majority.
nature constantly yields to man in new york: witness those fragile sidewalk trees gamely struggling against encroaching cement and petrol fumes.
in both these roles it ratifies more than it creates.
new york is a wounded city, declining in its amenities.
so much of well-to-do america now lives antiseptically in enclaves, tranquil and luxurious, that shut out the world.
to him new york- despite its faults, which her will impatiently concede (―so what else is new? — is the spoiler of all other american cities.
the place constantly exasperates , at times exhilarates .
the japanese committed heinous crimes upon the chinese people in the past century. therefore we have every right to hate them.
the negative transference of our mother tongue comes in many respects---word choice, grammar, thinking pattern, weak or lack of cohesion, and so on and so forth.
slippery slope is when someone argues that a minor action will lead to ludicrous consequences.
guard against such statements as“if a, then b, and if b, then c,” and so forth, in case it falls into the category of "slippery slope" as a kind of logical fallacy.
the followin logical fallacies are often seen in the english writing of chinese students:
ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country