正式与非正式文体 Formal and Informal Styles.ppt

正式和非正式文体 Formal and Informal Styles Ⅰ. The Meaning of Style???? All types of writing, like stories, legal documents and personal letters, have much in common: they contain many of the common words used by people everywhere and every day, observe the same basic morphological and syntactical rules, and follow the same custom of using punctuation marks. In other words, no writing, or speech, for that matter, can be done without using the common core of the English language. However, there are also differences between different types of writing. In a personal letter, for instance, sentences are usually short and simple, even incomplete, and most words are those used in daily conversation, easy and even slangy. In a legal document, on the other hand, most sentences are long and involved, and many, if not most, of the words are polysyllabic, with special terms difficult for ordinary people to understand. ?? Special features like these in language are a matter of style. The word style has several senses: it may refer to a writers habitual or peculiar way of using language, or the prevalent features of the language of a certain period, or the characteristic aspects of the language of a certain type of writing. It may also mean grace or elegance in writing, as in He has no style. Ⅱ. Formal and Informal Styles阅读下面的文章，找出其文体特点： ???? Future shock - the disease of change - can be prevented. But it will take drastic social, even political action. No matter how individuals try to pace their lives, no matter what psychic crutches we offer them, no matter how we alter education, the society as a whole will still be caught on a runaway treadmill until we capture control of the accelerative thrust itself.???? The high velocity of change can be traced to many factors. Population growth, urbanization, the shifting proportions of young and old - all play their part. Yet technological advance is clearly a critical node in the network of causes; indeed,