科技英语文体特征.pptx

科技英语文体特征StylisticFeaturesofEST

TheEnglishofscienceandtechnology(EST)isactuallyabigvariety.ItincludestheEnglishofchemistry,theEnglishofphysics,theEnglishofmathematics,theEnglishofbiology,theEnglishofmedicine,etc.

But,generallyspeaking,theEnglishofallscientificfieldshavesomethingincommonandonwhichwebaseourstudies.Ofallthescientificfields,weusuallysubdividethemintotwomainvarieties:theEnglishofspecializedscienceandtechnology(ESST),andtheEnglishofcommonscienceandtechnology(ECST)

ESTisusedinscientificworks,academicthesis,researchpapers,experimentalreports,thedescriptionorexplanationofnaturalphenomena.InoneworditisavarietyofEnglish,dealingwiththetheoriesandapplicationsofscienceandtechnology.

Thiskindofwritingisusuallyformalinstyleandseriousintone.Itdoesnottakeartisticbeautyoflanguageasitsgoal,instead,ittriestoachieveclarityinlogicandaccuracyinmeaning.Ittiestoavoidsubjectiveopinionsorevaluations,ambiguouswordorexpressions.

Ittendstoemploywordswiththedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology.Thesentencesareusuallylongandcompleteandsubordinateappositive（同位语的）andparenthetical（插入语的）clausesareoftenused.Logicalconnectors,suchashence,insummary,asaresult,appearinESTmorefrequentlythaninothertypesofwriting.

First,letuscomparethefollowingtwoparagraphsabout“man”:Whatapieceofworkisaman!Hownobleinreason!Howinfiniteinfaculties（天赋）!informandmoving,howexpressandadmirable!inaction,howlikeanangel!inapprehension,howlikeaGod!Thebeautyoftheword!Theparagon(典范)ofanimals.………WilliamShakespeare:Hamlet

Manismetazoan[met?`z?u?n]（后生动物,多细胞动物）,triploblastic[tripl?’bl?stik]（三胚层的）,vertebrate[‘v?:tibrit]（脊椎动物）pentadactyl[pent?d?ktil]（adj.有五指的）,mammalian[m?‘meilj?n]（哺乳动物）,eutherian[ju:θi?ri?n]（真哺乳亚纲的(动物),primate[‘praimit]（