书籍介绍
《风格的要素(全新修订版)(中英对照版)》在中国赴美国的留学生中享有广泛的声誉,经过口口相传,几乎成了每一个出国留学者必备的英文写作指南。一个人必须首先了解规则才能够去打破它。这本经典的指导书是每个学生和写作者的必读之书。《风格的要素(全新修订版)(中英对照版)》以简短的篇幅阐明了英文朴实风格必须具备的基本原则,集中阐释了英语文法应用、写作技巧以及一般人在写作中常犯的错误等。
AI导读
核心看点
- 阐明英文朴实风格的基本原则与文法应用
- 强调主动语态、肯定说法及删除冗词
- 以段落为单元,确保每段只表达一个主题
适合谁读
- 赴美留学生及需要提升英文写作能力的学生
- 希望掌握简洁清晰写作技巧的初学者
- 对英文语法规范有基础认知的写作者
读前提醒
- 该版本排版与翻译质量争议较大,建议慎选
- 部分规则对非母语者要求较高,需结合语境
- 建议优先阅读原书或寻找更权威的修订版本
读者共识
- 内容经典简短,是英文写作的入门必读指南
- 当前版本翻译粗糙且排版混乱,体验较差
- 核心规则如主动语态和简洁性具有普适价值
本导读基于书籍简介、目录、原文摘录、短评和书评生成,不等同于全文精读。
精彩摘录
- "规则十四:使用主动语态:使得文章显得生动有力。 eg.There were a great number of dead lives lying on the ground 应为:Dead leaves covered the ground. 规则十五:话要从正面说,避免使用沉闷单调,吞吞吐吐,含糊暧昧的语言。 例如:他认为学习拉丁语不是一种明智的利用时间的方法。 应为:他认为学习拉丁语浪费时间。 规则十六:使用肯定、明确、具体的词语 说话务必明确、肯定、具体,切忌笼统、含糊、抽象。 例如:一段不佳的天气开始了。 应为:一星期来天天下雨。 例如:他获得应有的报酬之后很满意。 应为:他一面把钱装"
- "Careful writers, watchful for small conveniences, go which-hunting, remove the defining whiches, and by so doing improve their work."
- "“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” This moral observation would have no place in a rule book were it not that style is the the writer, and therefore what you are, rather than what you know, will at last determine your style. If you write, you must believe — in the truth and worth "
- "“Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.” This moral observation would have no place in a rule book were it not that style is the the writer, and therefore what you are, rather than what you know, will at last determine your style. If you write, you must believe — in the truth and worth "
- "Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Start sniffing the air, or glancing at the Trend Machine, and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living."
- "Full of belief, sustained and elevated by the power of purpose, armed with the rules of grammar, you are ready to exposure."
- "Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Start sniffing the air, or glancing at the Trend Machine, and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living."
- "Full of belief, sustained and elevated by the power of purpose, armed with the rules of grammar, you are ready to exposure."
作者简介
威廉·斯特伦克是著名的康奈尔大学英语系教授,英语语法和写作文法方面的专家。《风格的要素》是作者在1918年完成的,从那时起本书就成为英文写作方面的经典必读书,几乎每个美国人人手一册。