典型事例.doc

◇Title of Lesson: Conversion ◇Time Needed：Two periods（40 minutes per period） ◇Teaching Objectives： Introduce to the students one of the translating methods: conversion ◇Key Teaching Points： Conversion into verbs Conversion into nouns Conversion into adjectives Conversion into adverbs ◇Difficult Teaching Points: Conversion into verbs Conversion into nouns Teaching Contents: The reason for using conversion in translation Owing to the different thinking styles and language habits of English and Chinese, some parts of speech have to be converted into others during translating to convey the proper meaning of the original. Mainly there are four ways of such converting: Conversion into Verbs Nouns Converted into Verbs Nouns derived from verbs（动词派生的名词） e.g. The government called for the establishment of more technical schools. 政府号召建立更多的技术学校。 Nouns containing verbal sense（含有动作意思的名词） e.g. A look at his photos reminded me of our school days. 看到他的照片使我想起了我们的学生时代。 Nouns with suffix “–er”（一些加后缀-er的名词有时并不指其身份或职业，而是含有较强的动作意味。在汉语中没有对应的名词时，往往译为动词。） e.g. He is a very good story-teller. 他极善于讲故事。 e.g. Some of you in your class are good singers. 你们班上有些人歌唱得很好。 Nouns as the principle part of a fixed expression（作为习语主体的名词）e.g. Shall we have a rest? 我们休息一下，好吗？ e.g. He made no mention of his resignation. 他没提到他辞职的事。 Prepositions Converted into Verbs e.g. Did you see the boy in blue? 你看到那个穿蓝衣服的男孩了吗？ e.g. Drug taking is against the law. 吸毒是违法的。 Adjectives Converted into Verbs e.g. The doctors said that they are not sure whether they can save his life. 医生说他们不敢肯定能否挽救他的生命。 e.g. I have to be cautious. 我必须小心谨慎才是。 Adverbs Converted into Verbs e.g. The boy told me that his mother was out. 那个男孩告诉我他的母亲出去了。 Conjunctions converted into Verbs e.g. Five and six is eleven. 五加六等于十一。 Conversion into Nouns Verbs Converted into Nouns Verbs transformed from nouns（名词转化的动词） e.g. The design aims at automatic operation, easy regulation, simple main