Omission(省略法).doc

Omission（省略法） Omission of Words Peculiar to English（省略英语特有的词） Omission of the Expletives It and There（省略语助词it和there） Examples Drills Guided Translation (1) Omit impersonal it, which denotes natural phenomena, time, distance, or state of things in general: 1. How is it with the sick man? 2. It is all over with him. 3. She feared it would go hard with Antonio. (2) Omit anticipatory it, which stands for an infinitive, a gerund, or a clause: 4. Lu Xun has it that “Read your own work at least twice after you have got through your writing, trying to cut off all unnecessary words, sentences, and even paragraphs without any regret.” 5. It is with words as with sunbeams: the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. (3) Omit demonstrative it: 6. I don’t think it is he. (4) Omit idiomatic it: 7. You’ll be in for it if father finds out you’ve not been to school for three days. 要是爸爸发现你三天没去上学，你就要倒霉了。 8. He led a dog’s life of it. 他过着牛马不如的生活。 9. Lord Angelo dukes it well. (Shakespeare) 安哲罗勋爵很有爵爷的神气。 10. We are born to slave it for our lord. (Thackeray) 我们生来就是为君主效劳的。 11. I am used to roughing it. 我已习惯于栉风沐雨，过艰苦的生活了。 12. He lords it over his inferiors. 他对部下摆架子，逞威风。 13. If you are found out, you will catch it. 14. I am determined to fight it out. 15. She is starring it in the provinces. 16. We had to walk it in the rain. 17. Can’t you swim it? 18. Shall we walk it or bus it? 19. We will have a hard time of it. (5) Omit expletive there in existential sentences: 1. Where there is a will, there is a way. 2. Where there is smoke, there is fire. 3. Where there is life, there is hope. (6) Omit expletive there in idiomatic expressions (often found in idioms or proverbs): 4. There are always more round pegs than round holes. 5. There are friends and friends. 6. There is no free lunch. 7. There is no royal road to anything. 8. There is no telling when he will come. 9. There is no mistaking that fact. 10. There is no come and go with him. 11. There is no rule without an exception.