2速成汉语语法课堂

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【2】 Helen: Let’s have a look at the following passage. Jamie enjoys playing the clarinet. Jamie plays the clarinet every evening. Jamie’s brother becomes annoyed when Jamie practices. A: Looks very awkward. Using the pronoun will help simplify it. Jamie enjoys playing the clarinet. She plays it every evening. Her brother becomes annoyed when she practices. Helen: Right. When the passage is revised using pronouns, it conveys the same information but much more concisely. Besides, the passage becomes more like a unified one instead of being put together with several independent sentenide 5 【1】PPT04-Slide 6
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【1】 Helen: First of all, what is pronoun? B: I know. I, We, They, She, He and so on are pronouns. A: A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a noun. ‘he’ replaces’ John’ and ‘her’ replaces ‘Suzie’s’, and so on. Helen: Both of you are right! And the word or phrase that the pronoun refers to and replaces is called its antecedent. Then, why should we use pronouns? B: Hah, I have never thought about this question.
Topic: Pronoun Clarity Words: 1012 words Designer
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Scripts Helen: Hello, Xiao Cheng & Xiao Dian. A&B: Hello, Helen. Helen: Yesterday, I read a sentence: For more details about our product, contact us on 12345678 or visit their website. What do you think of it? B: I think it’s right. I can understand it. A: En…The author is the part of company in the first part, but the outsider in the second part. I am confused. Helen: That’s right! The changing pronoun from our, us to their makes the readers confused. So, today, we will talk about the consistency of pronouns. B: Ah, I should deal with this subject more carefully.
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【3】Helen: Pronoun and its antecedent work closely together to make sentence clear in meaning. There are some tips for getting such clarity. Tip 1: Make a pronoun refer clearly to one antecedent. For example, Hemingway is sometimes compared with Jack London, but he was quite different. In this case, we may get confused about who he actually stands for, since either Hemingway or Jack London can work. Another example, Employees should consult with supervisor who required personal time. A: I don’t know who actually refer to. Helen: That’s right! According to the meaning of the sentence, we may think who refers to employees. But English is such a language that demands high degree of clarity. So we can make the sentence clearer by changing the place of who clause. Employees who required personal time should consult with supervisor. B: In the revised sentence, the meaning is much clearer. 【4】 Helen: Here comes Tip 2. Place a pronoun close enough to its antecedent to ensure clarity. For example, Vincent found a lamp in the attic that his aunt had used. You see here we don’t know what his aunt had used, lamp or attic. It’s really confusing. B: Let me try to clarify it. En, Vincent found a lamp that his aunt had used in the attic. Helen: Good job. But what if it was the attic that his aunt had used. A: Then we can say, In the attic that Vincent’s aunt had used, he found a lamp. Helen: Very Good! I think you two have got it. 【5】Helen: Then, the tip 3: Make a pronoun refer to a specific antecedent, not an implied one. A pronoun should refer to a specific noun or other pronoun. But when such pronouns as this, that, which or it are used, the guessing of the implied reference may occur. Let’s have a look at the following example. I can be kind and civil to people, which is more than you can. Here which refers to the whole preceding clause. Such reference is often called broad reference. But we should be very careful in using this reference. If the pronouns confuse readers, we should avoid using it or provide an appropriate noun. For example: The faculty agreed on changing the requirements, but it took time. Here, the meaning of it is confusing. Does it mean this agreement or changing process? We don’t know. In order to clarify it, we may