中西语法比较：以诗为例

让中国人写，会省略不必要的词
Wonder lonely as a cloud float high over vale and hill all at once see a cloud A hostwenku.baidu.comgolden daffodil Beside lake beneath trees Flutter dance in breeze.
His page replies, “Gathering herbs my master’s away.”
You’ll find him nowhere, Though he must be on the hill, I dare say.
Wordsworth’s Daffodils
I wonder lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills When all at once I saw a cloud A host of golden daffodils Besides the lake beneath the trees Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
中西语法比较：以诗为例
• 中国语法的弹性，在文学作品中，尤其是 诗中体现的最为明显。英文语法中不可或 缺的动词和主词，在中国诗词中，往往可 以省去。系动词在诗词中往往不必要，甚 至多余。“细草微风岸，微风独夜舟”， 两句没有一个动词。
• 贾岛《寻隐者不遇》： 松下问童子，言师采药去。 只在此山中，云深不知处。 四句无一个动词。谁在问，谁在言，谁在山中， 谁不知，都不必言。英语诗就必须一一交代清楚： Beneath the pines looked I for the recluse,