英语写作与翻译大纲

湖南工学院英语专业“专升本”《英语写作与翻译》

考试大纲

一．考试要求

掌握一定的写作与翻译知识和技巧，正确运用标点符号，语法，修辞，翻译理论等方面知识。所写文章应格式正确、结构合理、观点明确、语言得体、内容切实、语法正确、语言通顺，并能写多个常见的应用文类型。要求读懂英语国家出版物中的中等难度的文章和材料，并在理解的基础上对其进行翻译，要求译文忠实于原文，表达流畅。在规定时间内，根据命题的类型与要求，进行句子文体判断，改正句子错误，判断句子修辞手法，并写出规定词数的短文、摘要及便条,翻译相关的句子和短文，进行英汉互译。

二．考试内容

根据要求，改正句子错误，判断句子文体类型，判断句子的修辞手法，并能根据作文题目、提纲或图表、数据等，在30分钟内写出长度为150-200个单词左右的短文，内容切题，结构严谨，条理清楚，语法正确，语言能顺，表达得体；并能根据提示在10分钟内写出长度为50—60个单词左右的应用文，如便条、通知和请帖。在规定时间内翻译句子和短文。要求学生翻译一定难度的句子或段落。题型：英译汉、汉译英。

三．考试题型

写作部分考试为主观试题，题型主要有：修辞手法、单句改错、文体判断、写便条或摘要、文章写作。翻译部分为主观试题,题型主要有:句子翻译、诗歌翻译、短文翻译。试卷共150分。

四、考试时间：120分钟

写作试卷结构

试卷总分：75分

试卷内容比例：1．文体判断： 10

2．修辞手法: 20

3．句子改错： 5

4．小作文写作： 10

5．大作文写作： 20

6. 便条写作: 10

参考教材：

1、丁往道：英语写作手册，外语教学与研究出版社，2001

2、罗德芬：新潮大学英语写作教程，复旦大学出版社，2010

翻译试卷结构

试卷总分：75分

试卷内容比例：1．广告翻译： 10

2．诗歌翻译: 15

3．短文英译汉： 20

4．短文汉译英： 30

参考教材：

（1）方梦之，毛忠民：英汉-汉英应用翻译综合教程，上海：上海外语教育出版社，2008 （2）方梦之：实用文本汉译英，青岛：青岛出版社，2003

写作样卷

Part ⅠThe formal style/informal style identification(5×2′)

Directions: In this part, there are 5 sentences. Please identify which one is for-mal, and then you can write an “F”on the Answer Sheet. If not, please write an “I”on the Answer Sheet.

1. You’d better lock in the best exchange rates and buy foreign currency before you leave.

2. Governor Wallace of Alabama died and went to heaven. After entering the pearly gates, he walked up to the door of a splendid mansion and knocked. A voice inside exclaimed, “Who’s that?”Wallace shook his head sadly and said, “Never mind. I’ll go to the other way.”

3. Up and up he soars, and for one brief moment he is frozen in time, suspended motionlessly over the crossbar in a blinding bath camera flash.

Part ⅡFigures of speech identification(10×2′)

Directions: There are 10 sentences in the following part. Please identify what fi gures of speech are used in the sentences and write the right answers on the Answer Sheet.

1.The girl is thin, pale and delicate in health.

2. This boy was undoubtedly a difficult pupil, for he had a strong independent mind, and was not impatient of accepted rules and conventions.

3. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of Negro slaves.

Part Ⅲ Rewriting(5×1′)

Directions: In the following sentences, there are some mistakes. Please write th

e correct sentences on the Answer Sheet.

1. Our university was beautiful and it left a deep impression on the visitors.

1.Since her mother is a musician, she has chosen that for her career.

3. I waited and waited, and then I began to feel drowsy.

4. If one wants to take the postgraduate course, you had better start planning ahead.

5. It suddenly turned cold. Some of the girls came from the South. They found it trying.

PART IV Compositon(1×10′)

Write a compostion about one person. You can write any one, such as a star, your friends, your parents, and even yourself. You should write at least 100 words on the Answer Sheet.

PART V Writing(1×20′,1×10′)