词汇在不同场合的选择

1、Choice of wordsMade by Group3CONTENTSClassification of English Wordsexpand and extend-SynonymsCommon /Popular WordsFormal &Technical WordsNonstandard wordsA. By origin: native words & loan/ borrowed wordsB. By level of usage: a) Common wordsb) Formal/Literary words(书面语)c) Technical words(术语)

2、d) Informal/ Colloquial words e) Slang words(俚语) C .By notion/meaning: function/ structural words(功能词、虚词)&content/notional words (实词)Classification of English WordsCommon/Popular Words1.Used by ordinary people for ordinary purposes2.The most useful words3.Connected with the ordinary things or ac

3、tivities necessary to everyday life4.Stylistically neutral (中性的书面语)5.Appropriate in both formal and informal writing and speech1.Function of formal words Used by people of special professions or fields, on special occasions or for special purposes: For instance, political, legal, scientific, technic

4、al, business and literary words2.Function of technical words:Denote things or processes which have no names in ordinary EnglishIncrease precision in expressing a certain concept.Formal &Technical WordsUsed by people who are not well educated or by people of special groups(Some of them may not be

5、 understandable to people general and may disappear after a short period of time. Some of them may continue to be used, become acceptable to all the people and join the common words ,like :slang俚语, jargon行话 and dialectal 方言)Compare(后者一个一个入)正式的（formal）-学术性词汇一般的（common）-常用词口语的（colloquial）-不用于正式文章词的正式级

6、别程度比较a) askb) time c) rise question interrogate age epochmount ascendGroup One:(1)Feeling fatigued, Tom retired early. (literary)(2)Tom felt so dog-tired that he hit the sack early. (colloquial 口语的)Group Two:(1) John was dismissed for petty thieving (common)John was fired for petty thieving. (colloq

7、uial)Compare另外，词组动词在口语体中用得较多，但是单词动词则多用于正式语体Now, there is an applicant letter, Is it proper in your opinion? And how to correct it ?Im sending you this letter because I want you to meet with me and give me some info about the job you do.Correct: Im writing to inquire about the possibility of an interview.Different in degree of a given quality or in shade of meaning (语义色彩)Such as: anger & rage& fury &wrathAnger :the most general term: describes only the emotional reaction.E.g.: he s easily aroused to angerRage: implies a loss of self-controlFury: the strongest word E.g.: Mad with fu