英语技术写作样本Word下载.docx
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Observethesameruleinadoptingsentencestyleasyouwouldinchoosingthedocument’scontent:
makeitlongenoughtobeunderstood,yetshortenoughtobetolerated.Whenwritingatechnicaldocument,consulttheguidelinesbelow,whichcanalsoserveasachecklistforyoursentencestyle:
❑Revisesentencestobeclearandavoidambiguity.
Aclearsentencecommunicatesitsprecisemeaningonfirstreading.Itsignalsrelationshipsamongitsparts,andemphasizesthekeythought.Intechnicalwriting,asentenceshouldhaveonlyonemeaning.Makesurethewords,phrases,andpunctuationareabsolutelyclear.
AmbiguousIcannotrecommendthiscandidatetoohighly.
RevisedThiscandidatehasmyhighestrecommendation.
AmbiguousManyexecutivesareskepticalaboutofficeautomationaswellasmanagers.
RevisedManyexecutivesaswellasmanagersareskepticalaboutofficeautomation.
AmbiguousBeingwell-knowninthecomputerindustry,ourprojectwouldbenefitalotfromtheTsinghuateam.
RevisedBecausetheTsinghuateamiswell-knowninthecomputerindustry,ourprojectwouldbenefitalotfromitshelp.
❑Useactiveratherthanpassivevoicemostofthetime.
Usually,theactivevoice(Joetestedthesoftware.)isbetterthanthepassivevoice(ThesoftwareistestedbyJoe.),butincertainsituationsitcanmakesensetousethelessnaturalpassivestyle.However,manywritersroutinelyusethepassivestylesimplybecausetheybelieveitismore“formal”and“acceptable”.Itisnot.Usingthepassivestyleisthemostcommonreasonforpoorlystructuredsentencesanditalwaysleadstolongersentencesthanarenecessary.Unlessyouhaveaverygoodreasonforthechangeinemphasis,youshouldalwayswriteintheactivestyle.
Thefollowingexamplesshowtheimprovementachievedbyswitchingfrompassivetoactive:
FaultyThereportwaswrittenbyPeter,andwasfoundtobeexcellent.
CorrectPeterwrotethereport,anditwasexcellent.
FaultyThelidshouldbesealedwithwax.
CorrectSealthelidwithwax.
BadThevaluesweremeasuredautomaticallybythecontrolsystem.
GoodThecontrolsystemmeasuredthevaluesautomatically.
Weak&
ImpersonalAnofferwillbemadebyusnextweek.
StrongerWewillmakeyouanoffernextweek.
❑Avoidunnecessarywordsandrepetition.
Manysentencescontainunnecessarywordsthatrepeatanideaalreadyexpressedinanotherword.Thiswastesspaceandbluntsthemessage.Oftenwritersuseseveralwordsforideasthatcanbeexpressedinone.Thisleadstounnecessarilycomplexsentencesandredundancy.
RedundantTheprinterislocatedadjacenttothecomputer.
RevisedTheprinterisadjacenttothecomputer.
RedundantTheusercanvisiblyseetheimagemoving.
RevisedTheusercanseetheimagemoving.
RedundantTheproductisnotofasatisfactorynature.
RevisedTheproductisunsatisfactory.
❑Makesentencesfluent.
Fluentsentencesarepolished,graceful,andeasytoread.Variedlengthandwordordermakethemfreeofchoppinessandmonotony.Seethefollowingsuggestions:
Needless“that”Thisisaproblemthatbothersme.
FluentThisproblembothersme.
NeedlessqualifierItseemsthattheyhaveavalidargument.
RevisedTheyhaveavalidargument./Theyseemtohaveavalidargument.
ChoppyJoggingcanbehealthfulifyouhavetherightequipment.Mostimportantarewell-fittingshoes.Theyareimportantbecausewithoutthemyoutakethechanceofinjuringyourlegs.Yourkneesareespeciallypronetoinjury.
RevisedJoggingcanbehealthfulifyouhavetherightequipment.Well-fittingshoesaremostimportantbecausetheypreventinjuriestoyourlegs,especiallyyourknees.
Technicalwritingexercises
1.Thefollowingsentencesareunclearorlackfluencybecauseofambiguousphrasing,incorrectwordorder,ortoomuchinformation.Revisethemsothattheirmeaningsareclear.
a)AmaneatingsharkwasspottedintheSouthSea.
b)Wearingspecialequipment,theradioactivematerialfailedtoinjuretheoperator.
c)Thatisawholenewapproachthatneedsattentionandresearch.
2.Thefollowingsentencesneedtoberewrittenintheactiveorpassivevoiceforbetteremphasis,moredirectnessorgreatereconomy.Makenecessarychangesandgivereasons
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