活动回顾|“书香外文·经典阅读”第三期读书沙龙活动

第三期“书香外文·经典阅读”

读书沙龙活动圆满结束啦

让我们一起回顾一下吧！

书籍简介

《文体指南》（The Elements of Style）是一本薄薄的小书。

首版于1918年由纽约一家出版社出版。作者William Strunk，康耐尔大学英语教授，E.B.怀特对此书加以了修正。

此书篇幅较短，但内容丰富。涵盖了母语英语的人写作和用法上常出的错误，也清晰地解释了一些语法书中很难找到的语言现象。

虽然是为说英语的学生所写,但对于任何需要进一步了解英文用法，进而学习书写英文的人，这本书都是必不可少的。

主讲老师

周玉军，博士，华南师范大学外文学院教授，主要研究方向为18世纪英国文学和19世纪美国文学。历年来曾讲授的课程主要有：18世纪英国文学，美国文学史，翻译疑难举例，高级英语等。

第一站

老师分享 介绍书籍

活动开始后，周老师首先讲述了选择这本书的原因，并且向大家分享了早年任教时一位曾经共事过的写作老师的故事，大家听得津津有味。

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第二站

各抒己见 表达思想

同学们各自发表了阅读这本书后的心得，结合自身情况提出写作学习过程遇到的困惑。大家感慨书中内容和高中老师教的不一样，为我们提供了英语写作的另一个视角，令人受益匪浅。

精彩发言

谭雯丹

One of the most helpful rules for me is to omit needless words. A precise expression is more efficient to pass information. According to the writer, “interesting” should not be used as a means of introduction, because things are not interesting by announcing so. Instead, it should be made so. Reading the book made me rethink the problems in my writing and I will make efforts to improve related methods later.

李潘婷

As I read the rules, I found most of the times, I had used the inappropriate expressions in writing. The writer gives a large number of examples and comparisons to show how different expressions make sense, as well as how can sentences be refined through rearrangement. By learning the rules and reflecting on my own mistakes, I understand that I still have a long way to go in order to be a qualified English major students.

欧阳颖

In my opinion, this book just like a combination of English dictionary and grammar book, at the same time it also gives some suggestion or principles about English writing, which can be also used in Chinese. This book, small as it is, is also detailed and integrated. It listed many words and phrases that are likely to be used wrongly. It amazes me that many opinions of the writer are contradicted with what my high school teachers have taught me.

第三站

师生互动 答疑解惑

周老师就同学们提出的读书过程中的疑惑进行了解答，还推荐了另外一本书《写作风格的意识》（The Sense of Style），鼓励大家多阅读同类书籍并进行对比思考。写作之路漫漫，同学们应尽可能多地通过阅读提升这方面的技巧和能力。

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惊喜彩蛋

活动结束后，周玉军老师突然从背包里取出一摞书籍，这是他特意带来赠予同学们的。拿到赠书，同学们非常兴奋，纷纷表示一定会认真阅读，珍惜周老师的这份宝贵的礼物，并彼此交流了今后的阅读计划。

读后感想

李潘婷

My favorite part of this book is the fourth part: WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS COMMONLHY MISUSED, Where the author frequently emphasizes the importance of avoiding hackneyed and ambiguous words. The words like feature, character, kind of are all regarded as redundant expression because they convey nothing useful but only vagueness to the readers. A wonderful work never consists of only general and large topics, and it is the details that make it enjoyable to be read. Like in William Faulkner’s work, abundant details are given for readers to truly stand in the characters’ position to feel their struggle in heart.

谭雯丹

I learned a lot from the sharing. To my surprise, our teacher responded to my sharing. He said that making the story itself interesting is the most difficult and the last step, and at the very beginning of learning writing, we can directly tell the readers that the story being written is interesting, for many people are too lazy to think about the writer’s opinions. Generally, they will believe what the writer wrote in the book. From another perspective, as readers, we should rethink the rules and examples in the book, instead of believing them blindly.

读书分享会合影

结语

周老师平易近人的性格

深入浅出的讲解方式

使整个活动轻松愉快地进行

大家在欢笑声中交流分享心中所想

收获满满！

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文字来源：刘晓冰

图片来源：外国语言文化学院

图文编辑：党团学采编部 李沛瑶

审核：陈春菲