Hello China 英文版《你好,中国》是由中国国家广电总局主办、中国国际广播电台、高等教育出版社联合策划实施的大型多媒体系列文化项目。本分享视频来自腾讯视频,版权归原作者所有,本分享旨在学生英语学习。
Hello China 英文版《你好,中国》选取了100个代表中国传统文化精髓的汉语词汇,从不同侧面反映中国文化的博大精深。
There is an interesting story laying behind Chinese characters like other languages, such as mǎ hu.
A painter drew an animal which looked like a horse and a tiger. He told his first son that it was a tiger. The older son identified a horse as a tiger and killed it. He told his second son it was a horse. The younger boy identified a tiger as a horse and try to ride on it. Therefore, his first son owed a horse to its master and his second son came within an inch of death.
From then on, mǎ hu has been used to describe carelessness.1.language [ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ] n.语言;语言文字;言语;说话;某种类型的言语(或语言)词源:讲话离不开舌头,因为舌头是重要的发声器官之一。这一点西方人也有深刻认识。因此, 表示“语言”的英语单词language的本意就是“舌头”。它来自拉丁文linguaticum,词根lingua就是“舌头”的意思。含有这个词根的 单词还有:lingual(语言的、舌的、舌音的);linguistic(语言学)。lingual:['lɪŋgw(ə)l] adj.语言的,舌的,舌音的n.舌音,舌音字linguistic:[lɪŋ'gwɪstɪk] adj.语言的,语言学的It takes a long time to learn to speak a language well.2.identified [aɪˈdentɪfaɪd] v.确认;认出;鉴定;找到;发现;显示;说明身份identify [aɪˈdentɪfaɪ] v.确认;认出;鉴定;找到;发现;显示;说明身份ident 相同 + ify 动词后缀 → 认出相同的东西 → 认出,识别The bodies were identified as those of two suspected drug dealers.3.describe [dɪˈskraɪb] v.描述;形容;把…称为;做…运动;画出…图形;形成…形状de 加强 + scrib 写 + e → 着重写 → 描写description of the thief 对小偷的描述vessels of every description 各式船舶The man was described as tall and dark, and aged about 20.拓展:scrib,script = to write(写)词根scrib来源于拉丁动词scribere(=to write)的不定式词干,在英语中,前者多出现在动词中,scribere的过去分词为scriptus,script是拉丁动词scribere(=to write)的动名词词干,用来构成相应的名词和形容词它们都意为to write 。追本溯源的话,scrib 来源原始印欧语根*sker- ,表示“切,砍”,和science 同源,scrib 最早的书写就是在石头或木头上刻东西。词根 -script- 也可以理解为是根据辅音的交替规律由-scrib- 变来的,属于单 / 双辅音交替规律,如:describe 描写、manuscript 抄本 / 用手写的;同义词根有来源于希腊语的graph,gram。scrib,script这二个词根很好的体现了b —— p之间的音变或称互换,这是英语中非常见而且非常重要的音变规律,正是这各音变产生了大量的英语词汇,就如果汉语中的普通话跟方言似的,里面的字母t是为了更好的衔接后缀。
ascribe [əˈskraɪb] (将某事写下来向某人告知 a<ad(=to) + scrib(=write))vt.sth + to + sb/sth 将...归因(于)I ascribe no malefic motive to his behavior. prescribe[prɪˈskraɪb] (事先写 pre(=before) + scrib(write))vt. 规定,命令;开处方prescription n.处方;命令,指示,法规prescriptive adj.规定的,规范的;[律]依据时效的The doctor prescribed some tranquilizers and a few days of rest.proscribe[proʊˈskraɪb](事先写 pre(=before) + scrib(=write))vt. 禁止;剥夺公权;排斥;流放The state senate proscribed an expiration date on welfare benefits. 州议院禁止对福利救济金设置截止期限。transcribe [trænˈskraɪb] (写得使人明白,达到期望状态 tran<trans(=across) + scrib(=write)) v.抄写;(播放)录音,(播放)录像;编曲transcript n.(学校的)成绩单;副本,誉本transcription n.抄写;复本,誉本;播放录音或录像I record my professor's lectures and transcribe them at home.circumscribe [ˈsɜːrkəmskraɪb] v.在...周围画线;限定,限制 *circum(=around)circumscription n.限定,限制;(硬币等边上的)回读铭文circumscribe one's interests 限制某人的爱好conscript [kənˈskrɪpt , ˈkɑːnskrɪpt]v.征集,征召 n.应征入伍者 adj.被征召的 *con<com(=together)conscription n.征兵;征用(制度) *con<com(=together)conscription of wealth 财产的征收;(战时向免服役者征收的)兵役税inscribe [ɪnˈskraɪb] v.题写;雕刻;题赠 *in(=in,into)inscription n.(纪念碑、货币等的)铭文inscribe a tomb with a name 在墓碑上刻名字manuscript [ˈmænjuskrɪpt] n.(书等的)原稿 *manu(=hand)poems still in manuscript 还没有付印的诗send a manuscript to the printers 把原稿发送给印刷工nondescript [ˈnɑːndɪskrɪpt] adj./n. 难以归类的(人或物),无明显特征的(人或物);无趣的 *non(=not),de(=down)postscript [ˈpoʊstskrɪpt] n.(信件的)附言(缩写:P.S.)*post(=fater)rescript n.公告;(政府的)布告,敕令,法令;(罗马教皇的)解答敕令 *re(=again,back)subscribe [səbˈskraɪb] v.损款;(在文件下面)署名;同意,赞成;订阅 *sub(=under)subscribe one's name to a petition 在请愿书上签名subscription [səbˈskrɪpʃn] n.捐款,认捐;订阅;签名;捐助金;订购款;会费 *sub(=under)subscription concert 联票音乐会(指预售联票本的系列音乐会中的一场)superscription [sju:pə'skripʃən] n.刻字,题字 *super(=above,over)scribe [skraɪb] (抄写的人) n.(文牍、经文)抄写员 *e(=person who) scribble[ˈskrɪbl] v.潦草地写,乱涂,乱画 *le(=small,little)scribbler [ˈskrɪblər] n.写字潦草的人;无足轻重的作家script [skrɪpt] (被写下来的东西) n.手迹,笔迹;手写体;脚本,底稿scripture [ˈskrɪptʃər](-ure 名词后缀) n.(The (Hloy) Scriptures ) 基督教《圣经》;(基督教以外的其他宗教的)圣典,经典;(adj.)引自圣经的,与圣经有关的
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