英语报刊集现代英语之大成,如总统庄严的声明,民众轻松的闲聊,各学科的术语,各领域的行话,风土人情乃至市井俚语,英语报刊无所不包,从而有利于我们广大英语爱好者根据自己的需要和爱好各取所需。不难理解,英语报刊是我们学习和掌握现代英语最实用的途径之一,其鲜明实用的词汇特色集中表现在以下几个方面:
1.汉语新词英译俯拾即是
现代社会发展迅猛,其结果之一便是新词语不断涌现。新中国成立以来,尤其是改革开放以来,现代汉语中出现了大量的新词汇,包括旧词新义、流行语、外来新词语等;甚至不少己湮没多年的旧词语也频频亮相,给人们,尤其是年轻一代,以耳目一新之感。在改革开放的今天,由于词典等工具书的编纂周期难以赶上现实生活中新词语的产生速度,广大英语学习者面临的一大难题就是,如何把这些新词语译成地道的英语。而英语报刊正好起到了为一般双语词典“拾遗补缺”的作用,如“双休日”、“拳头产品”、“人才流动”、“外向型经济”、“三资企业”、“扫黄运动”、“不正之风”、“小康水平”、 “退居二线”、“有偿新闻”,“与国际接轨”等词语的英译,首先都是见诸英语报端的。现列举几则摘自英语报刊含有这类新词语英语表达的实例,以资佐证:
1) Taking advantage of the two-day dayoffs, he basked in the spring sunshine with his family.
(他和家人一起沐浴在春天的阳光之下,享受双休日所带来的乐趣。)
2) The central government called on every region to develop its own export-oriented hit products according to its local advantages and characteristic.
(中央政府号召各地利用本地优势和特点开发当地的出口型拳头产品。)
3) In order to fully tap the human resources, the rational flow of trained personnel should not only be allowed but also be encouraged.
(为了充分发掘人才潜力,不仅应该允许人才合理流动,而且还要鼓励人才流动。)
4) To further develop the export一oriented economy, Shanghai is to make a number of preferential policies soon to encourage business people both at home and abroad to set up more enterprises in the the three forms of ventures, i.e. enterprises for Sino-foreign joint venture, for Sino-foreign co-production and enterprises with sole foreign capital.
(为了进一步发展外向型经济,上海最近将出台一系列优惠政策,以鼓励国内外经营者创建更多的三资企业,即中外合资企业、中外合作企业和外商独资企业。)
5) The disappearance of such materials as pornographic and obscene books, periodicals and tapes is proof that China's campaign against porns is making progress.liuxuepaper.com