廣東財經(jīng)大學(xué)2021年英語寫作與翻譯考研真題

考試年度：2021年    考試科目代碼及名稱：804-英語寫作與翻譯(自命題)  

適用專業(yè)：050201 英語語言文學(xué)

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一、Writing （100分）

1、Summary Writing (1題，共40分)

Directions: Read the following passage, and write a summary of about 300 words for it in your own words. Directly copying sentences from the passage will result in deduction of grades. Write down your summary on the Answer Sheet.

Does Language Influence Culture？

Lera Boroditsky

Do the languages we speak shape the way we think? Do they merely express thoughts, or do the structures of languages shape the very thoughts we wish to express?

Take “Humpty Dumpty sat on a ...” as an example. Even this snippet（片段） of a nursery rhyme reveals how much languages can differ from one another. In English, we have to mark the verb for tense; in this case, we say "sat” rather than "sit". In Indonesian you need not change the verb to mark tense.

In Turkish, you would have to include in the verb how you acquired this information. For example, if you saw the chubby fellow on the wall with your own eyes, you'd use one form of the verb, but if you had simply read or heard about it, you'd use a different form.

Do English, Indonesian and Turkish speakers end up attending to, understanding, and remembering their experiences differently simply because they speak different languages?

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