Scientific English Writing
Section Ⅷ
Means for Emphasis
It + be + stressed part + thatwho
Ⅰ, A sentence pattern
Translation technique general ——,正是”，“就是”special ——
“到底”，“究竟”
with,interrogative words”
?When an electron and a proton attract each other,it will
be the tiny electron that will do most of the actual moving.
正是法拉第首先发现了电磁感应现象。
?It was Faraday who first discovered electromagnetic
induction.
However,it is just this distinction with which the second
law of thermodynamics is concerned.
?然而，热力学第二定律所涉及的 就是 这一特性。
病人在病房里大部分时间与其打交道的是护士。
?It is the nurse with whom the patients spend most of the
time in a ward room.
电到底是怎么产生的？
How is it that electricity is produced?
尚不清楚到底在什么条件下才能使用这种方法。
It is not clear yet under what conditions it is that this
method can be used.
※※ Pt=1.5 Pc when m=1,This is important because it is the
maximum power that relevant amplifiers must be capable of
handling without distortion.
1,※ do (does,did) + base form
Ⅱ, Some words for emphasis
这方法的确管用。
?This method does work.
我 真诚地 希望你再次来看我们。
?I do hope you will come to visit us again.
数学分析表明，这些方法是 确实 可行的，但是尚不清楚 到底 在
什么条件下才能使用他们。
?Mathematical analysis shows that these methods do
work,but it is not clear yet under what conditions it is
that they may be used.
2,Very,就,,, 最,,, 那个,
交流电 就是 使无线电和电视成为可能的 那种 电流。
?The alternating current is the very current that makes
radio and television possible.
就 在我们闭合电路的那一瞬间电流就开始流动。
?The current starts to flow at the very moment we
close the circuit.
the [this; that; no; 物主代词 ] + very + n.
3,other adverbs,only,right,merely,simply
为了正好能离开地球，物体必须以每秒七英里的速度飞入太空。
?To get right away from the earth,an object will have to
fly into space at a speed of seven miles per second.
Ⅲ, Emphasis through inversion
这一点将在以后讨论。
?This point we will discuss later on.
原子 实在 太小了，以至于我们用肉眼是看不见它们的。
?So small are atoms that we cannot see them with
our naked eyes.
Inversion
Ⅰ, Full inversion
1,Predicative
adj.
adv.
prep,phrase
+ link verbs + S
Among the most noteworthy achievements at that time was
the realization that light consists of electromagnetic
waves.
? 当时最引人注目的成就之一是人们认识到了光是电磁波构成的。
? Not as familiar is the fact that any substance whatever
will be influenced by the magnetic field,although to an
extent which is extremely small compared with a
substance like iron.
2,adverbial
prep,phrase
adv.
(there )
+ vi + S
From this condition follows Euler’s Equation.
由这个条件得到了尤拉方程。
When these muscles contract,there results the skin
condition that are call gooseflesh.
质量中心就是当物体加速时各反作用力的合力所通过的那一点。
The center of mass is the point through which passes the
resultant of the reaction forces when a body is
accelerated..
3,participle
present
past ※
+ be + S
Surrounding the earth is a layer of air of unknown thickness.
环绕地球的是一层厚度莫测的空气。
However,remaining open is the question of whether WSI
[= wafer scale integration] will enjoy a time in the sun.
然而，现在的问题是晶片规模集成这一技术是否会迅速发展起来
呢？
图 8画出的是数字计算机的方框图。
Shown in Fig,8 is a block diagram of a digital computer.
4,prep,Phrase + passive voice + S
By a polynomial is meant a sum of monomial terms.
? 所谓多项式指的是一些单项之和。
“所谓 ··· 指的是,,By A is meant B
By electromotive force is meant the potential difference
across a battery while there is no current flowing
through it.
? 所谓电动势，指的是当没有电流流动时电池两端的电位差。
Ⅱ, partial inversion
1,⑴ only + adverbial
adverb.
prep,phrase
adv,clause
只有那时我们才采取这一措施。
?Only then shall we take this measure.
只有在这种情况下我们才在该电阻器的两端跨接一个电容器。
?Only in such a case is a capacitor connected across
the resistor.
只有在力为恒定且与位移同一方向时，功等于力乘以距离这
一说法才成立。
?Only if the force is constant and in the same direction as
the displacement,is it true that,work equals force times
distance.”
⑵ adverb or prep,Phrase with a negative meaning
which modify the predicative
?Rarely does one know the constraint function fm with
absolute precision.
never / hardly / rarely / not until / by no means /
under no conditions …
直至 1818年光的绕射才由 Augustin Fresnel作出了正确地解释。
?Not until 1818 was the diffraction of light correctly
interpreted by Augustin Fresnel.
如果知道角度，不仅可以求出函数值；而且若知道函数值，
也能求出角来。
?Not only are we able to find values of the functions
if we know the angle,but also we can find the angle if
we know the value of a function.
中国在任何情况下都不会首先使用核武器。
⑶ so (= also),neither/ nor
两个电子相互排斥，两个原子核也是如此。
Two electrons will be repelled from each other and so
will two nuclei.
As we shall see later,not all oxygen atoms are alike,nor
are all carbon atoms.
我们以后会看到，并不是所有氧原子都是相同的，所有碳原
子也并不都是相同。
1,By no means ____ positive charges____(move ) in a wire.
2,There ____(show) a block diagram of a TV receiver in
Fig,5-1.
3,所谓线性工作指的是放大器能够以很小的失真或无失真地放大
信号的能力。
4,万一发生什么情况，请立即告诉我们。
Ex,Blank filling & translation
By linear operation is meant the ability of an amplifier
to amplify a signal with little or no distortion.
Should anything happen,let us know as soon as
possible.
Assignment:
P.77 Ⅱ, 10,12,14
P.77 Ⅱ, 1,2,3,5,6,7,9
Section Ⅷ
Means for Emphasis
It + be + stressed part + thatwho
Ⅰ, A sentence pattern
Translation technique general ——,正是”，“就是”special ——
“到底”，“究竟”
with,interrogative words”
?When an electron and a proton attract each other,it will
be the tiny electron that will do most of the actual moving.
正是法拉第首先发现了电磁感应现象。
?It was Faraday who first discovered electromagnetic
induction.
However,it is just this distinction with which the second
law of thermodynamics is concerned.
?然而，热力学第二定律所涉及的 就是 这一特性。
病人在病房里大部分时间与其打交道的是护士。
?It is the nurse with whom the patients spend most of the
time in a ward room.
电到底是怎么产生的？
How is it that electricity is produced?
尚不清楚到底在什么条件下才能使用这种方法。
It is not clear yet under what conditions it is that this
method can be used.
※※ Pt=1.5 Pc when m=1,This is important because it is the
maximum power that relevant amplifiers must be capable of
handling without distortion.
1,※ do (does,did) + base form
Ⅱ, Some words for emphasis
这方法的确管用。
?This method does work.
我 真诚地 希望你再次来看我们。
?I do hope you will come to visit us again.
数学分析表明，这些方法是 确实 可行的，但是尚不清楚 到底 在
什么条件下才能使用他们。
?Mathematical analysis shows that these methods do
work,but it is not clear yet under what conditions it is
that they may be used.
2,Very,就,,, 最,,, 那个,
交流电 就是 使无线电和电视成为可能的 那种 电流。
?The alternating current is the very current that makes
radio and television possible.
就 在我们闭合电路的那一瞬间电流就开始流动。
?The current starts to flow at the very moment we
close the circuit.
the [this; that; no; 物主代词 ] + very + n.
3,other adverbs,only,right,merely,simply
为了正好能离开地球，物体必须以每秒七英里的速度飞入太空。
?To get right away from the earth,an object will have to
fly into space at a speed of seven miles per second.
Ⅲ, Emphasis through inversion
这一点将在以后讨论。
?This point we will discuss later on.
原子 实在 太小了，以至于我们用肉眼是看不见它们的。
?So small are atoms that we cannot see them with
our naked eyes.
Inversion
Ⅰ, Full inversion
1,Predicative
adj.
adv.
prep,phrase
+ link verbs + S
Among the most noteworthy achievements at that time was
the realization that light consists of electromagnetic
waves.
? 当时最引人注目的成就之一是人们认识到了光是电磁波构成的。
? Not as familiar is the fact that any substance whatever
will be influenced by the magnetic field,although to an
extent which is extremely small compared with a
substance like iron.
2,adverbial
prep,phrase
adv.
(there )
+ vi + S
From this condition follows Euler’s Equation.
由这个条件得到了尤拉方程。
When these muscles contract,there results the skin
condition that are call gooseflesh.
质量中心就是当物体加速时各反作用力的合力所通过的那一点。
The center of mass is the point through which passes the
resultant of the reaction forces when a body is
accelerated..
3,participle
present
past ※
+ be + S
Surrounding the earth is a layer of air of unknown thickness.
环绕地球的是一层厚度莫测的空气。
However,remaining open is the question of whether WSI
[= wafer scale integration] will enjoy a time in the sun.
然而，现在的问题是晶片规模集成这一技术是否会迅速发展起来
呢？
图 8画出的是数字计算机的方框图。
Shown in Fig,8 is a block diagram of a digital computer.
4,prep,Phrase + passive voice + S
By a polynomial is meant a sum of monomial terms.
? 所谓多项式指的是一些单项之和。
“所谓 ··· 指的是,,By A is meant B
By electromotive force is meant the potential difference
across a battery while there is no current flowing
through it.
? 所谓电动势，指的是当没有电流流动时电池两端的电位差。
Ⅱ, partial inversion
1,⑴ only + adverbial
adverb.
prep,phrase
adv,clause
只有那时我们才采取这一措施。
?Only then shall we take this measure.
只有在这种情况下我们才在该电阻器的两端跨接一个电容器。
?Only in such a case is a capacitor connected across
the resistor.
只有在力为恒定且与位移同一方向时，功等于力乘以距离这
一说法才成立。
?Only if the force is constant and in the same direction as
the displacement,is it true that,work equals force times
distance.”
⑵ adverb or prep,Phrase with a negative meaning
which modify the predicative
?Rarely does one know the constraint function fm with
absolute precision.
never / hardly / rarely / not until / by no means /
under no conditions …
直至 1818年光的绕射才由 Augustin Fresnel作出了正确地解释。
?Not until 1818 was the diffraction of light correctly
interpreted by Augustin Fresnel.
如果知道角度，不仅可以求出函数值；而且若知道函数值，
也能求出角来。
?Not only are we able to find values of the functions
if we know the angle,but also we can find the angle if
we know the value of a function.
中国在任何情况下都不会首先使用核武器。
⑶ so (= also),neither/ nor
两个电子相互排斥，两个原子核也是如此。
Two electrons will be repelled from each other and so
will two nuclei.
As we shall see later,not all oxygen atoms are alike,nor
are all carbon atoms.
我们以后会看到，并不是所有氧原子都是相同的，所有碳原
子也并不都是相同。
1,By no means ____ positive charges____(move ) in a wire.
2,There ____(show) a block diagram of a TV receiver in
Fig,5-1.
3,所谓线性工作指的是放大器能够以很小的失真或无失真地放大
信号的能力。
4,万一发生什么情况，请立即告诉我们。
Ex,Blank filling & translation
By linear operation is meant the ability of an amplifier
to amplify a signal with little or no distortion.
Should anything happen,let us know as soon as
possible.
Assignment:
P.77 Ⅱ, 10,12,14
P.77 Ⅱ, 1,2,3,5,6,7,9
