Affirmative vs. Negative
1.I’m wiser than to believe what you call money talks.
2.He would do anything he was asked to do but return to his old life.
3.Africa is not kicking out western imperialism in order to invite other new masters.
4.Both sides thought that the peace proposal was one they could accept with dignity.
5.One could not be too careful in a new neighborhood.
6.Nothing is so beautiful but it betrays some defect on close inspection.
7.All graduates from the Foreign Languages Institute will not be appointed to do translation
work.
8.All the chemical energy of the fuel is not converted into heat.
9.All these various losses, great as they are, do not in any way contradict the law of
conservation of energy.
10.All other sources of heat besides the sun would not raise the temperature of the earth 1/4
degree F.
11.Not all sounds made by animals serve as language, and we have only to turn to that
extraordinary discovery of echolocation in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly utilitarian role.
12.The contemporary phenomenon of motorcar worship is to be explained not least by the sense
of independence and freedom that ownership entails.
13.The target is wrong, for in attacking the tests, critics divert attention from the fault that lies
with ill-informed or incompetent users.
14.I know it is a square peg in a round hole; still, it serves after a fashion.
15.One may as well be asleep to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and
regulate his conduct.
16.Few things are impossible in themselves: and it is often for want of will, rather than of means,
that men fail of success.
17.In one broadcast Anna Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin Roosevelt, said, “ We cannot
be too tired to win peace if our civilization is to go on.”
18.It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the
last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought.
The Passive Voice
Put the following sentences into Chinese, paying attention to the conversion of the voice.
1.The oil of the world will have been used up, and man will be using the more convenient
power obtained from the splitting of the atom.
2.There are some radioactive isotopes which are produced artificially by bombardment of nuclei
with neutrons.
3.Care should be taken to decrease the length of time that one is subjected to loud continuous
noise.
4.Much has been said about the complexity of the nuclear power reaction.
5.Goodyear, an American, had been trying for years to find a way in which rubber could be
made hard, non-stick, and yet elastic.
6.We are taught that business letters should be written in a formal style rather than a personal
one.
7.She told me that her master had dismissed her. No reason had been given; no objection had
been made to her conduct. She had been forbidden to appeal to her mistress.
8.The increasing speed of scientific development will be obvious if one considers that TV,
space craft, and nuclear-powered ships, which are taken for granted now, would have seemed fantastic to people whose lives ended as recently as 1920.
9.The rusting of iron is one example of corrosion, which may be described as the destructive
chemical attack on a metal by media with which it comes in contact, such as moisture, air and water.
10.Pure science has been subdivided into physical science, which deals with the facts and
relations of the physical world, and biological science, which investigated the history and makings of life on the planet.
11.It has been noted with concern that the stock of books in the library has been declining
alarmingly. Students are asked to remind themselves of the rules for the borrowing and return of books, and to bear in mind the needs of other student. Penalties for overdue books will in the future be strictly enforced.
12. A current search of the files indicates that the letter id no longer in this bureau’s possession.
It is notes that the letter was received two months ago, and after study, returned to your office.
In view of the foregoing, it is regretted that your office has no record of its receipt. If the letter is found, it would be appreciated if this bureau was notified at once.
Nominal Clauses
