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 印地安那大学信息学院  
印地安那大学医学院计算生物学和生物信息中心  
 
  
读者期望什么?  
   
读者对句子的期望  
 
  
2. 读者想在主语之后立刻看到行为动词。对一个说明谁在做什么的句子,读者需要找到动词才能理解。如果动词和主语之间相隔太远,阅读就会被寻找动词打断。而打断阅读就会使句子难以理解。  
 
  
 
 
  
这里有个例子[1]:  
 The smallest URFs (URFA6L), a207-nucleotide (nt) reading frame overlapping out of phase the NH2-terminalportion of the adenosinetrip hosphatase (ATPase) subunit 6 gene has beenidentified as the animal equivalent of the recently discovered yeast H+-ATPasesubunit 8 gene.  
 
  
同样的句子,将动词放在主语之后[1]:  
The smallest of the URFs is URFA6L, a 207-nucleotide (nt) reading frameoverlapping out of phase the NH2-terminal portion of theadenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) subunit 6 Gene; it has been identified as theanimal equivalent of the recently discovered yeast H+-ATPase subunit 8 gene.  
 
  
这样新的句子就更加平衡了。尽量避免过长的主语和过短的宾语。这就像头重脚轻的人很难站稳。短的主语紧跟着动词加上长的宾语效果会更好。  
 
 
 
  
   
待续……  
原文下载地址:http://www.journaladvancedultrasound.com/EN/column/column34.shtml  |