0725Brevity: Valuing Each Word－Win Your NTD200 7-11/Starbucks Prize! 簡潔準則：惜字如金 有機會獲得價值200元統一超商/星巴克咖啡禮券!
The best writing doesn’t waste words. It employs words efficiently. The first TPS Fan to complete the sentence below as we believe it should be completed will win a NTD200 7-11 / Starbucks Gift Certificate. Another Starbucks certificate will be awarded to the first Fan to complete it in an alternate way that, in our estimation, also is effective. The explanation and the names of the winners will be published tomorrow on this TPS Fans page. Each brevity rule is contained in 10 Ways to Shorten & Strengthen Your Academic Paper and will be posted on the TPS Fan page as introduced.
最佳的寫作，必須有效選用字句、惜字如金。TPS推出新專欄，請你寫出簡潔、流暢的詞彙/句子。題目刊登於下方，經TPS編輯教授評選為第1位最適解答的粉絲，可獲得統一超商/星巴克咖啡NTD200元的購物禮券；增設特別獎1名，獎項給予提出符合句意又別具創意之解答的粉絲。解答與獲獎的粉絲姓名，將於明天公佈於本TPS專頁。每一項簡潔準則，皆收錄於TPS新推出之「十大簡潔英文準則」，將定期刊登本專欄，敬請密切鎖定、先睹為快。
Rule # 6: Use allusions… An academic writer can tighten his paper, reduce word count, and connect more securely with a reader by alluding to familiar principles or objects that apply to the subject. In the sentence below, the writer did not employ allusion where it was possible to do so. How can the sentence best be written shorter and stronger by use of allusion?
十大簡潔英文準則六：善用暗喻
寫作學術文章若能間接引用與主題類似的觀念或事物，便可使文章更簡潔、減少字數，讓讀者更容易理解。下列句子並未在適當的地方善用暗喻，要如何使用暗喻，才能讓句子更精簡有力？
題目 Contest Sentence:
“The people filed peacefully into the room and, one by one, seated themselves on the floor, each person assuming the fatalistic posture reminiscent of every non-violent protester who ever challenged authority.”
最佳的寫作，必須有效選用字句、惜字如金。TPS推出新專欄，請你寫出簡潔、流暢的詞彙/句子。題目刊登於下方，經TPS編輯教授評選為第1位最適解答的粉絲，可獲得統一超商/星巴克咖啡NTD200元的購物禮券；增設特別獎1名，獎項給予提出符合句意又別具創意之解答的粉絲。解答與獲獎的粉絲姓名，將於明天公佈於本TPS專頁。每一項簡潔準則，皆收錄於TPS新推出之「十大簡潔英文準則」，將定期刊登本專欄，敬請密切鎖定、先睹為快。
Rule # 6: Use allusions… An academic writer can tighten his paper, reduce word count, and connect more securely with a reader by alluding to familiar principles or objects that apply to the subject. In the sentence below, the writer did not employ allusion where it was possible to do so. How can the sentence best be written shorter and stronger by use of allusion?
十大簡潔英文準則六：善用暗喻
寫作學術文章若能間接引用與主題類似的觀念或事物，便可使文章更簡潔、減少字數，讓讀者更容易理解。下列句子並未在適當的地方善用暗喻，要如何使用暗喻，才能讓句子更精簡有力？
題目 Contest Sentence:
“The people filed peacefully into the room and, one by one, seated themselves on the floor, each person assuming the fatalistic posture reminiscent of every non-violent protester who ever challenged authority.”
Posted at 2011-07-25 10:52:25
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