0509 Brevity: 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!
TPS 即日起推出全新學術專欄「Brevity: Valuing Each Word 簡潔準則：惜字如金」，歡迎粉絲們踴躍參加。
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 # 1: Select words carefully … A trained academic writer succeeds by communicating thoughts succinctly, and word selection is key to success. In the underlined phrase in the sentence below, the writer did not select his words with brevity in mind. What word / words expresses the same thought more concisely?
十大簡潔英文準則一：謹慎用字
訓練有素的學術文章作者，能簡明扼要表達句意，成功的關鍵是選用適切的字詞。下列句子的畫線部分，表達並不俐落簡潔。用什麼字/字組能更有效率地表達意思呢？
題目Contest Sentence:
“The baseball player ran all the way around the infield in the pouring rain after he hit the game-ending homer, failing to touch a single base.”
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 # 1: Select words carefully … A trained academic writer succeeds by communicating thoughts succinctly, and word selection is key to success. In the underlined phrase in the sentence below, the writer did not select his words with brevity in mind. What word / words expresses the same thought more concisely?
十大簡潔英文準則一：謹慎用字
訓練有素的學術文章作者，能簡明扼要表達句意，成功的關鍵是選用適切的字詞。下列句子的畫線部分，表達並不俐落簡潔。用什麼字/字組能更有效率地表達意思呢？
題目Contest Sentence:
“The baseball player ran all the way around the infield in the pouring rain after he hit the game-ending homer, failing to touch a single base.”
Posted at 2011-05-09 16:03:22
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