英语中的冒号和引号.docx

英语中引号的用法引号分单引号(single quotation marks) 和双引号(double quotation marks) 。单引号只用在一个直接引语中所含有的另一个直接引语上。1表示直接引语。当直接引语超过四行或多于40个字词时, 一般不用引号而改用黑体字以便与文章的其它部分界线清晰Well, the foreigner said to him, you look like an engineer.句号和逗号必须置于引号(双引号和单引号) 之内。引语的出现位置不同，那么句子的表达也有变化，我们应该注意。我们来看下面几个句子。As one of the worlds fastest growing consumer markets, China is a world leader in mobile phone sales, domestic tourism, and broadband network penetration, said Chen.More than 43 percent of all newly reported cases are attributed to people having unprotected sex, and gay men are the most at risk, he said.The Chinese people uphold the spirit of self-reliance and perseverance, and they are proud of their virtue of supporting and helping people with a disability, BOCOG chief Liu Qi said in a speech.引语在前，某某人说在后面时，上面的两中形式均可，但多数用的是后一种,特别是有人称代词时必须用第二种形式，不可以说said he。 We of the younger generation extol the wisdom of that great leader and educator,” I shouted, “who first spoke these flaming words of wisdom? 某某人说在中间，前后均有引语的时候，表示“说”的动词后要用逗号。He told the gunman, I refuse to do that .引号前不是我们汉语中常用的冒号而是逗号，这点一定要注意。International Paralympics Committee (IPC) President Philip Craven said in his speech: These Games will have more athletes, more competing nations, and more sporting events than ever before, and described them as milestones in Paralympic history to improving the lives of Chinas 83 million disabled citizens.我们来看这句摘自China Daily的句子，speech 后面用的是冒号。这是冒号的一个功能：引出一个较长的引语，所以用了冒号加引号。比如，The prime minister said: We will fight. We will not give up. We will win the next election. 那么，是不是说，两种用法都可以呢？应该是这样的。不过，逗号+引号，这样的用法还是比较多的。She called this schedule of activities her load ：work, study, exercise, recreation, and sleep. 英语中冒号与分号必置于引号外。The teacher asked, Could you understand me？ Did the teacher ask, Have they gone? Did the teacher ask, They have gone ？ The frightened girl screamed, Help! The fellow only said, Sorry! He interrupted me, Now, listenand went on saying. 问号、感叹号和破折号有时置于引号之内, 有时置于外号之外。如果所引内容本身是疑问句或感叹句或带有破折号, 问号、感叹号或破折号一般放在引号之内。否则,放在引号之外。2. 标明短篇出版物的标题, 诸如杂志、报纸上的文章、短诗、短篇故事和整部书的某一章节。Have you read The Old Man and the Sea？ Chapter three is entitled The Internet. 3.表示所用的词语具有特殊意义。另外,当俚语出现在较正式的文章中, 也用引号引起来, 以表示文风的有意转变。The report contained the facts of the case. The speaker owns a fat farm in California, which slims down rich overeaters for 2 , 500 a week. 4. 用于表示引起读者注意的词语, 或读者不熟悉的特殊词语。It is customary to say Youpre welcome whenever anyone says Thank you. SOS is a message for help from a ship or aircraft when in danger.有的冒号1.冒号用于对后面内容的介绍或解释，如 This is her plan: go shopping. 2.冒号用于名单之前，特别是一个竖排的名单。 We transferred three employees to new branches: Tony Wang to New York City Mike Jackson to Tokyo Mark Foster to Paris 当名单横排的时候，冒号要用在一个完整的句子之后，如 We need seven people: three students, three engineers, and a professor. 3.冒号用于一个正式的引用之前。如 The professor said: “It was horrible.” 4.冒号也可用于商业或正式信函的称谓后面，如 Dear Mr. Lee:(美国英