VOA特别英语节目官方词汇表Copyright(c)2001byVoiceOfAmerica,Washington,DC美国著名词汇学家S
Flexmer指明了SpecialEnglish的三条标准,也就是它所“特别”的地方:1
它是一种由美国人最常用的1500个基本单词为主体构成的美国英语;2
它用简短、明晰的句子写作和广播;3
它以每分钟90个单词的速度,即2/3的StandardEnglish(标准英语)速度进行广播
PARTSOFSPEECHn
(noun)-anamewordv
(verb)-anactionwordad
(adjective/adverb)-adescribingwordprep
(preposition)-awordusedtoshowarelationpro
(pronoun)-awordusedinplaceofanounconj
(conjunction)-ajoiningwordAa(an)-ad
one;any;eachable-v
havingthepowertodosomethingabout-ad
almost("abouthalf");oforhavingarelationto("Wetalkabouttheweather
")above-ad
atahigherplaceaccept-v
toagreetoreceiveaccident-n
somethingthathappensbychanceormistake;anunplannedeventaccuse-v
tosayapersonisresponsibleforanactorcrime;tomakeastatementagainstsomeoneacross-ad
fromsidetoside;totheothersideact-v