Finding fossil man 发现远古人类
英语的标题通常不会用完整的句子，尽量追去简洁，一般使用音节比较少的词，避免使用大词，使用简洁且能鲜明的表达中心思想为宜。
find = discover
- discover fossil man、ancient man、 prehistoric man
标题词常用简洁的单词(拼写与发音更容易的)
- encourage → spur
- prohibit / forbid → ban
- compete → vie
- nominate → name
alliteration 头韵(叮当、咔嚓、哗啦、呱唧...)
- Spare that spider
- Matterhorn man
- The sporting spirit
- Pride and Prejudice (傲慢与偏见)
- Prince and Pauper (王子与乞丐)
- World Wide Watch (世界观察)
- A Delicious Dish A Day （甜甜饮食）
- Beauty and Beast （美女与野兽）
- WWW = The World Wide Web
We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where people first learned to write.
read of 读到
- I had read of such hideous incarnate demons. 我读过关于这类可怕的化身鬼怪的书。
- I read of the traffic accident in yesterday's paper.我在昨天的报纸上知道了这起交通事故。
- Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men. 你们就是我们的荐信，写在我们心里，被众人所知道所念诵的。
| speak of / talk of 谈到 | When she spoke of her childhood, her eyes lit up. 她一谈到童年，眼睛就发亮。 |
| hear of 听说 | Have you ever heard of this author? 你听说过这个作家吗？ |
| learn of 得知 | I just learned of his promotion yesterday. 我昨天才得知他升职了。 |
| know of 听说过 / 知道 | I know of a good restaurant nearby. 我知道附近有一家不错的餐厅。 |
| think of 想到 | I can't think of a better idea. 我想不到更好的主意了。 |
| dream of 梦到 / 渴望 | She dreams of becoming a famous singer. 她梦想成为一名著名歌手。 |
of … 关于（相当于about）
- This book is of great importance to scholars. 这本书对学者来说具有重要意义。
- It is a subject of study by many forgers. 这是许多伪造者研究的课题。
- The pursuit of sport is for national pride. 对体育的追求关系到国家荣誉。
| Of Truth 关于真理 | Francis Bacon wrote an essay titled Of Truth. 弗朗西斯·培根写过一篇题为《论真理》的文章。 |
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| Of Death 关于死亡 | In his essay Of Death, Bacon explores human fear of dying. 在他的《论死亡》一文中，培根探讨了人类对死亡的恐惧。 |
| Of Love 关于爱情 | The essay Of Love reveals the conflicts love can bring. 《论爱情》这篇文章揭示了爱情可能带来的冲突。 |
| Of Envy 关于嫉妒 | He analyzed human behavior in Of Envy. 他在《论嫉妒》中分析了人类的行为。 |
| Of Human Bondage 关于人性的枷锁 | Of Human Bondage is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. 《人性的枷锁》是W·萨默塞特·毛姆的一部小说。 |
英语语序
- I saw him at the party yesterday. 事件+地点+时间
| We can read of things that happened | 5,000 years ago | in the Near East, where people first learn to write. |
| 事件 | 时间(礼让弱小) | 地点（为了句式平衡，避免头重脚轻，改变了正常语序） |
- Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colors with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls.（Several cases of people）
- He maybe conceited, ill-mannered, presumptuous or fatuous, but I do not turn for protection to dreary clichés about respect of elders — as if mere age were a reason for respect.
- Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
- If we glimpse the unutterable, it is unwise to try to utter it, nor should we seek to invest with significance that which we cannot grasp. (invest A with B)
考研英语（英译汉）
What is an intellectual? I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in Socratic way about moral problems.
As a logical consequence of this development, separate journals have now appeared aimed mainly towards either professional or amateur readership.
the Near East 近东
| the Middle East 中东 | Oil is a major export product of the Middle East. 石油是中东的主要出口产品。 |
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| the Far East 远东 | Many Western companies have expanded into the Far East. 许多西方公司已扩展到远东市场。 |
定语从句充当原因状语(下面都是不够简洁改变了原句语法的句子)
- We can read of things that happened 5,000 years ago in the Near East, because people first learned to write there.
- We endeavour to avoid the old, romantic idea of a gusher, because it wastes oil and gas.
- The small ship, Elkor, after she had been searching the Barents Sea for weeks, was on its way home.
- Much to the aristocrat's amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter and he proceeded to read it to the prisoner.