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Hi, John! Are you in the kitchen?
嗨，约翰！你在厨房吗？
Yes, I'm using my new chef's knife! It's so sharp and well-balanced.
是的，我在用我的新厨刀！它非常锋利和平稳。
It makes me think of a comparison I once heard about clarity in writing and presentations.
这让我想起了我曾经听过的一个关于写作和演讲清晰度的比喻。
Really? What is this comparison?
真的吗？什么比喻？
Imagine you are a skilled metalworker who is making a chef's knife.
想象一下，你是一名技能熟练的金属工人，正在制作一把厨刀。
First, you collect raw materials for the tool.
首先，你要收集制作工具的原材料。
Then, you follow an exact order of actions to make a knife.
然后，你按照一套准确的动作顺序来做一把刀。
But the knife still needs polishing work to become beautiful and sharp.
但这把刀还需要打磨才能变得漂亮和锋利。
In our comparison, vocabulary is like the raw materials that go into making the tool.
在这个比喻中，词汇就像是制造工具的原材料。
Those raw materials are put together in an exact order. This is grammar.
那些原材料是按照准确的顺序放在一起的。这就是语法。
And what about polishing and sharpening?
那么抛光和锐化呢？
This is like checking for clarity.
这就像是检查清晰度。
Except instead of polishing and sharpening a knife, you are polishing or sharpening your writing or your presentation.
不同的是，你不是在打磨一把刀，而是在打磨你的文字作品或演讲稿。
I like the comparison. But how can English learners check for clarity?
我喜欢这个比喻。但是，英语学习者如何检查清晰度呢？
Well, they can start by double-checking sentences that begin with an abstract subject.
他们可以从仔细检查以抽象主语开头的句子开始。
Abstract subjects do not easily answer the following question: Who is doing something?
抽象主语不容易回答以下问题：谁在做某事？
The basic idea is that abstract things are things that are harder to understand.
基本思想是，抽象的东西是更难理解的东西。
You can also ask yourself these questions: Can you identify the subject of the sentence? Do you think a different word or expression would work better in the subject position?
你也可以问自己这些问题：你能辨别出句子的主语吗？你认为主语用不同的词或短语会更好吗？
And that's Everyday Grammar TV.
以上就是今天的《每日语法》。
