第一人称

If you use firebricks round the walls of the boiler, the heat lo , can be co iderably reduced.

科技英语所表述的是客观规律，因之要尽量避免使用第一、二人称；此外，要使主要的信息置于句首。

If you use firebricks round the walls of the boiler, the heat loss can be considerably reduced.

科技文本应尽量避免使用第一、二人称，以示客观，且科技文本多用名词，用&by+名词短语&使译文更简练。

Firstly, we analyze animate noun from three semantic features of control; secondly, we compare the power of person, organization and location in order to check out their animacy; thirdly, using VP-internal Subject Hypothesis in Transformational and Generative Grammar, we investigate Chinese, Kachin and Hani of Tibeto-Burman languages and give out the animacy hierarchy of semantic roles; fourthly, we discuss the animacy of personal pronoun, referential pronoun, proper noun, general noun and abstract noun; fifthly, topic and subjectivity pay attention to the variation of animacy of noun in the paragraph from pragmatic and cognitive points of view respectively; sixthly, we compare the numerical representation of noun in Chinese and Tibetan and other Tibeto-Burman languages. The conclusion is drawn on the relationship between number and animacy; lastly, the influence of popularity on animacy is pointed out. The fifth part includes conclusion and questions leaving behind.

第一，自控度从、、三个语义特征考察名词的生命度；第二，权力度主要通过比较指人名词与机构名词、处所词的权力度大小来检验其生命度的高低；第三，题元角色是运用转换生成语法关于动词短语内部主语的假设，考察汉语和藏缅语族的景颇语和哈尼语，对题元角色的生命度等级序列进行排序；第四，定指度和指称、专有及抽象性主要是考察人称代词、指示代词、专有名词、普通名词和抽象名词的生命度高低；第五，话题和主观性分别从语用和认知两个角度考察名词生命度在语篇中的变化情况；第六，数范畴涉及汉语和藏缅语族的藏语、独龙语、羌语、普米语、景颇语和哈尼语，主要比较它们名词表数概念的差异，总结数范畴与生命度的关系；最后，列举了通俗度对汉语名词生命度的影响。

The law of rhetorical rhythm, which as law of harmony regulates the form of the speeches, also shows itself, particularly, in the regular alternation of descriptions in direct or indirect speech, as in the sections given in the first or third person, and in the apostrophes in the second person singular and plural.

修辞法的节奏，这是法律规定的和谐形式的演讲，也表明本身，特别是在经常交替说明在直接或间接的讲话，在各节中给出的第一或第三人，并在撇号中的第二人称单数和复数。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。