Acknowledgement Exercise 致谢

Exercise

Acknowledgments

Task 1: Here now is a draft of the acknowledgments for a master’s thesis. Some of the verbs have been left out; which of the choices below would you recommend?

Acknowledgments

First and foremost, I would like to ______ my profound gratitude to the Royal Thai Government, specifically to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for granting me support to ______ my graduate studies. The support has given me not only a future career, but also opportunities to ______ to higher education abroad, to work on a project I am interested in, and to prepare myself to better serve my country and society.

There are two people whom I would like to ______ individually. First, I am deeply grateful to Professor XXXX, my thesis advisor, for her encouragement, and careful and wise guidance of my project. Secondly, I ______ a great deal to Professor YYYY, my second reader, whose supervision and advice ______ substantially to my study.

Finally, ______ thank all my friends in Ann Arbor who have always supported me during the long process of ______ this project.

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2.pursue/obtain/follow

3.be open/be confronted/be exposed

4.introduce/cite/acknowledge

5.have/owe/offer

6.have devoted/have helped/have contributed

7.want to/need to/would like to

8.working on/completing /undertaking

Task 2: Below are three extracts from acknowledgments that in their different ways we think are a little bit “off.” Can you identify the problems we believe have found?

1.The author wishes to express his deep and sincere appreciation to the co-chairpersons

of his doctoral committee, Professor XXXX and Professor YYYY, not only for their

valuable advice and unfailing guidance but also for providing oral support and

encouragement during a frustrating period. The author is deeply and forever grateful to

both of them.

2.I am enormously grateful to the Institute and to its then director, XXXX. Even more

significant was the field research fellowship awarded to me by the YYYY. I cannot put

into words my appreciation for the many facilities put at my disposal by the

director—Dr. ZZZZ. The office’s staff members received me with open arms and …

3.Writing this dissertation has given me opportunities not only for strengthening my

academic achievement but also for understanding American people and culture. Thus, it

has been exciting and challenging for me to carry out research on small-town

America’s neighborhood quality of life.

Task 3: Translate the following into English.

1. 我们感谢X机构对本工作的支持，感谢A先生和B先生在建造检测平台，以及C博士在材料的准备工作方面所给与的帮助。

We are grateful to X for supporting this work. We wish to thank Mr. A and Mr. B for their assistance in constructing the test-rig, and finally Dr. C for helping with the provision of materials.

2.感谢A先生对我们工作的鼓励，还感谢B先生和C先生提供了有益的意见。

We thank Mr. A for encouraging this work. We also thank Mr. B and Mr. C for their helpful comments.

1.感谢A博士提供……，B博士提供关于文中数据统计数据的咨询，C女士在……方面的

帮助，以及D博士给与的技术支持。

The author would like to acknowledge Dr A for providing …, Dr. B for his consultation in regard to the statistics utilized in the study, Ms. C for her assistance in …, and Mr. D for his technical support.

2.本研究由X和Y大学提供部分支持，我们同时要感谢A博士和B博士给与的有益建议和

意见。

This study was supported in part by X and Y universities. We would also like to thank Dr. A and Dr. B for their helpful suggestions and comments.

3.感谢A博士以及X实验室工作人员的支持。本研究由Y机构提供资金。

The author acknowledges the support of Dr. A and the staff of the X Laboratory. This work was funded by Y.

4.感谢A，B和C，作者从他们的讨论中获益非浅，编辑D所做的详细批注极大的完善了本

文。在X，Y，Z举行的学术讨论会的与会者也使我深受启发。感谢自然科学基金SBR9709887提供的支持。

The authors express their gratitude to A, B and C for many helpful discussions. Detailed comment by Editor D greatly improve the paper. We benefit from the seminar participants at X, Y, and Z. The authors acknowledge support from NSF Grant SBR 9709887.