Thursday, April 1, 2021

Lesson 169

 

  1. balancing contrasting points – balancimi i aspekteve të kundërta 

 

 on the other hand; while; whereas – ‘nga ana tjetër’ , ‘ndërkohë që’. 

 

Këto shprehje përdoren për të balancuar dy fakte apo ide që ballafaqohen por që nuk janë kontradiktore me njëra-tjetrën. 


  • Arranged marriages are more common in many Middle Eastern countries. In the West, on the other hand, they are unusual. 

  • I like spending my holidays in the mountains, while/whereas my wife prefers the seaside. 

 

While dhe whereas mund të vendosen përpara aspekteve që ballafaqohen. 


  • While/Whereas some languages have 30 or more different vowel sounds, others have five or less. 

 


  1. emfatizimi i një ballafaqimi 

 

□ however; nevertheless; mind you; still; in spite of this – ‘megjithatë’ etj. 

 

However dhe nevertheless ‘megjithatë’ , ‘prapëseprapë’ , emfatizojnë faktin që aspekti i dytë bie në kontrast me të parinNevertheless është shumë formale. 


  • Britain came the last in the World Children’s Games again. However, they did have one success, with Annie Smith’s record in the egg and spoon race. 

 

 

Mind you (më pak formaledhe stillfutin aspektin kontrastues si një mendim të mëvonshëm. 

  • I don’t like the job much. Mind you/Still, the money’s OK. 

 

Yet, still dhe in spite of thismund të përdoren për të vënë në dukje faktin që diçka shkakton befasimsidomos në raport me atë çfarë është thënë më parë. 

  • He says he’s a socialist, and yet he owns three houses and drives a Ferrari. 

  • The train was an hour late. In spite of this, I managed to get to the meeting in time. (OSE: …still managed to get…) 

 


 

  1. similarity – ngjashmëri 

 

□ similarly; in the same way – ‘në mënyrë të ngjashme’ , ‘po ashtu’ etj. 

 

Këto fjalë janë shumë më të zakonshme në stil formal. 


  • The roads are usually very crowded at the beginning of the holiday season. Similarly, there are often serious traffic jams at the end of the holidays. 

  • James Carter did everything he could to educate his children. In the same way, they in turn put a high value on their own children’s education. 

 

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