【正确答案】:
     AFFECTIVE MEANING INDICATES THE SPEAKER’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PERSON OR THING IN QUESTION. THIS MEANING CAN BE OVERTLY AND EXPLICITLY CONVEYED SIMPLY BY THE CHOICE OF THE RIGHT WORDS AS MANY HAVE EMOTIVE CONTENT IN THEMSELVES.
     WORDS THAT HAVE EMOTIVE VALUES MAY FALL INTO TWO CATEGORIES: APPRECIATIVE OR PEJORATIVE. WORDS OF POSITIVE OVERTONES ARE USED TO SHOW APPRECIATION OR THE ATTITUDE OF APPROVAL SUCH AS FAMOUS, DETERMINED, SLENDER;THOSE OF NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS IMPLY DISAPPROVAL, CONTEMPT OR CRITICISM SUCH AS NOTORIOUS, PIGHEADED, SKINNER.
【题目解析】:本题得分的关键在于答出感情意义的概念及感情意义的词的分类。本题得分的关键词有“attitude”、“appreciative” 和“pejorative”。 感情意义是指说话人对所讨论的人或事的态度。这个意思可以通过选择明显的、清晰的词来表达,因为许多词本身都有情感内容。 具有感情价值的词汇可以分为两类:褒义型和贬义型。积极的词语用来表示赞赏或认可的态度,如著名的(famous)、坚定的(determined)、苗条的(slender);带有负面含义的词语表示不赞同、轻视或批评,如臭名昭著的(notorious)、固执的(pigheaded)、骗子(skinner)。