Similarly, spoken and written, English is desperate.

同样，无论是口语还是书面语，英语都令人绝望。

However, there are some features of formality which apply only to written English.

然而，有些正式程度的特点只适用于书面英语。

So what's the problem in written English?

那么书面英语有什么问题呢？

Again, these words cannot be used in written English!

还是一样，这些词不能用在英语的书面语当中！

So this is written English, and it's fairly formal.

这是书面英语，非常正式。

It would not be considered wrong, even in written English.

这样的表达不会被认为是错的，即使在书面英语中也是如此。

But they're for written English and they're quite formal.

但它们是用于书面英语的，而且非常正式。

In a written English exam, I wouldn't recommend it

在英语笔试中，我不建议用它。

But unlike written English it helps you with your pronunciation as well.

但是与书面英语不同，它可以帮助您以及您的发音。

There are a lot of differences between oral English and written English.

在英语口语和书面语之间有很多不同。

In informal written English, you can also use abbreviations, like btw for by the way, ttyl for talk to you later, etc.

在非正式的书面英语中，你也可以使用缩写，如btw“顺便”、ttyl“回聊”，等等。

Remember we talked about not reading kind of academic written English?

还记得我们说过不要阅读学术书面英语吗？

But that's why it's used more in written English than spoken English.

但也正是因此它在书面英语中比在口语中使用得更多。

Written English is much more fixed, and changes much less quickly than spoken English.

书面英语更加固定, 变化相对英语口语较少。

In both oral and written English, talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft.

无论是在口语中还是在书面语中，随意言谈胜过了正式讲话，即兴发挥也胜过了精雕细琢。

Manuscripts of Old English texts have shown a version not unalike written English today.

古英语文本的手稿显示的字体与今天的书面英语的版本不同。

The points you've seen so far in this lesson are true for both spoken and written English.

到目前为止，你在本课中所看到的知识点对口语和书面英语都是正确的。

In spoken English, we normally use contractions; in written English, especially academic English, we don't.

在口语中我们通常用缩写；在书面英语，尤其是学术英语中，我们不这样做。

Yes, so it's normally used in written English, partly because it's quite difficult to say.

是的，所以它通常用于书面英语，部分原因是它很难读。

Words like " thingy" or " whatsit" or " thingamajig" , these are not normally used in written English.

" thingy" ，" whatsit" ，" thingamajig" 这样的词通常不会用在英语书面语中。