英语写作中的过渡性词语( 五 )


【3.】引语法:使用引语(use a quotation):使用一段名人名言,或人们常用的谚语、习语,以确定文章的写作范围和方向 。例如:
“Great minds must be ready not only to take the opportunity, but to make them.”Colton, a great writer once remarked. But it still has a profound significance now. To a person, in whose lifetime opportunities are not many, to make opportunities is more essential to his success.
【4.】数据法:使用具体详实的数字或数据 , 然后作出概括性分析 , 指明问题的症结所在 。例如:
In the past 5 years, there has been a marked decline in the number of young married couples who want to have children, coupled with a growing trend toward delayed childbearing. According to official statistics, in 2003, about 28 percent of married couples with wives under 35 gave no birth to children, compared with the 1993 level of 8 percent.
【5.】背景法:给出背景,描述具体事件的时间、地点和发生背景等,例如:
Once in a newspaper I read of a crowd of people who remained appallingly indifferent to the plea of a mother. As she failed to offer the required amount of cash as a price to save her drowning son, the woman at last watched her son sink to death. The story is not rare in newspapers and on TV, and the casualness and detachment our people now have developed has aroused nationwide concern.
【6.】定义法:针对讨论的主题或问题加以定义,然后进行深入探讨 。例如:
It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous. 从崇高到荒谬只有一步之遥 。
Flexibility is defined as being adaptable to change. In the course of your lifetime, it is essential that you learn to bend and flex around every new circumstance, as rigidity deprives you of the opportunity to see new possibilities. Paradigms change over time, and so must you. Your company may restructure, and you will have to survive. Your spouse may choose to leave the marriage, and you will have to cope. Technology will continue to advance and change, and you must constantly learn and adapt or risk becoming a dinosaur. Flexibility allows you to be ready for whatever curve lies ahead in life instead of getting blindsided by it.
【他山之石】
开头段常用核心句型开头段的常用核心句型,选一选适合你自己的“武器”:
1) The arguer may be right about..., but he seems to neglect to mention the fact that ....
2) Contrary to generally accepted views, I argue that....
3) There is an element of truth in this argument, but it ignores a deeper and more basic fact that....
4) It is true that ..., but this is not to say that....
5) The main / obvious problem with this argument is that it is blind to the basic fact that....
6) It would be natural / reasonable to think that..., but it would be absurd to claim that....
7) In all the discussion and debate over..., one important fact is generally overlooked / neglected.
8) There is absolutely no reason for us to believe that....
9) To assume that...is far from being proved.
10) A close inspection of this argument would reveal how flimsy (groundless) it is.
11) On the surface (At first thought), it may seem an attractive idea, but on second thought, we find that....
12) Too much emphasis placed on...may obscure other facts....13) The problem / fact is that....
14) However logical this argument may be, it only skims the surface of the problem.
15) As far as I am concerned, I believe that....
16) Although I appreciate that..., I cannot agree with ....
17) Those who object to ... argue that.... But people who favor..., on the other hand, argue that....
18) Currently, there is a general concern over....
19) Now it is widely acknowledged that.... But I wonder whether....
20) These days we often hear about ..., but is this really the case?
Ordinary people think merely of how they will spend time, a man of intellect tries to use it. 常人只想如何消磨时间,智者则努力利用时间 。
七、中间段
【芝麻开门】
中间段是文章的正文 , 其作用是从不同的层面对文章主题进行具体和详实的解释和论证 。中间段的篇幅一般比开头段和结尾段长 , 每段有相应的主题句,说明主题思想的扩展句可以采用实例、数据或个人经历等写作手段 。不同种类的段落采用不同的扩展手段 。
【写作要点】:
中间段的具体写作要点如下:
1)所涉及内容应该准确、清楚,颇具说服力;2)段落中一定具备主题句;3)段落内容应该保持完整、统一,没有说明不足之处或多余冗长的细节;4)内容顺序安排合理,逻辑性较强;5)段落之间连贯自然;6)段落中讨论的内容主次分明,材料比例适当;7)词与句型运用合理并且有变化 。


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