30个经典的6级词语替换
1.individuals,characters, folks替换(people ,persons)
2: positive, favorable, rosy (美好的),promising
(有希望的),perfect, pleasurable , excellent, outstanding, superior替换good
3:dreadful, unfavorable, poor, adverse, ill (有害的)替换bad
如果bad做表语,可以有be less impressive替换
eg.An army of college students indulge themselves in playing games, enjoying romance with girls/boys or killing time passively in their dorms. When it approaches to graduation ,as a result, they records are less impressive.
4.(an army of, an ocean of, a sea of, a multitude of ,a host of, many, if not most)替换many.
注:用many, if not most 一定要小心,many后一定要有词。
Eg. Many individuals, if not most, harbor the idea that….同理 用most, if not all ,替换most.
5: a slice of, quiet a few , several替换some
6:harbor the idea that, take the attitude that,
hold the view that, it is widely shared that,
it is universally acknowledged that)替think
(因为是书面语,所以要加that)
7:affair ,business ,matter 替换thing
8: shared 代 common
9.reap huge fruits 替换get many benefits )
10:for my part ,from my own perspective 替换 in my opinion
11:Increasing(ly),growing 替换more and more( 注意没有growingly这种形式。所以当修饰名词时用increasing/growing.修饰形容词,副词用increasingly.
Eg.sth has gained growing popularity.
popular with the advancement of sth.
12.little if anything, 或little or nothing替换hardly
13..beneficial, rewarding替换helpful,
14.shopper,client,consumer,purchaser, 替换customer
15.exceedingly,extremely, intensely 替换very
16.hardly necessary, hardly inevitable ... 替换 unnecessary, avoidable
17.sth appeals to sb, sth exerts a tremendous fascination on sb 替换sb take interest in / sb. be interested in
18.capture one's attention替换attract one's attention.
19.facet,demension,sphere代aspect
20.be indicative of ,be suggestive of ,be fearful of代 indicate, suggest ,fear
21.give rise to, lead to, result in, trigger 替换cause.
22. There are several reasons behind sth 替换..reasons for sth
23.desire 替换want.
24.pour attention into 替换pay attention to
25.bear in mind that 替换remember
26. enjoy, possess 替换have(注意process是过程的意思)
27. interaction替换communication
28.frown on sth替换 be against , disagree with sth
29.to name only a few, as an example替换 for example, for instance
30. next to / virtually impossible,替换nearly / almost impossible
17个模板句子
1.Along with the advance of the society more and more problems are brought to our attention, one of which is that....
随着社会的不断发展,出现了越来越多的问题,其中之一便是____________。
2.As society develops, people are attaching much importance to....
随着社会的发展,人们开始关注............
3.People are attaching more and more importance to the interview during job hunting
求职的过程中,人们慢慢意识到面试的重要性。
4.As to whether it is worthwhile ....., there is a long-running controversial debate. It is quite natural that people from different backgrounds may have divergent attitudes towards it.
关于是否值得___________的问题,一直以来争论不休。当然,不同的人对此可能持不同的观点。
5.Recently the phenomenon has aroused wide concern, some people are in alarm that....
最近,这种现象引起了人们的广泛关注,有人开始担心______________。
6.The human race has entered a completely new stage in its history, with the increasingly rapid economic globalization and urbanization, more problems are brought to our attention.
人类进入了一个历史的崭新的阶段,经济全球化、都市化的速度不断加快,随之给我们带来了很多问题。
7....... plays such an important role that it undeniably becomes the biggest concern of the present world, there comes a question, is it a blessing or a curse?"
_______显得非常重要而成为当今世界所关注的最大的问题,这是无可厚非的。不过,问题是:"我们该如何抉择?"
8.Now we are entering a new era, full of opportunities and challenges,
现在我们正在进入一个充满机会和挑战的新时代。
9.There is a good side and a bad side to everything, it goes without saying that...
万事万物都有其两面性,所以,勿庸置疑,____________。
10.When it comes to ..., most people believe that ..., but other people regard ...as ....
提到_________问题,很多人认为_________,不过,一些人则认为______是____.
11.Some people contend that ... has proved to bring many advantages (disadvantages)
有些人认为________有很多有利之处(不利之处)。
12.People who support ... give some or all of the following reasons.
那些支持_________观点的人列出了如下原因:________。
13.But on the other hand, there are also quite a few people who strongly advocate that..,.
不过,另一方面,也有少部分人坚持认为_______________。
14.Personally, I am in favor of the former(latter) point of view.
就我个人而言,我较同意前(后)一种看法。
15.To my mind, the advantages far overweigh the drawbacks(disadvantages, shortcomings)
我认为,优点胜过缺点。
16.Now we are entering a brand new era full of opportunities and innovations, and great changes have taken place in people’s attitude towards some traditional practice.
现在我们进入了一个充满机遇和创新的崭新时代,很多人对某些传统的看法也发生了很大改变。
17.The issue whether it is good or not to .... has aroused a heated discussion all over the country.
______的利与弊已在全国范围内引起热烈的讨论。
1、六个功能段落:
(1) 现象阐述段落
At present, there isno denying the fact that … plays an increasingly important part in our dailylife. …status as the focus of public concern mainlyresults from its profound influence on individuals, collective and even thewhole world.
(2)观点阐述段落
A close inspection ofthis argument would reveal how flimsy it is. Some believe that (观点1),while others argue that (观点2). As forme, I agree to the former / latter idea because its advantages outweigh its disadvantages.There are dozens of reasons behind my belief. Generally speaking, theadvantages can be listed as follows. First of all…. The second reason that canbe seen by every person is that…
(3)原因分析段落
There are many reasonsresponsible for this phenomenon/case/instance and the following are the typicalones. The first reason is that… Thesecond reason is that ... The typical example is that ….
(4)正面展望段落
… iscrucial for every individual. With its power, it can not only accelerate …. butserve as an efficient instrument for individuals to …. Where there is better…,there are more…. When we are benefiting from …, we shall do our utmost tomaintain… to ensure ourselves a brighter future.
(5)解决措施段落
Onlyby these means can we succeed in solving the problem in the near future. Therefore,measures should be taken to terminate the ridiculous affair. First, governmentshould establish some regulations to ….. What’s more, people should get readyto …. Finally, I can safely come to the conclusion that is it high time weenhanced the awareness of ….
(6)图画/表描述段落
As is vividly depicted in the picture….The purpose of the drawings is to show us that…, yet the symbolic meaningsubtly conveyed should be taken more seriously.
2、了解四,六级写作考试的题目类型:
(1) 正面/反面现象阐述型
(2) 问题解决型
(3) 图表/漫画型
3、针对题型灵活套用功能段落,将手中准备功能段落进行合理灵活的排列组合。
(1) 正面/反面现象
(10年12月四级How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent?)
第一段:现象阐述
第二段:现象产生原因
第三段:正面展望/反面问题解决
(2) 问题解决型(05年6月六级 SayNo to Pirated Products)
第一段:现象阐述
第二段:问题产生原因
第三段:解决问题方法
(3) 漫画/图表型(13年6月四级漫画)
第一段:图画/图表描述
第二段:分析图表/图画产生的原因
或 阐述针对图表/漫画的现象进行观点的阐述
第三段:正面图: 展望未来
或 负面图: 解决措施
(4) 观点阐述型(00年6月六级Is a Test Of Spoken English Necessary?)
第一段:描述话题,引出观点
第二段:支持以及反对观点的阐述
第三段:总结观点
三个句子两套模板
先背3个句子
1、Nowadays with the rapid development of advanced ……., more and more…..are commonly and widely used in everyday life。(讲重要性)
2、The popularity of digital …will have great influence on our work, study and everyday life. On the one hand …,But on the other hand。(讲影响)
3、To conclude,…..are just like a double-edged sword. With them we may have less trouble dealing with problems in life and enjoy a better-off life. However, one point should be kept in mind that we should take sensible use of them , always being the master of them。(结尾段)
Ps:灵活运用第1句和第2句,根据不同模板自由组合。
2)模板(2个模板)
1、开头段:先讲重要性,然后转讲不好的地方。
中间段:措施
结尾段:先来个小转折再进入总结
开头段:Nowadays with the rapid development of advanced ……., more and more…..are commonly and widely used in everyday life. However, what worries most of us is that……
中间段:Firstly….Secondly…..Lastly but in no means least……
结尾段:To conclude,…..are just like a double-edged sword. With them we may have less trouble dealing with problems in life and enjoy a better-off life. However, one point should be kept in mind that we should take sensible use of them , always being the master of them。
2、开头段:先讲重要性,然后转讲争论
中间段:转折(即列出两种不同人的观点)
结尾段:直接进入总结(即你的观点)
开头段:It is accepted that …. Plays a significant part for both …, and what’s more , a lot of attention is being drawn to the change of….. However, whether … deserves such an attention , people’s ideas vary。
中间段:On the one hand, some people hold the view that …。.
On the other hand, a great many people insist that…。
结尾段:From my perspective, however…. (你的观点). Therefore, it’s time that(措施之类的)
句法正确与句式多样
I. 句法正确
(一)句子结构
1. 一主一谓
一个简单句只能有一个主谓结构。其中可以有两个或以上并列谓语,但不可以在主语前后各有一个谓语。
2. 关系清楚
两个简单句不可以仅仅用逗号连接;
如为并列关系,须用并列连词,如and, or, but, so, for, while等;
如为主从关系,须在从句之前加从属连词,如since,because,if等;
否则,两句要用句号、分号、问号或感叹号隔开。
3. 主次分明
一个大句里面的两个小句只可能是并列的分句,或主句和从句,不可能都是从句,因此不得同时使用两个连词。
4. 主谓完整
英语句子必须有主语和谓语
5. 语序规范
1)特殊疑问句通常用倒装语序:“特殊疑问词 + 助动词+主语和其他部分”,除非特殊疑问词在句中作主语或修饰主语。
2)间接引语或从句用陈述语序。
6. 连词正确
1)介词后通常不接that从句
2)先行词是人时,定语从句引导词为who 或that
3)在表示“……的”意思时,定语从句引导词为whose
(二)名词
单数可数名词通常不单独使用,要加上限定词,如冠词、代词,或用复数形式。(在某些固定词组中例外,如go to church, go to college, put sb. into prison)
(三)动词
1.时态
写作中多用一般现在时,尤其在发表观点时。
用一般过去时通常明确指过去发生的事情,一般有过去时间词。
描述图画时多用现在进行时。
描述图表中具体年份的数据通常用一般过去时。
2.单复数
在一般现在时、现在完成时、现在进行时、过去进行时中,如果主语是第三人称单数,谓语要用单数形式。
3.动词关系
两个及以上谓语动词不可简单并列或仅用逗号连接,应加连接词,或其中一部分变为非谓语形式或另一个句子。
They throw their rubbish away carelessly, seriously pollute the environment。
They throw their rubbish away carelessly, seriously polluting the environment。
They throw their rubbish away carelessly and seriously pollute the environment。
They throw their rubbish away carelessly, which seriously pollutes the environment。
4.语态
英语很多词表示“使某人……”,在应用中往往用被动形式,表示“(人)感到……”,尤其是表示心理状态的词,如excite,satisfy, annoy, surprise, frighten, worry, concern等,还有addict, accustom, confront等。
5.非谓语动词
1)使役动词make, let, have后接宾语再加不定式作补语时,不定式不带to;
2)动词原形不可以作主语,须改为非谓语形式,即动名词或不定式。不定式往往表示特定的或尚未发生的动作,而动名词表示一般的、经常存在的动作或状态;
3)分词作状语,其逻辑主语要与句子主语一致。
(四)代词
同一句中,代词与所替代的名词以及代词与代词之间在人称和单复数两方面都要一致。
(五)冠词
1. 可数名词表示一类人或事物时,要么加冠词,要么变复数;
2. 单词开头的字母u发本身音时,前面的冠词不用an;
3. 表示季节、月份、星期几等时间词前面通常不加冠词;
4. 通常来说,特指某个范围的人或事物则加the,否则就不用。
(六)词性
1)作定语和表语通常用形容词而非副词
2)修饰形容词或副词,应用副词
(七)标点符号及大小写错误
句号要点圆,逗号要出撇。
作文结构句总结
一)比较
1.The advantage far outweigh the disadvantages.
2.The advantages of A are much greater than those of B.
3.A may be preferable to B, but A suffers from the disadvantages that...
4.It is reasonable to maintain that ...but it would be foolish to claim that...
5.For all the disadvantages, it has its compensating advantages.
6.Like anything else, it has its faults.
7.A and B has several points in common.
8.A bears some resemblances to B.
9.However, the same is not applicable to B.
10. A and B differ in several ways.
11. Evidently, it has both negative and positive effects.
12. People used to think ..., but things are different now.
13. The same is true of B.
14. Wondering as A is ,it has its drawbacks.
15. It is true that A ... , but the chief faults (obvious defects )are ...
二)原因
1.A number of factors are accountable for this situation.
A number of factors might contribute to (lead to )(account for ) the phenomenon(problem).
2. The answer to this problem involves many factors.
3. The phenomenon mainly stems from the fact that...
4. The factors that contribute to this situation include...
5. The change in ...largely results from the fact that...
6. We may blame ...,but the real causes are...
7. Part of the explanations for it is that ...
One of the most common factors (causes ) is that ...
Another contributing factor (cause ) is ...
Perhaps the primary factor is that …
But the fundamental cause is that ...
三)后果
1. It may give rise to a host of problems.
2. The immediate result it produces is ...
3. It will exercise a profound influence upon...
4. Its consequence can be so great that...
四)批驳
1)It is true that ..., but one vital point is being left out.
2) There is a grain of truth in these statements, but they ignore a more important fact.
3) Some people say ..., but it does not hold water.
4) Many of us have been under the illusion that...
5) A close examination would reveal how ridiculous the statement is.
6) It makes no sense to argue for ...
7) Too much stress placed on ... may lead to ...
8) Such a statement mainly rests on the assumption that ...
9) Contrary to what is widely accepted, I maintain that ...
9) With the rapid development of ..., ...
五)举例
1) A good case in point is ...
2) As an illustration, we may take ...
3) Such examples might be given easily.
4) ...is often cited as an example.
六)证明
1) No one can deny the fact that ...
2) The idea is hardly supported by facts.
3) Unfortunately, none of the available data shows ...
4) Recent studies indicate that ...
5) There is sufficient evidence to show that ...
6) According to statistics proved by ..., it can be seen that ...
七)开篇
1) Many nations have been faced with the problem of ...
2) Recently the problem has been brought into focus.
3) Recently the phenomenon has become a heated topic.
4) Recently the issue has aroused great concern among ...
5) Nowadays there is a growing concern over ...
6) Never in our history has the idea that ... been so popular.
7) Faced with ..., quite a few people argue that ...
8) According to a recent survey, ...
9) With the rapid development of ..., ...
八)结尾
1) From what has been discussed above, we can draw the conclusion that ...
2) It is high time that strict measures were taken to stop ...
3) It is necessary that steps should be taken to ...
4) In conclusion, it is imperative that ...
5) There is no easy method, but ...might be of some help.
6) To solve the above-mentioned problem, we must ...
7) In summary, if we continue to ignore the above-mentioned issue, more problems will crop up.
8) With the efforts of all parts concerned, the problem will be solved thoroughly.
9) We might do more than identify the cause ; it is important to take actions to ...
10) Taking all these into account, we ...
11) Whether it is good or not /positive or negative, one thing is certain/clear...
1)主语从句
It is common knowledge that honesty is the best policy.
It is well-known that…
It is self-evident/ conceivable / obvious / apparent that…
It goes without saying that… It is universally acknowledged that…
It is / that
2)宾(表)语从句
We cannot understand why he was so cruel to his roommates.
The problem is not who will go, but who will stay.
3)定语从句(限定性和非限定性)
As is shown/ demonstrated/ illustrated/ depicted/ described…in the cartoon/ picture/ graph/ table…,
There are many reasons why I want to study in your university.
It is estimated that tens of billions of pounds is spent on cigarettes every year in our country, which is a huge waste.
4)状语从句(时间,原因,地点,条件,让步,转折等)
When the man is enjoying the cigarette, the smoke becomes a monster (怪物) which will devour him.
Whatever the reason, there are still some problems with student use of computers.
5)分词短语做定语或状语
Prof. Kang came to our university, giving us a lecture on how to acquire English better.
6)倒装句
Only through these measures can we hope to solve the problem.
Scattered around the globe are more than 100 small regions of isolated volcanic activity known to geologists as hot spots.
7)被动句
Some measures should be taken to deal with the problem.
He is said to have accomplished a lot of great deeds.
Many people believe that…(It is believed that…)
8)设问句
Do you still remember the boy who cried wolf for several times so no one would trust him?
句子是构成文章的基本框架。如何写出流畅、漂亮的句子是决定整篇文章是否成功的关键。学生在学习大学英语的过程中,对长句的表达或多或少都有了一定的理解,但是在写作的过程中却依然存在着句型结构过于简单,词汇运用过于局限的情况。因此,如何使句子在正确的基础上增强表现力,是学生们急于解决的问题。关于如何写出经典句型,我们可以从以下几个方面适当地改变:
1. 句型要丰富多彩,不要使用只有主谓宾、定状补的简单句型结构,也不能总使用There be 句型。
2. 可以尝试使用倒装句型,包括介词短语提前、时间状语提前、副词提前等。
3. 可以尝试使用If引导的条件句、虚拟语气等。
4. 注意连接词的灵活应用。例如表示转折的时候不要只用but,还可以用however, whereas, yet等。
5. 可以尝试使用从句结构,包括定语从句、状语从句等。如果担心从句的正确性,考生可以采用结构相对简单的从句。
6. 可以尝试使用并列句型,如on the one hand...on the other hand等结构。
7. 可以尝试使用插入语结构。即在长句中将主语和谓语动词分开,然后在中间插入修饰语。修饰语可以是分词结构,也可以是介词短语等。
8. 注意词汇的选择。尽量激发自己的思维,挖掘新鲜的词汇,不要只使用已经熟练掌握的高中词汇,要多尝试使用六级词汇。
9. 可以尝试使用数字和大写字母来为句子增色。
10. 针对不同的段落,句子的构成状况也可以进行相应的变化。例如文章的首段,尽量使用中等长度、结构和语法都不会出现错误的、把握性较大的句子。文章的主要部分,主题句要保证准确无误、通顺流畅。
下面我们为广大考生提供一些可以用在文章不同段落的有针对性的、较为经典的句型:
针对性句型
1. 我深信……: I am greatly convinced (that)从句/I am greatly assured (that)从句
【例】 我深信预防胜于治疗。=I am greatly convinced that prevention is better than cure. 2. ……是很容易证明的: It can be easily proved (that)从句
【例】 时间最珍贵是很容易证明的。=It can be easily proved that nothing is more precious than time。
3. ……无论如何强调都不为过: ...cannot be overemphasized
【例】 交通安全的重要性无论如何强调都不为过。=The importance of traffic safety cannot be overemphasized。
4. 在我看来……;我认为……: In my opinion.../To my mind.../As far as I am concerned.../I am of the opinion that从句
【例】 在我看来,打电子游戏既花费时间又有损健康。=In my opinion, playing video games not only takes much time but also is harmful to health。
5. 不用说……: It goes without saying that从句/Needless to say that从句/It is obvious that从句/Obviously,主语+谓语(+宾语)
【例】 不用说,早睡早起是值得的。=It goes without saying that it pays to keep early hours。
6. ……是不可能的;无法……: There is no+doing sth. /There is no way of+doing sth. /There is no possibility of+doing sth. /It is impossible to do sth. /It is out of the question to do sth. /No one can+do sth. /...cannot+do sth。
【例】 不可否认,事业成功的关键在于身心健康。=There is no denying that successful business lies in a healthy body and mind。
7. 人人知晓……/毫无疑问……: Everyone knows (that)从句/There is no doubt that从句
【例】 毫无疑问,近视在我国的年青人中是一个严重的问题。=There is no doubt that nearsightedness is a serious problem among the youth in our country。
8. ……是必要的: It is necessary that+主语 (+should)+谓语
……是重要的: It is important/essential+that 主语 (+should)+谓语
……是适当的: It is proper that+主语 (+should)+谓语
……是紧急的: It is urgent that+主语 (+should)+谓语
【例】 我们应当保持公共场所的清洁。=It is proper that we (should) keep the public places clean。
9. 据说……: It is said that从句
一般认为……: It is thought that从句
众所周知……: It is known that从句
据报道……: It is reported that从句
一般估计……: It is estimated that从句
【例】 众所周知,阅读增加我们的知识,开阔我们的心胸。=It is known that reading increases our knowledge and broadens our mind。
10. ……的主要原因是……: The main reason why...is that从句
【例】 青少年犯罪的主要原因是社会环境逐渐恶化。=The main reason why the juveniles commit crimes is that social environment is becoming worse。
1-1 对立法 : 先引出其他人的不同看法,然后提出自己的看法或者偏向于某一看法, 适用于有争议性的主题.
2013英语四六级作文开头及结尾句型
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[1]. When asked about....., the vast/overwhelming majority of people say that ....... But I think/view a bit differently. 在谈到.....,广大/绝大多数人的要求说.......但我觉得/观点有点不同。
[2]. When it comes to .... , some people believe that ....... Others argue/claim that the opposite/reverse is true . There is probably some truth in both arguments/statements , but (I tend to the previous/latter ) 当涉及到....有些人认为.......一些人则认为/声称,相反/恰恰相反。可能有一些在两个参数真理/报表,但(我更倾向于前/后
[3]. Now, it is commonly/generally/widely believed/held/acknowledged that .... They claim/ believe/argue that ... But I wonder/doubt whether......
现在,它通常是/一般/普遍认为/月/承认,....他们声称/相信/认为...不过,我怀疑/怀疑.....
1-2 现象法 引出要剖析的现象或者问题, 然后评论 .
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[1]. Recently the rise in problem of/(phenomenon of) ... has cause/aroused public/popular/wide/ worldwide concern. 最近上升的问题/(现象)...已造成/引起公众/流行/宽/举世关注
[2]. Recently the issue of the problem of/the phenomenon of ...has been brought into focus. ( has been brouth to public attention) 最近,问题的问题/ ...的现象已成为注意的焦点。 (已经被brouth公众的注意)
[3].Inflation/Corruption/Social inequality ... is yet another of the new and bitter truth we have to learn to face now/constantly.
----- To be continued !! 通货膨胀/贪污/社会不平等...又是新的和痛苦的真理,我们必须学会面对的/不断另一个。
1-3 观点法 ----开门见山,直接了当地提出自己对要讨论的问题的看法.
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[1]. Never history has the change of .. been as evident as ... Nowhere in the world/China has the issue/id dea of .. be more visible/popular than... 历史上从未有改变的..被明显的,因为...在世界任何地方/中国有问题/思想的..更可见/受欢迎的程度...
[2]. Now people in growing/significant numbers are beginning/coming to realize/accept/(be aware) that... 现在越来越多的人/大量开始/来实现/接受/(知道)的...
[3]. Now there is a growing awareness/recognition ot the necessity to......Now people become increasingly aware/conscious of the importance of ...... 现在,人们日益认识/认识到有必要逾......现在,人们越来越认识到/的重要性的认识......
[4]. Perhaps it is time to have a fresh look at the attitude/idea that....... 也许现在是有一个重新审视的态度/想法.......
1-4 引用法 ----- 先引出名人名言或者有代表性的看法, 来引出文章要展开论述的观点!
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[1]. "Knowledge is power." such is the remark made by Bacon. This remark has been shared by more and more people . “知识就是力量。”这就是由培根说了。这句话也有同样的越来越多的人。
"Education is not complete with graduation." Such is the opinion of a great American philosopher. Now more and more people share his opinion. “教育是不完整的毕业。”这就是一个伟大的美国哲学家的意见。现在,越来越多的人分享他的意见。
[2]."........." How often we hear such statements/words like thoses /this . "........."如何我们经常听到这样的声明/放入系统一样的话/本。
In our own days we are used to hearing such traditional complains as this "......".在我们自己的日子,我们都已经习惯听到这样的传统抱怨,因为这"......".
1-5 比较法 ------ 通过对过去,现在 两种不同的倾向,观点的比较 , 引出文章要讨论的观点.
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[1]. For years, ...had been viewed as ... But people are taking a fresh look now. With the growing ... , people ....... . 多年来,...已被视为...但是,人们正在以新面貌了。随着越来越多... ,人....... 。
[2]. People used to think that ... (In the past, ....) But people now share this new. 人们曾经以为... (过去,....)但是,人们现在这个新的共享。
1-6 故事法 ---- 先讲一个较短的故事来引发读者的兴趣, 引出文章的主题.
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[1]. Once in (a newspaper) , I read of/learnt .... The phenomenon of ... has aroused public concern. 一旦(报纸),我阅读/学习....的现象...引起市民关注
[2]. I have a friend who ... Should he .... ? Such a dilemma we are often confront with in our daily life. 我有一个朋友谁...如果他.... ?这样的困境,我们常常遇到在我们的日常生活的。
[3]. Once upon a time , there lived a man who ... This story may be (unbelievable) , but it still has a realistic significance now. 从前,有一位男子谁...这个故事可能是(难以置信),但它仍然有现实意义现在
1-7 问题法 ----- 先用讨论或解答的设问, 引出自己观点, 适用于有争议性的话题.
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Should/What ...... ? Options of ... vary greatly , some ..., others ...
But in my opinion , ...... . 应/什么...... ?的选项...差别很大,有些...,有的...但我认为,...... 。
2-1 结论性--------- 通过对文章前面的讨论 ,引出或重申文章的中心思想及观点 .
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[1]. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw theconclusion that ……
[2]. In summary/In a word , it is more valuable ……
2-2 后果性------ 揭示所讨论的问题若不解决, 将产生的严重后果.
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[1]. We must call for an immediate method , because the currentphenomenon of …… , if allowed to proceed, will surely lead to the heavycost of ……
[2]. Obviously , if we ignore/are blind to the problem , there isevery chance that …… will be put in danger .
2-3 号召性 -------- 呼吁读者行动起来, 采取行动或提请注意.
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[1]. It is time that we urged an immediate end to the undesirabletendency of ……
[2]. It is essential that effective measures should be taken tocorrect the tendency .
2-4 建议性 -------- 对所讨论的问题提出建议性的意见, 包括建议和具体的解决问题的方法.
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[1]. While it cannot be solved immediately, still there are ways. Themost popular is …… Another method is …… Still another one is ……
[2]. Awareness/Recognition of the problem is the first step toward thesituation.
2-5 方向性的结尾方式 ---- 其与建议性的唯一差别就是对问题解决提出总的, 大体的方向或者指明前景.
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[1]. Many solutions are being offered here , all of them make somesense, but none is adequate enough. The problem should be recognized in awide way .
[2]. There is no quick method to the issue of ……, but …… might behelpful/beneficial.
[3]. The great challenge today is …… There is much difficulty ,but ……
2--6 意义性的结尾方式 --------> 文章结尾的时候,从更高的更新的角度指出所讨论的问题的重要性以及其深远的意义!
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[1]. Following these suggestions may not guarantee the success, butthe pay off might be worth the effort . It will not only benefit but alsobenefit ……
[2]. In any case, whether it is positive or negative, one thing iscertain that it will undoubtedly ……
Nowadays many people prefer (______)because it plays a significant role in our daily life.Generally speaking,its advantages can be seen as follows.On one hand,(______).One the other hand,(_______).
But every sword has two blades.The negative aspects are also aparent.One of the prominent disadvantages is that (______).To make matters worse,(______).
Through the above analysis,I believe that The Positive aspects far outweighs its negative aspects.Whatever effects it has,one thing is certain,(_____) itself is neither good nor bad.It is the uses which is put on it that determines its value to our society.
Some,others and I
There is no consensus among people as to the view of (_____).The opinions vary from person to person. Some people hold the idea that (____).A case in point is that (_____).
On the other hand, other may have a quite different view. According to them,(_____).The most typical example is that (______).
Weighing the pros and cons of these arguments,I am inclined to agree with the latter. Admittedly, the former point of view seems reasonable in saying to some extend,but (_____) is more convincing.
My view
When asked about (_____),some people hold the idea that (_____).As far as they are concerned,(______).But I could not agree with them in several points.In my opinion,(_____).The reason for my choice are listed as follows.
First of all,(______).In addition,(______).Last but not the least,(______).
For the reasons mentioned above,I firmly believe (______).
Hot issue
With the development of the society,with the advent of (______).we have to face a problem that (______).
What are the reasons for it?To start with,(______).Moreover,(______).Furthermore,(______).
In view of the seriousness of the problem, effective measures should be taken. For one thing, it is hight time that people all over China realized the importance of (______);for another,the government should issue laws and regulations to put the situation under control.
Along with the advance of the society more and more problems are brought to our attention, one of which is that....
2014年6月英语六级作文经典套句汇总
英语六级作文经典套句之现象看法类
Along with the advance of the society more and more problems are brought to our attention, one of which is that….
随着社会的不断发展,出现了越来越多的问题,其中之一便是____________。
As to whether it is a blessing or a curse, however, people take different attitudes.
然而,对于此类问题,人们持不同的看法。
Hold different attitudes
持不同的看法(观点、态度)
Come up with different attitudes
有不同的看法。
As society develops, people are attaching much importance to….
随着社会的发展,人们开始关注…………
People are attaching more and more importance to the interview during job hunting
求职的过程中,人们慢慢意识到面试的重要性。
As to whether it is worthwhile ….., there is a long-running controversial debate. It is quite natural that people from different backgrounds may have divergent attitudes towards it.
关于是否值得___________的问题,一直以来争论不休。当然,不同的人对此可能持不同的观点。
In the process of modern urban development, we often find ourselves in a dilemma.
在都市的发展中,我们往往会陷入困境。
Recently the phenomenon has aroused wide concern, some people are in alarm that….
最近,这种现象引起了人们的广泛关注,有人开始担心______________。
The human race has entered a completely new stage in its history, with the increasingly rapid economic globalization and urbanization, more problems are brought to our attention.
人类进入了一个历史的崭新的阶段,经济全球化、都市化的速度不断加快,随之给我们带来了很多问题。
…… plays such an important role that it undeniably becomes the biggest concern of the present world, there comes a question, is it a blessing or a curse?”
_______显得非常重要而成为当今世界所关注的最大的问题,这是无可厚非的。不过,问题是:“我们该如何抉择?”
Now we are entering a new era, full of opportunities and challenges,
现在我们正在进入一个充满机会和挑战的新时代。
英语六级作文经典套句之展现问题类
问题的常用词:question, problem, issue
Recently, the issue of …… has been brought into public focus.
近来,_______的问题引起了社会的广泛关注。
Now we are entering a brand new era full of opportunities and innovations, and great changes have taken place in people’s attitude towards some traditional practice.
现在我们进入了一个充满机遇和创新的崭新时代,很多人对某些传统的看法也发生了很大改变。
Recently the issue of whether or not … has been in the limelight and has aroused wide concern in the public.
近来,是否_______的问题已经非常明确而且引起了社会的广泛关注。
The issue whether it is good or not to …. has aroused a heated discussion all over the country.
______的利与弊已在全国范围内引起热烈的讨论。
People from different backgrounds would put different interpretations on the same case.
不同行业的人对同一种问题的解释不尽相同。
The controversial issue is often brought into public focus. People from different backgrounds hold different attitudes towards the issue.
这中极具争议性的话题往往很受社会的关注。不同的人对此问题的看法也不尽相同。
When asked …, some people think….. while some prefer…
说到______,有人认为________,而另一些人则认为__________。
Just as the saying goes: “so many people, so many minds”. It is quite understandable that views on this issue vary from person to person.
俗话说,“”。不同的人对此有不同的看法是可以理解的。
To this issue, different people come up with various attitudes.
对于这个问题,不同的人持不同的观点。
There is a good side and a bad side to everything, it goes without saying that…
万事万物都有其两面性,所以,勿庸置疑,____________。
There is a public controversy nowadays over the issue of …. There who criticize …argue that …., they believe that …,but people who favor .., on the other hand, argue that…
目前,_______问题争议较大。批判_______的人认为_______,他们认为_______,不过,另一方面,赞同_______的人则认为_________。
Some people are of the opinion that..
有些人认为_____________。
Many people claim that…
很多人认为_____________。
A majority of 绝大多数 A large number of 很多人
Some people contend that … has proved to bring many advantages (disadvantages)
有些人认为________有很多有利之处(不利之处)。
Those who argue for … say that …economic development of the cities.
觉得_____的人认为,______ 城市的经济发展。
Some people advocate that ….
有些人在坚持认为_________。
They hold that … 他们认为_________。
People, who advocate that …, have their sound reasons (grounds)
坚持认为______的人也有其说法(依据)。
Those who have already benefited from practicing it sing high praise of it.
那些从中受益的人对此大家褒奖
Those who strongly approve of … have cogent reasons for it.
强烈认同_______的人有很多原因。
Many people would claim that…
有人会认为___________。
People who support … give some or all of the following reasons.
那些支持_________观点的人列出了如下原因:________。
But others hold the view that …但是,另外一些人则认为_______。
英语六级作文经典套句之观点意见类
观点类:Attitude, opinion, 与其搭配的动词以及词组:Take, have, come up with,set forth, put forward等。
But on the other hand, there are also quite a few people who strongly advocate that..,.
不过,另一方面,也有少部分人坚持认为_______________。
But people who are …, on the other hand , maintain that…
不过,另一方面,________的人认为__________。
However, there are a large number of people who hold a different view concerning this case.
然而,很多人对此有不同的看法。
问题用词:Issue, phenomenon,后接介词, on, over等。
However, some others argue that… 然而,另一些人则认为_________。
However, there are also some others who contend that...
然而,也有人认为__________。
But other people set forth completely totally different argument concerning this case.
不过,对于此,另一些人则持完全不同的观点。
Some people examine this issue from another angle.
有的人用另一角度来看这一问题。
On the other hand, there are also many opponents who strongly …
另一方面,也有很多反对的人,他们认为_____________。
According to my personality and fondness, I would prefer … rather than…
根据我的个性以及兴趣,我选择_______而不会选择__________。
Personally, I side with the latter (former) opinion…
就我个人而言,我支持后者(前者)___________。
Personally, I am in favor of the former point of view.
就我个人而言,我较同意前一种看法。
When it comes to …, most people believe that …, but other people regard …as ….
提到_________问题,很多人认为_________,不过,一些人则认为______是____.
When faced with…., quite a few people claim that …., but other people think as…
提到_________问题,仅少数人认为________,但另一些人则认为_________。
At present, some people think ….while others claim …Both sides have their merits.
目前,一些人认为_______而另一些人则认为_______。其实,两种观点都其可取之处。
People rarely reach an absolute consensus on such a controversial issue.
对于这种极具争议的话题,我们很难作出绝对的回答。
英语六级作文经典套句之超强结尾句
超强结尾句套句
1.The most effective means to solve this problem is that ______________. In that case, ______________.
2. Everything has its own two sides, no exception with AAA. For one thing, ______________. for another, ______________.
3. My experience tells me that to ______________ needs a thorough and persevering process, and in this process you had better abide by the principles mentioned above.
4. On the whole, it is high time that we recognized the significance of ______________.
5. As a result, we should take some effective methods to ______________.
6. Judging by the figures, we can draw a conclusion that ______________.
7. In a word, the whole society should pay close attention to the problem of ______________. Only in this way can ______________ in the future.
8. In my opinion, we should place much emphasis on the importance of ______________.
9. But ______________ and ______________ have their own advantages. For example, ______________, while ______________. Comparing those two, however, I prefer to ______________.
10. In my opinion, ______________ is just as common as ______________. If ______________, it may be very useful. Whatever ______________, the key point lies in ______________.
11. Are their opinions correct? To my mind, the first idea seems ______________. As for the second idea, ______________.
12. As a popular saying goes, ______________. In my opinion what really counts is not ______________, but ______________. I believer that as long as ______________, we will ______________. So I am for the opinion that ______________.
13. In my opinion, both sides are partly right. When we ______________, we should take into consideration all aspects of the problems, and then make the right decision.
14. Personally, I believe that ______________. Consequently, I’m confident that a bright future is awaiting us because ______________.
15. In my opinion, all of the people should be brave enough to show our disapproval and criticism when confronted with ______________.
16. People are coming to realize the importance of ______________. They have begun to try their best to ______________. We believe that ______________.
17. All in all, we cannot live without ______________ . But at the same time we must try to find out new ways to cope with problems that would arise.
18. Whatever you do, please remember the saying- ______________. If you understand it and apply it to your study or work, you’ll definitely benefit a lot from it.
19. With the development of society, ______________. So it’s urgent and necessary to ______________. If every member is willing to contribute himself to the society, it will be better and better.
20. It is difficult to say whether ______________ is good or not in general as it depends very much on the situation of ______________. However, from a personal point of view I find ______________.
21. It is essential that effective actions should be taken to end the situation.
22. It is no doubt that special attention must be paid to the problem of ______________.
23. But both ______________ and ______________ have disadvantages. For example, ______________. Which to choose, ______________ or ______________? Careful consideration is necessary before you make your own choice.
24. From what has been discussed above, we may reasonably arrive at the conclusion that ______________.
25. We must search for a quick action, because the present situation of ______________ is grievous, if allowed to proceed, will certainly lead to ______________.
26. No doubt, if we ignore the problem, there is every chance that ______________ will be put in danger.
27. We need to take a second look at the matter from a wider standpoint, otherwise, we won’t ______________.
28. It is high time that ______________. Here are some of the measures that might be taken immediately. 29. In conclusion, we should know about the problem of ______________, and object to ______________. Only in this way ______________.
30. Although it is affected by many factors, still there are certain ways that can make the situation better. The most import is ______________. Another way is ______________. Still another one is ______________.
31. Many solutions are offered here, all of them make some sense, but none is adequate enough. The problem should be studied in depth.
32. No easy method can be at hand to solve the problem of ______________. But the common recognition of the importance of ______________ might be the first step on the right way.
33. It is clear, therefore, that the task of ______________ demands great attention.
34. We may have a long way to go before we reach the final goal. But once we are on the way, the chance to reach it is greater.
35. But for me, I would rather think of the matter in an optimistic way. Because I believe ______________.
36. We all know the story of ______________. this lesson tells us that ______________, we should ______________.
37. My own point of view is that ______________ is a normal behavior in our society. There is no doubt that ______________. As an old saying goes, ______________.
38. If we can’t take useful means, we may not control this trend, and some undesirable result may come out unexpectedly, so what we should do is ______________.
39. However, this graph may not predict the entire situation in the future. I believe ______________.
40. From the graph it is evident that ______________.
41. From all the reasons above, we know that great changes had taken place in ______________. And I believe that ______________.
42. Taking into account all of these factors, we may reach the conclusion that ______________.
43. For the reasons given above, I strongly recommend that ______________.
44. Given the factors I have just outlined, I believe that ______________.
45. Therefore, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion that ______________.
46. Recognizing the fact that ______________ should lead us to conclude that ______________.
47. In short, I support the statement that it is better to ______________ because ______________.
48. After pondering this question on many occasions, I have finally reached the conclusion that ______________ is something I truly want to do and it is worthwhile.
49. My point of view in ______________ largely results from the fact that ______________.
50. Now after close examination, it is not difficult to draw the conclusion that ______________.
51. From what has been discussed above, you can get your preference. Personally, I think ______________ has more advantages.
52. On the one hand, it has helped china ______________. On the other hand, it has increased china’s ______________, and at the same time, made great contributions to our national development.
53. In my opinion, to solve this problem there might be two ways. One way to tackle this question is ______________. Another way that is worth adopting is ______________.
54. As far as I am concerned, I trust the advantages mentioned above exceed the disadvantages.
55. For me, ______________ is a glory and it is the most important thing I have to take into feasible consideration.
56. As regards me, I tend to pick ______________, for ______________. What’s more, ______________.
57. If I were given a choice between ______________ and ______________, I would certainly prefer ______________. For me, ______________.
英语六级作文经典套句之常用句型类
1. in order to
为了实现他的梦想,他学习非常努力。
He worked very hard in order to realize his dream.
2. in order that
她拼命干活以便到六点时把一切都准备就绪。
She worked hard in order that everything would be ready by 6 o’clock.
3. so…that
他们太累了,除了伸懒腰什么都做不了了。
They were all so tired that they could do nothing but yawn.
4. such…that
天气非常冷,以致于街上一个人都没有。
It was such a cold day that there was nobody on the street.
5. would rather do…than do
他宁愿听他人讲而不愿自己说。
He would rather listen to others than talk himself.
6. prefer doing to doing
他宁愿在精心准备后去做报告。
He prefers making speeches after careful preparation.
7. prefer to do…rather than do
比起女人,男人总是宁可在家睡觉也不愿花那么多时间来购物。
Compared with women, men always prefer to sleep at home rather than spend so much time shopping。
8. not only…but also
在短短的三年的时间里她不但完成了所有课程,而且还获得了博士学位。
In just three years, she had not only finished all the lessons, but also received her doctor’s degree.
9. either…or
如果考试过关,你可以买一个MP3或去云南玩一趟。
You could either buy an MP3 or go to Yunnan for a visit if you pass the exam.
10. Neither…nor
他是一个无聊的人,既不爱娱乐,也不爱读书。
He is a boring man. He likes neither entertainment nor reading.
11. as well as
他善良又乐于助人。
He was kind as well as helpful.
12. …as well
这个小孩活泼又可爱。
The child is active and funny as well.
13. One…the other
你看见桌子上有两只笔吗?一支是红色的,另一支是黑色的。
Have you seen two pens on the desk? One is red, the other is black.
14. Some…others
每个人都很忙,有些在读书,有些在写作。
Everyone is busy in classroom. Some are reading, others are writing。
15. make…+adj /n
我们所做的可以让世界更美丽。
What we do will make the world more beautifu.
16. not…until
直到他告诉我发生的事,我才了解真相。
I didn’t know the truth until she told me what happened.
17. as if
他夸夸其谈好像什么事都知道。
He talks a lot as if he knows everything.
18. It is no use (good) doing…
假装不懂规则是行不通的。
It’s no use pretending that you didn’t know the rules.
19. find it + adj to do…
我觉得作听力时有必要作笔记。
I find it necessary to take down notes while listening.
20. It is + time since…
我已经有两年没见他了。
It is two years since I last met him.
21. It is + time when…
我到电影院时已经八点钟了。
It was 8 o’clock when I got to the cinema.
22. It is + time before…
不久我们就会再见面的。
I won’t be long before we can meet again.
23. It is…that…
我最珍视的是友谊。
It is friendship that I value most.
24. It is + n / adj + that / to do…
每个人都必须懂得如何使用计算机
It is a must that everybody should know how to use computers.
四六级作文万能模板推荐
开头万能公式一:名人名言
有人问了,“我没有记住名言,怎么办?尤其是英语名言?”,很好办:编!
原理:我们看到的东西很多都是创造出来的,包括我们欣赏的文章也是8,所以尽管编,但是一定要听起来很有道理呦!而且没准将来我们就是名人呢!对吧?
经典句型:
A proberb says, “ You are only young once.” (适用于已记住的名言)
It goes without saying that we cannot be young forever. (适用于自编名言)
更多经典句型:
As everyone knows, No one can deny that…
2. 开头万能公式二:数字统计
原理:要想更有说服力,就应该用实际的数字来说明。
原则上在议论文当中十不应该出现虚假数字的,可是在考试的时候哪管那三七二十一,但编无妨,只要我有东西写就万事大吉了。所以不妨试用下面的句型:
According to a recent survey, about 78.9% of the college students wanted to further their study after their graduation.
看起来这个数字文邹邹的,其实都是编造出来的,下面随便几个题目我们都可以这样编造:
Honesty
根据最近的一项统计调查显示,大学生向老师请假的理由当中78%都是假的。
Travel by Bike
根据最近的一项统计调查显示,85%的人在近距离旅行的时候首选的交通工具是自行车。
Youth
根据最近的一项统计调查显示,在某个大学,学生的课余时间的70%都是在休闲娱乐。
Five-day Work Week Better than Six-day Work?
根据最近的一项统计调查显示,98%的人同意每周五天工作日。
更多句型:
A recent statistics shows that …
结尾万能公式:
1. 结尾万能公式一:如此结论
说完了,毕竟要归纳一番,相信各位都有这样的经历,领导长篇大论,到最后终于冒出个“总而言之”之类的话,我们马上停止开小差,等待领导说结束语。也就是说,开头很好,也必然要有一个精彩的结尾,让读者眼前一亮,这样,你就可以拿高分了!比如下面的例子:
Obviously(此为过渡短语), we can draw the conclusion that good manners arise from politeness and respect for others.
如果读者很难“显而见之”,但说无妨,就当读者的眼光太浅罢了!
更多过渡短语:
to sum up, in conclusion, in brief, on account of this, thus
更多句型:
Thus, it can be concluded that…, Therefore, we can find that…
2. 结尾万能公式二:如此建议
如果说“如此结论”是结尾最没用的废话,那么“如此建议”应该是最有价值的废话了,因为这里虽然也是废话,但是却用了一个很经典的虚拟语气的句型。拽!
Obviously, it is high time that we took some measures to solve the problem.
这里的虚拟语气用得很经典,因为考官本来经常考这个句型,而如果我们自己写出来,你说考官会怎么想呢?
更多句型:
Accordingly, I recommend that some measures be taken.
Consequently, to solve the problem, some measures should be taken.
写作的“七项基本原则”:
一、长短句原则
工作还得一张一驰呢,老让读者读长句,累死人!写一个短小精辟的句子,相反,却可以起到画龙点睛的作用。而且如果我们把短句放在段首或者段末,也可以揭示主题:
As a creature, I eat; as a man, I read. Although one action is to meet the primary need of my body and the other is to satisfy the intellectual need of mind, they are in a way quite similar.
如此可见,长短句结合,抑扬顿挫,岂不爽哉?牢记!
强烈建议:在文章第一段(开头)用一长一短,且先长后短;在文章主体部分,要先用一个短句解释主要意思,然后在阐述几个要点的时候采用先短后长的句群形式,定会让主体部分妙笔生辉!文章结尾一般用一长一短就可以了。
二、主题句原则
国有其君,家有其主,文章也要有其主。否则会给人造成“群龙无首”之感!相信各位读过一些破烂文学,故意把主体隐藏在文章之内,结果造成我们稀里糊涂!不知所云!所以奉劝各位一定要写一个主题句,放在文章的开头(保险型)或者结尾,让读者一目了然,必会平安无事!
特别提示:隐藏主体句可是要冒险的!
To begin with, you must work hard at your lessons and be fully prepared before the exam(主题句). Without sufficient preparation, you can hardly expect to answer all the questions correctly.
三、一二三原则
领导讲话总是第一部分、第一点、第二点、第三点、第二部分、第一点… 如此罗嗦。可毕竟还是条理清楚。考官们看文章也必然要通过这些关键性的“标签”来判定你的文章是否结构清楚,条理自然。破解方法很简单,只要把下面任何一组的词汇加入到你的几个要点前就清楚了。
1)first, second, third, last(不推荐,原因:俗)
2)firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally(不推荐,原因:俗)
3)the first, the second, the third, the last(不推荐,原因:俗)
4)in the first place, in the second place, in the third place, lastly(不推荐,原因:俗)
5)to begin with, then, furthermore, finally(强烈推荐)
6)to start with, next, in addition, finally(强烈推荐)
7)first and foremost, besides, last but not least(强烈推荐)
8)most important of all, moreover, finally
9)on the one hand, on the other hand(适用于两点的情况)
10)for one thing, for another thing(适用于两点的情况)
建议:不仅仅在写作中注意,平时说话的时候也应该条理清楚!
四、 短语优先原则
写作时,尤其是在考试时,如果使用短语,有两个好处:其一、用短语会使文章增加亮点,如果老师们看到你的文章太简单,看不到一个自己不认识的短语,必然会看你低一等。相反,如果发现亮点—精彩的短语,那么你的文章定会得高分了。其二、关键时刻思维短路,只有凑字数,怎么办?用短语是一个办法!比如:
I cannot bear it.
可以用短语表达:I cannot put up with it.
I want it.
可以用短语表达:I am looking forward to it.
这样字数明显增加,表达也更准确。
五、 多实少虚原则
原因很简单,写文章还是应该写一些实际的东西,不要空话连篇。这就要求一定要多用实词,少用虚词。我这里所说的虚词就是指那些比较大的词。比如我们说一个很好的时候,不应该之说nice这样空洞的词,应该使用一些诸如generous, humorous, interesting, smart, gentle, warm-hearted, hospital 之类的形象词。再比如:
走出房间,general的词是:walk out of the room
但是小偷走出房间应该说:slip out of the room
小姐走出房间应该说:sail out of the room
小孩走出房间应该说:dance out of the room
老人走出房间应该说:stagger out of the room
所以多用实词,少用虚词,文章将会大放异彩!
多变句式原则
1)加法(串联)
都希望写下很长的句子,像个老外似的,可就是怕写错,怎么办,最保险的写长句的方法就是这些,可以在任何句子之间加and, 但最好是前后的句子又先后关系或者并列关系。比如说:
I enjor music and he is fond of playing guitar.
如果是二者并列的,我们可以用一个超级句式:
Not only the fur coat is soft, but it is also warm.
其它的短语可以用:
besides, furthermore, likewise, moreover
2)转折(拐弯抹角)
批评某人缺点的时候,我们总习惯先拐弯抹角说说他的优点,然后转入正题,再说缺点,这种方式虽然阴险了点,可毕竟还比较容易让人接受。所以呢,我们说话的时候,只要在要点之前先来点废话,注意二者之间用个专这次就够了。
The car was quite old, yet it was in excellent condition.
The coat was thin, but it was warm.
更多的短语:
despite that, still, however, nevertheless, in spite of, despite, notwithstanding
3)因果(so, so, so)
昨天在街上我看到了一个女孩,然后我主动搭讪,然后我们去咖啡厅,然后我们认识了,然后我们成为了朋友…可见,讲故事的时候我们总要追求先后顺序,先什么,后什么,所以然后这个词就变得很常见了。其实这个词表示的是先后或因果关系!
The snow began to fall, so we went home.
更多短语:
then, therefore, consequently, accordingly, hence, as a result, for this reason, so that
4)失衡句(头重脚轻,或者头轻脚重)
有些人脑袋大,身体小,或者有些人脑袋小,身体大,虽然我们不希望长成这个样子,可如果真的是这样了,也就必然会吸引别人的注意力。文章中如果出现这样的句子,就更会让考官看到你的句子与众不同。其实就是主语从句,表语从句,宾语从句的变形。
举例:This is what I can do.
Whether he can go with us or not is not sure.
同样主语、宾语、表语可以改成如下的复杂成分:
When to go, Why he goes away…
5)附加(多此一举)
如果有了老婆,总会遇到这样的情况,当你再讲某个人的时候,她会插一句说,我昨天见过他;或者说,就是某某某,如果把老婆的话插入到我们的话里面,那就是定语从句和同位语从句或者是插入语。
The man whom you met yesterday is a friend of mine.
I don’t enjoy that book you are reading.
Mr liu, our oral English teacher, is easy-going.
其实很简单,同位语--要解释的东西删除后不影响整个句子的构成;定语从句—借用之前的关键词并且用其重新组成一个句子插入其中,但是whom or that 关键词必须要紧跟在先行词之前。
6)排比(排山倒海句)
文学作品中最吸引人的地方莫过于此,如果非要让你的文章更加精彩的话,那么我希望你引用一个个的排比句,一个个得对偶句,一个个的不定式,一个个地词,一个个的短语,如此表达将会使文章有排山倒海之势!
Whether your tastes are modern or traditional, sophisticated or simple, there is plenty in London for you.
Nowadays, energy can be obtained through various sources such as oil, coal, natural gas, solar heat, the wind and ocean tides.
We have got to study hard, to enlarge our scope of knowledge, to realize our potentials and to pay for our life. (气势恢宏)
要想写出如此气势恢宏的句子非用排比不可!
七、 挑战极限原则
既然十挑战极限,必然是比较难的,但是并非不可攀!
原理:在学生的文章中,很少发现诸如独立主格的句子,其实也很简单,只要花上5分钟的时间看看就可以领会,它就是分词的一种特殊形式,分词要求主语一致,而独立主格则不然。比如:
The weather being fine, a large number of people went to climb the Western Hills.
Africa is the second largest continent, its size being about three times that of China.
如果您可一些出这样的句子,不得高分才怪!
文章主体段落三大杀手锏:
一、举实例
思维短路,举实例!提出一个观点,举实例!提出一个方案,举实例!而且者也是我们揭示一个观点最好的方式,任何情况下,只要我们无法继续文章,不管三七二十一,尽管举例子!
In order to attract more customers, advertisers have adopted every possible stimulative factor in making ads, such as sound, light, colours, cartoon films and human performance. For instance, to advertise a certain food, advertisers will ask an actor or actress to sit at a table and devour the seemingly delicious food while they fime him or her.
更多句型:
To take … as an example, One example is…, Another example is…, for example
二、做比较
方法:写完一个要点,比较与之相似的;又写完一个要点,再比较与之相反的;
世界上没有同样的指纹,没有相同的树叶,文章亦同,只有通过比较,你才会发现二者的相同点(through comparison)和不同点(through contrast)。下面是一些短语:
相似的比较:
in comparison, likewise, similarly, in the same manner
相反的比较:
on the other hand, conversely, whereas, while, instead, nevertheless, in contrast, on the contrary, compared with …, …
三、换言之
没话说了,可以换一句话再说,让你的文章在多一些字,或者文邹邹地说,是让读者更充分的理解你的观点。
实际就是重复重复再重复!下面的句子实际上就三个字 I love you!
I am enthusiastic about you. That is to say, I love you.
I am wild about you. In other words, I have fallen in love with you.
或者上面我们举过的例子:
I cannot bear it.
可以用短语表达:I cannot put up with it.
因此可以这样说:I cannot bear it. That is to say, I cannot put up with it or I am fed up with it.
更多短语:in more difficult language, in simpler words, put it more simply
英语新六级写作必备逻辑词总结
英语六级作文题目作为整套试卷的第一个题型,在整场考试中有着不可忽视的作用,开篇之作答得好,就会增强考生的信心,后面的题目也能发挥得更好,下面就来学习一下写作必备的逻辑词汇吧!
虽然:although, despite, though, while, as
Although:位于句首;
Though:位于主句后;
Despite:在“虽然”中,唯一的介词;
While: 必须置于主句之前;
As: 形容词,副词,名词(单数可数名词用不定冠词a/an),行为动词(带状语或宾语)之于句首,引起部分倒装,例如:
Poor as he was, he was honest。
as/though/that she was, she was more clever than an adult。
注意!much as作“虽然”讲,为固定用法。
最后,最终:finally, eventually
Finally:表示一系列事物和论点的顺序,一般不带感情色彩;
Eventually:将必然发生的结局,可用于预卜未来。
特别地,尤其地:especially, particularly, peculiarly, specially
Especially:多用于正式文体;
Specially:在表示“为了某一特殊目的时”,只能用这个;
Particularly:特别提及或强调地;个别地或具体地,有时可与especially通用;
Peculiarly:与众不同,罕见地,强调独特型。
当……时候:as, when, while
(1):when从句谓语动词所表示的动作可以发生在主句谓语动词所表示的动词之前,而while和as从句谓语动词表示的动作一般都与主句谓语动词同时发生;
(2):when/as从句表示的时间可以是某一瞬间或某一点,而while从句不能只时间的一点,因为while意为“for as long as”或“during the time that”;
(3):当as,when,while表示两个动作同时发生时,一般而言,while表示的动作持续时间较长,而as/when表示的动作持续的时间较短;
(4):可用when/while+doing,但as不行
(5):while从句的动词即可表动作又可表状态,而as从句中的动词只能表示动作;
(6):when引导的从句也可以是新信息,这是when作“and at this moment”或“and then”讲,意为“这时突然”或“然后”。
因为:because, as, since, for
Because: 从句是重点,一般位于主句之后;
As: 主句是重点,原因只是附带说明,不能用于回答“why”;
Since: 意思与as相近,但是语气更加强和正式,用来表示显然的,已知的理由;
For: 理由只是补充说明,有时相当于because,即可表直接原因,但有时则不可,例如:
The ground is wet this morning, for/because it rained last night。
It is morning, for the birds are singing in the trees。(注意!鸟唱歌不是早晨来临的原因。)
所以:therefore, hence, consequently, then, accordingly, so
Therefore: 它引出的语句属于由前述内容得出的结论;
Hence: 可与therefore换用,但强调前述内容的重要性;
Consequently: 较正式,但不总包含推理的必然,倒是包含结论有依据或是可能性;
Then: 表逻辑上的承上启下,多见于条件句;
Accordingly: 其内涵顺其自然或依通例行事,而不是一种必然或不可避免的事;
So: 最通俗,其为其中唯一的连词!
相信经过以上梳理,大家对这几个单词的使用情况有了更多了解。其实非常建议大家在复习的过程中自己进行对比、归纳与总结等,这样可以有效的提高大家对知识点的掌握程度,让你的英语成绩更上一层楼!
老师想告诉大家,文章结尾有一个最大的忌讳,这个忌讳如果能避免,你的写作分数必然能提高一个分数档。如果不能避免,则意味着你的文章分数得降低一个分数档。
在阅卷过程中,同一篇文章但不同的结尾,得到的分数可以差一个档次以上,这是个铁一样的事实,也就是说,结尾决定分数。如何结尾才能得更高的分数,下面老师给大家一些建议。
老师想告诉大家,文章结尾有一个最大的忌讳,这个忌讳如果能避免,你的写作分数必然能提高一个分数档。如果不能避免,则意味着你的文章分数得降低一个分数档。
结尾最大忌:“我结故我在,与他人无关”。换句话来说,就是“结尾”与“前面内容”失去衔接性。
老师建议: 结尾必须和前面的段落内容形成衔接,如果考场作文的结尾不能满足这个衔接性的要求,必然难以得高分。其实要满足这个“衔接性”并不难。下面徐可风就教大家如何用最简单的方法使你的结尾具有“衔接性”。
推荐1:From what has been discussed above, ...
推荐2:Given what has been discussed above, ...
只要你在写作结尾时加上这个表达,给你的结尾句加上这件“男装”。恭喜你,你的结尾就和前面的内容产生了衔接性,这个衔接性是阅卷评分的一个关键标准,有了衔接性就等于得到加分,所以“结尾决定分数”。
2014年英语六级作文优美例句一
1. According to a recent survey, four million people die each year from diseases linked to smoking. 依照最近的一项调查,每年有4,000,000人死于与吸烟有关的疾病。
2. The latest surveys show that quite a few children have unpleasant associations with homework. 最近的调查显示相当多的孩子对家庭作业没什么好感。
3. No invention has received more praise and abuse than Internet. 没有一项发明像互联网一样同时受到如此多的赞扬和批评。
4. People seem to fail to take into account the fact that education does not end with graduation. 人们似乎忽视了教育不应该随着毕业而结束这一事实。
5. An increasing number of people are beginning to realize that education is not complete with graduation. 越来越多的人开始意识到教育不能随着毕业而结束。
6. When it comes to education, the majority of people believe that education is a lifetime study. 说到教育,大部分人认为其是一个终生的学习。
7. Many experts point out that physical exercise contributes directly to a person's physical fitness. 许多专家指出体育锻炼直接有助于身体健康。
8. Proper measures must be taken to limit the number of foreign tourists and the great efforts should be made to protect local environment and history from the harmful effects of international tourism. 应该采取适当的措施限制外国旅游者的数量,努力保护当地环境和历史不受国际旅游业的不利影响。
9. An increasing number of experts believe that migrants will exert positive effects on construction of city. However, this opinion is now being questioned by more and more city residents, who complain that the migrants have brought many serious problems like crime and prostitution. 越来越多的专家相信移民对城市的建设起到积极作用。然而,越来越多的城市居民却怀疑这种说法,他们抱怨民工给城市带来了许多严重的问题,像犯罪和卖淫。
10. Many city residents complain that it is so few buses in their city that they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus, which is usually crowded with a large number of passengers. 许多市民抱怨城市的公交车太少,以至于他们要花很长时间等一辆公交车,而车上可能已满载乘客。
11. There is no denying the fact that air pollution is an extremely serious problem: the city authorities should take strong measures to deal with it. 无可否认,空气污染是一个极其严重的问题:城市当局应该采取有力措施来解决它。
12. An investigation shows that female workers tend to have a favorable attitude toward retirement. 一项调查显示妇女欢迎退休。 13. A proper part-time job does not occupy students' too much time. In fact, it is unhealthy for them to spend all of time on their study. As an old saying goes: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 一份适当的业余工作并不会占用学生太多的时间,事实上,把全部的时间都用到学习上并不健康,正如那句老话:只工作,不玩耍,聪明的孩子会变傻。
14. Any government, which is blind to this point, may pay a heavy price. 任何政府忽视这一点都将付出巨大的代价。
15. Nowadays, many students always go into raptures at the mere mention of the
coming life of high school or college they will begin. Unfortunately, for most young people, it is not pleasant experience on their first day on campus. 当前,一提到即将开始的学校生活,许多学生都会兴高采烈。然而,对多数年轻人来说,校园刚开始的日子并不是什么愉快的经历。
16. In view of the seriousness of this problem, effective measures should be taken before things get worse. 考虑到问题的严重性,在事态进一步恶化之前,必须采取有效的措施。
17. The majority of students believe that part-time job will provide them with more opportunities to develop their interpersonal skills, which may put them in a favorable position in the future job markets. 大部分学生相信业余工作会使他们有更多机会发展人际交往能力,而这对他们未来找工作是非常有好处的。
18. It is indisputable that there are millions of people who still have a miserable life and have to face the dangers of starvation and exposure. 无可争辩,现在有成千上万的人仍过着挨饿受冻的痛苦生活。
19. Although this view is wildly held, this is little evidence that education can be obtained at any age and at any place. 尽管这一观点被广泛接受,很少有证据表明教育能够在任何地点、任何年龄进行。
21. People equate success in life with the ability of operating computer. 人们把会使用计算机与人生成功相提并论。
22. In the last decades, advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past. 在过去的几十年,先进的医疗技术已经使得人们比过去活的时间更长成为可能。
23. In fact, we have to admit the fact that the quality of life is as important as life itself. 事实上,我们必须承认生命的质量和生命本身一样重要。
24. We should spare no effort to beautify our environment. 我们应该不遗余力地美化我们的环境。
25. People believe that computer skills will enhance their job opportunities or promotion opportunities.
人们相信拥有计算机技术可以获得更多工作或提升的机会。
26. The information I've collected over last few years leads me to believe that this knowledge may be less useful than most people think. 从这几年我搜集的信息来看,这些知识并没有人们想象的那么有用。
27. Now, it is generally accepted that no college or university can educate its students by the time they graduation. 现在,人们普遍认为没有一所大学能够在毕业时候教给学生所有的知识。
28. This is a matter of life and death--a matter no country can afford to ignore. 这是一个关系到生死的问题,任何国家都不能忽视。
29. For my part, I agree with the latter opinion for the following reasons: 我同意后者,有如下理由:
30. Before giving my opinion, I think it is important to look at the arguments on both sides. 在给出我的观点之前,我想看看双方的观点是重要的。
20. No one can deny the fact that a person's education is the most important aspect of his life. 没有人能否认:教育是人生最重要的一方面。
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31. This view is now being questioned by more and more people. 这一观点正受到越来越多人的质疑。
32. Although many people claim that, along with the rapidly economic development, the number of people who use bicycle are decreasing and bicycle is bound to die out. The information I've collected over the recent years leads me to believe that bicycle will continue to play extremely important roles in modern society. 尽管许多人认为随着经济的高速发展,用自行车的人数会减少,自行车可能会消亡, 然而,这几年我收集的一些信息让我相信自行车仍然会继续在现代社会发挥极其重要的作用。
33. Environmental experts point out that increasing pollution not only causes serious problems such as global warming but also could threaten to end human life on our planet. 环境学家指出:持续增加的污染不仅会导致像全球变暖这样严重的问题,而且还将威胁到人类在这个星球的生存。
34. In view of such serious situation, environmental tools of transportation like bicycle are more important than any time before. 考虑到这些严重的状况,我们比以往任何时候更需要像自行车这样的环保型交通工具。
35. Using bicycle contributes greatly to people's physical fitness as well as easing traffic jams. 使用自行车有助于人们的身体健康,并极大地缓解了交通阻塞。
36. Despite many obvious advantages of bicycle, it is not without its problem. 尽管自行车有许多明显的优点,但是它也存在它的问题。
37. Bicycle can't be compared with other means of transportation like car and train for speed and comfort. 在速度和舒适度方面,自行车是无法和汽车、火车这样的交通工具相比的。
38. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that advantages of bicycle far outweigh its disadvantages and it will still play essential roles in modern society. 通过以上讨论,我们可以得出结论:自行车的优点远大于缺点,并且在现代社会它仍将发挥重要作用。
39. There is a general discussion these days over education in many colleges and institutes. One of the questions under debate is whether education is a lifetime study. 当前在高校和研究机构对教育存在着大量争论,其中一个问题就是教育是否是个终身学习的过程。
40. This issue has caused wide public concern. 这个问题已经引起了广泛关注。
41. It must be noted that learning must be done by a person himself. 必须指出学习只能靠自己。
42. A large number of people tend to live under the illusion that they had completed their education when they finished their schooling. Obviously, they seem to fail to take into account the basic fact that a person's education is a most important aspect of his life. 许多人存在这样的误解,认为离开学校就意味着结束了他们的教育。显然,他们忽视了教育是人生重要部分这一基本事实。
43. As for me, I'm in favor of the opinion that education is not complete with graduation, for the following reasons: 就我而言,我同意教育不应该随着毕业而结束的观点,有以下原因:
44. It is commonly accepted that no college or university can educate its students by the time they graduate. 人们普遍认为高校是不可能在毕业的时候教会他们的学生所有知识的。
45. Even the best possible graduate needs to continue learning before she or he becomes an educated person. 即使最优秀的毕业生,要想成为一个博学的人也要不断地学习。
46. It is commonly thought that our society had dramatically changed by modern science and technology, and human had made extraordinary progress in knowledge and technology over the recent decades. 人们普遍认为我们的现代科技使我们的社会发生了巨大的变化,近几十年人类在科技方面取得了惊人的进步。
47. Now people in growing numbers are beginning to believe that learning new skills and knowledge contributes directly to enhancing their job opportunities or promotion opportunities. 现在越来越多的人开始相信学习新的技术和知识能直接帮助他们获得工作就会或提升的机会。
48. An investigation shows that many older people express a strong desire to continue studying in university or college. 一项调查显示许多老人都有到大学继续学习的愿望。
49. For the majority of people, reading or learning a new skill has become the focus of their lives and the source of their happiness and contentment after their retirement. 对大多数人来讲,退休以后,阅读或学习一项新技术已成为他们生活的中心和快乐的来源。
50. For people who want to adopt a healthy and meaningful life style, it is important to find time to learn certain new knowledge. Just as an old saying goes: it is never too late to learn. 对于那些想过上健康而有意义的生活的人们来说,找时间学习一些新知识是很重要的,正如那句老话:活到老,学到老。
51. There is a general debate on the campus today over the phenomenon of college or high school students' doing a part-time job. 对于大学或高中生打工这一现象,校园里进行着广泛的争论。
52. By taking a major-related part-job, students can not only improve their academic studies, but gain much experience, experience they will never be able to get from the textbooks. 通过做一份和专业相关的工作,学生不仅能够提高他们的专业能力,而且能获得从课本上得不到的经验。
53. Although people’s lives have been dramatically changed over the last decades, it must be admitted that, shortage of funds is still the one of the biggest questions that students nowadays have to face because that tuition fees and prices of books are soaring by the day. 近几十年,尽管人们的生活有了惊人的改变,但必须承认,由于学费和书费日益飞涨,资金短缺仍然是学生们面临的最大问题之一。
54. Consequently, the extra money obtained from part-time job will strongly support students to continue to their study life. 因此,业余工作挣来的钱将强有力地支持学生们继续他们的求学生活。
55. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw a conclusion that part-time job can produce a far-reaching impact on students and they should be encouraged to take part-time job, which will benefit students and their family, even the society as a whole. 通过上面的讨论,我们不难得出结论:业余工作对学生们会产生深远的影响,我们应鼓励学生从事业余工作,这将有利于学生和他们的家庭,甚至整个社会。
56. These days, people in growing numbers are beginning to complain that work is more stressful and less leisurely than in past. Many experts point out that, along with the development of modern society, it is an inevitable result and there is no way to avoid it. 现在,越来越多的人们开始抱怨工作比以前更有压力。许多专家指出这是现代社会发展必然的结果,无法避免。
57. It is widely acknowledged that computer and other machines have become an indispensable part of our society, which make our life and work more comfortable and less laborious. 人们普遍认为计算机和其他机器已经成为我们社会必不可少的一部分。 它们使我们的生活更舒适,减少了大量劳动。
58. At the same time, along with the benefits of such machines, employees must study knowledge involved in such machines so that they are able to control them. 同时,随着这些机器带给我们的好处,员工们也必须要学习与之相关的知识以便使用它们。
59. No one can deny the basic fact that it is impossible for average workers to master those high-technology skills easily. 没有人能否认这一基本事实:对于一般工人来讲,轻松掌握这些技术是不可能的。
60. In the second place, there seem to be too many people without job and not enough job position. 第二方面,失业的人似乎太多而又没有足够的工作岗位。
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61. Millions of people have to spend more time and energy on studying new skills and technology so that they can keep a favorable position in job market. 成千上万的人们不得不花费更多的精力和时间学习新的技术和知识,使得他们在就业市场能保持优势。
62. According to a recent survey, a growing number of people express a strong desire to take another job or spend more time on their job in order to get more money to support their family. 根据最近的一项调查,越来越多的人表达了想从事另外的工作或加班以赚取更多的钱来补贴家用的强烈愿望。
63. From what has been discussed above, I am fully convinced that the leisure life-style is undergoing a decline with the progress of modern society, it is not necessary a bad thing. 通过以上讨论,我完全相信,随着现代社会的进步,幽闲的生活方式正在消失并不是件坏事。
64. The problem of international tourism has caused wide public concern over the recent years. 近些年,国际旅游的问题引起了广泛关注。
65. Many people believe that international tourism produce positive effects on economic growth and local government should be encouraged to promote international tourism. 许多人认为国际旅游对经济发展有积极作用,应鼓励地方政府发展国际旅游。
66. But what these people fail to see is that international tourism may bring about a disastrous impact on our environment and local history. 但是这些人忽视了国际旅游可能会给当地环境和历史造成的灾难性的影响。
67. As for me, I'm firmly convinced that the number of foreign tourists should be limited, for the following reasons: 就我而言,我坚定地认为国外旅游者的数量应得到限制,理由如下:
68. In addition, in order to attract tourists, a lot of artificial facilities have been built, which have certain unfavorable effects on the environment. 另外,为了吸引旅游者,大量人工设施被修建,这对环境是不利的。
69. For lack of distinct culture, some places will not attract tourists any more. Consequently, the fast rise in number of foreign tourists may eventually lead to the decline of local tourism. 由于缺乏独特的文化,一些地方不再吸引旅游者。因此,国外旅游者数量的快速增加可能最终会导致当地旅游业的衰败。
70. There is a growing tendency for parents to ask their children to accept extra educational programs over the recent years. 近些年,父母要求他们的孩子接受额外的教育呈增长的势头。
71. This phenomenon has caused wide public concern in many places of world. 这一现象在全世界许多地方已引起了广泛关注。
72. Many parents believe that additional educational activities enjoy obvious advantage. By extra studies, they maintain, their children are able to obtain many kinds of practical skills and useful knowledge, which will put them in a beneficial position in the future job markets when they grow up. 许多家长相信额外的教育活动有许多优点,通过学习,他们的孩子可以获得很多实践技能和有用的知识,当他们长大后,这些对他们就业是大有好处的。
73. In the first place, extra studies bring about unhealthy impacts on physical growth of children. Educational experts point out that, it is equally important to take some sport activities instead of extra studies when children have spent the whole day in a boring classroom. 首先,额外的学习对孩子们的身体发育是不利的。教育专家指出,孩子们在枯燥的教室里呆了一整天后,从事一些体育活动,而不是额外的学习,是非常重要的。
74. Children are undergoing fast physical development; lack of physical exercise may produce disastrous influence on their later life. 孩子们正处于身体快速发育时期,缺乏体育锻炼可能会对他们未来的生活造成严重的影响。
75. In the second place, from psychological aspect, the majority of children seem to tend to have an unfavorable attitude toward additional educational activities. 第二,从心理上讲,大部分孩子似乎对额外的学习没有什么好感。
76. It is hard to imagine a student focusing their energy on textbook while other children are playing. 当别的孩子在玩耍的时候,很难想象一个学生能集中精力在课本上。
77. Moreover, children will have less time to play and communicate with their peers
due to extra studies, consequently, it is difficult to develop and cultivate their character and interpersonal skills. They may become more solitary and even suffer from certain mental illness. 而且,由于要额外地学习,孩子们没有多少时间和同龄的孩子玩耍和交流,很难培养他们的个性和交际能力。他们可能变得孤僻甚至产生某些心理疾病。
78. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that, although extra studies indeed enjoy many obvious advantages, its disadvantages shouldn't be ignored and far outweigh its advantages. It is absurd to force children to take extra studies after school. 通过以上讨论,我们可以得出结论:尽管额外学习的确有很多优点,但它的缺点不可忽视,且远大于它的优点。因此,放学后强迫孩子额外学习是不明智的。
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91. Those urban planners who are blind to this point will pay a heavy price, which they cannot afford it. 那些城市的规划者们如果忽视这一点,将会付出他们无法承受的代价。
92. There is a growing tendency these days for many people who live in rural areas to come into and work in city. This problem has caused wide public concern in most cities all over the world. 农民进城打工正成为增长的趋势,这一问题在世界上大部分城市已引起普遍关注。
93. An investigation shows that many emigrants think that working at city provide them with not only a higher salary but also the opportunity of learning new skills. 一项调查显示许多民工认为在城市打工不仅有较高的收入,而且能学到一些新技术。
94. It must be noted that improvement in agriculture seems to not be able to catch up with the increase in population of rural areas and there are millions of peasants who still live a miserable life and have to face the dangers of exposure and starvation. 必须指出,农业的发展似乎赶不上农村人口的增加,并且仍有成千上万的农民过着缺衣挨饿的贫寒生活。
95. Although rural emigrants contribute greatly to the economic growth of the cities, they may inevitably bring about many negative impacts. 尽管民工对城市的经济发展做出了巨大贡献,然而他们也不可避免的带来了一些负面影响。
96. Many sociologists point out that rural emigrants are putting pressure on population control and social order; that they are threatening to take already scarce city jobs; and that they have worsened traffic and public health problems. 许多社会学家指出民工正给人口控制和社会治安带来压力。他们正在威胁着本已萧条的工作市场,他们恶化了交通和公共卫生状况。
97. It is suggested that governments ought to make efforts to reduce the increasing gap between cities and countryside. They ought to set aside an appropriate fund for improvement of the standard of peasants' lives. They ought to invite some experts in agriculture to share their experiences, information and knowledge with peasants, which will contribute directly to the economic growth of rural areas.
建议政府应该努力减少正在拉大的城乡差距。应该划拨适当的资金提高农民的生活水平;应该邀请农业专家向农民介绍他们的经验,知识和信息,这些将有助于发展农村经济。
98. In conclusion, we must take into account this problem rationally and place more emphasis on peasants' lives. Any government that is blind to this point will pay a heavy price. 总之,我们应理智考虑这一问题,重视农民的生活。任何政府忽视这一点都将付出巨大的代价。
99. Although many experts from universities and institutes consistently maintain that it is an inevitable part of an independent life, parents in growing numbers are starting to realize that people, including teachers and experts in education, should pay considerable attention to this problem. 尽管来自高校和研究院的许多专家坚持认为这是独立生活不可避免的一部分,然而越来越多的家长开始意识到包括教师和教育专家在内的人们应该认真对待这一问题。
100. As for me, it is essential to know, at first, what kind of problems young students possible would encounter on campus. 我认为,首先应看看学生们在校园可能遇到哪些问题。
101. In addition to the obvious problem--loneliness, another major obstacle, in my opinion, is the alien environment of campus. 除了孤独这一明显的问题之外,我认为另一个困难是对校园环境的不熟悉。
102. Freshmen often get lost on campus; fail to find the way to dormitory or library. 新生常常在校园迷路,不知道去宿舍或图书馆该怎么走。
103. Most important of all, apart from their hometown and parents, students couldn't catch sight of any familiar face and have to suffer from homelessness, which can cause certain serious mental disease. 更重要的是,离开了家乡和父母,看不到任何熟悉的面孔,他们不得不忍受思家之苦,这可能会导致严重的精神疾病。
104. In the first place, school authorities should provide far more services to help freshmen to get used to the new life as soon as possible. 首先,学校应提供更多的服务,帮助新生尽快适应新的生活。
105. The senior and junior students could share their own experience about how to overcome the difficulty they have ever met, how to adjust to the new environment with the new students.
高年级学生可以与新生一起分享他们的经历:如何克服遇到的困难,如何适应新的环境。
106. At the same time, young people should be encouraged to communicate with their peers and develop their interpersonal skills, which may help them greatly to reduce dependence on their parents and are essential in the maintenance of healthy mental condition. 同时,应该鼓励年轻人和他们的同龄人交往,发展他们的交际能力,这将帮助他们极大地减少对父母的倚赖并且保持健康的精神状态。
107. In conclusion, we must lay emphasis on this problem and make our maximum contribution to help them spend their first day on campus smoothly. 总之,我们应重视这个问题,尽最大努力帮助他们平稳度过他们最初的校园生活。
108. There is a general discussion over fashion in recent years. One of the questions under debate is whether a person should choose comfortable clothes, which he or she likes, regardless of fashion. 近些年,关于时尚存在着广泛的争论。其中一个问题就是一个人是否应选择他喜欢的舒适的衣服,而不管是否时尚。 109. This issue is becoming a matter of concern for more and more people, especially for parents and experts in education. 这一问题已被越来越多的人所关注,尤其是父母和教育专家。
110. Many young people always go into raptures at the merely mention of buying fashion clothes. And they seem to be attracted by colorful material, various styles of fashion clothes. There is nothing, they maintain, that can't be compared with fashion clothes. In fact, fashion clothes had become indispensable part of youngster's life. 许多年轻人一提到时尚服装就兴高采烈。他们似乎被时尚服装那多彩的面料,各种不同的款式所吸引。
111. Many people seem to overlook the basic fact: the major function of clothing is to keep us warm and comfortable. 许多人似乎忽视了这个基本事实:衣服的基本功能是保持我们舒适和温暖。
112. Furthermore, people who addict to fashion clothes have to spend more time going shopping and pay more attention to the impression they make on others. As a result, it is impossible to devote enough time and energy in their study and job. 而且,沉湎于时尚服装的人们不得不花费更多时间逛商店,更加注意自己给别人的印象。因此,他们不可能有足够的时间用于学习或工作。 112a. No one can doubt the essential fact that the traffic problem over the last years has caused wide public concern all over the world. Experts in increasing numbers are beginning to believe that such
situation would produce unfavorable effects on economic growth of local areas. 没有人能否认这一重要事实:最近几年交通问题在全世界受到了普遍关注。越来越多的专家开始相信这种状况将对当地的经济发展产生不利影响。
114. There are several reasons for this problem. One of the main reasons is that the number of vehicles is increasing much more rapidly than building of roads. Another primary reason is that there seem to be too many private cars and not enough public buses. 关于这个问题,有很多原因。一个主要原因是车辆增加的数量远快于道路的建设。另一个主要原因是私家车过多而公交车不够。
115. Meanwhile, the numbers of people, who have access to their own cars, have risen sharply in the recent years. 同时,拥有私人轿车的人数这几年却在快速增加。 116. Moreover, many people, including drivers and cyclists, do not obey the traffic rules properly, especially at busy intersections. And this undoubtedly worsens the already grave situation. 而且,许多人,包括司机和骑自行车的人,不能很好地遵守交通规则,特别是在繁忙的十字路口,这无疑使本已严重的状况雪上加霜。
117. The number of private cars in urban areas should be limited while the number of public buses should be increased. 在城市私人轿车的数量应得到控制而公交车的数量应该增加。
118. When asked what kind of school they are willing to send their children to attend, many parents say they would choose a boarding school rather than day schools for their children. 当问到愿意将孩子送到哪种学校的时候,许多父母认为他们会选择寄宿学校而不是日制学校。
119. Many survey show that people in increasing numbers are beginning to recognize that boarding school provides better environment and facilities for children. 许多调查显示越来越多的人开始意识到寄宿学校能给他们的孩子提供较好的学习环境和设施。
120. At the same time, there are still many people who live under the traditional ideas that day schools play an extremely important role in children's study. 同时,仍有许多人持传统观点认为日制学校对孩子的学习发挥着极其重要的作用。
On the one hand, it is indisputable that boarding schools are exerting a growing important effect, especially in last few years. 一方面,寄宿学校正在发挥越来越重要的作用,尤其是最近几年,这是无可争辩的。
122. Students attend a boarding school would cultivate their independence as apart from their parents. 离开父母上寄宿学校的学生将会培养他们的独立性。
123. What's more, living in school can save them a great deal of time on the way between home and school everyday, so they would be able to concentrate more time and energy on their academic work. 而且,生活在学校里能节省大量每天往返于学校和家的路上的时间,这会使他们有更多的时间和精力放在学习上。 124. On the other hand, the contribution of day schools can't be ignored. 另一方面,日制学校的贡献是不能忽视的。
125. Due to high tuition fee, most of ordinary families cannot afford to send their children to boarding schools. 因为较高的学费,大部分普通家庭支付不起他们的孩子上寄宿学校的费用。
126. Since it is unnecessary to consider student's routine life, day school can lay stress on teaching instead of other aspects, such as management of dormitory and cafeteria. 由于无需考虑学生的日常生活,日制学校可以将重点放在教学上而不是放在像宿舍和食堂管理这些方面。
127. Furthermore, students living in their own home would have access to a comfortable life and have more opportunities to communicate with their parents, which have beneficial impact on development of their personal character. 而且,学生生活在自己家中,有舒适的生活,并有更多机会和父母交流,这对他们个性的培养是有利的。
128. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that both of day schools and boarding schools are important to train young students for our society. 通过以上讨论,我们可以得出结论,寄宿学校和日制学校对我们社会培养年轻学生都是重要的。
129. There is much discussion over science and technology. One of the questions under debate is whether traditional technology and methods are bound to die out when a country begins to develop modern science and technology. 关于科学技术存在许多争论,其中一个问题是当国家发展现代科学技术时,传统的技术方法是否可能会消亡?
130. As for me, the declining of traditional technology and methods is not a bad thing; it is the natural result of progress of society.我认为,传统技术方法的消亡不一定是坏事,这是社会进步的自然结果。
161. We should get into the habit of keeping good hours. 我们应该养成早睡早起的习惯。
162. The condition of our traffic leaves much to be desired. 我们的交通状况令人不满意。
163. Smoking has a great influence on our health. 抽烟对我们的健康有很大的影响。
164. Reading does good to our mind. 读书对心灵有益。
165. Overwork does harm to health. 工作过度对健康有害。
166. Pollution poses a great threat to our existence. 污染对我们的生存造成巨大威胁。
167. We should do our best to achieve our goal in life. 我们应尽全力去达成我们的人生目标。
168. Weather a large family is a good thing or not is a very popular topic, which is often talked about not only by city residents but by farmers as well. 家庭人口多好还是家庭人口少好是一个非常通俗的主题,不仅是城里人,而且农民都经常讨论这个问题。
169. As is known to all, fake and inferior commodities harm the interests of
consumers. 众所周知,假冒伪劣商品损害了消费者的利益。
170. Today an increasing number of people have realized that law education is of great importance. In order to keep law and order, every one of us is supposed to get a law education. 现在,愈来愈多的人认识到法制教育的重要性。为了维护社会治安 ,我们每人都应该接受法制教育。
171. From what I have mentioned above, we can see clearly that violence on TV has great influence on youngsters' behavior. 从上面我所提到的,我们可以清楚地看到,电视暴力对青少年的影响是极其深远的。
172. There are two reasons for the improvement in people's living conditions. In the first place, we have been carrying out the reform and opening-up policy. Secondly, there has been a rapid expansion of our national economy. Furthermore, the birth rate has been put under control. 人民生活状况的改善原因有两点。首先,我们一直在贯彻执行改革开放政策。其次,国民经济正在迅速发展,而且出生率已经得到控制。
173. My suggestions to deal with the problem are as follows. To begin with, it is urgent to create nature reserves. Secondly, certain rare wild animals that are going to be extinct should be collected, fed and reproduced artificially. Finally, those who hunter them must be punished severely. 我对解决这个问题的建议如下:首先,迫在眉睫的是建立自然保护区。其次,有些濒临灭绝的珍稀野生动物应该收捕、人工喂养并繁殖。最后,对于捕猎珍稀野生动物的人必须严惩。
174. People differ in their attitudes towards failure. Faced with it, some of them can stand up to it, draw useful lessons from it and try hard to fulfill what they are determined to do. Others, however, lose heart and give in. 人们对失败持有不同的态度。面对失败,有人能够经得起考验,从失败中汲取教训,并努力去完成他们下定决心要做的事情。然而,另一些人却丧失信心并退却了。
175. It is desirable to build more hospitals, shopping centers, recreation centers, cinemas and other public facilities to meet the growing needs of people. 人们希望建立更多的医院、购物中心、娱乐中心、电影院和其他公用设施来满足人们日益增长的需求。
176. As a popular saying goes, "everything has two sides." Now the public are
benefiting more and more from scientific and technological inventions. On the other hand, the progress of science and technology is bringing us a lot of trouble. People in many countries are suffering from public hazards. 常言道:事情总是一分为二的。如今人们从科技发明中得到越来越多的好处。另一方面,科技进步也给我们带来了许多麻烦。现在许多国家 的人民饱受公害之苦。
177. Let's take cars for example. They not only pollute the air in cities, but make them crowded. Furthermore, they are responsible for a lot of traffic accidents. The noise made by cars disturbs the residents living on both sides of streets all day and night. 就拿汽车为例。汽车不仅污染城市空气,而且使城市拥挤不堪。此外,汽车造成许多交通事故。汽车所产生的噪音使居住在街道两旁的居民日夜不得安宁。
178. It is generally believed that the chief reason for the increase in population in developed countries is not so much the rise in birth rates as the decline in death rates as a result of the improvement in medical care. 普遍认为,在发达国家人口增长的主要原因与其说是出生率的上升,还不如说是由于医疗保健的改善使死亡率下降了。
179. There is no doubt that the increase in demand caused the rise in prices. 毫无疑问,需求的增长导致了价格的上涨。
180. Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problems arising from mass migration movements-themselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport. 由于人口的猛增或大量人口流动(现代交通工具使这种流动相对容易)引发的种种问题也会对社会造成新的压力。
181. With the opening and reform policy being carried out, thousands upon thousands of foreign visitors are crowding into our country. They are eager to see this old mysterious land with a splendid culture of more than 5,000years. 随着改革开放政策的贯彻执行,数以万计的外国游人涌入中国。他们渴望参观这个有着5000多年灿烂文化的神秘古国。
182. Tourism brings China a lot of benefits. First, it enables the Chinese people to know more about the outside world and promotes friendship and understanding. Second, it is financially beneficial to China, which needs more foreign currencies for its modernization program. 旅游业给中国带来许多好处。首先,它使中国人了解外界,并有助于促进友谊和理解。其次,在经济上也有利于我国,因为中国现代化建设需要大量的外汇。
183 Tourism, however, gives rise to a number of problems. For instance, it becomes a burden to inefficient transportation system. 旅游业也引起许多问题。例如,它增加了我国本来效率不高的运输系统的负担。
184. Besides, the living standard of the average Chinese is still not high enough to be able to afford the many different sorts of expensed during long distance travels. 此外,中国人民的生活水平还没有高到足以使普通中国人有钱支付长途旅行的各种开支。
185. As for me, with the development of our national economy, all these problems will certainly be solved step by step. 至于我,我相信,随着我国经济的发展,这些问题必将逐步解决。
186. A much better and brighter future awaits us. 我们期望有一个更加光明的未来。
187. When an opportunity comes, it brings a promise but never realizes it on its own. 每当机遇降临,伴之而来的是成功的希望,但是机遇不能自行实现成功。
188. If you want to achieve something or intend to fulfill one of your ambitions, you must work hard, make efforts and get prepared. Otherwise, you will take no advantage of opportunities when they come to visit you. 假如你要取得成就或要实现你的雄心壮志,你必须努力工作、艰苦奋斗、准备好条件。否则,机遇来临你却无法利用。 189. The difference between a man who succeeds and one who does not lies only in the way each treats opportunities. The successful person always makes adequate preparations to meet opportunities as they duly arrive. The unsuccessful person, on the other hand, works little and just waits to see pass by. 成功者与失败者的区别在于处理机遇的态度。成功者做好充分准备迎接机遇的适时来临。而失败者工作懒散,眼看机遇悄然而过。
190. In my opinion, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone in our society, but only those who are prepared adequately and qualified highly can make use of them to achieve purpose. 我的观点是:在我们的社会里,人人都有许多机遇,但是只有那些做好充分准备并且高度称职的人才能利用机遇达到目的。
191. Anthropologists have discovered that fear, happiness, sadness, and surprise are universally reflected in facial expressions.
人类学家已经发现,恐惧,快乐,悲伤和惊奇都会行之于色,这在全人类是共通的。
192. The greater the population there is in a locality, the greater the need there is for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse. 一个地方的人口越多,对其水。交通和垃圾处理的需求就会越大。
193. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they communicate through facial expressions and by making noises. 儿童在能说或能听懂语言之前,很久就会通过面部表情和靠发出噪声来与人交流了。
194. Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined to possess high levels of self-confidence. 父母的教导如果坚定,理性,始终如一,孩子就有可能充满自信。
195. Television, the most pervasive and persuasive of modern technologies, marked by rapid change and growth, is moving into a new era, an era of extraordinary sophistication and versatility, which promises to reshape our lives and our world. 电视,这项从迅速变化和成长为标志的最普及和最有影响力的现代技术,正在步入一个新时代,一个极为成熟和多样化的时代,这将重塑我们的生活和世界。
196. Television is more than just an electronic appliance; it is a means of expression, as well as a vehicle for communication, and as such becomes a powerful tool for reaching other human beings. 电视不仅仅是一件电器;它是表达的手段和交流的载体,并因此成为联系他人的有力工具。
197. I am always amazed when I heard people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield. 每当我听说体育运动能够在国家间建立起友好感情,说世界各地的普通人只要能在足球场或板球场上相遇就会没有兴趣在战场上相遇的话,我都倍感诧异。
198. One of the great early writers wrote that: Work is the grand cure of all the maladies and miseries that ever beset mankind. If this is true, then the present situation should make us wonder whether the measure that the average worker is obliged to retire at the age of 50 is reasonable. 一位伟大的作家曾写到:工作是医治人间一切病痛和疾苦的万应良药。 如果是这样的话,那么现在的状况应使我们想一想,强迫普通工人在50岁退休是否合理。
2014年6月英语六级写作精彩谚语
1. It is good to learn at another man’s cost. 前车之鉴。
2. The specter sees most clearly. 旁观者清。
3. Prevention is better than cure. 预防胜于治疗。
4. The older, the wiser. 年岁增长智慧。
5. A pet lamp makes a cross ram. 宠坏的羔羊会变成恶羊。
6. The loss outweighs the gain. 得不偿失。
7. No sweet without sweat. 苦尽甘来。
8. Rome wasn’t built in a day. 罗马不是一天建成的。
9. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 有志者事竟成。
10. Bend the willow while it is still young. 修树要趁早,育人要趁小。
11. Courage and resolution are the spirit and soul of virtue. 勇敢和坚决是美德的灵魂。
12. The path to glory is always rugged. 光荣之路常坎坷。
13. Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. 世上无难事,只要人肯试。
14. The fire is the test of gold; adversity of strong man. 烈火试真金,困苦炼壮士。
15. Great hopes make great man. 远大的希望造就伟大的人物 。
16. No way is impossible to courage. 勇士面前无险路。
17. A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。
18. We must not lie down, and cry “God help us”. 求神不如求己。
19. Step by step the ladder is ascended. 登梯需要逐级登。
20. Adversity leads to prosperity. 困苦通向昌盛。
21. Patience and application will carry us through. 忍耐和专心会使我们渡过难关 。
22. Fortune often rewards with interest those that have patience to wait for her. 做事只要有耐心,到头总会有好运;耐心候好运,好运常会来。
23. All things will come round to him who will but wait. 只要肯等待,一切都会按时来。
24. Where there is life, there is hope. 生命不息,希望长在。
25. Misfortunes tell us what fortune is. 恶运临头后,才知幸运贵。
26. Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 患难能使人聪明,但不能使人富有。
27. A man becomes learned by asking questions. 要长学问,就得多问。
28. There is no royal road to learning. 学问无坦途。
29. A life without a friend is a life without a sun. 人生没有朋友,犹如生活没有阳光。
30. A little help is worth a deal of pity. 一次行动胜过一筐空话。
31. A little is better than none. 有一点总比没有好。
32. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 一知半解,害已误人。
33. A picture is a poem without words. 画为无言诗。
34. Act fairly by all men. 一视同仁。
35. Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。
英语四级作文提分技巧之结构简洁
好的写作,首先而且至关重要的一点就是简洁。繁冗的写作堆砌了许多无用的词藻,反而减弱表述的清晰度。当然,也不能仅仅因为简短就认为短句一定优于长句。只要一个单词确实能起到一定的作用,它就应该留在句中。一般来说,只有在进行强调或修饰、美化句子时,才能使用重复的单词、语音和短语。修改文章,就是要删繁就简。比较下面这对句子,注意体会二者的差别及效果。
1) Dr. Sun Yat-sen went to Japan by means of a big boat.
2) Dr. Sun Yat-sen went to Japan by boat.
斜体字部分较啰嗦,因为"by"就是"by means of boat"。
请看下列例句
Wordy: It makes me feel painful to think that she has to work 12 hours a day and seven days a week.
Better: It pains me to think that she has to work 12 hours a day and seven days a week.
Wordy: It will be our aim to ensure proper health care for each and every one of the Chinese people.
Better: Our aim is to ensure proper health care for all Chinese.
Wordy: This book will help you master the basic elements of good writing.
Better: This book will help you master the basics of good writing.
Wordy: The search of the forest that they conducted was entirely complete.
Better: The search of the forest was complete.
或They conducted a complete search of the forest.
第二个句子合乎汉语表达习惯,即他们对森林进行了彻底的搜查。
Wordy: He has no sense of principles, whether he is in public or in private.
Better: He has no principles, public or private.
Wordy: Whenever anyone telephoned her to ask her for help with their homework she always obliged right away.
Better: She immediately obliged anyone who telephoned for help with homework.
Wordy: In a cautious manner the car went around the corner.
Better: The car negotiated the corner.
Wordy: If the government agency finds that an individual has received a payment to which the individual was not entitled, whether or not the payment was due to the individual’s fault or misrepresentation, the individual shall be liable to repay to the government the total sum of the payment to which the individual was not entitled.
Better: If the government agency finds that you received a payment that you weren’t entitled to, you must pay the entire sum back.
Wordy: Another important aspect is good health. It is one of our great blessings. It may be achieved through proper diet and exercise. Rest is also desirable.
Better: The great blessing of good health may be had through proper diet, exercise, and rest.
词语简化的一些技巧
2 策略之一:用介词短语替代从句。
例:
Wordy: While they were playing tennis, she started an argument that lasted all morning.
Better: During tennis she started an argument that lasted all morning.
Wordy: When you come to the second traffic light, turn right.
Better: At the second traffic light turn left.
2 策略之二:删除诸如"who is”或"that is"之类的关系代词,变从句为短语。
例:
Wordy: The novel, which is written in three parts, told a story that took place in the Middle Ages.
Better: The three-part novel told a story set in the Middle Ages.
注:把句中的”three parts”改用形容词来表达,节省了四个不必要的单词”which is written in”。我们经常可以将关系代词如”that”去掉,这只会引起最少的变动。
2 策略之三:剔除你不需要的单词
"Two joint partners will present their views over a long-distance telephone call. "
写完这样的句子后,你自己再读一遍,挑出单词”joint”和”telephone”,注意删去不必要的词。
2 策略之四:表达否定意义时,尽量避免使用否定词。英语中很多词不用 "no’s" 或者"not’s"也能表达否定含义的词汇,你尽可以采取更为委婉的表达方式。
例:
Thus college students who do not have sufficient financial backing ,
也就是 college students who lacks sufficient financial backing。
如果你不想使用太多的否定词,就应该尽量避免使用它们。
英语四级作文提分技巧之善于变化
许多人将简洁与简短混为一谈,其实二有很大区别。简洁的主旨是用尽量少的词汇讲述整个故事,简短的主旨则是为保持文章篇幅短小,精心撰写或随意删除文中的某些词语或章节。
简洁并不意味着总写短句子。事实上,如果句式缺乏变化,文章就会显得支离破碎,缺少联系,让人觉得写作技巧贫乏。句式的变化能令文章协调而流畅,会让读者感觉到作者对主题把握得游刃有余。虽然短句没什么语法错误,但用得太多会使本应合在一起的意思分离开来。
记住:不要使用一串串短的、支离破碎的句子。要理清自己的思路,尽量使句子长度有所变化。
例:
Before: The Art of Strategy was written by Sun Tzu. It is a fifty-six-hundred-word Chinese classical work. The writer put forth a set of principles in a very tightly compressed manner. They deal with how to defeat oppositions and win battles.
这种表达的问题在于:
(1) 简单的“主语+谓语”结构太多;
(2) "written"和"writer", "The Art of Strategy"和" It","set of principles"和" they"为重复用语;
(3) 读起来很单调。
After:In his fifty-six-hundred word classic, The Art of Strategy, Sun Tzu put forth a tightly compressed set of principles for achieving triumph over opposition.
介词结构+同位语+主语+谓语的形式比较好,因为将"Sun Tzu" 放到了最重要成分-主语的位置,其他成分按逻辑排序居次要地位。整个句子很流畅。
再看下面各例
Choppy: Of course, the weapons at Sun Tzu’s time were quite primitive. The armies were very large. They were nearly as large as those in World War Two. The devastation and human sufferings were just as profound as in World War Two.
Better: Compared with World War Two, the weapons at Sun Tzu’s time were quite primitive, but the armies were nearly as large and the devastation and human suffering just as profound.
Choppy: Proverbs are short sayings. They are drawn from long experience.
Better: Proverbs are short sayings drawn from long experience.
Choppy: People change and places change as well. Jennifer felt this strongly. She had been away for eleven years.
Better: On returning after an eleven-year absence, Jennifer had a strong feeling of how people and places change.
Choppy: Beijing streets are crowded with taxis, company cars and private vehicles owned by the newly affluent. The number has been rising rapidly in the last few years. The latest statistics show there are now 1.2 million vehicles in Beijing alone.
Better: Taxis, company cars and private vehicles owned by the newly affluent have crammed Beijing streets in rising numbers in the last few years - 1.2 million vehicles at last count.
Choppy: Moby Dick is a book. It is a long book. It is about a whale. A man named Ahab tries to kill it. Herman Melville wrote it.
Better: Herman Melville wrote a long book called Moby Dick. It is the story of a struggle of a man against a whale.
Choppy: Thousands of buildings met the same fate. This alone is now being preserved. It marks the center of the nuclear explosion. It is being preserved as a symbol. It symbolizes our wish that there be no more Hiroshimas.
Better: Of the thousands of buildings that met the same fate, this alone, marking the center of the nuclear explosion, is now being preserved to symbolize our wish that there be no more Hiroshimas.
Choppy: I have always had a dream. My dream has been to be a famous writer. Everyone would read my books. I would become very wealthy.
Better: I have always dreamed of being a wealthy, famous writer, read by everyone.
Choppy: This is a wreck. It was formerly the stately Imperial Garden. It is preserved deliberately as a reminder and symbol.
Better: This wreck, formerly the stately Imperial Garden, is preserved deliberately as a reminder and symbol.
句式变化的一些技巧
英语的一个显著特征是它可轻易地把简单结构(一个中心意思)转化为复合结构(两个中心意思)和复杂结构(一个中心意思和一个从属意思)甚至转化为复合-复杂结构(两个或以上的意思)。主句,又称独立句,表达可独立成句的思想内容。从句,又称非独立句,表达不能独立成句,而需与主句一起构成完整的思想内容。
达到句式多变的最佳期途径是把关键词或短语换到开头或结尾,从中发现达到你的目的和适合你的品味的最好方法。通过连接短句--省词,增词,改变词序或把不那么重要的思想放到从句中去--你就可以写出更流畅,成熟的句子。
例
Before: Lu Hao graduated last summer. He joined the First Auto Works in Changchun soon after graduation. He received an engineering degree from his college.
采用从句能将这三个简单句以不同方式连接起来。
After: After graduating last summer with an engineering degree, Lu Hao soon joined the First Auto Works in Changchun.
(介词结构 + 主语 + 谓语)
或: An engineering degree-holder, Lu Hao joined the First Auto Works in hangchun last summer soon after graduation.
(同位语 + 主语 + 谓语 +状语)
或: Having graduated with an engineering degree, Lu Hao joined the First Auto Works in Changchun last summer.
(状语+ 主语 + 谓语)
英语四级作文提分技巧之巧用倒装
To be or not to be: that is the question.
--William Shakespear
Never before have we had so little time to do so much.
--美国前总统 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Plain: We sat on the cliffs by the sea, watching the sunset.
Interesting: On the cliffs by the sea we sat, watching the sunset.
(介词短语-主语-谓语-分词)
Normal: The professor walked in.
Reversed: In walked the professor.
(谓语-主语)
Normal: Jeremy scorned honest men.
Reversed: Honest men Jeremy scorned.
(宾语-主语谓语)
Normal: Although I am fond of my children, I hope they won’t grow up spoilt.
Reversed: Fond as I am of my children, I hope they won’t grow up spoilt
Normal: He never gave up certain habits of his youth, and one of them was that he liked to inspect his clothes thoroughly for wrinkles before he stepped out of the door.
Reversed: Certain habits of his youth he never gave up, and one of them was that he liked to inspect his clothes thoroughly for wrinkles before he stepped out of the door.
Normal: Stephen was a bungler then.
Reversed: A bungler Stephen was then.
(补语-主语-谓语)
Normal: We shall never feel secure.
Reversed/Interesting: Secure we shall never feel.
(补语-主语-谓语)
Normal: This is a lost generation.
Reversed: This is a generation lost.
Plain: The immense expanse of the Gobi Desert stretches before us.
Interesting: Before us stretched the immense expanse of the Gobi Desert.
(介词短语-谓语-名词)
Plain: He wasn’t cut out to be a peacetime officer. He wanted glory, he wanted the excitement of war. No one, except possibly himself, has ever doubted his physical courage (or any other kind of courage).
Interesting: He wasn’t cut out to be a peacetime officer. He wanted glory, he wanted the excitement of war. His physical courage (or any other kind of courage) no one, except possibly himself, has ever doubted.
Normal: Nobody knows why lands sink under the sea and rise again.
Reversed: Why lands sink under the sea and rise again nobody knows.
Normal: I dare not trust her.
Emphatic: Trust her I dare not.
Normal: I never thought he would return alive.
Emphatic: Never did I think he would return alive.
Loose: History has proved amply that mere numbers may be defeated by smaller forces who are superior in arms, organization, and morale.
Better: That mere numbers may be defeated by smaller forces who are superior in arms, organization, and morale history has amply proved.
Plain: I hate taxes and tax collectors equally.
Interesting: Taxes and tax collectors, I hate equally.
(宾语- 主语- 谓语)
Normal: This is more noticeable in Kaohsiung than anywhere else in Taiwan.
Emphatic: Nowhere in Taiwan is this so noticeable as in Kaohsiung.
Normal: Like most Irishmen, Samuel was quick-tempered.
Reversed: Samuel was quick-tempered, as are most Irishmen.
Normal: A man lay beside the road, waiting hopelessly for help.
Reversed: Waiting hopelessly for help, a man lay beside the road.
Plain: In the President’s office, there was a pale, thin, sandy-haired man in his early thirties with the President. He was wearing a rumpled suit and looking completely out of place.
Better: In the office with the President was a pale, thin, sandy-haired man in his early thirties, wearing a rumpled suit and looking completely out of place.
倒装结构中的常见短语:
Strange as it may sound…
Little did I know...
To your right...; and to your left ... as in "To my right is a large a lake, partially hidden behind the hill.
Off we go...
Down with ... as in "Down with the Gang of Four."
Happy will be the day...
Reverse the sequence for effect
妙用倒装
如果你行文平淡,那就枯燥无味。你需要不时地改变一下你的行文规则,把简单的东西紧缩,放在一起写,有时你得打破你叙述事情的惯用模式。达到语言变化自如的途径之一是颠倒句子的正常顺序。倒装使文章清新,出人意料,富于创造性。
打破词或句子的自然顺序可获得强调的效果,但注意:如果过分使用倒装会使文章矫揉造作,有明显的雕琢痕迹。同时句子次序的变化不应该造成歧义。
例 Wrong: Those who teach rarely get rich.
这个句子含义模糊,分辨不出是 "teach rarely" 还是 "rarely get rich?"
Reversed/ Correct:Rarely do those who teach get rich.
Reversed/Correct:Rarely do people get rich by teaching.
优秀作家一般在句子的一半处引出主语。可是很多学生几乎不用这种写法。应该变换这种主语开头的写法。
英语四级作文提分技巧之平行结构
相似的思想应用相似的形式表达出来。句子的成份相近,则也应以相似的形式出现。请注意以下标有"NO"的句子是不规范的。
No: The school bus skidded, turned sideways, then comes to a stop.
Yes: The school bus skidded, turned sideways, and came to a stop.
(并列时态)
No: I don’t know why I married someone who is miserly, sloppy and a bore.
Yes: I don’t know why I married someone who is miserly, sloppy and boring.
(形容词平行结构)
No: In the wreck the circus lost a panda and elephant.
Yes: In the wreck the circus lost a panda and an elephant.
(不定冠词的平行结构)
No: I debated whether I should give the beggar money or to offer him food.
Yes: I debated whether to give the beggar money or to offer him food.
(不定式的平行结构)
No: They would lie on the battlefield for hours and sometimes days.
Yes: They would lie on the battlefield for hours and sometimes for days.
(介词平行结构)
No: Michael’s vacuum cleaner squealed loudly, shook violently, and dust filled the air.
Yes: Michael’s vacuum cleaner squealed loudly, shook violently, and filled the air with dust.
(并列谓语)
No: The mechanic explained the problem, method, and the tools that he was going to use.
Yes: The mechanic explained the problem, method, and tools that he was going to use.
(并列带有定冠词"the"的名词)
No: He retired respected by his associates, admired by his friends, and his employees loved him.
Yes: He retired respected by his associates, admired by his friends, and loved by his employees.
(并列被动语态)
No: As a young man he had been to Shanghai, fighting in the Anti-Japanese War, and following the Nationalist Party to Chongking.
Yes: As a young man he had been to Shanghai, had fought in the Anti-Japanese War and had followed the Nationalist Party to Chongking.
(并列过去完成时)
No: Jane is pretty, with brown hair, and has a graceful manner.
Yes: Jane is pretty, brown-haired, and graceful.
(形容词平行结构)
No: He left the city because of his lack of success in business, the departure of his friends and because his health deteriorated rapidly.
Yes: He left the city because of his lack of success in business, the departure of his friends and his rapidly failing health.
(作宾语的名词平行结构)
No: They bought the house for location and affordability.
Yes: They bought the house because of its location and its affordability.
(并列名词;注意代词的所有格)
No: Why did you make Xiao Zhang feel useless and as if he was unimportant?
Yes: Why did you make Xiao Zhang feel useless and unimportant?
(形容词的平行结构)
No: This could be a problem for both the winners and for those who lose.
Yes: This could be a problem for both the winners and losers.
(名词平行结构)
No: The prisoner was not only found guilty of bribery but also adultery.
Yes: The prisoner was found guilty not only of bribery but also of adultery.
(并列介词短语)
为使平行结构清楚明了,随时都可以重复介词、冠词、助动词、不定词标志,或者长的短语或句子的介绍词。
Awkward: I admire Tennyson for the ideals in his poems but not his style.
Improved: I admire Tennyson for the ideals in his poems but not for his style.
Awkward: The sentences are difficult to understand, not because they are long but they are obscure.
Improved: The sentences are difficult to understand, not because they are long but because they are obscure.
Awkward: He explained that the advertising campaign had been successful, business had increased more than forty per cent, and additional capital was sorely needed.
Improved: He explained that the advertising campaign had been successful, that business had increased more than forty per cent, and that additional capital was sorely needed.
在商业和正式文件写作中,越来越多的用到圆点散句。除了更易读之外,它们更能从视觉上引起人们注意。作者需要决定在圆点之后用什么形式来写,是用名词,动词,形容词,副词,还是介词短语,定语从句甚至完整的句子。应该记住的是它们相互间应该保持一致。平行结构较多用。
Examples:
Our recommendations for improving computer-user comfort are as follows:
· Anti-radiation screens should be available for computer monitors.
· Wrist supports should be used to help maintain proper wrist position during computer use and possibly reduce the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome.
· Employees need adjustable chairs with a stronger back support.
(主谓一致结构)
What makes me different from other job applicants?
· Ability to converse in English, Japanese in addition to my native Mandarin
· Completion of two-month customer satisfaction training
· Impeccable medical report card
· Outgoing personality and eager desire to help
(名词平行结构)
Awkward: At Yi Xin Associates, we have 15 years of combined legal experience in all types of injury cases one can think of. Other areas we handle are wrongful death, automobile accidents and medical malpractice. If you slip and fall in a public building, we can represent you in filing a law suit against the owner. Also, our clients come to seek our help in handicap discrimination and denial of insurance claim cases.
Better: At Yi Xin Associates, we have 15 years of combined legal experience in:
· All injury cases
· Wrongful death
· Automobile accidents
· Medical malpractice
· Slip and fall
· Handicap discrimination
· Denial of insurance claims
Incorrect: The duties of the Executive Secretary of the Administrative Committee are:
· To take minutes of all meetings (不定式短语)
· The Executive Secretary answers all the correspondence; and (句子)
· Writing of month reports. (话题)
Correct: The duties of the Executive Secretary of the Administrative Committee are:
· To take minutes of all meetings;
· To answer all the correspondence; and
· To write monthly reports.
精典范例:
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe1 alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans, born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage, and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and that sincerity is always subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
Now the trumpet summons us again - not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need2; not as a call to battle, though embattled we are3; but a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, a year in and year out "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation," a struggle4 against the common enemies of man: 5 tyranny, poverty, disease, and war itself.
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you6; ask what you can do for your country.
--美国前总统John F. Kennedy
注意:
(1)划线部分为平行结构
(2)例 1.头韵;例2&3. "We need arms"和 "We are embattled"为倒装结构;例4.同位语;例5.见冒号的用法。
在句中使用 "and" 或"on"时, 须连接结构相同的部分。总的原则是:词与词相配, 短语和短语相配,从句和从句相配 ,句子则和句子放在一起。所有这些搭配必须是平行结构,它们应采用相同的形式。
No: My parents went to Tibet, to Mongolia, and they even saw Hong Kong and Macau.
Yes: My parents went to Tibet, to Mongolia, and even to Hong Kong and Macau.
No: Jonathan noticed the way Stephanie talked and how she kept fidgeting with her fingers.
Yes: Jonathan noticed how Stephanie talked and how she kept fidgeting with her fingers.
一些连词,如 both/and, either/or, neither/nor,和not only/but also.常用于连接平行结构。
No: That conference was both helpful and contained a lot of information.
Yes: That conference was both helpful and informative.
No: Here we either turn left or right, but I forget which.
Yes: Here we turn either left or right, but I forget which.
No: Fu Chong, the pianist, was heavily influenced both by his mentor and his parents.
Yes: Fu Chong, the pianist, was heavily influenced by both his mentor and his parents.
No: Elizabeth’s overcoat is at either the theater or her dormitory.
Yes: Elizabeth’s overcoat is either at the theater or in her dormitory
英语四级作文提分技巧之从句的禁忌
关于"but"的用法
中国人喜欢使用"but"从句:同中文一样,在英文中这也是连接两个短句的简单方法。要避免单一的"but"从句,可以考虑采用以下这些变化形式:
Plain: The children at school were familiar with many games, but Li Hua had never even heard of them.
Interesting: The children at school were familiar with games Li Hua had never even heard of.
Plain: The room was silent, but suddenly there was a clap of thunder outside.
Interesting: The silence of the room was broken by a sudden clap of thunder outside.
Plain: They were passionate lovers not only onstage but also off stage.
Better: They were passionate lovers onstage and off.
Plain: Outside the cinema, she lit a cigarette, not necessarily because she had a desire to smoke, but because she felt the need for warmth.
Better: Outside the cinema, she lit a cigarette, as much from the need for warmth as from any desire to smoke.
Plain: It was meant to be a brief kiss, but it turned into a long, lingering one.
Interesting: What was meant to be a brief kiss turned into a long, lingering one.
Plain: Music lightens life, but literature deepens it.
Interesting: Music lightens life; literature deepens it.
Plain: The film "Chariots of Fire" is about some young runners, but it is more than just that.
Interesting: The film "Chariots of Fire" is much more than just a story of young runners.
Plain: It is not his height but his weight that prevented him from competing in the race.
Interesting: His weight, not his height, prevented him from competing in the race.
Plain: Susan seemed unsuitable for the part, but she turned out to be the best actress in the production.
Interesting: Susan seemed unsuitable for the part, yet she turned out to be the best actress in the production.
Plain: Old Wang is often described as a happy-go-lucky person, but the last half hour of the hike home he was interested in nothing but a bath and a bed.
Interesting: Old Wang, an otherwise happy-go-lucky person, thought of only two things the last half hour of the hike home: a bath and a bed.
关于"if...then"和"if"从句
除了"but"从句,很多学英语的人还会过多使用"if … then"或是"if"从句。这些从句本身并不是不好。但我们这里讨论的是多样性及其必要性。看看下例:
Before: If you fail to pass the drug test, we will have to dismiss you from your job.
After: Failure to pass the drug test will result in job dismissal.
修改后的句子语气显得稍强一些。同时因为句中省掉了"you",使句子在语气上减少了对抗性。这个解题对策适用于每种人称,不单单指"you"。
Plain: If one imitates, one cannot expect to be great.
Interesting: No person ever yet became great by imitation.
Plain: If we want to end a war quickly, we must lose it.
Interesting: The quickest way to end a war is to lose it.
Plain: If we were directed from government bureaucracy when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
Interesting: Were we directed from government bureaucracy when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
Plain: Several staff members have checked the manuscript to see if it is accurate and easy to use.
Interesting: Several staff members have checked the manuscript for accuracy and ease of use.
Plain: If words are taken out of context, they are not very likely to mean the same as they do when they are in context.
Interesting: Words taken out of context do not always mean what they do in context.
另一个被广为使用的从句是"even though"或"although"。请注意在此谈论的并不是句子的错误,我们强调的是文体风格问题。
Plain: Although they were very important in California, laundries were even more significant in other parts of the United States, for laundering was one of the four "pioneer" occupations that enabled Chinese to move eastward across the continent.
Interesting: Important as they were in California, laundries were even more significant in other parts of the United States, for laundering was one of the four "pioneer" occupations that enabled Chinese to move eastward across the continent.
Plain: Even though the summer of 1889 was the warmest on record, the winter of the same year was cold.
Interesting: The summer of 1889 was the warmest on record, followed by a cold winter.
英语四级作文提分技巧之代词巧应用
学会运用关系代词是你学习英文过程中的一个重要的阶段。学会少用它们则表明你取得了更大的进步。在校对你的作品时,仔细检查一下所有的which’s, who’s that’s和whom’s是否必要。删除不必要的关系代词会使你的文章更精彩。
Example:
Unnecessary: It is a truth that is universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
(用两个 that’s,读起来很别扭)
Better: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
-- Jane Austin
注:被动语态修饰的名词通常不须用关系代词。
Unnecessary: In 1970 India dedicated a nuclear power plant near Bombay, which was built with American assistance.
Improved: In 1970 India dedicated a nuclear power plant near Bombay, built with American assistance.
Unnecessary: During this period, Churchill spoke for a nation which was undivided and curiously happy, as it has never been in my lifetime, before or since.
Improved: During this period, Churchill spoke for a nation undivided and curiously happy, as it has never been in my lifetime, before or since.
Unnecessary: Justice theories have a long tradition, which goes back to Plato and Aristotle in the 5th century B.C.
Improved: Justice theories have a long tradition, going back to Plato and Aristotle in the 5th century B.C.
Unnecessary: Shirley Temple’s father blew nearly the entire $3 million that she made by tap dancing which made her famous in the movies.
Improved: Shirley Temple’s father blew nearly the entire $3 million she made tap dancing her way to fame in the movies.
Unnecessary: We told them they were the victims who deserved sympathy the most.
Improved: We told them they were the victims, most deserving of sympathy.
Unnecessary: Only a person who is oblivious* to the facts of modern life would doubt the need of vocational education today.
Better: Only a person oblivious to the facts of modern life would doubt the need of vocational education today.
Unnecessary: Not everyone in North America likes the taste of green tea, whether it contains caffeine or not.
Better: With or without caffeine, not everyone in North America likes the taste of green tea.
Unnecessary: Usually the Washington family married people who were socially better off than themselves, but the second marriage of George’s father was an exception.
Better: Usually the Washingtons married their social betters, but the second marriage of George’s father was an exception.
Unnecessary: In some instances, a letter can take ten days by air and six to eight weeks by ship to reach the person to whom the letter is addressed.
Better: In some instances, a letter can take ten days by air and six to eight weeks by ship to reach its intended receiver.
英语四级作文提分技巧之语态的隐喻
一般来说,人们写作时只是出于文体或上下文一致的原因,才使用被动语态。及物动词既可能是主动的,又可能是被动的。如果是主语发出的动作,谓语应用主语语态;反之,如果主语是动作施加的对象,谓语则应用被动语态。但事实上,人们更偏爱主动语态,因为它显得突出而直截了当。若谓语采用较弱的被动语态,行为者往往被隐去大名,或显得好像并不重要。然而,当不知道行为者是谁,或者作者想把重点放到动作承受方而不是动作方时,动作本身比采取动作的人更重要,这时就有必要用被动语态了。
Weak Passive: He’ll need to be looked after.
Strong Active: He’ll need looking after.
Weak Passive: You’re going to be covered favorably by the press.
Strong Active: You’re going to get fabulous press.
Weak Passive: Do you remember when Nelson Mandela of South Africa was freed?
Strong Active: Do you remember when Nelson Mandela of South Africa walked free?
Weak Passive: Rumors of a broader deal between DailmerChrysler and Nissan Motor Co. have been spread far and wide.
Strong Active: Rumors of a broader deal between DailmerChrysler and Nissan Motor Co. have gained currency.
Weak Passive: His language was too bad to be repeated.
Strong Active: His language wouldn’t bear repeating.
Weak Passive: My shoes need to be mended.
Strong Active: My shoes want mending.
Weak Passive: Honey was gathered by the bee as it flitted from flower to flower.
Strong Active: The bee, flitting from flower to flower, gathered honey.
Weak Passive: What awaits him when a door is opened by him is known by no man. Surprises may be harbored in even the most familiar room.
Strong Active: No man knows what awaits him when he opens a door; Even the most familiar room may harbor surprises.
Weak Passive: The great challenge of this Conference is to give voice to women everywhere whose experiences are not noticed and whose words are not heard by the rest of the world.
Strong Active: The great challenge of this Conference is to give voice to women everywhere whose experiences go unnoticed and whose words go unheard.
Weak Passive: This project has been benefited from many outstanding contributors who have worked with exceptional care and devotion.
Strong Active: This project has the benefit of many outstanding contributors who have worked with exceptional care and devotion.
特殊情况: 如果动作的承受方比动作的实施者更为重要,则采用被动语态则更为有力。(目的在于强调行为的承受者或忽略动作的实施者)
Good Passive: All the buildings were destroyed during the bombing
(强调动作的承受者)
Good Passive:I resent being spoken to so rudely.
(说话者对此行为十分反感,并不针对某个人)
Good Passive:Any person who attempts to escape will be shot.
(旨在强调)
Good Passive:Apples are grown in Michigan, so are blueberries.
(突出水果)
Good Passive:Much has been written and much has been said, but nothing has been done.
(虽然未出现动作的发出者,但被动语态更可取)
Good Passive:Scott Fitzgerald had written that his contemporaries grew up "to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken."
(斜体字部分的被动语气用作形容词,可与"dead"保持平行)
英语四级作文提分技巧之松散句
"and"和松散句
松散句在文章中随处可见,难以消亡。松散句在语法上并没错误,它只是太长,且干扰读者对文章的理解,不幸的是,犯有此类毛病的作者往往屡见不鲜。对此可遵循一条好的原则:如果发现一个句子长及两到三行,则仔细考虑两遍,它很可能要彻底改动。
Rambling: The plane was ready to take off; having never traveled by plane before he suddenly felt nervous as the sky ominously turned from gray to black, and threatening bolts of lightning shot across the sky, and thunder echoed in the distance.
Better: The plane was ready to take off. He had never traveled by plane and suddenly felt nervous as the sky turned ominously from gray to black. Threatening bolts of lightening shot across the sky, and thunder echoed in the distance.
Rambling: We regret to inform you that inclement weather conditions in our area have caused us to reschedule all deliveries for the month of February so that we must also reschedule shipment of your order to February 16.
Better: I’m sorry to let you know that a winter storm will delay shipment of your order until February 16.
松散句经常有很多"and"。在口语中,尚可多用几个"and" 但若过多地出现在书面英语中,则令人难以接受。取代"and"的方法是改用逗号或从属结构,或者干脆省略。
Plain: The Governor of Hong Kong descended the long and winding staircase.
Interesting: The Governor of Hong Kong descended the long, winding staircase.
Plain: My grandparents spent long summer hours under the old, tall and shady tree in the courtyard.
Interesting: My grandparents spent long summer hours under the old, tall, shady tree in the courtyard.
Plain: By attending this workshop, you will learn just which cosmetic essentials you need and which formulas are just your style.
Interesting: By attending this workshop, you will learn just which cosmetic essentials you need, which formulas are just your style.
Plain: To a man harassed by a nagging wife and undisciplined children, work away from home can be a great blessing, and a welcome escape.
Interesting: To a man harassed by a nagging wife and undisciplined children, work away from home can be a great blessing, a welcome escape.
Ineffective: The Yangtze River is one of the longest rivers in the world, and in the springtime it occasionally overflows its banks, and many people are endangered.
Improved: The Yangtze River, one of the longest rivers in the world, occasionally endangers many people during the springtime by overflowing its banks.
Ineffective: The village had a population of seven thousand, and a typhoon struck it, and it was practically demolished.
Improved: The village, with its seven thousand people, was struck by a typhoon and practically demolished.
Ineffective: He was the mayor of the town, and he was a genial fellow, and he invited the four young boys into his study.
Improved: The mayor of the town, a genial fellow, invited the four young boys into his study.
Ineffective: The central plain holds Switzerland’s major manufacturing facilities and many of them specialize in high-quality and precision products.
Improved: The central plain holds Switzerland’s major manufacturing facilities, many of them specializing in high-quality, precision products.
Plain: I had always wanted to go to college, and I had always wished to become an engineer, and so I enrolled at Dalian University of Science and Technology
Interesting: Because I had always wanted to enter college and prepare myself to become an engineer, I enrolled at Dalian University of Science and Technology.
Or Better:
I enrolled at Dalian University of Science and Technology to achieve my double purpose of attending college and becoming an engineer.
Plain: Near the center of the campus of our university a new building has been erected, and it is constructed of red brick.
Better: A red-brick building has been erected near the center of our university campus.
或Near the center of our university campus is the brand new red-brick building.
英语四级作文提分技巧之同位结构
同位结构
同位语指用于再定义相邻的名词(或词组)的名词(或词组)。
例 Nature was addressed for the first time in a universal and international language, the precise and quantitative idiom of mathematics, a tongue which every man and woman, irrespective of color, creed or race, can use and master if given the proper training.
注: "the precise and quantitative idiom of mathematics" 和 "a tongue which every man and woman can use and master" 是同位语。
Awkward: Today, transistors and other solid state devices, such as personal computers, cellular telephones, and precision controls, to name a few, are the foundation of industries unknown a few decades ago.
Better: Today, transistors and other solid state devices are the foundation of industries unknown a few decades ago - personal computers, cellular telephones, and precision controls, to name a few.
(注意: industries unknown a few decades ago = personal computers, cellular telephones, and precision controls)
Awkward: Coolidge was a taciturn, morose New England farmer who did not seem to have apparent talents, but, he appeared to the country to symbolize such old American virtues as frugality, honesty, hard work and religious faith.
Better: A taciturn, morose New England farmer of no apparent talents, Coolidge nevertheless appeared to the country as a symbol of old American virtues: frugality, honesty, hard work, and religious faith.
Loose: Biotechnology is defined as the use of a natural biological system to produce a product or to achieve an end desired by human beings. The subject is not new.
Better: Biotechnology, the use of a natural biological system to produce a product or to achieve an end desired by human beings, is not new.
英语四级作文提分技巧之独立主格
独立主格结构
独立主格结构指带主语的动词分词、介词、或副词词组。 何谓独立主格结构?
它是指与主语之间无任何语法关系的名词或代词加上一个分词的结构。它不修饰单个的词,而修饰整个句子。独立主格结构可位于句子的任何部位。它构成一个单独实体,并具有如下两种功能:(1) 解释原因或情景 (2) 提供主句中重点部分的相关细节。
例 Freud distinguished three kinds of anxiety, each arising from a different source of perceived danger.
"each" 是独立主格结构,"arising from"是动词短语。注意这个独立主格结构是一个"干巴巴"的句子。通过改变动词形式,它的面貌可焕然一新:Each arises from a different source of perceived danger.
再看以下例句
Before: His nose was running and his hands were shaking. He left the theater like that.
Interesting: His nose running and his hands shaking, he left the theater.
Before: He is known for his bad temper, so I fear the encounter.
Interesting: I fear the encounter, his temper being what it is.
Plain: If the weather is favorable tomorrow, we will spend the entire day climbing Huang Shan.
Good: Weather permitting, we will spend the entire day tomorrow climbing Huang Shan.
Plain: Let’s pray that the Southeast Asian economy will soon return to normal.
Good: The Southeast Asian economy, God willing, will soon return to normal.
Plain: Early radio reports exaggerated the success of the raid on the Embassy. Some even indicated that the Vietcong had occupied several floors of the building.
Better: Early radio reports exaggerated the success of the raid on the Embassy, some even indicating that the Vietcong had occupied several floors of the building.
Plain: Even though the drug controversy was still festering around him, in the end, defending Australian Open champion Petr Korda walked away with a salute to a cheering crowd.
Better: In the end, defending Australian Open champion Petr Korda, the drug controversy around him still festering, walked away with a salute to a cheering crowd.
有些短语在语法上可与它所在句中的其它成分分离。这种结构不修饰句子的任何一个词,而修饰句子的整体意思。
分词连同它所修饰的名词或代词可构成独立主格结构。同位语和插入语有时也被认为是独立主格结构
有用句型
During the early years of the Cultural Revolution, dried mushrooms on dinner tables were an unheard-of luxury, and pork chops unthinkable.
We see Van Gogh in the role of prophet in "Self Portrait," his emaciated, luminous head with its burning eyes set off against a whirlpool of darkness.
Professor Wang’s handwriting was precise, fussy, spidery, his notepad pale mauve.