01 删繁就简 | Stylisih Writing

1、用介词(短语)服替代从句

W: While they wre playing tennis, she started an argument that lasted all morning.

B: During tennis, she started an argument that lasted all morning.

W: when you come to the second traffic light, turn right.

B: At the second traffic light, turn right.

2、用过去分词形式替代从句

W: The novel, which is written in three parts, told a story that is set in the Middle Ages.

B1: Written in three parts, the novel told a story set in the Middle Ages.

B2: The three-parts novel told a story set in the Middle ages.

3、用前置 修饰语替代who/that 从句

W: A neighbor who would like to help others will get certain help in return.

B: A helpful neighbor often receives help from others in return.

W: The couple that has just married plans to visit Chengdu in southwesten China

B: The newly-wed couple plans to visit Chengdu in southwesten China.

4、删除意义重复的单词或短语

W: Two joint partners will present their views over a long-distance telephone call.

B: Two partners will present their views over a long-distance call.

W: He sometimes gets so angry that he would like to take someone else's life and murder them.

B: Sometimes he becomes angry enough to contemplate murder.

5、学会使用含否定意义的词

W: College stundents who do not have sufficient financial backing can apply needs-based scholarship.

B: College students who lack sufficient financial backing can apply needs-based scholarship.

W: I find that I do not have a lot of leadership skills.

B: I find my leadership skills lacking.

W: The side effects were not often exerienced by the patients.

B: The patients rarely experience the side effects.

W: Susan almost finished talking on the phone, but did not, when her baby woke up.

B: Susan had barely finished talking on the phone when her baby woke up.

----2020.2.22

Too much rest becomes a pain. (Via Alexander Pope)

Loyalty comes from love of good govenment, not fear from a bad one. (Via Hugo Black).

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