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实用英语写作技巧-第3部分

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Exercise 5…1

Directions:Read the following paragraph.Find out the topic sentence and the concluding sentence, and rearrange the details so that
the paragraph will make sense.

① In less than three years the farm
had gone to pieces.②All the windows had been broken out of the big two…story farm house.③In the front of the house the
grass was about three feet tall andthe barn yard was full of weeds instead of
pigs squealing to be fed.④There were no more cows to milk or horses to ride.⑤My grandmother's farm has a lot of
enjoyable memories for me,but after she died, I left home to join the army and when I returned,I was disappointed at the changes
that had taken place.⑥ Paint was peeling off the house and the porch roof was sagging.⑦ Lively as the place had been
before my grandmother died, it seemed to have died with her now.⑧This farm had once been lively with the noise of a tractor plowing
the land and a dog barking whenever someone came up to the house.

Topic Sentence:________Supporting Details:________

Concluding Sentence:_________

Exercise 5…2

Directions: Read the following paragraphs and underline the topic sentence of
each. Then write your
own concluding sentence to plete each paragraph.

 

(1)

 

Pollution has caused three major problems in the last decades.First, with the development of industry, more and more factories have been built and have sent out smoke and
poisonous gases.Thus the air
is polluted. The
increasing number of cars adds to the air pollution. Second, farmers use chemical fertilizers
to increase production and insecticide to kill insects. When rain flows with these
poisonous chemicals to rivers, water is polluted. A third formof pollution, noise, is being
more and more serious. Very loud noises can make people sick, and even drive them mad.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

(2)

 

There are three important findings from studies concerned with
notetaking. First,notetaking does not interfere with
listening and prehension; in fact, it helps you listen. Second, students who study their lecture notes remember one and a half
times more after six weeks than students who do not review. Third, students who take no notes, or do not study their notes, forget approximately 80percent of
the lecture by the end of two weeks.From these findings we can conclude that students who take enough
notes and then study them, both directly after the lecture and several additional times before
an examination, stand a good
chance of remembering between90 and 100% of the material!_______________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 




 








第六单元 如何写好一个段落(Ⅰ)

 

6.1段落的特征

一个好的段落应该具有以下三个特征:1)完整性(pleteness); 2)统一性(unity); 3)连贯性(coherence)。

6.2完整性

段落的完整性指的是段落得以充分展开。作者一俟写好主题句,就应该用细节进行推展,细节越充足越好。例如,你认为“Riding motorcycles is dangerous”,你就应该用你所知道的事实证明这一观点是正确的。你可以使用数字(statistics),列举例子(example),进行描绘(descriptions)等等。

示范段落6…1

Ever since the time of the Greeks, drama has played an important role in man's lives. The Greek tragedies and e dies
were a central part of the citizens' lives in ancient Greece. During the Middle Ages, Bible stories were acted out in
churches,and wandering
panies of players performed in the streets. In modern times, drama is brought directly into people's homes through the magic of
television.

6.3示范段落分析

主题句: Ever since the time of the
Greeks, drama has
played animportant role in man's lives.

细节:1. ancient Greece

2. the Middle
Ages

3. modern times

作者根据各个不同历史时期提供细节,举例说明戏剧的重要性。

6.4 统一性

一个好的段落应该具有统一性。统一性就是一个中心思想统领整个段落。每个细节都应支持主题句,不应有无关的细节。为了支持主题,要尽可能多地提供细节,但又要避免滥用细节。

读下面段落,然后找出毛病。

① Innovations, whether practical or aesthetic, are often resisted by the general
population.② When the
early experiments in the field of aviation began their work, there were many who said,“If God had wanted man to fly, he would have given him wings.③The Wright brothers made the first
powered flights in a heavier…than…air craft in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.④Even today there are many who
strongly object to modern art and music as being nothing more than “splashes of paint and honking horns.”⑤The painter Picasso's well…known
masterpiece “The Three
Musicians” is done
primarily in blues and browns.

6.5段落分析

主题句: Innovations, whether practical or aesthetic, are often resisted by the general
population.

推展细节:1. People's objection to the early experiments in the field of
aviation.

2. People's
objection to modern art and music.

无关细节:1. The Wright brothers' experiment in flight.

2.Picasso's
painting.

显然这不是个好的段落,因为并非所有的推展句都支持主题句。应该把无关的细节删去。下图是一个有统一性的段落的结构图。
图:42110037ZW_0007_1


Exercise 6…1

Directions: In the folowing sentence grouping, circle the letter in front of any detail that does not support the
topic sentence.

Topic Sentence:My main satisfaction in life es from the people who are part of
my life.

Supporting Details:

a. For me a day
is good or bad depending on whether or not I havegooten along well with my
associates.

b. I am not at
all affected by the weather the way some people are.

c. For instance, my father judges his day by
whether or not the skyis blue.

d. On a rainy
day he is always in a bad mood.

e. What counts
for me is to feel human warmth and friendship.

f. My favourite
entertainment is to be with one or two intimate friends, sitting in front of a fireplace
and sharing intimate recollections.

Exercise 6…2

Directions: Read the following paragraph and identify the irrelevant sentences.

① Different people spend their
weekends in different ways.②Some enjoy going to the mountains to hike, ski or just relax.③Water skiing is much more
difficult than snow skiing.④Others prefer going to the beach to enjoy the seashore activities
and to get a suntan.⑤ Some of these people work very hard during the week;others have rather relaxing jobs.⑥ Still others like to relax by
staying home and reading a good book.

Topic Sentence:________

Irrelevant Sentences:________________

Exercise 6…3

Directions: List at least five details that might used to develop thegiven
topic sentence.

Topic sentence: Day dreaming has always been my favourite.

Details:1._______________________________________________

2._______________________________________________

3._______________________________________________

4._______________________________________________

5._______________________________________________

 




 








第七单元  如何写好一个段落(Ⅱ)

  

7.1连贯性

段落的连贯性指的是段落的句子以清晰、符合逻辑的顺序(clear, logical sequence)连接。连贯性使读者能够找出每个观点之间的联系以及这些观点与主题句的联系。

7.2关于如何取得连贯性的建议

1)使用同一时态

如果随意而毫无理由地改变时态(tenses),那么不管作者连句的技巧多么高超,段落也不可能取得连贯性。在写作时,可以使用现在时( present tense)或过去时(past tense)。选用哪一种取决于作者处理材料的方式。

2)使用某种逻辑顺序

常用的逻辑顺序有: 1)时间顺序(time order); 2)空间顺序(space order)(见第12单元); 3)重要性顺序(order of importance)和 4)熟悉度顺序(order of familiarity)(见第 19单元)。

3)使用连接成分

使用某些连接词和短语(connective word Sand
phrases),重复某些关键词(repetition
of certain key words),可以大大增加段落的连贯性。某些连接词、短语和关键词可以起粘着物(adhesives)的作用,把各部分连接起来,使句子间的关系更加清楚。连接成分主要有以下三种:

a.连接词语(linking
expressions)(见第34单元)

b.代词(pronouns)

代词用于提醒读者注意其先行词,以此把有关的部分连接起来。

c.重复关键词语(repetition
of key words)

示范段落7.1

① Until recently daydreaming was
viewed as a waste of time.② Or it was considered an unhealthy escape from real life and its
duties.③ But now
some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming.④ And it may be that more people
are suffering from a lack of daydreaming than are suffering from too much of it.

7.3示范段落分析

顺序:熟悉度和对比关系

连接词语:①“until recently”②“or”③“but”④“and”⑤“then”

代词:① daydreaming—②it—④ it(the second
one)

重复关键词:①daydreaming—③daydreaming

④daydreaming

Exercise 7…1

Directions: Arrange the following sentences into a paragraph,using the coherence devices as the
hints.

① Clearly, in agriculture and industry, the progress of a country depends
on the busy hands of its working people.

② Finally, the establishment of efficient
transportation and munication systems, essential services in a modernizing economy, relies heavily on a lab our force
of expert craftsmen who take pride in their manual skills.

③ And of course the manufactures as
well as the maintenance of machines of all kinds demands a large number of
trained mechanics and technicians.

④ To begin with, ploughing fields,planting and harvesting crops, and raising livestock are all
important to development and all require people who work with their hands.

⑤ Secondly, mining natural resources, building roads and bridges, and constructing dams for
irrigation and electrical power are also important to development and also
require people who know how to use their hands skillfully.

⑥ Manual lab our is one of the
principal development resources in any industralizing country, as the following examples
demonstrate.

Topic Sentence:____________

Details:___________________

Concluding Sentence:____________

Exercise 7…2

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