大学英语写作句子练习

I. Developing a Concise Style: To retain your readers interest and improve the flow of your prose, trim all the fat from your sentences.e.g. Wordy The opponents argument seems to be reasonable.Revised The opponents argument seems reasonable.1. Poor Because of the fact that it is usually derived from behaviors of novelty on the Internet, cyber fame has a weak basis which would lead to its mortality. Revised Derived from behaviors of novelty on the Internet, cyber fame has a weak basis which would lead to its mortality. 2. Wordy There are more and more university students engaging in social practices.Revised More and more/An increasing number of university students engage in social practices.3. Wordy There are 56 ethnic groups composing the Chinese big family.Revised Fifty-six ethnic groups compose the Chinese big family. 4. Wordy Those who have great ambition are people of great determination and perseverance. Revised Ambitious people are of great determination and perseverance. 5. Wordy The interview which is a popular recruiting method has unprecedentedly involved kinds of sciences such as psychology and statistics. Revised Interview, a popular recruiting method, has unprecedentedly involved kinds of sciences such as psychology and statistics. 6. Wordy A crack of joke may inspire students interest and enthusiasm and then what they learn leaves on them an impression which cannot be easily forgotten. Revised A crack of joke may inspire students interest and enthusiasm and then what they learn leaves on them an impression not easily forgotten.7. Wordy One of my close personal friends who lives in the city of Taipei at the present time is under consideration of moving his residence to Beijing for the reason that he has been offered a promising position in that metropolis.Concise One of my close friends in Taipei is considering moving to Beijing because he has been offered a promising position there.II. Developing a Lively Style: Use specific, descriptive verbs. e.g. Bland The heroic deeds are good for the youth education.Better The heroic deeds would function as invigorating materials of the youth education.1. Bland Some people like copycatting, while others do not like it.Better Some people adore/are fond of copycatting, while others dislike/are repelled by it.2. Bland If they do not pay enough attention to study, university students will not do well in their future work.Better If they do not pay enough heed to study, university students will stagger/encounter stumbling blocks in their future work.3. Imprecise One friend of mine is a very interesting person.Better One friend of mine can turn an originally strained/tense/intense atmosphere into an easy and pleasant/happy and relaxing one whenever she turns up. III. Varying Your Sentence Style: NO all-too-common “subject + predicate” bining sentences with conjunctionsbeginning some sentences with participles/prepositional phrasesusing -ly/to openers e.g. Many teachers can give students information. Very few can inspire students to learn. Information is of little use to the students. Soon he will leave college. Then he will forget what he has memorized. He must be inspired to learn on his own. Many teachers can give students information, but few can inspire them to learn. When a student leaves college, the information he has memorized will be of little use and will soon be forgotten. What he needs most is the ability to learn on his own.While many teachers can give students information, few can inspire them to learn. But information which a student has memorized will be of little use to him and will soon be forgotten once he leaves college. Hence he must be inspired to learn on his own. A. Combine the following sentences into one.1. When an examination is approaching, some students begin to study harder than before. Other students still keep their usual attitude toward it.When an examination is approaching, some students begin to study harder than before, and other students still keep their usual attitude toward it.2. Helen hated overtime work. The boss was mean with the overtime pay and it made her very tired. Helen hated overtime work, because the boss was mean with the overtime pay and it made her very tired.3. The new workers lacked experience. They were eager to learn from the experienced ones. The new workers lacked experience, but they were eager to learn from the experienced ones. Although lacking experience, the new workers were eager to learn from the experienced ones. 4. He came back to his hometown. He had been away for many years. He couldnt find the familiar landmarks.After coming back to his hometown, from which he had been away for many years, he couldnt find the familiar landmarks.5. She appeared on the stage. A stormy applause broke forth.When she appeared on the stage, a stormy applause broke forth.B. Combine the following sentences in the required way.1. Using participle(分词): We adopted this method. Our team raised the average yield by 40 percent.Having adopted this method, our team raised the average yield by 40 percent.2. Using prep. phrases(介词短语): He is a responsible man. He has his shortcomings.Despite his shortcomings, he is a responsible man.3. Using independent genitive(独立主格): John was sick. Henry had to do the work. John being sick, Henry had to do the work.He sat in the front row, his mouth half open. 用形容词时，是表示静止状态。The question settled, we went home./We shall play the match tomorrow, weather permitting. /The monitor being ill, wed better put the meeting off. 而用现在分词或过去分词，含有动态涵义。4. Using subjective complement(主语补足语): Her answer came. It was a quick and sharp one.Quick and sharp, her answer came.5. Using appositive(同位语):My uncle has just received a research grant. He is a chemist. My uncle, a chemist, has just received a research grant. C. Avoid Overuse of Any One Kind of Construction in the Same Sentence.e.g. Confusing Ambition means you have willingness to get something or to finish something.Better Ambition means one has a strong will to keep trying until the goal is achieved.1. Confusing Those people who advocate cyber fame argue that it is not bad since people who become famous through the Internet bring to other people much fun and many intriguing topics which people long for in the present strained society. Better Advocators of cyber fame argue that celebrities on the Internet bring to the masses fun and intriguing topics, which most people long for in the present strained society.IV. Stressing the meaning worth attention.1. Underline the repetitive part and see how the meaning is stressed. Government comes from below, not from above; government comes from men, not from kings or lords or military masters; government looks to the source of all powers in the consent of men.Government comes from below, not from above; government comes from men, not from kings or lords or military masters; government looks to the source of all powers in the consent of men.Compared with Government comes from below, not from above; it is from men, rather than from kings or lords or military masters; it looks to the source of all powers in the consent of people.2. Underline the parallel part and see how the meaning is stressed. a. You can fool all of the people some time and some of the people all of the time, but you cant fool all of the people all of the time. (By Abraham Lincoln) You can fool all of the people some time and some of the people all of the time, but you cant fool all of the people all of the time. (By Abraham Lincoln) Compared with You can fool all of the people some time and some of the people all of the time, but all of the people cannot be fooled all of the time. b. It is the same old story not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill. (By Helen Keller) It is the same old story not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, of not being conscious of health until we are ill. (By Helen Keller) Compared with It is the same old story not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, as we are conscious of health until we are ill.3. Underline the symmetrical part and see how the meaning is stressed. a. Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. (By John Kennedy) Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. (By John Kennedy) Compared with Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what one can do for his or her nation. b. Without adversity there is no pressure; without pressure there is no change. (By Robert Jastrow) Without adversity there is no pressure; without pressure there is no change. (By Robert Jastrow) Compared with Without adversity there is no pressure; without stress there is no change. 4. Choose the sentence which stresses “narcotic” to the greatest degree. a. Most of the reading which is praised for itself is neither literary nor intellectual, but narcotic. b. Most of the reading which is praised for itself is neither literary nor intellectual; but narcotic. c. Most of the reading which is praised for itself is neither literary nor intellectual. But narcotic. 5. What is the logic presented by dash in the following sentence? a. His schemes were always elaborate, ingenious, and exciting and-wholly impractical. adversativeb. I like the English saying-it is easy to put into practice-An apple a day keeps the doctor away. complementary6. Please translate the following sentences with an emphatic construction. a. 正是他的第一位老师改变了他的人生。 It was his first teacher who had changed his life. b. 直到昨天，会议才结束。 It was not until yesterday that the meeting ended. c. 完全靠运气他在车祸中幸免遇难。 Only through sheer luck did he escape death in the crash. d. 他说话如此之快，没人能清楚他说的话。 So rapidly did he speak that nobody could hear him clearly.e. 在任何时间和任何情况下，我们都绝不会向困难屈服。 At no time and under no circumstances, would we yield to difficulty. f. 我认为那不可能。Hardly did I think it possible. g. 我们试图让他改变主意，结果白费功夫。In vain did we try to make him change his mind. h. 我们绝不会违背良心接受金钱。On no account should we accept any money against our conscience. i. 如果他更认真工作，就不会犯那么多错了。Had he worked carefully, he would not have made so many mistakes. V. Faulty ParallelismPlacing two or more ideas of equal value in the same grammatical form will enable us to express these ideas clearly and emphatically. Faulty parallelism occurs when the form of the ideas being paralleled is not identical, as in the following examples.e.g. I was told to report to the manager and that I should bring the documents. Revised: I was told to report to the manager and to bring the documents.1.Our new house not only is more economical but also it is more comfortable than our old one.Revised: Our new house is not only more economical but also more comfortable than our old one.2.When I arrived home, I unpacked my suitcases, took showers, and then I went to sleep after eating something.Revised: When I arrived home, I unpacked my suitcases, took showers, ate something and went to sleep.3. He always has and always will remember the happy time.Revised: He has always remembered and always will remember the happy time.4.The computers in our school are more advanced than your school.Revised: The computers in our school are more advanced than those in your school.5. The children promised to be carefu