Varietyof writing.ppt

1、Variety语言的丰富性,只有句式多样化，文章才会生动有趣，充满活力。,一、改变句子开头 许多学生在写作中倾向于用与人有关系的词性，用名词和代词作为句子的开头，如 People，We，I，He，They，She等。但这种开头见多了，难免让人厌倦。 APeople throughout the country have greatly demanded all kinds of nutritious food BThere is a great demand across the country for all kinds of nutritious food,除了用主语开头外，还可以用句子的

2、其他成分开头。 1用副词开头 Too often，students stray into the habit of cheating on tests 2用状语开头 Dark and empty，the house looked very different from the way I remembered it,3.以分词短语开头 Disturbed by the discord of American life in recent decades，Manchester took flight for the pacific islands 4.以不定式短语开头 To pass the e

3、xam，you should work very hard,二、巧用连接词,有的学生在作文中使用过多简单句，成了简单句堆砌；有的写复杂句时，动辄用so， and，then，but，or，however，yet等非但达不到丰富表达方式的目的，反而使句子结构松散、呆板。为了避免这种现象，可以通过使用连接词，尤其是一些表示从属关系的连接词，如 who，which，that，since，although，after，as，before，when，whenever，if，unless，as if等，不仅能够丰富句型，而且还能够把思想表达得更清楚，意义更连贯。,Natural resources are

4、very limitedThey will be exhausted in the near futureIt is not trueBut it becomes a major concern around the worldThis is a widely accepted fact 这段文字用简单句表达，它们之间内在的逻辑关系含糊不清，意思支离破碎。如果使用连接词，将单句与其前后合并，形成主次关系，就把一个比较复杂的内容和关系表达得层次清楚、结构严谨。 It is a widely accepted fact that there is a major concern around th

5、e world for the exhaustion of limited natural resources in the near future，though it is unlikely to be true,The Mississippi River is one of the longest rivers in the world，and in spring time it often overflows its banks，and the lives of many people are endangered The Mississippi River，which is one o

6、f the longest rivers in the world，often overflows its banks in the spring time，endangering the lives of many people,四、利用倒装结构,英语的基本句型是SVO，如果偶尔打破常规，改变某一成分的位置，不仅可以丰富句型，而且能强调、突出被倒装的部分，收到意想不到的表达效果。 In no other place in the world can one find such enthusiasm for applying for hosting the 2008 Olympic Games

7、,五.“使”不要仅依靠make,1 a）This society still makes women unable to enjoy equal rights b）Women are still denied equal rights 2 a）The incident made me recall one of my past experiences b）The incident reminded me of one of my past experiences 3 a）The progress I have made makes me surprised b）The progress I h

8、ave made surprises me 4 a）This makes me conclude that money doesnt mean everything b）This leads me to the conclusion that money isnt everything,六.“越来越”不要仅用“more and more,1 a）More and more students find learning English has become more and more difficult b）Students in growing numbers are finding that

9、 learning English is becoming increasingly difficult 2 a）More and more teenagers smoke cigarettes in recent years b）Teenage smoking has been on the rise in recent years. 3 a）More and more teachers are demanded with the development of economy b）The development of the economy has been accompanied by/h

10、as resulted in an increasing demand for teachers.,七.“大多数”不要一味用“most,Most people believe that A large number of people maintain that,八.“不仅而且”不要只用“not onlybut also,1 a) The factors for a rise in teenage smoking is not only social but also psychological b) The factors behind the rise in teenage smoking

11、 are both sociological and psychological 2 a) Taking a part-time job can not only earn a little money，but also have an opportunity to contact with society b) Taking a part-time job means more than just earning a little moneyIt also means an opportunity to make contact with other people,九.不要总以有生命的名词和

12、人称代词开头,1 a）Many people think birth control is quite necessary in China b）It is widely（commonly）thought/believed /held that birth control is essential in China 2. a）More and more people agree/realize/are aware that women should enjoy full equality with men b）There is a growing awareness that women sh

13、ould enjoy full equality with men 3 a）Many Chinese have gone to the United States in the past 15 years b）The past 15 years have brought many Chinese people to the United States,4 a）We almost forget this event b）This event is now fading from our memory 5 a）Students should certainly make continuous ef

14、forts b）Continuous efforts on the part of students are certainly required 6 a）We easily drew the conclusion through investigation b）The investigation easily led us to the conclusion,十二.不要千篇一律地使用主动态,1 a）We are making great efforts to improve our English b）Great efforts are being made to improve our E

15、nglish 2 a）We know very little about the nature of human beings b）Little is known about the nature of human beings. 3 a）Because of public demand，many evening schools have appeared b）Many evening schools have been called into existence by public demand 4 a）We should think more of the elderly who live

16、 apart from their children b）More attention /thought should be given to the elderly who live apart from their children,1 a）The young man drove the old truck at top speed and the motor was damaged b）The young man drove the old truck at top speed and damaged the motor 2 a）The professor left the classr

17、oom after the lecture was finished b）The professor left the classroom after he finished the lecture. 3 a）He lived in the countryside for two years，and his life there was always remembered by him b）He lived in the countryside for two years， and he always remembered his life there,十三.合理使用It 句型,人们认为(拥有

18、)金钱并不意味着幸福。,People believe that money does not mean happiness.,It is believed that money does not mean happiness.,十四.常用词替换成闪光词汇 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b

19、ad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 find their academic records are less impressive.,4、(an army of, an ocean o

20、f, 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时,可用 if not all ,替换most.,5、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) 6、affai