一、巧用連接詞
如果在寫作中大量使用簡單句,勢必會(huì)導(dǎo)致句式單一,正確使用連接詞不僅能夠?qū)⒑唵尉浜喜?,而且能夠?qū)⑽恼碌膬?nèi)容更清楚、更連貫地表達(dá)出來。在表示邏輯關(guān)系時(shí),可以選用以下四種連接詞。
表示增補(bǔ)的連接詞:and, as well as, besides, furthermore, moreover, not only...but also等;
表示轉(zhuǎn)折的連接詞:however, in spite, though, but, otherwise, whereas, nonetheless等;
表示原因的連接詞:since, as, so, because, why等;
表示時(shí)間的連接詞:before, after, since, as, until, meanwhile, when, whenever, as soon as等。
同時(shí)還可使用一些表示從屬關(guān)系的連接詞,如who,,what, that, which等。例如:
He was born in a small village. His father was a teacher in the village school. His mother did the housework. He began to go to his father's school at seven. He graduated from it six years later. He went to the junior middle school in a nearby town. He studied at a senior middle school in the county. He was a good student there.
盡管這段話中所有的句子都是正確的,但是句型單一,而且在八個(gè)句子中只有"His father"和"His mother"兩個(gè)不同的主語,其他句子都是以"He"開頭的。下面是修改后的段落:
He was born in a small village. His father taught at the village school and his mother did the housework. He began to study at his father's school at seven and six years later entered the junior middle school in a nearby town. After graduating from it he was admitted to a senior middle school in the county, where he proved to be a good student.
二、活用短語
簡練是寫作的一個(gè)重要原則。有時(shí)可以根據(jù)前后句子之間的關(guān)系,通過靈活使用分詞短語、不定式短語、介詞短語或形容詞短語將從句簡化成短語,這樣不僅能夠豐富句式,還能夠用最少的詞匯準(zhǔn)確地表達(dá)最多的信息。例如:
1.If he had been born in the new society, he would have developed into a great artist.
2.She was so weak that she couldn't even stand up.
3.She was frightened when she saw a lion staring at her.
4.As she was not satisfied with this, she tried to think of a better solution.
可以把以上從句分別改成下面四個(gè)短語,從而達(dá)到用較少的詞匯表達(dá)同樣的內(nèi)容,而且更符合英語的表達(dá)習(xí)慣:
1.Born in the new society, he would have developed into a great artist.
2.She was too weak to stand up.
3.She was frightened at the sight of a lion staring at her.
4.Not satisfied with this, she tried to think of a better solution.