這是一個(gè)技術(shù)性的問題。有了好的思想,寫出了沒有語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤的句子,是否意味著就是一篇好作文呢?恐怕未必。古人做文章講究“起承轉(zhuǎn)合”,英語(yǔ)作文也同樣要注意句與句、段與段之間的過渡和粘連,只有那樣才能使文章成為一個(gè)和諧的有機(jī)統(tǒng)一的整體。提高文章的連貫性,常用的方法有使用平行結(jié)構(gòu)、重復(fù)單詞或詞組、用代詞代替前文中的句子、保持名詞/代詞的數(shù)的一致和動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)的一致等等。注意下面這段文章中作者是如何綜合運(yùn)用這些手段的:
Americans are queer people: they can’t play. Americans rush to work as soon as they grow up. They want their work as soon as they wake. It is a stimulant—the only one they are not afraid of. They used to open their offices at ten o’clock; then at nine; then at eight; then at seven. Now they never shut them. Every business in America is turning into an open-all-day-and-night business. They eat all night, dance all night, make noise all night. They can’t play. They try to, but can’t. They turn football into a fight, baseball into a lawsuit, and yachting into machinery. They can’t play. The little children can’t play; they use mechanical toys instead—toy cranes, hoisting toy loads, toy machinery spreading a toy industrial depression of infantile dullness. The grownup people can’t play; they use a mechanical gymnasium and a clockwork horse. They can’t laugh; they hire a comedian and watch him laugh.
另一種做法是使用表示各種關(guān)系的承接詞,下面列出一些常用的連接詞和短語(yǔ)供大家參考,希望大家在平時(shí)的練習(xí)中有效地運(yùn)用。
(1)空間段落展開
above before me before on the left
across from belowin the distance on the right
adjacent to beyondnearby opposite to
also further next to on top of
up downclose to beneath
under around near to over
(2)時(shí)間段落展開
first, second, etc.sooneventually
in the meantimethenuntil
at the same time nextthereafter
after a whilenow after
presentlylaterafterward
somewhat laterfinally at last
(3)分析段落展開
first, second, etc.nowfor this purpose
but as a resultfurthermore
finally at last moreover
also consequentlylikewise
anotherfor examplenext
yet for instanceon the contrary
once in additionin summary
such in this caseon the other hand
then otherwisein conclusion
thusto sum up therefore
(4)比較段落展開
another`furthermoremoreover
equally importanttoo, alsoat the same time
besidesthenaccordingly
in factin addition to like, likewise
similarlyjust as…so in much the same way
(5)對(duì)比段落展開
on the contrary different from / in contrast
on the other handin spite of / despite
yet, butwhereas
unlikenevertheless
not only…but alsohere…there
years ago…todaythis…that
the former…the latterthen…now
the first…whereas the secondsome…others
on the one hand…on the other once…now
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