阅读是培养学生的英语应用能力的一种重要形式,它和写作一样属于书面能力。阅读要求的是理解和领悟能力,写作要求的是运用和表达能力。读和写的关系相当密切,互为促进。只有通过对读的逐步领会,才能转化为写作的正确表达。
阅读教学是学生在教师的组织引导下,学习阅读材料中涵盖的语言知识,理解材料内容,从
何谓理解英语阅读与写作的关系
而培养并提高阅读效率的教与学的活动。英语阅读教学对培养和提高学生的写作能力有着非常重要的影响。
1.英语阅读教学可以为写作储备丰富的语言知识。
扎实的语言基本功是学生学习英语的必备条件,它包括词汇、语法、固定句式、固定搭配、习惯用语等方面的基本知识。这些基本知识又主要是在长期的阅读中建立、巩固和积累起来的。阅读教学是扩大学生词汇量有效途径:对于中国学生来讲,学习英语的第一大难关就是英语词汇。学生的作文水平难以提高,感到有话说不出来,一定程度上也是因为其词汇量的限制所造成的。而一个学生的词汇量的大小又直接取决于起阅读量的大小。一方面,通过阅读教学,学生可以加深对已学单词的理解和记忆,使这些词汇在多次的接触和运用中得到巩固。根据信息加工理论,对信息多一遍识记,也就多一遍加工,学生对已学的单词多接触一次,他们的理解就加深一次,对这些单词在具体语言环境中的含义及其用法也就会有更加全面而深入的了解,从而加深它们的记忆。书面语言是写作者在书面输出信息过程中使用的语言。英语格言、警句、固定表达、习惯用语均属书面语言的范围。书面语言与口头语言相比较,更有稳定性的特点。学生通过阅读教学,可以积累一些英语格言、警句,记住一些习惯用语,固定句型,从而丰富自己的书面语言,为英语写作是构建一个更大的英语语料库。 2.英语阅读教学可以培养学生的语感
语感是人们直接感觉和领悟语言的一种能力。英语语感的形成来源于大量的语言实践。在语言实践中,人们通过看或读广泛地接触语言材料,积累语言知识,于是语言知识作为信息呈现于认知机能,使之逐渐产生对英语语言的直觉认知,从而克服汉语的干扰,形成英语的思维定势。很显然,英语阅读教学对培养学生英语的语感有着非常重要的作用。在阅读教学中,教师通过分析材料在体裁、结构、内容、语言上的特点,结合各种课堂活动,指导学生有目的地进行阅读;学生通过和英语不断的接触,自然而然地形成对英语的知觉认知,从而养成一定的英语语感。在英语写作中,就有可能自觉的排除汉语的干扰,有效遏制中式英语现象。
3.英语阅读教学可以提供广泛的写作素材
素材是指作者从生活中收集到的、尚未加工提炼的各种客观事物和生活现象。积累素材,就是作者将通过各种感知活动所摄取的人、事、物、景在大脑中记忆中储存起来。离开了人的感知活动、实践活动、素材是无法进行的。素材是文章的血肉,写作必须言之有物,所以,写作离不开素材的积累,如果没有大量的素材积累,写作者便无法写出内容丰富,详实感人的文章。英语阅读教学是学生积累写作素材的最重要途径之一。这是因为通过英语阅读教学,可以开拓学生视野,增加学生阅历,丰富学生的内心世界。 4.英语阅读教学可以培养写作技能
写作技能的培养提高是离不开阅读教学。下面就两个方面来谈阅读教学对提高写作技能的影响。1)通过篇章理解培养构建篇章的能力。阅读和写作都是建立在语篇的基础上的,思想的交流,信息的传递并不是简单的“词汇+语法”。可以说,脱离了篇章结构分析的阅读教学,
学生对文章内容的理解往往是支离破碎的。这里所说的建构篇章的能力是指作者根据自己的写作意图,为文章谋篇布局的能力,也就是写作者安排文章整体框架和段落层次的能力。这种能力对作文的成功与否至关重要,因为即使词语再准确,内容再生动,没有一定的篇章知识和构建篇章的能力,就会有文无篇。而这些篇章知识,建构篇章的技能是可能在阅读教学中获得和发展的。阅读模式告知我们:高一级的信息都影响着低一级信息的加工。所以,在英语阅读教学中,学生可以采用自上而下,先见森林后见木的阅读方式,首先通过阅读,揣摩作者的意图,把握文章的整体框架结构,在此基础上,通过对文章的各个段落层次的分析,领悟文章句与句,段与段之间的逻辑联系及写作者所采用的各种衔接手段,领会文章的各种表现手法和谋篇布局上的特点,并借以掌握英语写作的内在规律,采取自上而下的思维方式,明白组句成章的各种原则,进而增强篇章意识,学会从宏观的角度构筑文章的框架结构,为将来的英语写作准备必要的技能。2)通过模仿培养写作技能。阅读的过程,也就是模拟写作的过程,在阅读课堂上学生要解译出写作者发送出来的各种信息,达到交际的目的,就得参与到写作者的角色里去,把阅读材料当作全面了解写作者的范文,领悟写作者在范文中采用的各种写作手法和表达技巧。然后在多种形式的语言实践活动中,采用写提纲、改写范文、模仿范文进行写作训练等活动中,反复借鉴、模仿写作者的写作手法和表达技巧。在反复的实际运用中,熟能生巧,形成学生自己的写作技能,为进一步的独立写作创造条件。 阅读教学是英语教学中最为关键的一环,英语阅读教学在发展学生的能力中起着无法替代的作用,通过阅读教学,它既可以促使学生储备丰富的语言基本知识,培养语感,为学生英语作文提供广泛的写作素材,同时又能陶冶学生情操,培养学生写作技能,从而对学生英语作文综合能力的提高产生重大影响。
⑵ 如何通过英语阅读提高写作能力
语言是信息的载体,语言考试实质上考查的是信息交流的能力。而信息交流是双向的,一方面是表达(包括说和写),一方面是理解(包括听和读)。
在语言学习中,这四种能力相互牵制,缺一不可,过分强调或忽略某一方都不利于语言学习。其中,写作是难度最高也最复杂的一种。相应的,在高考试卷之中,书
面表达和其他题型相比,缺乏明显的规律,从而具有非常强的区分度。很多同学有提高写作水平的要求,但是苦于找不到合适的方法。在进行了不少的练笔之后,仍
然觉得自己始终在低水平上徘徊不定,停滞不前。
其实,通往目标的途径有很多种,我们不妨换一个角度看问题。教材《新概念》的前言中有一句话:Nothing should be written before it has been read。道出了阅读和写作之间的必然联系。故本文试图独辟蹊径,分词汇、句型、语法和结构四个层次行文,从阅读的角度来看问题,在历年阅读真题中寻找例句,加以改写从而直接应用到2005年全国高考卷书面表达的写作中。展现给同学们另外一种培养写作能力的道路——通过阅读来提高写作。
写作真题如下:
假设你是李华,最近国内一家英文报纸正在讨论北京动物园是否应迁出市区。以下是你所在班级讨论的情况。请你给该报写一封信,反映讨论结果 :
赞成迁出 :
1.游客多,交通堵塞2.郊区环境好
反对迁出 :
1.建于1906年,中外闻名2.搬迁易造成动物死亡
词汇
词汇包括单词和词组,是构建起语言大厦的砖石,是一切语言知识和语言技能的基础和前提。词汇的问题解决了,语言的问题就解决了一大半。一篇文章的好
坏,在很大程度上是取决于语言的质量。而衡量这一点首先是看作者对于同一种意思有多少不同的表达,高分的文章往往很重视措词的多样性。绝大部分同学在考场
上处理书面表达题目时,首先就是用中文构思列出提纲,然后将要表达的意思转换成英语(论坛)写出来,这种做法没有任何问题。但是苦于在用英文表达的时候,语言不够优美不够地道。词汇就是其中的一个主要的瓶颈,无论是在质和量上都不能够令人满意。通过调查高考答卷后发现,本来应该丰富多彩的表达变得千篇一律,千人一面。例如,增加/减少这对儿经常出现的概念,很多同学冥思苦想之后,脑海中浮现的不过就是increase / decrease这两个词,其他的就再也想不出来了。其实,如果在做阅读时留心就会发现,这样的表达举目皆是,尤其是高考阅读的真题,例如this figure shoots up(2001年全国卷)/ a huge drop in the number(2002年春季卷)。再比如,很多同学在表达某种状态持续的时候,从来都是不假思索地写出be still ……,但是如果在我们阅读的时候多留心,就会发现有remain, keep这种看上去很简单,但是表达效果很好的词。类似的例子俯仰皆是,以下就连词和动词试举几例:
连词
没有线,再好的珍珠也连不起来;同样,如果没有连词,再好的词语也连不起来。英语中连词的重要性是毋庸置疑的。很多同学的作文不够流畅,会给人一种滞塞感,很大程度上就是因为缺少必要的连词。但不少意识到这一点的同学却只会使用and, but, so之类最常见的简单连词,殊不知在阅读真题的语篇中充满了种类丰富多样的连词,例如表示转折的however, yet, though, unfortunately, in stead of, 表示因果的as a result, therefore, hence, thus, 表示并列的together with, meanwhile, at the same time等等,只要在阅读的时候留心,就会有很多高级的表达可以积累下来应用到写作过程中。
动词
一个真正意义上完整的句子是不能没有谓语的,而谓语多由动词来充当。动词是一门语言中最富有特色的词性,各种语言中的动词都有着丰富的变化,是语言学习中的重点和难点。不过如何精确把握动词从而在写作中熟练运用,写出“Beijing Zoo, built in 1906, enjoys a famous history of 100 years。”这种优美的句子呢?下面点击链接查看奇速英语24个故事串记高中3500单词,另外阅读就是一个好方法,下面我们引用一些在高考阅读真题中的句子,模仿其中动词的用法来造几个句子,看看效果怎么样:
如果我们很熟悉2001和2002两年的高考阅读真题,其中有如下两句话
A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.
Careless methods of proction and lack of consumer demand for environment
friendly procts have contributed to the pollution problem.
这里面的grow和contribute都很值得学习和模仿,我们可以写出
A growing number of tourists to the zoo have contributed to the
heavy traffic jams.
又如,1996年的全国卷中有一句
The relationship develops until the two partners cannot manage
without each other.
短短一句话,develop和manage的用法都很值得揣摩,可仿写一句:
The zoo itself develops until it can not manage without move.
其他的例如形容词和副词的多样化,句子中各语法成分的名词化,代词的灵活替换等各种词性的具体用法和特殊表达都在阅读文章,尤其是历年高考真题中多次出现,只要有意识在阅读的过程中给与更大的重视,就可以间接提高写作能力,何乐而不为呢。
句型
高考的书面表达要求字数在100字左右,每句平均十个字总共十句话。很多考生的答卷上放眼望去全部都是短短的简单句,不求有功但求无过。而实际上,文似看山不喜平,句式上的多样性的复杂变化才能给自己带来一个有竞争力的分数。有一些固定的句式,例如it is that强调句、双重否定、插入结构等,可以使用在任意一句正常的陈述句上面。如果十句话的作文中错落有致隔三差五地出现一个特殊句型(例如第一、三、七、十句使用了特殊句型),文章马上就会上升一个两个档次,高分也就变的近在咫尺了。
强调句
强调句在这里特指it is … that… 强调句,它可以强调一个句子中的主语宾语和状语等多种成分。下面我们就结合出现在历年高考阅读真题中的强调句来造句:
强调主语:
原句:It is social conditions that make people tell lies.
(1998年全国卷阅读理解文章原句)
仿写:It is zoo that should be moved out of the city。
强调时间状语:
原句:It was only after he had spent several nights digging around the cross
that he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was
wasting his time there.
(2002年全国卷阅读理解文章原句)
仿写:It was in the year of 1906 that the zoo opened。
强调地点状语:
原句:It was there that he made one of his most famous discoveries.
(2002年春季卷阅读理解文章原句)
仿写:It is at home and abroad that the zoo, built in 1906, is well-known.
双重否定
双重否定是一种“负负得正”的常见句型,以否定的形式加否定的词语来表示无以复加的肯定概念。本来平直的叙述可以通过这种小巧的变化引起读者注意,增加表达效果。
原句:John and Jim are not unusual people. (1998年全国卷阅读理解文章原句)
仿写:Changing to a better place is not an unusual way of development.
原句:Decision-thinking is not unlike poker. (2000年全国卷阅读理解文章原句)
仿写:Beijing Zoo is not unlike other parks that could hardly stand
the increasing number of tourists.
原句:It wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s
marriage was in serious trouble. (2001年全国卷阅读理解文章原句)
改写:It was not unusual to hear a man back form the zoo complain
about the traffic jams on his way there.
任何一句正常的陈述句都可以通过改造变化为强调句或双重否定,也就是说固定句型的表达形式是和具体内容无关的。那我们在平时就不妨通过阅读积累这样的模版句,到考场上直接套用为文章锦上添花。
语法
语法是人们通过语言实践总结出来的遣词造句的规则,是我们在利用语言进行信息交流时所应遵循的模式。良好的语法功底对语言的学习和运用会产生巨大的促进
作用,起到事半功倍的效果。通过阅读掌握的语法是在具体语篇中的语法,是鲜活生动的语法,是可以有效借鉴到写作环节中的语法。以虚拟语气为例,这种语法现
象在高考语法单项选择题中的考查已经逐年淡化,但是在阅读中还是偶尔露峥嵘。如果我们通过阅读掌握了一两个虚拟语气的表达法,一旦灵活运用到写作当中,就
会起到非常好的表达效果。在2001年全国卷阅读理解真题的文章中,曾经有这样一句:If this state of affairs had lasted, English today
would be close to German. 实质上无非说的是:“这种情况没有持续,今日的英语已经离德语很远了。”我们如果通过阅读掌握了这个句子背后的语言点——虚拟语气,不妨直接借鉴到书面表达的写作中来,进行仿写:
If the zoo had built out of the city form the beginning,
it would be far less famous.
如果当初动物园就建在城外的话,它也不会这么有名气了。(可用于2005年书面表达)
If the state had lasted, the school would be a less interesting place.
如果(减负之前的)情况持续的话,我们现在的学习生活也不会这么有趣。(可用于2001书面表达题)。
⑶ 英语作文网上阅读有哪些好处
I think reading is important in the whole life for people.There are many benefits of reading.Firstly,reading increases our knowledge and we can learn the world affairs without going out.Secondly,reading is a good way to improve reading and writing skills.Before you learn to write,you must know how others write.Thirdly,reading can broaden our knowledge and horizon,which is important to job hunting in the future.Finally,reading helps us become self-cultivation that would be beneficial to our whole life.Therefore,start to reading,no matter how old you are and what you are doing.Then,you may find the great charm and benefits of reading.
附中文翻译,
我认为阅读对人们来说是终身受用的.阅读有许多好处.首先,读书可以使我们增长见识,不出门,便可知天下事.其次,读书能够使我们的阅读和写作能力得到提高.在你学会如何写之前,你得首先知道别人怎么写.再者,阅读能扩宽我们的知识面和眼界,这对我们将来找工作是很重要的.最后,阅读使我们变得有修养,这对我们一生都是很有好处的.因此,不管你现在多大,不管你在干什么,现在就开始读书吧.然后,你就会发现阅读的魅力和好处了.
⑷ 阅读的好处英语作文七年级
I think reading is important in the whole life for people. There are many benefits of reading. Firstly, reading increases our knowledge and we can learn the world affairs without going out. Secondly, reading is a good way to improve reading and writing skills. Before you learn to write, you must know how others write. Thirdly, reading can broaden our knowledge and horizon, which is important to job hunting in the future. Finally, reading helps us become self-cultivation that would be beneficial to our whole life. Therefore, start to reading, no matter how old you are and what you are doing. Then, you may find the great charm and benefits of reading.
我认为阅读对人们来说是终身受用的。阅读有许多好处。首先,读书可以使我们增长见识,不出门,便可知天下事。其次,读书能够使我们的阅读和写作能力得到提高。在你学会如何写之前,你得首先知道别人怎么写。再者,阅读能扩宽我们的知识面和眼界,这对我们将来找工作是很重要的。最后,阅读使我们变得有修养,这对我们一生都是很有好处的。因此,不管你现在多大,不管你在干什么,现在就开始读书吧。然后,你就会发现阅读的魅力和好处了。
⑸ 学习英语是为了阅读理解和写作,我这样理解对么
这么说吧,上学的时候学习英语是为了考试,如果你以后不考虑英语专业的工作或则出国什么的,学习英语基本上作用不大.学习一门语言是为了交流,但是当你身边都是可以用一种语言交流的人学习另一种有什么意义呢
⑹ 英语写作在英语学习中的重要性
别急 会把英语写作能力提高的
谈谈如何提高英语写作能力
关键词:英语写作能力 原则 方法
引言:英语写作能力是英语听、说、读、写四种基本能力之一,英语写作能有效地促进语言知识的内化。Swain(1985)提出“可理解输出”假设,认为包括写在内的语言产生性运用有助于学习者检验目的语句法结构和词语的使用,促进语言运用的自动化,有效地达到了语言习得的目的。通过写作,英语知识不断得到巩固并内在化,有利于英语技能的全面发展。但是,英语写作又是广大英语学习者最感头痛的问题之一,且容易被教师忽视,笔者以为如何提高英语写作能力值得我们认真研究。本文就此谈谈初浅的看法。
一、提高英语写作能力的原则
(一)渐进性原则。要坚持“句—段—篇”的训练程序,由易到难,循序渐进。在英语写作的初始阶段,要始终注意培养学生良好的写作习惯,狠抓基本功训练。在学生掌握了基本句型并能写出简单句子后,再要求学生根据一些体例写出小段的文章。在段落写作中要引导学生分析段落的结构、段落的中心句、句与句之间的逻辑关系、写作手法等,这样有利于下一步一篇文章的写作。在文章写作中要教会学生如何构思文章、如何运用正确的写作技巧等。
(二)多样性原则。要坚持训练形式的多样化及写作文体的多样性。从形式上而言,可以用回答提问的口头作文,也可以用续写故事;可以改写课文,也可以仿写课文;可以写提纲训练谋篇布局,也可以写拓展段训练发散思维……。从文体上而言,可以写说明文、议论文、记叙文,也可以写书信、便条、通知等实用文体。
(三)结合性原则。要坚持听说读训练和写训练相结合。根据语言习得理论,学习者在学习时常先通过听和读吸取语言知识,从而了解别人的思想,再通过说和写来表达自己的思想,让别人了解自己。大量的听说训练能促进读写能力的提高。因此,写与听说读紧密结合,进行多元化的能力训练,可使学生的各项能力互相影响、互相渗透、互相促进。
(四)控制性原则。要坚持写作前的指导,控制学生的汉语语言思维,发展英语语言思维。语言学习在很大程度上主要是模仿,而非随心所欲地自由表达。教师要加强写作前的指导,可给出范文让学生模仿,以熟悉其语篇结构。同时要控制其汉语语言思维,尽可能让学生习惯英语语言思维,以便于学生学习和掌握地道、正确的英语。
(五)持久性原则。要坚持长期、正确的写作训练。英语写作能力的提高并非一朝一夕之事,而是一个长期的、艰巨的、渐进的过程。这就要求教师、学生都要有充分的思想准备,要有坚韧不拔的意志和必胜的信心。
二、提高英语写作能力的方法。
(一)通过积累词汇量,提高英语写作能力。犹如土木砖石是建筑的材料一样,词汇是说话写作的必需材料,也是制约写作能力提高的瓶颈。可以想象,如果要写一个句子,10个单词有8个单词拼写错误或拼写不出,有2
个单词用法不当,又怎么能清楚地表达自己的思想呢?因此,在平时的教学中要强调学生记忆单词,记住单词的拼读、用法、意思等。记忆单词的方法有很多,各人有各人的记忆方法和习惯,可因人而异。教师可通过要求学生朗读单词、听写单词、默写单词、遣词造句、词汇竞赛等多种方法促进学生记单词。记忆单词是一个长期的反复的过程,要长期地坚持下去,才能不断积累大量的词汇,为英语写作打下坚实的基础。
(二)通过扩大阅读量,提高英语写作能力。古人云“熟读唐诗三百首,不会作诗也会吟”,这是汉语的一种学习方法,同样可借鉴于英语写作。多阅读是学生增加接触英语语言材料、接受信息、活跃思维、增长智力的一种途径,同时也是培养学生英语思维能力、提高理解力、增强语感、巩固和扩大词汇量的一种好方法,有利于促进英语写作能力的提高。在阅读训练中,教师要注意以下问题:一是指导阅读方法,分析文章结构、中心思想、段落中心句、写作方法等,帮助学生掌握各类文章的结构及写作方法。二要精读与泛读相结合,通过推敲优秀的文章来学会写作方法和选词用词;通过大量的泛读来吸取信息量,扩大词汇量。三要扩大阅读量。提供阅读的材料涉及面要广,才能不断扩大学生的知识面,使学生适应各种题材的写作。
(三)通过提高听说能力,提高英语写作能力。英语听说读写四种能力是相互影响、相互促进的,提高听说能力必定会促进写作能力的提高。要提高听说能力关键在于创设一个良好的英语环境。教师要尽可能地用英语授课,多开展专门的听说训练,同时开展丰富多彩的课外英语活动,让学生沉浸在英语海洋中去领略、去体会、去使用英语,久而久之,学生自然能使用正确的、地道的英语进行交谈与写作。
(四)通过重视写作过程,提高英语写作能力。长期以来,英语写作成果教学法(THE PRODUCT
APPROACH)在我国居于主导地位,教师根据写作的终成品来判断写作的成败,重视写作的技术性细节(如格式、拼写、语法等),忽视写作过程的指导。根据D.Rumechart和J.McClelland提出的连通论(Connectionism)理论,写作包括写前阶段、具体写作、文章修改三个基本过程,这三个过程并非是线性排列,而是循环往复,穿插进行的。教师只有重视加强对写作三个过程的指导,才能更好地提高英语写作能力。在写作前阶段,教师重在指导学生如何挖掘题材,训练发散性思维,以及如何选择材料、谋篇布局等。在具体写作中,教师重在指导学生如何紧扣主题、运用正确的写作方法等。在文章修改中,教师重在指导学生如何修改语法及用词的错误。
(五)通过多写英语摘要,提高英语写作能力。英语摘要是把一篇文章的要点摘录出来,用自己的语言使之独立成一篇短文,这不是简单的摘录,而是忠于原文意思的再创作。写英语摘要有利于学生了解原文的文化背景、理解原文的中心意思、弄清原文的篇章结构,从而提高学生的逻辑思维能力和谋篇布局能力。
(六)通过发展英语语言思维能力,提高英语写作能力。英语写作是运用已掌握的内在化语言知识和表达方法,通过思维进行外在化输出的创作,因此英语语言思维能力在英语写作中作用非凡。对于我国学生而言,在英语写作中易受汉语语言思维的影响,难以直接用英语语言进行思维,不利于英语写作能力的提高,因此发展其英语语言思维能力尤为重要。教师要注意对学生的英语语言思维进行多方位、多角度的训练:要采取各种方法训练学生英语语言思维的广阔性、深刻性、发散性和创造性;要教会学生用英语思考问题、回答问题;要从训练形象思维开始,逐步过渡到抽象思维训练;在课文讲解中要尽可能不用汉语翻译而用英语解释,消除汉语思维的影响;要努力创设良好的英语环境,在英语交际中发展英语思维能力。
写好英语段落的三个标准
首先,一个段落必须有一个中心即主题思想,该中心由主题句特别是其中的题旨来表达。整个段落必须紧扣这个主题(stick or hold to the topic),这就是段落的统一性(unity)。其次,一个段落必须有若干推展句,使主题思想得到充分展开,从而给读者一个完整的感觉,这就是完整性(completeness or adequateness)。再者,一个段落不是杂乱无章的,而是有机的组合,句子的排列顺序必须合乎逻辑,从一个句子到另一个句子的过渡必须流畅(smooth),这就是连贯性(coherence)。下面我们就对这三个标准分别加以说明。
1、统一性
一个段落内的各个句子必须从属于一个中心,任何游离于中心思想之外的句子都是不可取的。请看下例:
Joe and I decided to take the long trip we'd always wanted across the country. We were like young kids buying our camper and stocking it with all the necessities of life. Bella bakes the best rhubarb pie. We started out in early spring from Minneapolis and headed west across the northern part of the country. We both enjoyed those people we met at the trailer park. Joe received a watch at his retirement dinner. To our surprise, we found that we liked the warm southern regions very much, and so we decided to stay here in New Mexico.
本段的主题句是段首句,controlling idea(中心思想)是take the long trip across the country.文中出现两个irrelevant sentences,一个是Bella bakes the best rhubarb pie,这一段是讲的是Joe and I ,中间出现一个Bella是不合适的。还有,Joe received a watch at his retirement dinner这一句更是与主题句不相关。考生在四级统考的作文卷上常常因为造出irrelevant sentences(不相关语句)而丢分,值得引起注意。再看一个例子:
My name is Roseanna, and I like to keep physically fit. I used to weigh two hundred pounds, but I joined the YMCA for an exercise class and diet program. In one year I lost eighty pounds. I feel much better and never want to have that much weight on my five-feet frame again. I bought two new suitcases last week. Everyday I practice jogging three miles, swimming fifteen laps, lifting twenty-pound weights and playing tennis for one hour. My mother was a premature baby.
本段的controlling idea 是like to deep physically fit,但段中有两个irrelevant sentences,一个是I bought two new suitcases last week,另一个是My mother was a premature baby.
从上面两个例子可以看出,native speakers同样会造出来irrelevant sentences.卷面上如果这种句子多了,造成偏题或离题,那问题就更严重了。
2、完整性
正象我们前面说得那样,一个段落的主题思想靠推展句来实现,如果只有主题句而没有推展句来进一步交待和充实,就不能构成一个完整的段落。同样,虽然有推展句,但主题思想没有得到相对圆满的交待,给读者一种意犹未尽的感觉。这样的段落也不能完成其交际功能。例如:
Physical work can be a useful form of therapy for a mind in turmoil. Work concentrates your thoughts on a concrete task. Besides, it is more useful to work —— you proce something rather than more anxiety or depression.
本段的主题句是段首句。本段的两个推展句均不能回答主题句中提出的问题。什么是“a mind in turmoil”(心境不平静)Physical work又如何能改变这种情况?为什么它能起therapy的作用?读者得不到明确的答案。由于四级统考的作文部分只要求写一篇100~120个词的三段式短文,每一段只有大约40个词左右,因此,要达到完整就必须尽可能地简明。例如:
It is not always true that a good picture is worth a thousand words. Often writing is much clearer than a picture. It is sometimes difficult to figure out what a picture means, but a careful writer can almost always explain it.
段首句所表达的主题思想是一种看法,必须有具体事例加以验证。上述两个推展句只是在文字上对主题作些解释,整个段落内容空洞,简而不明。如果用一两个具体的例子的话,就可以把主题解释清楚了。比如下段:
It is not always true that a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes, pictures are pretty useless things. If you can't swim and fall in the river and start gulping water, will you be better off to hold up a picture of yourself drowning, or start screaming “Help”?
3、连贯性(coherence)
连贯性包括意连和形连两个方面,前者指的是内在的逻辑性,后者指的是使用转换词语。当然这两者常常是不可分割的。只有形连而没有意连,句子之间就没有内在的有机的联系;反之,只有意连而没有形连,有时行文就不够流畅。
1)、意连
段落中句子的排列应遵循一定的次序,不能想到什么就写什么。如果在下笔之前没有构思,边写边想,写写停停,那就写不出一气呵成的好文章来。下面介绍几种常见的排列方式。
A.按时间先后排列(chronological arrangement)
We had a number of close calls that day. When we rose, it was obviously late and we had to hurry so as not to miss breakfast; we knew the dining room staff was strict about closing at nine o'clock. Then, when we had been driving in the desert for nearly two hours —— it must have been close to noon —— the heat nearly hid us in; the radiator boiled over and we had to use most of our drinking water to cool it down. By the time we reached the mountain, it was our o'clock and we were exhausted. Here, judgement ran out of us and we started the tough climb to the summit, not realizing that darkness came suddenly in the desert. Sure enough, by six we were struggling and Andrew very nearly went down a steep cliff, dragging Mohammed and me along with him. By nine, when the wind howled across the flat ledge of the summit, we knew as we shivered together for warmth that it had not been our lucky day.
本段从“rose”(起床)写起,然后是吃早餐(“not to miss breakfast”, “closing at nine o'clock”),然后是“close to noon”,一直写到这一天结束(“By nine——”)。
B. 按位置远近排列(spatial arrangement)。例如:
From a distance, it looked like a skinny tube, but as we got closer, we could see it flesh out before our eyes. It was tubular, all right, but fatter than we could see from far away. Furthermore, we were also astonished to notice that the building was really in two parts: a pagoda sitting on top of a tubular one-story structure. Standing ten feet away, we could marvel at how much of the pagoda was made up of glass windows. Almost everything under the wonderful Chinese roof was made of glass, unlike the tube that it was sitting on, which only had four. Inside, the tube was gloomy, because of the lack of light. Then a steep, narrow staircase took us up inside the pagoda and the light changed dramatically. All those windows let in a flood of sunshine and we could see out for miles across the flat land.
本段的写法是由远及近,从远处(“from a distance”)写起,然后“get closer”,再到(“ten feet away”),最后是“inside the pagoda”……当然,按位置远近来写不等于都是由远及近。根据需要,也可以由近及远,由表及里等等。
C. 按逻辑关系排列(logical arrangement)
a. 按重要性顺序排列(arrangement in order of importance)
If you work as a soda jerker, you will, of course, not need much skill in expressing yourself to be effective. If you work on a machine, your ability to express yourself will be of little importance. But as soon as you move one step up from the bottom, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken or the written word. And the further away your job is from manual work, the larger the organization of which you are an employee, the more important it will be that you know how to convey your thoughts in writing or speaking. In the very large business organization, whether it is the government, the large corporation, or the Army, this ability to express oneself is perhaps the most important of all the skills a man can possess.
这一段谈的是表达能力,它的重要性与职业,身份有关,从“not need much skill”或“of little importance”到“more important”,最后是“most important”。
b.由一般到特殊排列(general-to-specific arrangement)
If a reader is lost, it is generally because the writer has not been careful enough to keep him on the path. This carelessness can take any number of forms. Perhaps a sentence is so excessively cluttered that the reader, hacking his way through the verbiage, simply doesn't know what it means. Perhaps a sentence has been so shoddily constructed that the reader could read it in any of several ways. Perhaps the writer has switched tenses, or has switched pronouns in mid-sentence, so the reader loses track of when the action took place or who is talking. Perhaps sentence B is not logical sequel to sentence A —— the writer, in whose head the connection is clear, has not bothered to provide the missing link. Perhaps the writer has used an important word incorrectly by not taking the trouble to look it up. He may think that “sanguine” and “sanguinary” mean the same thing, but the difference is a bloody big one. The reader can only infer what the writer is trying to imply.
这一段谈的是a writer's carelessness,先给出一个general statement作为主题句,然后通过5个 ”perhaps”加以例证。
c. 由特殊到一般排列(specific-to-general arrangement)
I do not understand why people confuse my Siamese cat, Prissy, with the one I had several years ago, Henry. The two cats are only alike in breed. Prissy, a quiet, feminine feline, loves me dearly but not possessively. She likes to keep her distance from people, exert her independence and is never so rude as to beg, lick, or sniff unceremoniously. Her usual posture is sitting upright, eyes closed, perfectly still. Prissy is a very proper cat. Henry, on the other hand, loved me dearly but possessively. He was my shadow from morning till night. He expected me to constantly entertain him. Henry never cared who saw him do anything, whether it was decorous or not, and he usually offended my friends in some way. The cat made himself quite comfortable, on the top of the television, across stranger's feet or laps, in beds, drawers, sacks, closets, or nooks. The difference between them is imperceptible to strangers.
本段的主题句是段首句,它仅提出一个问题:为什么两只猫会被搞混。然后对两者进行比较,末句才下结论。
2)、形连
行文的逻辑性常常要靠适当的转换词语及其他手段来实现。请读下面这一段文字并找出文中用以承上启下的词语:
Walter's goal in life was to become a successful surgeon. First, though, he had to get through high school, so he concentrated all his efforts on his studies —— in particular, biology, chemistry, and math. Because he worked constantly on these subjects, Walter became proficient in them; however, Walter forgot that he needed to master other subjects besides those he had chosen. As a result, ring his junior year of high school, Walter failed both English and Latin. Consequently, he had to repeat these subjects and he was almost unable to graate on schele. Finally, on June 6, Walter achieved the first step toward realizing his goal.
本文中起承上启下的词语有两种,一种是转换词语(transitional words or phrases),另一种是起转换作用的其他连接手段(linking devices)。前者依次有:first, though, so, in particular, and, because, however, besides, as a result, both…and, consequently, and, finally.后者依次是:he, he, his, his, he, these, them, he, those, his, he, these, his. 本段中共有词汇105个,所使用的转换词语及其他连接用语共26个词,约占该段总词汇量的四分之一。由此可见,掌握好transitions不仅对行文的流(smoothness)有益,而且对于学生在半个小时内写足四级短文所要求的120个词也是不无好处的。
一个段落里如果没有transitions也就很难有coherence了。我们看下面一个例子:Speaking and writing are different in many ways. Speech depends on sounds. Writing uses written symbols. Speech developed about 500 000 years ago. Written language is a recent development. It was invented only about six thousand years ago. Speech is usually informal. The word choice of writing is often relatively formal. Pronunciation and accent often tell where the speaker is from. Pronunciation and accent are ignored in writing. A standard diction and spelling system prevails in the written language of most countries. Speech relies on gesture, loudness, and rise and fall of the voice. Writing lacks gesture, loudness and the rise and fall of the voice. Careful speakers and writers are aware of the differences.
本段中除了第6句开头出现一个起过渡作用的”it”之外,没有使用其他的过渡词语。这样,文中出现许多重复的词语,全段读起来也显得生硬而不自然。如果加上必要的过渡词语来修饰的话,这一段就成了下面一个流畅连贯的段落:
Speaking and writing are different in many ways. Speech depends on sounds; writing, on the other hand, uses written symbols. Speech was developed about 500 000 years ago, but written language is a recent development, invented only about six thousand years ago. Speech is usually informal, while the word choice of writing, by contrast, is often relatively formal. Although pronunciation and accent often tell where the speaker is from, they are ignored in wiring because a standard diction and spelling system prevails in most countries. Speech relies on gesture, loudness, and the rise and fall of the voice, but writing lacks these features. Careful speakers and writers are aware of the differences.
4、有损连贯性的几种情况:
考生在写作中经常出现下面几种错误:
1、不必要的改变时态,比如:
In the movie, Robert Redford was a spy. He goes to his office where he found everybody dead. Other spies wanted to kill him, so he takes refuge with Julie Christie. At her house, he had waited for the heat to die down, but they come after him anyway.
2、不必要的改变单复数,比如:
Everybody looks for satisfaction in his life. They want to be happy. But if he seeks only pleasure in the short run, the person will soon run out of pleasure and life will catch up to him. They need to pursue the deeper pleasure of satisfaction in work and in relationships.
3、不必要的改变人称,比如:
Now more than ever, parents need to be in touch with their children's activities because modern life has the tendency to cause cleavages in the family. You need to arrange family like it so that family members will do things together and know one another. You need to give up isolated pleasures of your own and realize that parents have a set of obligations to sponsor togetherness and therefore sponsor knowledge.
因此写作中,一定要注意时态,人称以及数的变化是否正确,要注意保持一致。
⑺ 英语写作读书的好处
The Benefits of Reading
I think reading is important in the whole life for people. There are many benefits of reading. Firstly, reading increases our knowledge and we can learn the world affairs without going out. Secondly, reading is a good way to improve reading and writing skills. Before you learn to write, you must know how others write. Thirdly, reading can broaden our knowledge and horizon, which is important to job hunting in the future. Finally, reading helps us become self-cultivation that would be beneficial to our whole life. Therefore, start to reading, no matter how old you are and what you are doing. Then, you may find the great charm and benefits of reading.
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