经过高一学年的努力学习,同学们已经掌握了相当的英语词汇和语言知识,打下了比较扎实的语言基本功,具备了比较强的听、说、读的能力,希望在写的能力上也有所提高。但是写作是一项综合运用语言表达思想的能力,难于在短时间里迅速突破,同学们需要注意积累,并长期坚持,才有成效。
学生写作能力较差的第一个层面表现在词汇贫乏、句子结构错误、中式表达等。因此首先要在句式的基础训练上下功夫,做到句子结构准确,表达无误,并培养自己一句多译的能力,进行不同句式结构表达训练。
同学们可以在表达多样化上有所提升, 突破单一句式,使文章生动活泼、结构紧凑。比如可以学会运用以下表达方式:
1. 使用非谓语动词形式
用非谓语动词可以使句子简洁。例如:
We were surrounded by a variety of buildings. We found ourselves deeply absorbed in the sight. After the visit, we left the park and we felt joyful.
Surrounded by a variety of buildings, we found ourselves deeply absorbed in the sight. After the visit, we left the park feeling joyful.
2. 使用with的复合结构
with的复合结构, 也就是独立主格结构,常作伴随状语以增加被描绘内容的生动性,使文章读起来更简洁明了。
例如:
I could not go on studying because there was so much noise troubling me.
I could not go on studying with so much noise troubling me.(2004广东卷)