一、巧用連接詞
如果在寫作中大量使用簡單句,勢必會導致句式單一,正確使用連接詞不僅能夠將簡單句合并,而且能夠將文章的內容更清楚、更連貫地表達出來。在表示邏輯關系時,可以選用以下四種連接詞。
表示增補的連接詞:and, as well as, besides, furthermore, moreover, not only...but also等;
表示轉折的連接詞:however, in spite, though, but, otherwise, whereas, nonetheless等;
表示原因的連接詞:since, as, so, because, why等;
表示時間的連接詞:before, after, since, as, until, meanwhile, when, whenever, as soon as等。
同時還可使用一些表示從屬關系的連接詞,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,而且在八個句子中只有"His father"和"His mother"兩個不同的主語,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
簡練是寫作的一個重要原則。有時可以根據前后句子之間的關系,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確地表達最多的信息。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短語,從而達到用較少的詞匯表達同樣的內容,而且更符合英語的表達習慣:
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.