阅读对英语写作的好处
㈠ 求一篇“阅读英语报刊有什么好处”论文的提纲
摘要] 初中毕业生的英语写作与我们的培养目标相差远。虽然师生在英语写作这方面花了大量的时间和精力,收效却甚微。新课程的实施,为这一难题提供了解决的途径和方法。本文主要介绍如何利用新课程这一坚实平台,循序渐进地提高学生的英语写作能力。
[关键词] 新课程,课程改革,写作水平
一、问题的提出:初中毕业生的写作现状令人担忧
近两年来,我市(泉州市)初中英语中考题增加了书面表达,笔者认为这对于考查学生的综合语言运用能力迈出了很重要的一步。书面表达是一种能反映学生表达、传递信息和解决实际问题的语言交流能力的十分重要的语言测试手段。它对学生素质的提高、素质教育的推进,必将产生积极和深远的影响。但这对毕业班的师生来说无疑是一种新的挑战。近两年来师生在书面表达即英语写作这方面花了大量的时间和精力,收效却甚微。形成了“学生见书面表达就怕,教师批改书面表达就头痛”的现象。这一现象在去年(2002)的中考书面表达题中也得到同样的体现。去年的中考题是:一幅不算太复杂的学校平面图。如果学生在审题的时候能找到一个立足点并能熟悉地运用there be 句型和一些方位介词,笔者认为拿一个及格的分数应该不成问题。而考试的结果却令人大失所望:有非常多的学生这题得1-2分,不少平常实力不错的学生只得4-5分,能够得7-8分的可能算是“佳作”了。这一现状与我们的培养目标相差甚远,它既给高中英语衔接教学带来许多实际困难,也给学生的进一步学习和发展带来重重压力,这不能不引起我们初中英语教师的高度重视。
二、问题的分析
为什么书面表达对初三年的学生来说如此难呢?笔者认为原因主要有三点:
⑴在新课程实施之前,中学教育(特别是农村中学)基本上是应试教育。应试教育过分注重语法和词汇知识的讲解与传授,而忽视学生对实际语言运用能力培养;应试教育注重学生死记硬背,机械训练得高分,而忽视对学生的观察,思维,想像能力和创新精神的培养;应试教育过分强调教师的主导地位,忽视学生的主体地位,学生在课堂中活动时间和空间不能得到合法保障。学生在这样的学生环境下连最基本的“说话”的自由都被剥夺了,更不要谈什么综合语言能力的运用了。⑵中学英语教育重视笔头训练,忽视口头操练,重笔试,轻口试,(甚至有的学校到现在还没有把口试列为评价标准),口语基础普遍薄弱,这也是学生写作能力不能提高的一个最重要的原因。试想一下,一个连话都说不好的人,怎么可能要求他写出好的文章呢?(3)教师在初一,初二年普遍忽视对学生英语写作能力的培养,到了初三年后,只有靠“临时抱佛脚”。这严重违背了写作过程中必须遵循的循序渐进的规律。
三、问题解决的契机
新一轮课程改革:它以人为本,关注个体发展,以情为重,贯彻素质教育。它注重学生的可持续性发展,以学生的终生学习和发展为目的。教育部颁发的《国家英语课程标准》提出基础教育阶段英语课程的任务是:激发和培养学生学习英语的兴趣,使学生树立信心,养成良好的学习习惯和形成有效的学习策略,发展自主学习和合作精神。它为培养学生的综合语言运用能力提供了一个坚实的平台。这种综合语言运用的能力当然也就包括写作能力。
四、问题解决的途径
笔者前二年担任初三年的英语教学工作,也曾为“书面表达”焦头烂额。虽说有着“衣带渐宽终不悔”,“为伊(书面表达)消得人憔悴”的决心,但问题终究没有得到根本解决。本学年担任初一年的教学工作,有幸参加初一年的课程改革。在坚持以口语为切入点的同时,我特别注意加强对学生写作能力的培养。坚持点滴积累,循序渐进。我惊喜地发现:经过坚持不懈地练笔,到初一年下学期结束前,全班有三分之二的同学就能写出语句通顺,结构完整的作文来。这基本上已达到了初三年优秀学生的写作水平。下面我就谈谈具体的做法,希望各位同行能提出宝贵意见。
1、坚持以口语(听和说)为基础
任何一门语言的学习,都必须以口语为基础,这点我们可以从儿童学习母语得到启示。语言心理学研究的成果告诉我们,初学语言者开始阶段,一般都需要大量的信息输入并通过内部语言系统进行理解,吸收和加工,进而转化为一定程度的外部语言,通常第一性口头语言的比重要超过第二性的书面语言,进而逐步增加书面语言的输入。“听说领先,读写跟上”这是学习任何一门语言都必须遵循的规律,我们在培养学生的写作能力的时候更不能违背这一规律,布里顿(Britton,1970)指出:“学习口语的句型结构和表达方式往往是他们学习写作的基础。”塔天(Tough,1977)不仅强调口头表达能力和写作水平的重要联系,并且指出“教师必须在教授写作的同时,帮助学生提高和丰富其口头表达的技能,因为口头形式往往包含了大量近似书面语的结构和措词。”实际上,口头表达能力强的学生写作水平也较高。教师可以采用课前三分钟的值日生报告、课堂的情景交际、课外的English corner及英语辩论等多种形式来提高学生的口头表达能力。在进行笔头训练之前,可以先进行口头作文,这样可以降低写作的难度,同时也能提高学生写作的兴趣。
2、从易到难,由浅入深,循序渐进、一步一个脚印地练习。古人云:“骐骥一跃,不能十步,驽马十驾,功在不舍。”写作是“细活”,不能急于求成,更不能拔苗助长,只有坚持不懈,勤奋练笔,才有可能“水到渠成”。对于初一年的学生,我们可以从连词成句、造句、阅读文章后回答问题、填表格、看图写作、改写或缩写课文、根据所提供的词汇复述课文、模仿写作等多种形式来培养学生的写作能力。
3、充分利用课程资源
⑴教科书是我们最主要的课程资源,它从初一年第七单元起,就开始向我们提供训练写作的机会。这些训练对于提高学生的写作能力是必不可少的。我们必须指导学生认真完成。对于学生的习作,我们应该及时批改,及时讲评。我还经常把学生优美的、创造性的语句,用波浪线划出来,并加上鼓励性的评语。最后,可别忘了成果展示:我经常把学生的优秀习作张贴在墙报或学习园地上。期中或期末之前,我还会把学生的优秀作品汇编成册,人手一本。这对于学生来说,也许是最好的礼物和最难忘记的情感体验。
⑵鼓励学生经常上图书馆借课外读物(如简易英文读本),报刊杂志,指导他们定期收看广播电视节目等。我还和他们一起征订了《中学生英语周报》、《英语画刊》、《中学生英语》等辅助学习材料,并把这些材料放在班级的图书柜里,学生在课外时间可以随时翻阅。阅读是写作的基础。古人说的“开卷有益”,“读书破万卷,下笔如有神”讲的就是这道理。
(3)充分利用网络资源:我们的时代已经进入了网络时代,利用网络查找资料快捷方便;同时,学生还可以在网上发电子邮件或电子贺卡。在发E-mail的过程中,学生为了更好地表达思想,不断的修改,使之更清楚、更有意义。在E-mail的写作交流中,学生的语言运用能力可得到很大的提高。
4、贴近学生的生活实际
《英语课程标准》强调:听,说,读,写训练的内容和形式尽可能地贴近学生的实际生活,贴近学生的交际行为,贴近有目的综合运用语言的活动。所以在培养学生的写作能力时,我们必须遵循“为用而学,在用中学,学了就用”的原则。例如,在学完第三单元后,我布置给学生的作业是:制作一张有关自己个人资料的小卡片。我没有严格限定格式,学生的习作真是五花八门:有的学生在完成卡片之后,还不忘show一下自己的绘画功底,在卡片旁边画了一个可爱的Carton;有的同学把Polly也带上,并捎上这样一句话:I’m a lovely boy, don’t forgot me! 有的同学用电脑进行制作,并把自己的照片也扫描进去,有的还是孩提时代的呢,看了真令人忍俊不禁。而这些却正是学生的创造性思维啊!事实证明,贴近学生生活的写作题材,有利于激发学生写作兴趣,有利于培养学生主动参与,乐于探索,勤于动手的学习态度。
5、要培养学生用英语进行思维的习惯
在学生的书面表达中,我们发现最具代表性的错误就是中文式的英语。这除了学生口语基础不过关,还有一个因素就是由于母语习惯定势对外语学习有很大的负迁移作用。为什么正常儿童能很快掌握一门语言?因为他用那种语言进行思维活动,从咿呀学语开始,一直就用那种语言进行思维活动的练习和实践。原苏联外语教学心理学家别亚科耶夫指出心理语言学的根本原则:掌握外语的过程,就是学习用外语来思维,也即掌握用外语来形成和表达思想的手段和能力的过程。那么在教学的过程中,怎样培养学生用英语进行思维的习惯呢?
⑴课堂上尽量用英语组织教学,用英语来进行交流与沟通。
⑵经常性地给学生作一些英语国家的文化背景、风土人情、风俗习惯的介绍,帮助学生了解世界和中西文化的差异。
⑶有意识地记住一些固定用法,经常性地做些汉译英的练习,注重一句多译,这对于提高学生灵活运用语言的能力大有帮助。
在这里,也许马克思关于学习外语的忠告对所有英语学习者都是很有启发的:
When a person is learning a foreign language,he must not always be translating everything into his own language.He must be able to use the foreign language forgetting all about his own.
五,应该注意的事项
在培养学生的写作能力时,应该注意以下几点:
1、听、说、读、写这四者的关系是相辅相承,密不可分的,决不可以因为培养学生的写作能力,而忽视了对学生其它能力的培养。总的说来,在起始年段,听、说、读的比重比写的比重要更大。
2、不可以因为培养学生的写作能力,而占用他们大量的时间,以至影响他们的全面发展。培根曾这样说:“史鉴使人明智,诗歌使人巧慧,数学使人精细,博物使人深沉,逻辑和修辞使人擅辩,凡有所学,皆成性格。”这段名言告诉我们:任何一门学科都是构成学生基本素质的一部分;任何一门学科对一位学生来说都不是全部。作为一名英语教师我们要跳出英语学科的局限。既要为具有英语特长的学生的全面发展考虑,也要为不具备英语特长的学生的全面发展考虑。
总之,在课程改革的平台上,培养学生的写作能力的方法是多种多样的,只要我们有目的、有计划地对学生进行训练,学生的写作能力就会逐步提高。
㈡ 读书有好处 我为何天天坚持读书用英语写作文
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㈢ 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。
㈣ 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.
㈤ 求助,英语翻译『阅读有很多好处,可以增长知识,提高写作水平和表达能力』谢谢
阅读有很多来好处,源可以增长知识,提高写作水平和表达能力
Reading has many advantages, it can increase knowledge, improving their writing level and ability
㈥ 读书的好处英语作文带翻译
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读书的好处英语作文带翻译:
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.
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㈦ 用英语翻译: “阅读和写作对我们的英语学习有益”
reading and writing is good for english learning
㈧ 阅读文本在哪些方面对英语写作教学设计有启示
阅读文本在哪些方面对英语写作教学设计有启示
通过观看有关读写结合的课程、论坛分享、讨论,深入理解阅读文本对写作教学和写作指导的示范作用,并通过观摩有关写作教学的课堂片断,加深对教材中阅读文本与写作教学设计和指导关系的理解和课堂观察能力。
(本活动由山西初中英语“晋师同行”工作坊和陕西秦岭工作坊共同设计提供)阅读文本和写作是息息相关的。通过阅读文本,学生掌握了必要的基础知识,有了充足的输入,才能够在写作活动中有效地进行输出活动。
罗彩莲:阅读文本就是一个写作素材积累的过程,是写作的基础
张燕萍:读书上万卷,下笔如有神。其实英语写作也是一样的!读多,写多,自然而然是有作用的!
张桂娟:阅读文本就是一个写作素材积累的过程,是写作的基础,应鼓励学生认真地去阅读文本,然后从中积累写作需要的词汇、句型、以及结构等,到写的时候才会做到有材料、有构思,才会得心应手。
凌秀红:听、说、读的活动是写的基础积累,反过来写也会促进听、说、写。课例中,老师设计的先通过听、说、读的活动,然后写,是一个循序渐进的过程,很容易让学生达到学习的目标。很好
从阅读中可以提高写作,通过阅读,学生可以学到一些常用的句型,一些词汇的运用,通过不断的输入,进而可以写出比较好的文章。
覃方:相关的阅读文本本身就是一个集中的写作素材,如教师充分处理好阅读文本的相关信息如词汇、句型、篇章结构等,就能大大促进学生写作水平的提高。
周丽珍:阅读文本和写作是息息相关的。通过阅读文本,学生掌握了必要的基础知识,有了充足的输入,才能够在写作活动中有效地进行输出活动。阅读文本可当作是写作的范本。教师可通过指导学生观察阅读文本的段落、内容要点、首尾段、连接词等,引导学生归纳、总结出写作的相关要点及技巧。
杨霞:阅读和写作是相辅相成的,听、说、读的活动是写的基础积累,反过来写也会促进听、说、写。课例中,老师设计的先通过听、说、读的活动,然后写,是一个循序渐进的过程,很容易让学生达到学习的目标。很好!
㈨ 英语写作的重要性及如何提升
一、英语写作的重要性
1.英语写作能帮助我们提高使用英语的准确性只要写一个句子,更不用说一段,一篇,就要力求句法,用词,拼写,标点等完全正确,而且与前后句紧密连贯。写和说不同,写好后可以检查修改,而一次修改就是一次提高。写得越多,语言就会越准确。2.练习英语写作能扩大词汇量 口语所使用的语言一般是比较简单和常用的。而在用英语写作时,所使用的语言则是多种多样的。从极简单到较复杂的语言都要使用,所使用的词汇和句型也比口语中使用的要多得多,这对英语词汇量的扩大有很大帮助。3.写作训练能帮助我们提高逻辑思考及分析问题的能力写一篇作文,不论长短,都需要妥善地组织材料,得出结论,作到重点突出,条理清楚。这样,在锻炼写作能力的同时,也锻炼了分析与处理问题的能力。4.英语写作对阅读,听力,口语,翻译等各方面都有促进作用 自己知道写作的甘苦,对别人的写作技巧就会乐于学习。分析问题的能力提高了,听别人说话就会善于抓住要点。语言质量提高了,口语也会准确一些。
二、怎样写好英语作文
1.打好扎实的英语语言基础 要写好英语作文,首先必须掌握一定数量的英语单词。此外,还得掌握好一定的英语语法知识。若有不太清楚的地方,应通过查阅语法书和词典来逐步解决,不能偷懒,随便乱写。2.广泛进行英语阅读 专业作家的秘密之一就是:阅读,阅读,再阅读。杜甫说“读书破万卷,下笔如有神”。敏感的阅读,使人产生灵感,使人对生平从未遇到的问题作出符合逻辑的或感情上的响应。阅读其他人的文章,并不是为了如法炮制,但我们可以把从其他作品中学到的东西融化到自己的文体和技巧中去。当我们发现一段文章比自己能写出的任何东西好得多的时候,坐下来,对它进行反复研究琢磨。它好在哪里?就同一题目,这位作者做了哪些我们不能做到的事情?模仿别人技术上的长处,对习作者来说极有益处。但仅靠阅读是不行的,因为它可以被用作不动笔的借口,还会成为一种麻醉剂。因此要记住:阅读是为了写作。3.掌握一定的英语写作技巧 英语写作有许多技巧,如怎样选词,造句,怎样展开段落,各种体裁的英语作文应怎样布局谋篇等。只有对这些基本的写作技巧加以掌握,才能在英语写作时得心应手。