英语写作知识讲座.docx

英语写作知识讲座.docx写作知识讲座
The structure of a paragraph and its development:
Structure: topic sentence, development sentence and concluding sentence
ways of developing a paragraph:
comparison and contrast
cause and effect
exemplification
generalization and qualification
some sentence patterns commonly used in controlled writing:
关于利弊优缺点的句型：
S + have(has) a lot of advantages over...
Compared with B, A has (or have many advantages. S + have (or has) the advantage of (good English).
be of great benefit to sb/sth.
benefit sb/benefit from sth.
be of beneficial to
do (a lot of) good to sb.
be good to sb./sth.
do harm /damage to sb./sth.
be as (not so) good as
...not so much ...as...
说明原因的句型:
1 .There are
Example: There are two reasons for the changes in people's living conditions. First, we have been carrying out an opening and reform policy. Second, our national economy is developing rapidly and the birth rate has been put under control.
We have two reasons for ...
Example: We have many good reasons to object to smoking in public places.
The reason for...is that + 从句
Example: The reason for my being late was that I missed the bus.
Some believe that...Others argue that....Still others maintain that....Yet others
They are quite different from each other in their opinions.
Some people hold the opinion that it is good to have a small family.
They think quite differently on this question.
Examples: Parents and children think differently on this question. Parents hold that children should work hard and do well at school. Children, however, maintain that they should have more freedom to spend their leisure time and to plan for their own future.
表不必须、紧急、有困难作某事的句型：
It is important (necessary, urgent, difficult, easy, convenient, comfortable, expensive, desirable, advisable) for sb. to do sth.
Examples： 1) It is expensive to run a car.
It is convenient to get round in the city if you own a car.
It is urgent for the government to take measures to control th