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<P>有效的句子要有重点,并且要突出重点。句子的重点可以通过下列方法,加以突出: </P>
<P> 1. 把重点摆在句首或句尾。 </P>
<P> 一般而论,最显眼的位置是在“句尾,其次是在句首,中间的位置最平淡,乏善可陈。例如: </P>
<P> (1) Incorrect grammar and improper construction invariably distract readers"attention. </P>
<P> (2) The history of vocabulary is, in many ways, the record of civilisation. </P>
<P> 把重点放在句尾是种“吊胃口”的方法,读者或听者非得读完或听完整句不可。 </P>
<P> 2. 在复杂句里,把主句放在从句之后。 </P>
<P> 除了名词从句和形容词从句之外,因为它们位置较固定,副词从句中有几种的位置灵活,可以在主句之前出现,也可以跟在主句之后。通常我们就把这样的副词从句提前,重点则放在后头的主句,如(3b): </P>
<P> (3a) I came upon an old classmate when I went to town yesterday. </P>
<P> (3b) When I went to town yesterday, I came upon an old classmate. </P>
<P> 副词短语更是如此,如 (4b): </P>
<P> (4a) Steel is commonly used to make knives, razors and other useful tools because of its durability. </P>
<P> (4b) Beacuse of its durability, steel is commonly used to make knives,razers and other useful tools. </P>
<P> 3. 把较重要或有分量的词语放在后头 </P>
<P> 如(5b)和(6b): </P>
<P> (5a) I was delighted and amused by the classical opera </P>
<P> (5b) I was amused and delighted by the classical opera. </P>
<P> (6a) That singer"s life was tragic and brief. </P>
<P> (6b) That singer"s life was brief and tragic. </P>
<P> 4. 把句子中一系列的项目作逻辑性的排列。 </P>
<P> 例如: </P>
<P> (7) Tony ate his dinner, watched TV, and then went to bed. </P>
<P> (8) Were you bored with years of study in elementary school, high school and institute of higher education? </P>
<P> 5. 必要时,重复重要的语词或概念。 </P>
<P> 例如: </P>
<P> (9) Jackie enjoys the company of ladies. He likes their beauty, he likes their delicacy, he likes their vivacity, and he likes their silence. </P>
<P> (10) ...the land stretched out without names. Nameless headlands split the surf; nameless lakes reflected the nameless mountains and nameless rivers flowed through nameless valleys and nameless bays. </P>
<P> 6. 尽量用主动说态。 </P>
<P> 因此(11b)比(11a)好: </P>
<P> (11a) A pedestrian was struck on the head by a flying stone. </P>
<P> (11b) A flying stone struck a pedestrian on the head. </P>
<P> 7. 适当时候,可用倒装句和平行句。 </P>
<P> 如: </P>
<P> (12) Seven dwarfs lived here in the centre of the dark forest. → Here, in the centre of the dark forest lived seven dwarfs. </P>
<P> (13) Severity breeds fear; roughness breeds hatred. </P>
<P> (14) Honesty recommends that I speak; self-interest demands that I remain silent. </P> |
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