书城教材教辅大学英语写作理论与实务
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第29章 各种作文题型写作(2)

However, the other people, who hold that reading extensively is better, think that one kind of books can only give us one aspect of knowledge. Even the best book only includes one field of information. So they can easily come to the conclusion that “to know more,to read more”. In this case, they believe that reading extensively is better.

In my opinion, we should read selectively and read good books as many as possible. By this way, we can increase the quality and quantity of reading.

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Reading Selectively or Extensively

Many people think that we should read selectively. On the one hand, there"re increasing books published everyday, and it is unlikely that we read all the books because we have no enough time with the modern living pace. But on the other, there is no need to read all the books. What we read should be confined to where we work.

Some others don"t think so. They argue that we should read extensively. It is well known that economy and policy are globalizing. So is knowledge and information. And what"s more, there has been decreasing gap between different disciplines, whether in social science or in natural science. Thus, it is necessary that we read as much as possible.

I do agree to the latter opinion. In the Information Age, we should keep on obtaining knowledge from different sources. Otherwise, we may see ourselves lagging behind others day after day. And more important is the urgent social needs for those who have wide knowledge of both science and society.

三、批驳分析类作文

批驳分析类作文和对比类作文有些相似之处但不完全相同。对比类的作文题,是对两种观点(有时候其中的某个观点有可能是正确的)进行分析对比,然后再提出自己的观点。而批驳类的作文只给出一个明显错误的观点,要求先分析这种观点的表现形式或产生的原因等方面的内容,给自己的驳斥埋下伏笔,然后再对这种观点进行批驳。批驳类的文章和对比类的文章一样,因为文章里阐述了别人的观点,所以也必须用“They think...”,“They take it for granted that...”这样的表达方式。此类作文在各类测试题中,多是给出一些有争议的做法、看法或是观点,由考生对其进行分析、评论和驳斥;对错误观念的批驳与分析是为了得出正确的结论,树立正确的认识,或者是给出问题的解决办法。此类作文要求学生能充分地解释有争议的观点或做法的背景、存在方式以及表现形式等,即确立批驳的对象;并在此基础上,利用可靠的论据予以驳斥和分析,指出其危害性;最后,表明“个人态度”。

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Do “Lucky Numbers” Really Bring Good Luck?

Some people take it for granted that some lucky numbers can bring them good luck. Take the widely used number “8” for example, it is considered a lucky number in that it is sounded like “getting rich” in Chinese and is believed to bring good fortune.

Yet many others think otherwise. They think that numbers have nothing to do with luck. They regard numbers simply as a mathematic symbols for counting. They are anything but a mystery. They laugh at those who think certain numbers can bring good luck.

I"m in favor of the latter viewpoint. I think our society is very modern now. It seems ridiculous to count on the socalled lucky numbers to fulfill our wishes. Whether we can have good luck depends on ourselves. If we work hard, good luck is sure to come.

评析:根据四级作文评分标准,本文是一篇11分段的文章。文章切题,思想表达清楚,对数字和运气的关系进行了正反两方面的说明,并以此为基础提出了自己的观点,论述较好;文字基本连贯;但也有少量语言错误,如:①词性错误。Sound是联系动词,“听起来”用主动语态sound like,而不是被动语态be sounded like.②不一致。冠词a与symbols属于数的不一致,应该去掉a。

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What Attitude Should We Take to Money

With the arrival of market-based economy, money is becoming more and more important in our life. Hit with this trend, many people come to believe that money is above everything else in their life. But their belief could not arouse any echo in my mind.

It is true that money is a key ingredient in one"s struggle towards happiness, without which, for example, there would be no way to go to college or form a family. On any scale of one"s daily worry, in fact, there is almost nothing heavier than money. If we see it in its true colors, however, money is nothing but a means to an end. Money can buy us food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; diplomas, but not knowledge; and days of joy, but not the whole life of happiness. And moreover, laying any undue stress on money may lead one to stop at nothing in making it, as can be easily seen in the cases of most corrupt officials.

Therefore, it is necessary to take a correct attitude towards money. On the one hand, money is vital to our daily life, in which ease, it is wise of you to spend not where you may save. On the other, money is something to be plowed into something more important, so it is better to spare not where you must spend. In sum, money means something but not everything to our life.

四、立论类作文

在提纲式作文里,立论类作文相对来说要难一些。因为这类题型在提纲中没有提供结论,而要求考生自己根据题目所给的前两段的提纲得出一个结论,在写这样的作文时,作者应该先分析所给的提纲和文章的题目,设法从中找到出题者期望的结论。这样,我们就可以在扩展前两段大提纲的同时,自然而然地提出自己的观点--出题者期望的结论。有时候,作文的题目就是出题者期待答题者得出的结论,比如下面要分析的1994年1月大学英语四级考试的写作题目“The World is Getting Smaller and Smaller”。在写立论类作文时,尤其要注意的是,在表明自己的观点时要清楚明白,而不能含含糊糊。

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The World is Getting Smaller and Smaller

We often hear people say, “The world is getting smaller and smaller!” From motorcycles to private cars, from stream locomotives to electric locomotives, from airplanes to rocket planes. The developed transportation has greatly shortened the distance which seems too far to cover.

Another reason is that in this modern society we need to contact frequently with each other. Everyday we must deal with a lot of people known or unknown to us to have our work done, and the modern communication technologies, such as phone, Email, fax, Internet, make our frequent contact possible.

So we can reach the conclusion that the world will get smaller and smaller with the development of our society.

评析:根据四级作文评分标准,本文是一篇11分段的文章。首先文章切题,思想表达清楚,能够基本按照提纲从交通工具和人际交往两方面来解释说明为何世界变得越来越小;其次,文字连贯、通顺;语言错误较少,但仍有一些可以避免的失误,如From motorcycles to private cars, from stream locomotives to electric locomotives, from airplanes to rocket planes。这句话不完整,属于“句子不完整(sentence fragments)”错误,应该把其后的句号改为逗号,与后面的句子构成完整的结构。

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The World is Getting Smaller and Smaller

Most of us had such experience that the world is getting smaller. Perhaps when you go to some place far away from where you live and think you know nobody there, you will be very surprised when you come across one of your old acquaintances somewhere. Then both of you will cry out, “What a small world!”