常用的英语写作技巧

常用的写作技巧是一定要用的，但是要尽量避免使用所有的人都在使用的套语。那怎么办呢？

解决方案：建立自己的套语库：这些句型就来自平日的阅读和听力材料。如：

1. 表示因果（影响等）

?Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. …

?It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people adversely. (影

响)

?In general, the way people think about themselves has a profound effect on all

areas of their lives. …

?Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on

those who hear it.

?He attributes the loss of readers to the booming world of technology, which

attracts would-be

?The joy of laughing at a funny story is universal, probably as old as language

itself. But, what is it that makes a story or a joke funny?

?Why is it that several students in a class will fall out of their chairs laughing after I

tell a joke while the rest of their chairs laughing after I tell a joke while the rest of

the students look as if I’ve read the weather report? Obviously…… It is

reasonable to say that the truly humorous individual is not only well likes, but is

often the focus of attention in any gathering.

?Some say he (George Bush) owes much of his success in politics to his

ever-ready pen. ….

?Former Ford chairman Donald Peterson, who is largely credited for turning the

company round in the 1980s, made it a practice to write positive messages to

associates every day.

?We need to write, otherwise nobody will know who we are. …

So a shy person sits down and writes a letter. To be known by another person-to meet and talk freely on the page-to be close despite distance. T o escape from anonymity and be our own sweet selves and express the music of our souls.

2. 列举好处/坏处

?The drawback with phone calls, of course, is that they don’t last. A note attaches

more importance to our well-wishing. It is a matter of record, and our words can

be read more than once, savored and treasured.

?The advantage of the Chinese way is that more students become proficient and

reach the finish line. The disadvantage is that they may have less to say or to

show once they get there. The disadvantage of the American way is that many

students never finish the race. The advantage is that some who do go "all the

way" have very interesting and original things to say when they get there.

3. 表示重要、必要、困难、方便、可能

It is essential for us to try to decide whether television is a blessing or a curse.

basic fundamental important necessary needed required vital

beset with -, full of -, surrounded by -, entangled by -, encompassed with- difficulties.

meet with -, labor under -, get into -, plunge into -, struggle with -, contend with -, grapple with- difficulties; labor under a disadvantage;

4. 表示措施

The first step in writing letters is to get over the guilt of not writing.

The first step in solving this meaning shortage is to figure out what you really care about , and then do something about it.

After all, if it’s true that what goes around comes around, why not make sure that what’s circulating around you is the good stuff.

Therefore, I believe it is time we elevated the game to the level where it belongs, thereby setting an example to the rest of the sporting world. Replacing the term “opponent” with “associate” could be an ideal way to start.

5. 表示变化

The flood of women into the job market boosted economic growth and changes US society in many ways.

As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease –especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behavior, such as poor eating habits, smoking and failure to exercise.

Today the world’s economy is going through two great changes, both bigger than an Asian financial crisis here or a European monetary union there. .. .The first change is that a lot of industrial production is moving from … to …. The second change is that … the balance of economic activity is varying from manufacturing to services.

6. 表示比较和对照

我们上课举了很多很多例子了。

?Are there essential differences between the male and female brain?

?We shy persons need to write a letter now and then, or else people will forget us.

It's true. And I speak as one who prefers to reach for the phone, dial the number,

and talk. The telephone is the easy way out. A letter is better.

…

You can't pick up a phone and call the future and tell them about our times. You have to pick up a piece of paper.

7. 表示数量（增减等，这些在表格题中尤其多见）

?.. .adult reading rates have dropped 10 percentage points in the past decade,

with the steepest drop among those 18 to 24.

?… the number of 17-year-olds who reported never or hardly ever reading for fun

rose from 9 percent in 1984 to 19 percent in 2004. At the same time, the

percentage of 17-year-olds who read daily dropped from 31 to 22.

?cut its labor force by 109%

?In the United States and Britain, the proportion of workers in manufacturing has

shrunk since 1900 from… to …

?As casualties have climbed, Bush's popularity has dropped.

?The first Human Security Report paints a surprising picture of war and peace in

the 21st century: a dramatic decline in battlefield deaths, plummeting instances

of genocide, and a drop in human rights abuses.

8. 表示看法，说法

9. 表示结论

以上二者请见referencing phrases。内有很详细的资料。

10. 注意过渡词/句子的使用：

我们上课举了很多很多例子了。

The different attitudes associated with the educational process for girls and boys begin at home…. These lessons carry over from home to the school. …

尤其要注意转折：

?It’s not difficult to understand our desire for athletes to be heroes. On the surface, at

least, athletes display a vital and indomitable spirit; they are gloriously alive inside their bodies. And sports do allow us to witness acts that can legitimately be described as courageous, thrilling, beautiful, even noble. In an increasingly complicated and disorderly world, sports are still an arena in which we can regularly witness a certain kind of greatness.

?Yet there’s something of a paradox here, for the very qualities a society tends to seek

in its heroes –selflessness, social consciousness, and the like –are precisely the opposite of those needed to transform a talented but otherwise unremarkable neighborhood kid into a Michael Jordan. To become a star athlete, you have to have an extremely competitive outlook and you have to be totally focused on the

development of your own physical skills. These qualities may well make a great athlete, but they don’t necessarily make a great person. On top of this （递进）, our society reinforces these traits by the system it has created to produce athletes – a system characterised by limited responsibility and enormous privilege.

……

Some remarkable individuals will always rise above the deforming athletic system we’ve created…..

?Still, it’s probably misguided for society to look to athletics for its heroes…

?However, aggression in itself is not necessarily a bad thing.

?Nevertheless, it might be possible at least to improve the situation.

还要注意批驳：

?Why are there so few upbeat note writers? My guess is that many who shy away

from the practice are too self-conscious. They’re afraid they’ll be misunderstood,

sound sentimental or insincere. Also, writing takes time; it’s far easier to pick up

the phone.

The drawback with phone calls, of course, is that they don’t last. A note attaches more importance to our well-wishing. It is a matter of record, and our words can be read more than once, savored and treasured.

?Some professional humorists think too much of today's humor is not very

intelligent or sophisticated. They dislike the suggestive or vulgar language used

too frequently, and they feel that most humorists are not very creative. It is true

that some of today's humor is rather shocking, but I don't think humor is to be

blamed for that. Humor is alive and well, and it will persist simply because there

are funny things happening every day. Some humorous people see and hear

these funny things and are able to make them into funny, entertaining jokes and

stories.

11. 表示列举：

?Another dimension of sex-biased education is the typical American teacher’s

assumption that boys will ….

?Here, for example, are some of the most common types of humor. They range

from the most obvious humor to the more subtle types.

?Typical jokes or humorous stories have a three-part anatomy that is easily

recognized First is the SETUP (or setting), next is the BODY (or story line), and

these are followed by the PUNCHLINE (an unexpected or surprise ending) which

will make the joke funny if it contains some humor.