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　　讓你的文筆簡明清晰的5個英語寫作技巧

　　1 去掉累贅模糊的名詞

　　英語中有一些名詞是非常抽象的，沒什么具體意思，比如 factor, area, situation, consideration, degree, case 等。有時這些詞會讓句子顯得冗長，枯燥。去掉的話也不影響句子意思，還顯得簡潔很多。

　　原句: Strong reading skills are an important factor in students’ success in college.

　　修改后: Strong reading skills are important for students’ success in college.

　　原句: His advisor is an expert in the area of sociolinguistics.

　　修改后: His advisor is an expert in sociolinguistics.

　　2 減少使用程度副詞

　　程度副詞用來表述動詞，形容詞或副詞的強度或程度, 最常見的就是very。 這一類的詞還有usually, really, basically, just, clearly 等。這些詞被用得太多了，因為沒有什么實質內容, 比較抽象，讀者一般都略過去。應該盡量少用這類副詞。

　　Mark Twain著名的寫作竅門就是“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”

　　很多時候，我們可以直接刪去這些副詞。比如：

　　Her brother was very convinced that she would not survive.

　　Clearly, he could not defend his position.

　　有時可以用更生動具體化的形容詞或動詞來表現(xiàn)出程度。

　　原句: He was very afraid when he saw the police.

　　修改后: He was terrified when he saw the police.

　　原句: Children moved very fast to scoop up candies.

　　修改后: Children scurried to scoop up candies.

　　3 減少使用There is/are

　　“There is” “there are” 是英語常用句式，但如果通篇經常使用的話會讓文章顯得枯燥乏味。這是一種相對無力，缺少活力的句式，有時可以被改寫成更生動的句子。

　　原句: There are stink bugs in every room of my house.

　　修改后: Stink bugs have descended upon every room of my house.

　　原句: There are some students who seem to have a natural gift in writing.

　　修改后: Some students seem to be naturally gifted writers.

　　4 去掉重復性的詞

　　我們寫作時常會有意無意地寫了沒有必要的重復性的詞，比如“free gift”, 禮物不就該是免費的嗎？不然還叫禮物。這些多余的字應該從文章中刪去。

　　原句: Every single person should love reading.

　　修改后: Every person should love reading.

　　原句: This new innovation will blow your mind.

　　修改后: This innovation will blow your mind.

　　類似的還有terrible tragedy, future plan, past memory, 等等。

　　5 加強句子/段落的連貫性

　　句子是段落的基本組成部分，而段落連起來才成為完整的文章。句子及段落之間的連貫性和邏輯性影響著文章的整體結構及效果。

　　首先要恰當使用關聯(lián)詞(transitional words/phrases)將句子或段落銜接起來，使句子清楚明白，段落間自然過度。常用的關聯(lián)詞有累加（如in addition, furthermore）, 類比（如similarly, likewise）， 轉折（如but, on the contrary）, 總結（如in conclusion, in short）, 等。

　　另外，不要單純依賴關聯(lián)詞，要讓句子的排列合理自然， 確保內容上的邏輯銜接。邏輯混亂的文章。讓讀者摸不著頭腦，讀不懂，更別提喜歡讀了。

　　看看下面的例子*：

　　原句: We arrived at the airport. We saw that our plane would be late. Robin took advantage of the delay to go to the newsstand. She looked for a paperback to read on the plane. I went directly to the gate. I realized I should have told Robin to buy me gum. Robin got to the gate. She told me she’d thought of it. She handed me a pack of gum. It was my favorite.

　　修改后: When we arrived at the airport, we saw that our plane would be late. Robin decided to take advantage of the delay to go to the newsstand and look for a good paperback to read on the plane, but I decided to go directly to the gate. It was then that I realized that I should have told Robin to buy me some gum. Fortunately, when Robin got to the gate, she told me that she’d thought of it herself. She handed me a pack of my favorite gum.

　　在修改后的段落里，原來看似單擺浮擱的事情被用一些關聯(lián)詞或暗示關聯(lián)的詞語/句式聯(lián)系起來了，更有條理性。

　　* This example is from www.universalclass.com “How to Refine Sentences to Improve Your Writing”

　　除了上面介紹的幾點，還有很多讓寫作更生動具體的方法，今后作文啦會陸續(xù)和大家分享。

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