2012年12月大学英语四级写作技巧指导(3)
1 R$ a4 _0 B/ k8 H+ D% l 分号的用法 2 G: A7 V% K; h; }/ s9 Y) j/ d
分号有时又称为小句号。它表示一个停顿,其停顿时间在逗号与冒号的停顿时间之间。文章如采用许多分号,其风格则变得严肃、正式。为了正确使用分号,有必要先学会辨认主句。当两个主句没有任何连接词(and, but, or, nor, for)连接而出现在同一个句子里,这时最好采用分号使之分离。分号的主要作用很简单,它常用于分离没有连接词连接的句子。但最好不要在从句之间形成如此之强的停顿。如果你要连接从句,而又不愿意用连接词时,则采用分号。 # H* n: h* d$ l% t. q" l8 Q5 _
The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.
) j( N+ V) ]- w1 ]+ s You don’t write because you want to say something; you write because you’ve got something to say.
1 K* |. T9 C3 N$ K In the past, boy babies were often dressed in blue; girls, in pink. ' P5 |2 d6 o/ [' k3 g- o1 z6 Q* i
Can’t you see it’s no good to go on alone; we’ll starve to death if we keep traveling this way much longer. 8 V: O3 y# m [
John F. Kennedy said at his inaugural speech, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
) k1 Y, i% z4 d# f9 I, [ Our power to apprehend truth is limited; to seek it, limitless.
& a) ]* n. ~9 x; F5 C+ b" u' s Science needs to be lived alongside religion, philosophy, history and esthetic experience; alone it can lead to great harm. 8 |- S+ I/ u/ W( [' \4 c4 h
下列各词和短语如用于连接复合句时,常与分号连用: 9 m5 c i6 D+ Y" [* m/ ]7 U
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Being clever and cynical, he succeeded in becoming president of the company; meanwhile his wife left him. $ r: H6 o3 X$ O4 Q1 _* _
The weather was cold for that time of the year; nevertheless, we set out to hike to the top of that mountain.
3 \1 I# C9 R8 e w6 q2 w7 I According to one national survey, high school boys expected a starting salary of $19,500 for their first full-time job; on the other hand, high school girls expected a starting salary of only $15,000. |