一篇好文章的条件很多。除了内容丰富和组织紧密之外,词汇的运用和句子的处理,也起着决定性作用。句子可长可短,同一件事,可以用不同的句式表达。如果句子清一色是简单句,文章必定很单调乏 味。如果全篇充满了冗长的复杂句,读起来也很费力。4 F5 H1 F; J+ r; `
最好的方法是以简单句为基础,配合适当的并列 句和复杂句。简单句可长可短,通常要加些附属成分,如分词短语、介词短语、副词短语、不定式动词 短语,以及节缩成分。总之,作者可根据情况,使句子多样化,使文章灵活多姿。例如下列五个句子的基本概念一样,但是句式不同,内容重点也有些差别:. x# X$ X* ]8 ^7 t+ U' Y3 N, R! ?
(1) The goats grazed peacefully in the farm and were unaware of the approaching hunter. (并列分句(1)+2)
; s/ r' {# t4 k# `% M2 | (2) Grazing peacefully, the goats in the farm were unaware of the approaching hunter. (现在分语短语+简单句)9 Q. \ Y& p# k" b+ T
(3) In the farm, the goats grazed peacefully and were unaware of the approaching hunter. (副词短语+并列分句(1)-(2) )
1 l1 v, e; p, ?" ] (4) There were goats grazing peacefully in the farm, unaware of the approaching hunter. (简单句+形容语短语)6 y; L) O! b1 y
(5) As the goats grazed peacefully in the farm, they were unaware of the approaching hunter. (原因副词从句+主句)
1 Z& X: g8 N* O) e! ~' k (6) The young pilot was on his first overseas training.
- D- S6 \& v% Z' g! v (7) He felt very uneasy.0 R( `: i% v4 {: Y1 m4 S8 B+ z. H
(a) The young pilot on his first overseas training felt very uneasy. u: ]) E5 N! A8 | G
(b) The young pilot felt very uneasy during his first overseas training.: u6 |3 j5 `( J5 X/ B2 m7 Z" k
(c) The young pilot's first overseas training made him feel very uneasy.
! s' Y$ K: P3 B; ?- X" |" i (d) Extreme uneasiness seized the young pilot on his first overseas training.( t' y; R* h9 D, _7 b# v
(e) The young pilot was on his first overseas training, feeling very uneasy. V, j) l/ v/ f; e
(f) It being his first overseas training, the young pilot felt very uneasy.7 N4 A' x- `$ j
(g) Being on his first overseas training, the young pilot felt very uneasy.
, N: h8 M x$ d/ G (h) The young pilot was on his first overseas training and felt very uneasy.6 a! k! I) G0 b
(i) The young pilot, who was on his first overseas training, felt very uneasy.% B5 @/ P8 Y& b; Y3 f
(j) When the young pilot was on his/first overseas trainging, he felt very uneasy.
1 P! ~$ E5 f Z. j5 K O4 F (k) As the young pilot was on his first overseas training, he felt very uneasy." a9 F/ L8 m$ v3 \7 e" u8 o( H
(l) The young pilot was on his first overseas training, so that he felt very uneasy.
' v: m; v. ~* L! e 在上述12个句子中,(a)-(g)是简单句;(h)是并列句;(i)-(l)是复杂句。简单句除(b)和(g)之外, 其他五样,用的人并不多。人们最喜欢采用复杂句,尤其是(j)和(k)这两款;接着便是并列句(h)。如果 大多数人的句子只限于(b),(g), (h), (j)和(k)这五种,而其他的则弃如敝屣,不是很可惜吗? |