2012年12月大学英语四级写作技巧指导(3)
4 S' {9 x. t5 K2 ? 分号的用法
* ?' _" u! w4 `, f% H 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。
$ G% K$ ^0 b4 F8 Q1 f4 w The world is a comedy to those that think; a tragedy to those that feel.
8 `* P( X0 L" S5 |; [6 ?9 t( u' O* c% ` You don’t write because you want to say something; you write because you’ve got something to say.
' d' D1 ?: w1 C" c0 n' z7 d In the past, boy babies were often dressed in blue; girls, in pink.
9 \8 `8 G+ [+ |' o, }3 v 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.
6 t1 g a |8 S0 Q! W 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." 7 l/ X# ~$ d, q/ R4 w
Our power to apprehend truth is limited; to seek it, limitless.
9 J( W! |5 W/ a3 p# S Science needs to be lived alongside religion, philosophy, history and esthetic experience; alone it can lead to great harm.
5 r! f- k- F; u1 R6 z3 N 下列各词和短语如用于连接复合句时，常与分号连用： - f7 D* Z4 F1 O2 c9 j: e
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Being clever and cynical, he succeeded in becoming president of the company; meanwhile his wife left him.
& @6 s( V$ z' o6 C3 ] The weather was cold for that time of the year; nevertheless, we set out to hike to the top of that mountain.
O5 f1 `( _: Z$ q4 K 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. |
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