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。0 j p' v$ e" N- r
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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:
# S& a0 @' h5 d (1) The goats grazed peacefully in the farm and were unaware of the approaching hunter. (并列分句(1)+2)
0 y4 l6 W9 s, S+ \ (2) Grazing peacefully, the goats in the farm were unaware of the approaching hunter. (现在分语短语+简单句)
* V# ?; E7 E2 z4 j1 K+ V! B (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) ) ' T" W+ J9 I w4 ?
(4) There were goats grazing peacefully in the farm, unaware of the approaching hunter. (简单句+形容语短语) 2 t5 X m/ N* W
(5) As the goats grazed peacefully in the farm, they were unaware of the approaching hunter. (原因副词从句+主句)# N' e0 O% L" u- o
(6) The young pilot was on his first overseas training.
2 [- t! I; @4 U1 O (7) He felt very uneasy. 0 U- D Z0 ]% A3 i
(a) The young pilot on his first overseas training felt very uneasy.
6 d4 S' v4 D: \: L! q: l' c (b) The young pilot felt very uneasy during his first overseas training. , C, s, e% E7 ?. t1 L' T% W
(c) The young pilot's first overseas training made him feel very uneasy.
$ \6 R' ~& G8 k( f$ j0 ]& K (d) Extreme uneasiness seized the young pilot on his first overseas training.
1 G! }6 N4 ?0 d# R" m ?5 R (e) The young pilot was on his first overseas training, feeling very uneasy. , t: t6 m& ^% T' r
(f) It being his first overseas training, the young pilot felt very uneasy.
. m5 U1 `5 D* M5 O6 k (g) Being on his first overseas training, the young pilot felt very uneasy.
4 O- O% F X3 X9 r+ i- [$ s# Z5 [+ r (h) The young pilot was on his first overseas training and felt very uneasy.
( d) Z/ s2 [7 } (i) The young pilot, who was on his first overseas training, felt very uneasy. y9 h, k* l' |3 o9 q
(j) When the young pilot was on his/first overseas trainging, he felt very uneasy. ' `9 @% p# x8 W5 P6 S/ F% G# q U
(k) As the young pilot was on his first overseas training, he felt very uneasy. 6 _9 m& @- ~/ f8 f7 u
(l) The young pilot was on his first overseas training, so that he felt very uneasy. : g3 l5 ~8 [9 H- a4 O: \' x. i
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? |