大学英语写作常用句型

人类最突出的一点是，在许多方面，他们互不相同。他们的身材的大小形状差异很大，他们的思维方式、说话方式以及感情表露方式很不心相同。他们对这些基本的东西如食品、性爱、金钱和权利的反应也很不相同。

第八章 承上启下句型

Ⅰ. 深入阐述

上面一段已从一个方面对某一观点进行了阐述，当要继续深入阐述时，可用本节句型。

connected with 1. Closely this (factor) is... .

related to

associated with

coupled with

paralleling 例：

Another equally important function of advertising is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of ones we already know about. Suppose you wanted to buy a washing-machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, act. , from an advertisement.

广告另一同样重要的作用是提供信息。我们获得有关专家用商品的大量信息很大程度上就是来源于我们所读的广告。广告向我们介绍了新产品，同时也提醒我们已知道的商品。假如你想买一台洗衣机，你很可能从广告上得到其性能、价格等方面的具体信息。

be supported by 2. 。。。 may further ... .

demonstrate

contribute to 例：

The trend toward early academic achievement is further supported by the publicity of newspapers and radios, which highlight the success of the children who entered colleges and universities at the mere age eleven or twelve.

社会上这种盼望孩子造出成绩的倾向可以从报纸和电台的宣传中进一步得到证实。报纸和电台对只有十一二岁的孩子就进入大学的成功事迹给予大量的宣传报道。 3. Moreover, /In addition, / Furthermore, / Besides, / what’s more, /Worse still 例：

Furthermore, a successful scientist is not only critical of the work of others, but also of his own, since be knows that man is the least reliable of scientific instruments and that a number of factors tend to disturb impartial and objective investigation.

此外，有成就的科学家不仅对别人的工作是苛刻的，对自己的工作也是苛刻的，因为他明白，人是最不可靠的科学仪器，而且还有不少因素往往会干扰客观而不带偏见的研究工作。

Ⅱ. 反面阐述

上面一段提出了一种看法或观点，当下面一段要提出相反的观点，并进行阐述时，可使用这些句型。

1. On the other hand, ... . On the contrary, ... .

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By contrary, ... .

例：

In the liberal arts college, on the other hand, the students is encouraged to explore new field, to wander down the bypaths of knowledge. There the teaching is concerned with major principles, and its purpose is to change the student, to make him something different from what he was before, just as the purpose of the gym class is to make a fat man into a lean one, or a strong one out of a week one.

而在文科学院，学生主要是在历史和现实的领域里探索，是在知识的海洋里漫游。在那里，教学主要涉及大的原则规律，其目的是改变学生，使他们成为和以前不同的人这好比健身班的母的是把胖子锻炼成一个瘦子，把一个身体虚弱的人锻炼成一个强弱的人一样。 2. However, / But, / Nevertheless, 例：

Deciding what to believe in advertising, however, isn’t easy. It seems to me that a person must purchase things with a lot of care. As a consumer, I want to get the best for my money, but I really have to understand the techniques of advertising. Otherwise, manufacturers will be able to sell me anything, no matter what its quality may be.

然而，相信什么样的广告并不容易。对我来说，一个人买东西必须十分谨慎。作为一个消费者，我得让钱有所值。我要真正懂得广告的技巧。否则，商人便会卖给我任何东西，不管质量如何。 3. Rather than... . Instead of.. .. 例：

Instead of looking to a professional elite for the solution to any social problem, look to the greatest resource available － the very population that has the problem. Many of us tend to have a low opinion of people, those wretched masses who continually make misstates, and foul up their lives, requiring those of us who are professionally trained to come in and correct the situation. But that’s not the way it really works. The fact is that some convicts can run better reformatories than do correctional officers. People who have the problems often have a better understanding of their situation and what must be done to change it.

不要指望有专业技能的少数精英来解决任何社会问题，而要依靠现有的最大资源－－造成问题的那些人本身。我们许多人看不起一般人，认为他们是一群可怜的人，不断地出漏子，把自己的生活搞得一团糟，需要我们之中受过训练的人来帮助，来改变局面。但这并不是解决问题的方法。 事实上，一些犯人比罪犯管理人员更能办好教养所。自己有这些问题的人常常对自己的处境更了解，更清楚必须怎么做才能改变它。

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