英语议论文的写作方法与技巧指导
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英语议论文的写作方法与技巧指导
议论文写作是几种常见文体中要求较高的一种。下面语文迷网整理了一些写
作方法,希望对你有帮助。
一、议论文的文体特点和写作要求
英语议论文同中文议论文一样也是
以议论的方式,通过摆事实、讲道理来阐
述自己观点的一种文体。高中英语议论文是一种限制性的写作,
其论点、论据、
论证都必须十分明确,学生必须结合题目要求来阐述相关观点。
议论文的
结构可分为三个部分:1、引言段引出一个令人关注的问题或明白
地亮出自己的观点,如提倡什么,支持
什么,反对什么。 2、主体段对提出的问
题进行分析、推论、并运用归纳法、演绎法和类比法等进行论
证,取得以理服人
的效果。3、结论段可以用两三句话来结束文章,同时要注意重申论点,与引言
段呼应,但不能照搬原话。务必做到论点明确、要点齐全、论证严密、结构严谨、
层次分明、首尾呼应
。
二、议论文的写作方法与技巧
一)、审好题
人们常说:“磨刀不误砍柴功”。审题是写作的开始,是写好作
文
的前提条件,“好的开始是成功的一半”,议论文写作也不例外。
只有明确题目要求,确立观点,确定论证方法及全文段落安排,才可能成功写出
一篇好的议论文。如果
写偏了题,再精心的构思、再好的语言表达也是枉然。审
题主要包括六个方面:一是判断议论文所属类型
。英语议论文根据命题特点,从
形式上来看可分为如下类型: ①“一分为二&rdquo
;的观点。如:“
轿车大量进入家庭后,对家庭、环境、经济可能产生的影响&rdquo
;。②“
两者选一”的观点。如:“乘火车还是乘飞机&rdq
uo;。③“
我认为……”型,如:&ldq
uo;你对课外阅读的看法”。
④“怎样……
(how
to)”型,如:“怎样克服学
习中碰到的困难”。⑤ 图表作
文,通过阅读图表中的数字与项目得出一个
结论或形成一种看法(杨家贵,2005)。二是确立该文的
论点或作者须持的观点,
以及支撑论点的道理和事实。三是确定全文所包括的要点。四是确定段落数及每
段适用的连接词、过渡句,使文章连接紧凑、过渡自然、层次分明。五是选择全
文主要时态及各
段适用的其它时态。六是判断该文的格式,是书信还是短文。审
题完毕,随即列出提纲。
二)、注重主题句的设置
主题句又叫中心句(topic sentence),是
段落的论点,限制段落中议论的范
围,是整个段落的纲领。主题句必须要正确,要明确表明作者赞成什么
,反对什
么。主题句在一篇百来字的议论文中好比“画龙点睛”,帮助作者分
层次阐述自己的观点,让读者快速了解作者的观点。
1、确定主题句的位置
英语议论文的主题句宜设在段首第一句,这是由以下两个因素决定的。1)、
主题句出现的位置有三种情
况:①在段首,以便读者浏览主题句就可掌握文章的
概要,这个位置适用于写提供信息或解释观点的段落
;②在段末;③段中(高长梅,
2000)。2)、英语民族的思维特点是常采用路标式(直线式)篇章
结构,即主题句
在段首。
2、写出好的主题句
好的主题句具有以下特点:
①有一定的概括性,普遍性而不是罗列具体事实。
②句意明确而不是模糊不着边际。③让人有话可写而不
是给出无可辩驳的事实。
④不以问题的方式出现,也不要同时表达两个以上的观点。笔者要求学生写了以
下的主题句:
1)Staying up late is bad for our
health.
2)The more cars, the better?
3)There are two reasons why some people are
fascinated by Super Girls
and two reasons why
some dislike them.
4)Beijing is famous for
the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the
Imperial Palace and other places of interest.
5)a. Tom is a middle school student.
b. Tom is a hard-working middle school student.
6)Living in small cities is better than
living in big cities.
然后让学生对照主题句的特点,他们一致认为1)
、5)b、6)为好的主题句。
在实践和对比中,学生学会了如何写好的主题句,并且运用到议论文写作
中,收
到较好效果,见以下实例(下段黑体部分是主题句)。
Everyone
lives by selling something. For example, teachers
live by
selling knowledge, philosophers by
selling wisdom and priests by selling
spiritual comfort. Though it may be possible
to measure the value of
material goods in
terms of money, it is extremely difficult to
calculate
the true value of services which
people perform for us. The conditions
of
society are such that skills have to be paid for
in the same way that
goods are paid for at a
shop. Everyone has something to sell.
由此可见,好
的主题句能帮助作者阐明观点,起到提纲挈领的作用。作者围
绕段落的中心论点,运用多种方法展开论证
,达到以理服人的效果。
三)、用好连接词和过渡句
从行文需要出
发选用恰当的连接词、过渡句可使整篇文章文句流畅,句意转
换自然,同时使表达合乎逻辑,文章结构严
谨。倘若一篇议论文的段落里不乏高
级词汇和复杂语法结构,但缺少了连接词、过渡句的润色而不能从一
个观点自然
地过渡到另一个观点,或段落里的各论据(supporting sentence)连接
松散,势
必削弱论证的效果,就算不上一篇好的议论文。下面分别说明如何有效运用连接
词与过
渡句。
1、句与句的连接词
连接词通常由连词、副词、介词短语和插入语等充当。
如何有效使用连接词,
使句意连贯、紧凑,以体现文章良好的严密的论证逻辑?
2.段与段的过渡句
过渡句帮助作者展示文章的条理和层次。恰当运用过渡句能使表达锦上添花。
当文章从一个层次转换到另一个层次,或由一段内容转入另一段内容时需要用过
渡句。恰当有效
的运用过渡句,效果明显(见下文,题目及要求略,黑体部分为
过渡句)。
Wearing school uniform every day spreads an order
over many schools.
Is it good or bad for
students? Different people, however, have
different
opinions on this matter.
Some
people say that it has a bad effect on developing
students’
personal character. According
to them, students are tired of wearing the
same clothes every day, which is hard to tell
who’s who. Furthermore,
the cost of the
school uniform is not low as many people think.
With the
bad quality, it’s not well
worth the money.
However, as a popular
saying goes: “Every coin has two
sides.” Others argue that it is good for
students. In their opinion,
wearing school
uniform will prevent students from wasting so much
money
on clothes and the time on catching up
with the fashion. In addition,
it’s easy
for the teachers to recognize the students. There
is no
doubt that wearing school uniform every
day is good for students.
In short, I firmly
support the view that we should wear school
uniform.(康珍,2005)
上文黑体部分综合体现了恰当、有效运用连接词和
过渡句的最佳效果。全文
行文流畅、衔接自然、条理清楚,浑然不觉作者是在套用各种连接词和过渡句。
因此,非常有必要熟记一些常用典型的议论文过渡句,使议论文结构严谨,论点
清楚,行文流畅
。
1)引言段的常用过渡句
Recently we had a heated
discussion on…, Opinions are various
among different people.
Different
people have different opinions on the question of
…
They differ greatly in their
attitudes towards …
Different people
hold different viewsopinions on this matter.
Although most people think… I
believe…
此类过渡句能迅速引起读者注意,自然而然地引出全文要讨论的话题,或者
开门见山地阐明文章的论点。
2)主体段的常用过渡句
Some may hold the view
that… because… But others have
a
negative attitude. From their point of
view…
Some people think that…
While others believe…
Some people are
for the idea of… because… But some
people are against the idea of… because
…
本文所指议论文的主体段可以是一段也可以是两段。通过正确使用过渡句,文章思路清晰,结构清楚,显示作者严谨思维,增强表达效果。
3)结论段的常用过渡句
As far as I am concerned, I totally agree
with the statement
that…
Therefore, it’s easy to draw the conclusion
that…
As a consequenceresult, I
firmly support the view that…
Taking
all these factors into consideration, we may reach
the
conclusion that…
To sum upin
a wordin conclusionin shortabove allin general
generally speaking, I still hold the view
that…
运用过渡句的提示作用进入结论段,作者或是重申论点,或是强调论点
,以
便加深读者对全文的了解和深刻认识。
英语议论文范文:
Should Examination Be Abolished (取消)?
The
examination system has come to be the main theme
(主题)of modern
education. One should take an
examination andsucceed in passing it before
he
could be admitted, promoted or graduated. As it
plays so important
a role in the realm of
education (教育的领域) it is under much criticism
(评论) as to its validity (有效性) . People who are
in favour of it try
to develop this system
more; those who are against it believe that such
a system should be abolished. Should
examination be abolished? In my
opinion it
should be.
Many people think that an
examination is the only means to test
knowledge, but, in fact, that is not true. A
few questions given in
an examination
could by no means cover the whole field of the
subject.
Thus those who are able to answer
them may be the poorest of the students
and
yet happen to know just a few points about that
subject.
I'd like to say that, because
of the existence of the examination
system,
students pay so much attention to gaining high
marks, that they
often forget the chief
purpose of education. The so-called clever
students
devote (贡献) themselves to the study
of textbooks only. They, of course,
know
nothing but the skeleton (梗概) of knowledge. The
end and aim of
education, however, is to
enable students to learn how to live. To do
this, students must get themselves to do all
kinds of training,
physicalas well as mental.
The present examination system has discouraged
students from making such an attempt.
Moreover, since the students try so hard to put
their lessons into
memory in as short a time
as possible, psychologically (心理上来看),
they
soon forget the whole subject as soon as the
examination is over.
Surely this is one of the
greatest wastes ever made in the history of
civilization.
Lastly, in order to get
high marks, there is a great temptation (诱
惑)
for students to cheat (作弊) in an examination.
Indeed, such a
practice becomes the means to
the end. They cheat their teachers, their
parents and also themselves. Such a tendency
would impair (损害) our moral
standards (道德标准) .
Therefore, I am of the opinion, in
conclusion, that the examination
system should
be abolished.