提高絕對英語寫作能力

文章出處：New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, The Atlantic 等核心刊物。‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

知識點出處：On Writing Well，The Elements of Style 等英文寫(xie) 作經典和近期出版的書(shu) 籍

例子

關(guan) 於(yu) The Elements of Style：

"Buy it, study it, enjoy it. It's as timeless as a book can be in our age of volubility."

— The New York Times

"No book in shorter space, with fewer words, will help any writer more than this persistent little volume."
— The Boston Globe

"White is one of the best stylists and most lucid minds in this country. What he says and his way of saying it are equally rewarding."
— The Wall Street Journal

"The book remains a nonpareil: direct, correct, and delightful."
— The New Yorker

這本書(shu) 涵蓋了哪些內(nei) 容：

主要是兩(liang) 方麵：

ELEMENTARY RULES OF USAGE

從(cong) 句、分詞、標點等的使用

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION

如何寫(xie) 表達清楚的段落？如何寫(xie) 簡潔大方的句子？

片段展示 (內(nei) 容摘自於(yu) 書(shu) 中)

9. As a rule, begin each paragraph with a topic sentence, end it in conformity with the beginning. 如何寫(xie) 主題句

Again, the object is to aid the reader. (文章的最高宗旨是reader friendly) The practice here recommended enables him to discover the purpose of each paragraph as he begins to read it, and to retain this purpose in mind as he ends it. (段落從(cong) 第一句到最後一句，都圍繞同一個(ge) 主題來展開) For this reason, the most generally useful kind of paragraph, particularly in exposition and argument, is that in which

(a) the topic sentence comes at or near the beginning; Topic Sentence 建議放在第一句

(b) the succeeding sentences explain or establish or develop the statement made in the topic sentence; 第一句開始解釋或者展開第一句

and (c) the final sentence either emphasizes the thought of the topic sentence or states some important consequence. 最後一句重申第一句

Ending with a digression, or with an unimportant detail, is particularly to be avoided.(最後一句不要寫(xie) 新的、無關(guan) 信息)

According to the writer's purpose, he may, as indicated above, relate the body of the paragraph to the topic sentence in one or more of several different ways. （從(cong) 第二句話開始的展開方式有很多種） He may make the meaning of the topic sentence clearer by restating it in other forms (可以做類比), by defining its terms (可以定義(yi) ), by denying the contrary (可以做對比), by giving illustrations or specific instances (可以舉(ju) 例子); he may establish it by proofs (可以說理); or he may develop it by showing its implications and consequences (可以“因果”展開). In a long paragraph, he may carry out several of these processes.(在一個(ge) 長段落裏，以上方法可以綜合使用)

例子：

1 It was chiefly in the eighteenth century that a very different conception of history grew up. 2 Historians then came to believe that their task was not so much to paint a picture as to solve a problem; to explain or illustrate the successive phases of national growth, prosperity, and adversity. 3 The history of morals, of industry, of intellect, and of art; the changes that take place in manners or beliefs; the dominant ideas that prevailed in successive periods; the rise, fall, and modification of political constitutions; in a word, all the conditions of national well-being became the subject of their works. 4 They sought rather to write a history of peoples than a history of kings. 5 They looked especially in history for the chain of causes and effects. 6 They undertook to study in the past the physiology of nations, and hoped by applying the experimental method on a large scale to deduce some lessons of real value about the conditions on which the welfare of society mainly depend.