新视野第一册第八单元写作讲解.ppt

Structure Analysis ;Structure Analysis;Sample;可以用逐事比较或逐点比较的方法之一推展段落： 逐事比较（item－by－item）或逐点比较（point－by－point）。 逐事比较重点放在被比较和对比的特定事物上，先叙述A事物，再叙述B事物。 逐点比较重点放在两事物中每个事物的各个特征上，先叙述每个事物某一特征，再叙述每个事物的另一特征。;如下面比较“a motor－cycle”和“a car”的异同的大纲所示： Item－by－Item Ⅰ．Motorcycle A．Expense B．Upkeep C．Safety Ⅱ．Automobile A．Expense B．Upkeep C．Safety ? Point－by－Point Ⅰ．Expense A．Motorcycle B．Autormobile Ⅱ．Upkeep A．Motorcycle B．Autormobile Ⅲ．Safety A．Motorcycle B．Autormobile;;Contrastive： be…adj．/adv．+ er…than；more…than…；less…than…；not so…as； Unlike…/Contrary to…/As opposed to…； Although/Whereas/While； contrast with/differ from/be different from； however/on the other hand/in contrast ;My hometown and my college town have several things in common. First, both are small rural communities. For example, my hometown, Gridlock, has a population of only about 10,000 people. Similarly, my college town, Subnormal, consists of about 11,000 local residents. This population swells to 15,000 people when the college students are attending classes. A second way in which these two towns are similar is that they are both located in rural areas. Gridlock is surrounded by many acres of farmland which is devoted mainly to growing corn and soybeans. In the same way, Subnormal lies in the center of farmland which is used to raise hogs and cattle ;Thirdly, these towns are similar in that they contain college campuses. Gridlock, for example, is home to Neutron College, which is famous for its Agricultural Economics program as well as for its annual Corn-Watching Festival. Likewise, the town of Subnormal boasts the beautiful campus of Quark College, which is well known for its Agricultural Engineering department and also for its yearly HogCalling contest. ;Differences between Arizona and Rhode Island Even though Arizona and Rhode Island are both states of the U.S., they are strikingly different in many ways. For example, the physical size of each state is different. Arizona is large, having an area of 114,000 square