段落展开-cause_and_effect.ppt

６）因果Cause and Effect A cause effect paragraph is to explain the causes and/or effects of something. In other words, a cause answers the question “why?” while an effect deals with the question “what if?” There are various ways to develop a cause effect paragraph, and according to the different purposes, they mainly fall into three categories: (1) focusing on the causes; (2) focusing on the effects; (3) focusing on both causes and effects.?  因果是写作中常用的一种段落展开方式。作者可以从原因开始得出结果，也可以从结果说起，追究原因。它常用到的过渡词有：therefore, consequently, accordingly, as a result, hence, so that, thus/ since, because, for, due to, for this reason, owing to, because, since, as, seeing that, the reason why…because of, on account of due to, so, thus, hence, therefore, accordingly, consequently, so that, as a result of, in consequence of, result in, result from, lead to, so…as to, owing to, to have an effect on, for the reason, in this way等。 范文举要 Why are there changes in people’s diet? There are two major reasons, I think. First, nowadays people can afford to buy much more expensive food with better nutrition. Second, people now pay more attention to the quality of it, because they know it is of great benefit to their health to diet in a scientific way. Therefore they try their best to improve the structure of their food. Sample Paragraph A (focusing on the causes) I want to be a graduate student for several reasons. First, studying in graduate school opens up an opportunity for me to realize my dream to be a car engineer. As a naughty boy in high school, I did not study very hard and did a poor job in my College Entrance Exams. Instead of going to the prestigious Department of Automobile Engineering of Tsinghua University, I was enrolled in a mechanical engineering of department of a provincial college. In all my undergraduate years, I have been working industriously to get ready for graduate study. I know so well that I cannot afford to fail again. Next, to be an excellent undergraduate student is