英语书面表达修改检查有效途径探微.docVIP

英语书面表达修改检查有效途径探微 　　书面表达往往需要经过认真审题，拟出表达要点，再根据要点扩展成文，最后经过修改检查这几个步骤才能完成。修改检查是写好一篇文章、提高表达质量、取得高分不可忽视的步骤。而很多时候，尤其在考试当中，书面表达的修改和检查是由学生自己完成的。那么，学生如何对自己的书面表达初稿进行修改检查，使书面表达取得理想的效果呢？现笔者总结如下。 　　一、 修改 　　在书面表达中，对一篇文章的修改，应注意以下几个方面。 　　1. 恰当使用同义词或近义词 　　恰当使用同义词或近义词，可以避免文章中因词语的重复使用而造成的表达单一。 　　例1：Over the past twenty years or so, great changes have taken place in our life. Take my family for example. My parents contacted others mainly by sending them letters in the past, but now we get in touch with them by telephone at home. And once my parents listened to the radio for news and other information, now we watched the news and other programs on TV instead. 　　以上一小段文字中，在表达“联系”时，用了contact与get in touch with；“过去”用了in the past与once；表达转折关系时用了but与instead，从而避免了单词的前后重复使用，使得句子的表达灵活多变，且无烦琐之感。 　　2． 适当增加修饰语句 　　适当增加修饰语句，使得句子的表达有血有肉，更加丰满，避免句子表达的枯燥、干瘪。 　　例2：试比较下列两种表达。 　　1) About twenty years ago, my parents lived in a small room, but now we have moved into a large house. 　　2) When they got married about twenty years ago, my parents lived in a small room crowded with 　　furniture, but now we have moved into a large new 　　three-room apartment. 　　比较之下，第2句无论在句子结构上，还是在语句的修饰方面，显然比第1句更自如，更有文采。 　　3. 删除冗余词语 　　删除冗余词语，使得句子显得更简洁、利落。有些学生在进行书面表达时，担心词数不足，便刻意在句中增加一些修饰成分。这样，适得其反，会大大影响文章的表达效果。 　　例3：When they got married about twenty years ago, my parents lived in a small room and it was crowded with furniture, but now we have moved into a large new three-room apartment in a new building. In short, changes that have taken place in our life in the past twenty years have brought us comfort and convenience. 　　以上内容，如果删除了画线部分的词语，就会给人一种要言不烦、简洁流畅的感觉。 　　4. 适当转换句式 　　适当转换句式，使得句子结构长短交错，生动活泼。 　　例4： 　　1) Mike doesn’t like swimming in summer, and his brother doesn’t like swimming, either. 　　可转换成倒装句：Mike doesn’t like swimming in summer, and neither does his brother. 　　2) We should do something to prevent such a mistake from being made again. 　　可转换成被动结构：Something should be done to prevent such a mistake from be