大学英语写作教程1册-第七单元.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * COHERENCE IN THE PARAGRAPH * What is coherence? The quality or state of cohering (cohere= to have internal elements or parts logically connected so that aesthetic consistency results), especially a logical, orderly, and aesthetically consistent relationship of parts. * A paragraph should be coherent, that is, arranged according to some definite plan. When the ideas in a paragraph flow from one to the other in logical order, the paragraph has coherence. To achieve this quality you must plan what you are going to write. Sometimes you have to rearrange or rewrite several times before you achieve the best possible order of ideas. * The various ways of arranging your ideas can be reduced to a few. The chronological order (the order in which things happened) is one with which you have long been acquainted. Whenever you relate an experience, you follow the natural time order of the events without even thinking about it. Chronological order is encountered usually in narrative writing. * (1) The details in a paragraph may be arranged coherently in the order of time. The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand! listen * I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I