《英语应用文写作》写作基础知识.ppt

. Cross out 2 irrelevant sentences Joe and I decided to take the long trip we’d always across the country. We were like young kids buying our camper and stocking it with all the necessities of life. Bella bakes the best rhubarb pie. We started out in early spring from Minneapolis and headed west across the northern part of the country. Joe received a watch at his retirement dinner. To our surprise, we found that we liked the warm southern regions very much, and so we decided to stay here in New Mexico. * . 3.段落的完整性(Completeness) 这里段落的完整性指整个段落在意义上的完整性。段落的中心思想必须得到充分的讨论，一个观点必须得到足够的事实支持，方可进入下一段落。换言之，写了主题句以后还必须回答与之相关的问题。否则，这个段落就是不完整的。例如： * . Physical work can be a useful form of therapy for a mind in turmoil. Work concentrates your thoughts on a concrete task. Besides, it is more useful to work—you produce something rather than more anxiety or depression. * . It is not always true that a good picture is worth a thousand words. Often writing is much clearer than a picture. It is sometimes difficult to figure out what a picture means, but a careful writer can almost always explain it. It is not always true that a good picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes, pictures are pretty useless things. If you can’t swim and fall in the river and start gulping water, will you be better off to hold up a picture of yourself drowning, or start screaming “help!” * . （the paragraph will be much better if the three reasons are further developed.) * . Nowadays more and more students take part-time jobs. As far as I am concerned, it’s very good. The reasons are as follows; Firstly, by doing part-time jobs, students can relieve the financial burden of their parents. The tuition nowadays is very expensive and some students from poor families have difficulty affording it. Of course, not all students worry about their fees. Some students who do part-time jobs just want to earn more pocket money so that they can buy more things they like. * . 第