第七讲
增强英语语句表现力的有效方法
纵观多年来考研英语作文，考生作文成绩欠佳的主要原因除了准确性和连贯性差之外，语 句
软弱无力也是不容忽略的一个方面。因此在英语写作教学中，如何增强语句表现力的问题必
须引起我们足够的重视，以提高学生写作的表达质量。
一、避免使用语意弱的"be"动词。
1、把句中的表语转换为不同的修饰语。例如：
Weak: The trees are bare. The grass is brown. The landscape seems drab.
Revision: The brown grass and bare trees form a drab landscape. (转换为前置定语)
Or: The landscape, bare and brown, begged for spring green. (转换为并列结构作后
置定语)
2、将作表语用的形容词或名词变为行为动词。例如：
1) Weak: The team members are good players.
Revision: The team members play well.
2) Weak: One worker's plan is the elimination of tardiness.
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Revision: One worker's plan eliminates tardiness.
3、在以"here"或"there"开头的句子中，把"be"动词后的名词代词变成改写句的主语。
例 如：
1) Weak: There is no opportunity for promotion.
Revision: No opportunity for promotion exists.
2) Weak: Here are the books you ordered.
Revision: The books you ordered have arrived.
二、多用语意具体的动词，保持句意简洁明了。例如：
1、Poor: My supervisor went past my desk.
Better: My supervisor sauntered (=walked slowly) past my desk.
2、Poor: She is a careful shopper.
Better: She compares prices and quality.
三、尽量运用主动语态。例如：
1、Weak: The organization has been supported by charity.
Better: Charity has supported the organization.
2、Weak: The biscuits were stacked on a plate.
Better: Mother stacked the biscuits on a plate.
四、防止使用语意冗长累赘的词语。例如：
1、Wordy: My little sister has a preference for chocolate milk.
Improved: My little sister prefers chocolate milk.
2、Wordy: We are in receipt of your letter and intend to follow your recommendations.
Improved: We have received your letter and intended to follow your recommendation.
3、Redundant: We had a serious crisis at school yesterday when our chemistry
laboratory caught fire.
Improved: We had a crisis at school yesterday when our chemistry laboratory caught
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fire.
4、Redundant: My sister and I bought the same, identical dress in different stores.
Improved: My sister and I bought the same dress in different stores.
五、杜绝滥用陈旧词语或难懂的专业术语。例如：
1、Weak: They will not agree to his proposals in any shape or form.
Improved: They will not agree to any of his proposals.
2、Weak: I need her financial input before I can guesstimate our expenditures next
fall.
Improved: I need her financial figures before I can estimate our expenditures next
fall.
经典句型
1. Helen is the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen.
2. Nothing is more important than to receive education.
3. The harder you work, the more progress you make.
4. Now in China, more and more families can afford to buy high-grade goods, such
as washing machines, TV sets, computers.
5. We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too much.
6.The price of pork is lower than that of beef.
The cars of 1980's ran much faster than those of 1930's.
7.There is no denying the fact that the new management method has greatly increased
the production.
8. There is no doubt that you will be helped by others if you have any difficulties.
9. Summer is sultry. That is the reason why I don't like it.
10. The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can provide us with fresh air.
11. Rich as our country is, the qualities of our living are by no means satisfactory.
12. By taking exercise, we can always stay healthy.
13. Listening to music enable us to feel relaxed.
14. It is time the authorities concerned took proper steps to solve the traffic
problems.
15. Those who violate traffic regulations should be punished.
16. Since the examination is around the corner, I am compelled to give up doing
sports.
17. For the past two years, I have been busy preparing for the examination.
18. Since he went to senior high school, he has worked very hard.
19. It pays to help others.
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20. The progress of the society is based on harmony.
21. We should spare no effort to beautify our environment.
22. Taking exercise is closely related to health.
23. We should get into the habit of keeping good hours.
24. Thanks to his encouragement, I finally realized my dream.
25. Smoking has a great influence on our health.
26. Reading does good to our mind.
27. Pollution poses a great threat to our existence.
28. We should do our utmost to achieve our goal in life.
30. To tell the truth, many mistakes we made could have been avoided.
31. In my opinion, this computer is different from that one you saw.
32. All this shows that nothing can prevent us from reaching our aims.
33. As far as we know, it took him more than a year to write the book.
34. To be frank, whether you like it or not, you have no other choice.
35. We will be successful as long as we persevere.
36. Frankly speaking, what you call the truth may not apply to things happening here.
37. In a certain sense, a successful scientist is a person who is never satisfied
with what he has achieved.
38. Upon hearing the unexpected news, he was so surprised that he couldn't utter
a word.
39. As the saying goes, nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind
to it.
40. Noting can prevent us from realizing the four modernizations.
41. No matter how difficult English may be, you should do your best to learn it.
42. Advertising brings us not only benefits but also problems.
43. The vacation is so short that I cannot even complete one thing.
44. It brought up more than 20 great scientists and mathematicians so that there
are so many formulas titled with the name: Bernoullis.
45. The computer plays such an important role in education that someone even suggests
we will no longer need schools anymore.
46. Health and wealth are both essential to us, but the one ( the former ) seems
to give us more happiness than the other ( the latter).
47. You must deal with the problem now, or (or else, otherwise) it will be too late.
48. His laziness resulted in his failure. ( His failure resulted from his laziness.)
49. As we know, it was not until recently that the problem was solved.
50.Only after he warned me did I become aware of the danger.
Only when the Ministry of Education stops interfering will we see any improvement
in our universities.
51.I take it for granted that they will support this idea.
I regard it as natural that they will agree to this idea.
52 . It is obvious/ apparent /evident /self-evident/ clear that 显而易见??
It is obvious that wearing the uniforms would make school life dull and
monotonous.
It is well known that there is a clear link between smoking and some kinds of
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serious diseases.
It is said that mothers know what is most suitable for their children.
It can be imagined that there must be some inconvenience brought about by
raising pets.
It goes without saying that wearing uniforms would make school life dull and
monotonous.
It must be pointed out that it is one of our basic State policies to control
population growth while raising the quality of the population.
It is (has been) estimated that the world's population could reach 6 billion
by the end of the century. It must be kept in mind that there is no secret of success
but hard work.
It is hard to imagine how Edison managed to work twenty hours each day.
It seems certain that they have made a series of experiments.
It must be admitted that you haven't done what you promised to do.
It is certain that we have a long way to go.
It is universally acknowledged that trees are indispensable to us.
It has been proved that every substance, no matter what it is, is made up of
atoms.
It has been decided that we are going to build a railway whose base must be
completed within this year.
It is natural that one may have trouble expressing complicated ideas in simple
English.
It is true that we must redouble our efforts; otherwise we cannot catch up with
the developed countries.
53．强调句型：It is (was) +被强调部分+who(that)?
We held a meeting in the club yesterday.
1. It was we who held a meeting in the club yesterday. ( 强调主语 we)
2. It was a meeting that we held in the club yesterday. (强调直接宾语 a meeting)
3. It was in the club that we held a meeting yesterday. (强调地点状语 in the club)
4. It was yesterday that we held a meeting in the club. (强调时间状语 yesterday)
53. With the pace of life becoming faster and faster, both parent and child are too
busy to spare enough time to exchange ideas.
