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January 16, 2005
Dear Club Manager:
I am writing to ask to join your club to enjoy my free time.
I am a clerk. I often feel tense and become tired easily. Perhaps, I need to relax myself a bit. I hope to become a member of your club. I have many hobbies and interests. For example,- I like photography, calligraphy anti painting, dancing and singing. And I like going fishing, collecting stamps and raising flowers. Besides, I am good at playing Chinese chess and cards. Please write back and tell me if there are some formalities that I will have to go through. Thank you very much in advance.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Zhang Hao
【答案解析】最新颁布的《全国各类成人高等学校招生复习考试大纲(专科起点升本科)》对英语短文写作(第六部分)的要求为:一个小题,满分25分,要求考生根据所给题目或提出的条件写出一篇100~120词的短文。同时还要求,在短文写作中,要考虑“文章的特定文体格式”。
“根据所给题目或提出的条件”可意指英语命题作文写作,通常以论说文写作格式为主,内容一般涉及公众关注的话题;还可意指英语信函写作,通常以英语信函写作格式为主,内容一般涉及人们日常生活中的交往问题。
在具体短文写作时考生应注意以下方面:
(1)避免使用“过分”词句,语言要简明扼要
有些英语初学者会觉得,在英语短文写作中,使用的“大词”越多,水平就越高,这是一种不正确的看法,因为这会在英语短文写作中导致“过分”用词。
考生作文在内容上能够做到紧扣命题时,应该采取语言简明扼要的行文方式。下面列出一些编者提倡和不提倡使用的词语:
括弧中的词语为提倡使用的词语 括弧中的词语为提倡使用的词语
in regard to(about,concerning) with regard to (about,concerning,on)
in relation to(toward,to) in connection with(about,of,in,on)
on thee part of(for,among) with reference to(on,about,concerning)
in view of(because,since) in the event of(if)
in order to(to) on behalf of(for)
in accordance with(with,by) by means of(with,by)
in the case of(if,in) in the matter of(in)
in the amount of (for) for the purpose of(for)
in the majority of instances(usually) in a number of cases(some)
on a few occasions(occasionally) in the time of(during)
(2)不使用缩写形式等过于口语化的字词
①一般不应使用缩写形式,如:
不应使用“it didn't”,而应使用“it did not”;
不应使用“they've”,而应使用“they have”等。
②一般不应使用表示犹豫不决的短语,如:er,um,well,you know..,and so on so forth,and etc.等。
(3) 避免中文式的“铺垫”
“铺垫”、“迂回”或“画龙点睛”等写作方法在中文短文写作中无可非议,但不能使用在英语短文写作上。例如,中文信件的开头方式,如“你好!前日接到你的来信,深感欣慰。好久没有给你写信了。不知你的……如何?”等,不应在英语信函短文写作开头处使用。原因是,此种方式会浪费篇幅。考试中英语短文写作有字数限制写得太长同样会被扣分。