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第九讲 概要写作
意思的正确表达依赖于句子的准确性、得体性。准确性即是正确性和规范性;得体性指的是语言符合说话者的身份,概要写作尤其需要注意人称的选择。除此之外,得体性还体现在语言的简洁性和措辞的严谨性上,在词的选择上要注意正式和非正式、抽象和具体的差异、褒贬的不同与语气的强弱的差别。
1.语言的简洁性
概要写作中的句子应该直截了当、言简意赅,避免冗长。使句子简洁的方法有许多,常见的有:
(1)避免结构重复。下面的句子中,括号内的为同义重复,应删除。
He likes English very much and me (like English very much), too.
Without air, the night time would be very cold and the days (would be) very hot on the moon.
删除下列句子中重复的部分。
1.Reading makes a full man,conference makes a ready man,and writing makes an exact man.
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答案:Reading makes a full man,conference a ready man,and writing an exact man.
2.Tom has been accepted into college and Jack has been accepted into college as well.
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答案:Tom has been accepted into college and Jack has,as well.
3.To my surprise,I was surprised to find no one there when I got there.
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答案:I was surprised to find no one there when I got t