高中英语写作语言手段探究
2017-08-09姜加琴
姜加琴
2016年高考渐行渐远,2017年高考即将来临。在高考中,一分之差,天壤之别。如何在高考英语写作中胜券在握成为众考生关注的热点话题。写作的目的是考查考生整合信息和信息表达,并用适当短语、句型等语言手段产生出连贯语篇的能力。笔者通过长期的教学实践和高考阅卷体验,现总结一些常用的语言表达手段,掌握这些语言手段对提高写作能力一定有所帮助。
一、同位语手段
[典型例题] 信息点:
书名: Richards Future作者:Amy Lin, 美籍华人, 中文版:2014年初开始在中国销售
信息表达:A book, Richards Future, written by Amy Lin, an AmericanChinese, has been sold in China since the beginning of 2014.
(Richards Future 作a book的同位语, an AmericanChinese 作Amy Lin的同位语)
翻译:上学期,我参加了名为“英语角”的社团活动。“英语角”是用来帮助学生提高英语口语和笔头英语能力的组织。
Last term I participated in the “English Corner”, an organization that helps students improve their skills in oral English and written English.
二、主题的呈现手段
在呈现主题时要用到的词语有很多, 简单的有about, on, as to等,复杂的有concerning, regarding, with respect to等。
[典型例题] 信息点:这次交流会引发了中美教育方式孰优孰劣的讨论。
信息表达:The Exchange Conference has received a heated discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese and American educational ways.
1. 翻译: 上周末我校在3500名学生中进行了有关“学习负担”的相关问题调查。
Last weekend, a survey about “The Burden of Study” was carried out (conducted) among 3500 students in our school.
2. 翻译: 最近, 你班就“高三学生是否需要锻炼来保持健康”展开了讨论。
Recently we have had a discussion in a class meeting about whether Senior 3 students should take exercises to keep fit.
三、观点的呈现手段
在表达观点时可用短语如according to sb.(根据某人的看法),in my opinion / in my view(在我看来,我认为),from ones point of view(在某人看来),as far as Im concerned(对我而言), as for(至于……,就……而言)等, 也可用句型如sb. believes / thinks / claims,sb. told us that...,sb. pointed out that...(某人指出)等。
[典型例題] 专家解读(王教授):沉溺于上网学生
(1)发生率:略高于50%
(2)人数:世界第一
信息表达:According to Professor Wang, slightly more than half of the school children in our country are addicted to surfing the Internet, ranking first in the world.
1. 翻译:我的看法是我们应保护自然资源,减少环境污染。
In my opinion, we should try to protect natural resources and decrease environment pollution.
2. 翻译:依我看, 合作需要有效的交流, 没有它人们会盲目地做事情。