公开课：怎样在英文阅读中精选适合写作的句式

自 现象级英语

句式1

TE： Politics this week

原句：  Emmanuel Macron imposed a 9pm curfew on Paris and eight other French cities, saying that this was not the time for conviviality.欢乐的时候

一字不差地背下这个句子，掌握其中的细节details。

步骤1：理解句意；步骤2：提炼句式（替换可以改动的内容/部分，保留不可改动的地方），透过现象找出本质；步骤3：理解使用的情境：表达某人做了某事，理由是什么

X did something，saying that Y. 

what， why

造句：The startup laid off a quarter of its employees, saying that it was hit hard by covid-19. 创业公司裁掉四分之一的员工，解释说是因为受到疫情打击太大。

剑桥词典

TE

1 这段话：解释做法，给出原因

2 套用上文的句式paraphrase：The commission cancelled the second debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, the presidential candidates, saying that the health risks were too great.

哪些句式值得精学 如何精学：对照上文的步骤

句式2

TE： Millennials and Markets

原句：The urge of the old to lament the folly of the young is as ancient as civlization (itself). 老年人数落年轻人愚蠢，这种冲动跟文明本身一样古老。

主干：The urge is as ancient as civilization.

句式：X is as ancient as civilization itself.

情境：表示某种现象、态度、行为、理念古已有之、由来已久，自古以来就……，可以追溯到很久以前

造句：The desire to be beautiful is as ancient as civilization itself. 爱美之心由来已久

The pursuit of beauty is as ancient as civilization itself.

同义替换：desire, yearning, wish, longing, pursuit

句式海报

Q& A

1 学术写作：多读这类作品，如academic papers, book reviews, 把自己浸泡在这种文风里

2 口语化：不确定的情况查字典，或用Google问 是否正式 formal or informal

3 频率：每天一个句子就已经够了。Don't overwhelm yourself. 质比量更重要

4 推荐的资源：manchester phrasebank