基本的句型寫作方法
１、不要連續使用幾個簡單句，要學會使用複雜句
a) Teenagers are pressured by school work. They are also encouraged by their peers. Under such circumstances, they resort to smoking. But sometimes they feel a little guilty.
b)Pressured by school work and encouraged by their peers, teenagers often resort to smoking, thought they feel a little guilty sometimes. （非謂語形式作為開端，增加了句子結構的複雜性）
下面的是頂級的複雜句：
a) College students now are primarily interested in grades and economic success. They are
expected to cheat on exams more frequently. This is not like those who graduated 10 years ago. They are only concerned with their own personal future. They consider little problems of the society. All these are reported by a recent study.
b) those who graduated 10 years ago, they are more concerned with their own personal future than with problems of society.
２、不要總是以有生命的名詞和人稱代詞開頭
a) Many people think birth control is quite necessary in China.
b) It is widely(commonly) thought/believed/held/accepted) that birth control is quite necessary in China.
a) More and more people agree (realize/are aware) that women should enjoy full equality with men.
b) There is a growing agreement (realization/awareness) that women should enjoy full equality with men.
a) Many Chinese people have gone to the U.S. in the past 15 years.
b)
(9月11號witnessed the clapse1949 saw the founding of …見證了…)
a) We almost forget this event.
b) This event is now almost fading from our memory. (逐漸消退)
a) Students should certainly make continuous efforts.
b)
on the part of =of
a) We easily drew the conclusion through the investigation.
b) The investigation easily led us to the conclusion.
Hungry to discover what the forest was like, the group of up to 10 young people, led by two dogs, started their first exploration.
It seems that our idea of what the language is is something that we learn at the age of five.
It will prove to him that it is not easy as he might think to keep the rules of grammar.
３、不要千篇一律的使用主動態
a) We may think more of the elderly who live apart from their children.
b) More thoughts may be given to the elderly who live apart from their children.
４、不要總是用ifbecausethen這樣的句子，口語味道太濃,要注意使用書面英語。 a) If you compare bicycles with cars carefully, you will find bicycles are superior to cars.
b) Careful comparison of bicycles with cars will show the superiority of the former over the latter.（作為單詞來記）
a) If we only apply book knowledge, we will not get good results.
b) The application of book knowledge alone won’t bring you good results.
a) If we can better understand the greater pressure of population growth, we will have a correct attitude towards family planning.
b) A better understanding of the greater pressure of population growth is essential to a correct attitude towards family planning.（套話）
a) When a woman sees that she is going to be laid off, she begins to worry all day and night. b) The mere prospect of lay-off would set a woman to worry all day and night.
５、不要對動詞過分依賴，要學會用名詞結構來表達意思。
a) The style of living has become more and more popular and accepted by more and more and more young people.
b) The style of living has found its growing popularity and acceptance among young people.
a) It is time for us to revise educational system and then provide it to our society.
b )It is time for us to provide our society a revised educational system.
a ) If we are watching too much TV, our reading ability will be seriously affected.
b) Heavy exposure to TV will exert an negative effect on out reading ability.
a) If we don’t recognize the serious problem of growing population, we will make a big mistake.
６、不要總是用肯定句來表達，要學會用否定句來表達肯定的意思。即雙重否定＝肯定 a) Every young boy and girl wants to earn a little money to help cover higher college cost. b) There is hardly a young boy and girl who don’t want to earn a little money to help cover higher college cost.
a) Whenever you pick up a newspaper, you will always find advertisements.
b) It is impossible to pick up a newspaper without finding advertisements.
a) Gathering around and listening to mother or father read a good story is the best pastimes to bring a family closer together.
b) Few pastimes bring a family closer together than gathering around and listening to mother or father read a good story.
a) Food is the most basic issue to individual and national survival.
b) No issue is as basic to individual and national survival as food.
７、恰當使用排比、平行句(有修辭效果，一次作文最多用一次)
a) I am in favor of equal rights for women. I think women should especially have the right to compete with men for jobs on equal terms. They should get the same pay as men for the same job. They should also have equal opportunities for promotion.
b) I am in favor of equal rights for women, especially the right to compete with men for jobs on equal terms, the right to get the same pay as men for the same job, and the right to equal opportunities for promotion.
a) The nationwide controversy over the current reforms will test the courage of our people. Though the controversy we can also see the determination of our government.
b) The nationwide controversy over the current reforms will test the courage of our people and the determination of our government.