1. There is no doubt that ... 译:毫无疑问the rapid increase in population 促使 the sharp decrease in the species of wild animals.
2. It is obvious/clear that 爱心是一盏灯, 越黑暗的地方, 它越明亮。
3. 众所周知,中国一贯主张, 国家不管大小, 应该一律平等。As is known to all, China always maintains that all nations should be equal, be they large or small.
4.(It's) no wonder ... (难怪) 译:他不努力工作, 难怪他丢了工作。
5. It goes without saying that ... ( 不成问题, 很自然 ) :很自然,健康的人比病人幸
福。It goes without saying that healthy people are much happier than sick ones.
6. What is more important, we should 保持 ecological balance.
7. I am convinced that only if our society is full of love, tomorrow will be much better and brighter.
8. It is no exaggeration to say … 可以毫不夸张地说,…
九、举例表示法:
1. For example,/ For instance,the people's economic status has been greatly improved.
2. A case in point is that the economic status of the people has been improved.
3. Let's have an example. TV sets, refrigerators and recorders have become household necessities.
十、练习
练习 (一)
模板一:图画作文
This illustration depicts__________ (图画中的人物), with_______________(补充说明). Recently it has become common for people in many walks of life to____________(进一步阐释)
It seems to me that the cartoonist is sending a message about _______(图画主题), which is ______________(进一步的说明). He seems to be saying that_______________(给出细节). In my opinion, ___________(个人阐述).
This simple picture is a wake up call for ______(所涉群体,如the whole of the human race). Therefore, it is imperative for us to take drastic measures to put an end to _____________(问题所在). One the one hand, we must _________________(建议一). It is clear that the drawer of the illustration is urging us to _________(进一步说明). On the other hand, ________________(建议二) Only in this way can we___________(展望前景).
模板二:图表作文
The chart gives us an overall picture of the ____________(图表主题). The first thing we notice is that_______________(图表最大特点). This means that as __________, _________________(进一步说明).
We can see from the statistics given that _______________(图表细节一). After ving_________(细节一中的第一个变化), the _____Ved+幅度+时间(紧跟着的变化). The figures also tells us that_________________________(图表细节二). (数据位置,如In the second column), we can see that ____________accounts for _______(进一步描述).
Judging from these figures, we can draw the conclusion that___________(结论). The reason for this, as far as I am concerned is that_____________(给出原因). / It is high time that we Ved(发出倡议)
模板三:利弊型作文
Recently the issue of whether or not______(讨论话题) has been in the limelight and has aroused wide concern in the public. There are two major arguments that can be made for_________. For one thing, __________can bring ____ to_____________(优点一). For another, it is widely hold that people usually ____when _________________________(优点二).
But we must not lose sight of the fact that there are also drawbacks to__________, among which are ___________(列举缺点). For instance, it can be _________to ____________(举例说明). In addition, many people find it ________(形容词)to ______________(第二个缺点)
When asked to __________, I tend to ____________. This is because I ______________(原因一). Furthermore, ____________________(原因二). Finally, _____________(原因三).
模板四:展望未来型
With the rapid advances of _____________ in recent years, ___has____________(引出现象). However, _______ has________________, as____________(提出问题). As a result, _____has ____________________(指出影响).
The effects _________ has produced on___________ can be boiled down to two major ones.
First , __________________(影响一). More importantly, ________________(影响二). Hence, I believe that we will see a ____________(提出展望)/ Nevertheless, I do not think we will see a ______(或反面展望)
There are numerous reasons why ____, and I would like to explore a few of the most important ones here. The first is that the more(比较级)_____, the more (比较级). In addition, we all agree that________________________(第二个原因)
练习 (二)
结合2000年两图对比作文的画面信息从遣词造句角度选出表现效果最好的词,并填入以下的20个空内。
(1) ________ is shown in the pictures, with the (2) ________ of commercial fishing, the number of fishes has (3) ________ decreased. In one picture, there were various kinds of fish and only one fishing-boat in 1900. On the (4) ________, in 1995 there was only one fish, (5) ________ many fishing-boats.
The (6)_______ of this picture is to show us that (7)________ attention has to be paid to the decrease of ocean (8)________. Owing to (9)________, the number of fishes has obviously decreased. If we let this situation (10)_______ as it is, we do not know where fish will be in the future. By that time, our environment will (11)_______ a great destruction.
