广东2014年成人学位英语考试备考指导(2)

　　【模版例文】① The chart shows that students are now spending much more time on the computer, from one hour to four hours per week from 1990to 1995. ②It is self-evident that it increases sharply to twenty hours in the year of 2000. ③Three possible reasons contribute to this phenomenon.

　　④One reason is that most college students now can afford a personal computer due to the sharp decline in its price. ⑤Another reason is that they find the computer a wonderful thing to have fun with.⑥For instance, they can chat through QQ or playing games online. ⑦What's more, from Internet, they can learn things much more quickly than simply from reading books so that they can secure a good job in the future . ⑧As a result, all these lead to much more time spent on using computers.

　　⑨However, in my opinion, there are some complaints from both teachers and students. ⑩For one thing, students complain about the less availability of computers and slow speed of the network. ⑾ For another, some teachers worry that the much more time spent playing computer games or surfing online will lead students to ignore their studies and even do cheating instead of doing research by their own. ⑿To sum up, in spite of problems concerning the use of computer, computer is still of more merits than defects.

　　万事开头难，一旦有了精彩的作文开头，写好一篇文章不是难事。因此，开篇在全文写作中起着很重要的分量和作用。文章的开头既要点明主题，提出观点或论点，以便使读者抓住文章的中心思想和写作目的，又要尽可能引人人胜，以求吸引读者的兴趣和好奇心。 英语作文的开头可以千人千面，但一般而言最好是用鬼佬们的直线思维，开宗明义，直奔主题。比较有效的几种开头方法有：

　　叙述数据事实，凸显作文信度

　　There was a serious accident in the chemistry lab last week，A confused student accidentally poured a wrong mixture of chemi-cals in test tube．There was a strong explosion．Broken pieces ofglass from the test flew in al！directions．A sliver of flying glassfound its mark in John Martin's right arm．The lab instructor sawblood trickling from John's arm．He immediately notified theuniversity's infirmary about the accident。

　　We can see from the chart that the world population is increasing rapidly．By the year 2000，the world population will have dou-bled from that in 1960．1960 saw the world with only about 3 billion people，but by the year 2000，the number will shot up to more than 7 bil！ion 400 million．

　简明定义，画龙点睛

　　Rhythm in literature is a more or less regular occurrence of certain elements ofwriting: a word, a phrase, an idea, a pause, a sound, or a grammatical construc-tion. We are also accustomed to this recurrence in the alternate heavy and light beats in music.

　　Linguistics can be defined as the scientific study of language．This definition implies that！inguistics studies not just one lan-guage of any society，but the languages of ail human societies.The word "study" here does not mean“learning"，but“investiga-tion" or "examination"．

　铺垫背景材料，导入正文主题

　　My home is an old but comfortable building near the downtown area in the capital of my country．It is centrally located near myschool, the bus lines, several parks, and a museum. The peoplein the neighborhood are friendly and cooperative. There is very！ittle crime, pollution, or clanger there, and children are oftenfound playing on the less-traveled streets. There are small mar-kets and shops within walking distance and larger departmentstores and a shopping center less than ten blocks away．

　　问题连串出，读者兴趣生

　　There is much being said about natural foods these days，Of-ten，proponents of natural foods criticize the majority of foods beingsold in the supermarkets because they contain preservatives. Yet,what would happen if food processors quit using preservatives on bakery goods，frozen vegetables，breakfast cereals, and canned goods？Would the housewife be prepared to deal with storing foodswithout preservatives？

　直抒己见，一笔到位

　　When sickness first breaks out，the attention and care of thewhole horsehold are focused on the sufferer，who，whether man orwoman，instinctively turns to the affection of loved ones for help.But whe，sickness persists，the paths of the invalid and thosearound diverge more and more．

　出乎意料巧假设，蕴含哲理扣心弦

　　I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human be－ing were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time duringhis early adult life．Darkness would make him more appreciative ofsight；silence would teach him the iovs of sound．

　正反对照巧比较，主题明确细论证

　　Industry experts estimate that 5 percent of teenagers own acellular phone, and one recent survey by a market research groupfound that 28 percent of parents with teenagers plan to buy a cellphone for their child within a year. But on the question of why this new teen accessory is needed, the two generations are at opposite ends. Parents envision it as anexpansion of their protective eye. Can't locate the wandering teenJust dial. Teenagers, on the other hand, see the cell phone as a gift of freedom, a device that instantly connects them to their friends, to every party and to the very latest piece of goosip.

　分项列举，耐人寻味

　　Color is widely used as a protective device among animals. Some birds displaybrightly colored feathers when they are threatened. These are designed to frightenaway the enemy. Some animals emit a peculiar smell for the same purpose. Colorand form may be used to conceal the animal. Some insects conceal themselves bymaking themselves resemble plants or flowers. They are hardly visible becausethey can merge into their surroundings.

　引用名言添文采，强化文章说服力

　　Happiness is very important to our life．Shakespeare said，“One who is unhappy can never get a beneficial result．”Thisgood advice gives us the best method to make our mental andphysical life both strong．

　1） Recently the problem of…has aroused people‘s concern.

　　2） Recently the problem of…has been brought to public attention

　　3）Recently, the problem of二has been brought into focus.

　　4）Man is now facing a big problem一(pollution),which is becoming more and more serious.

　　5) Have you ever thought of．，．？

　　6）There will surely be no agreement among people as to the issue whether…

　　7）（Internet）has been playing an increasingly important role in our day-to-day life. It has brought us a lot of benefits but has createdsome serious problems as well.

　　8) One of the serious problems facing us at present is…目前，我们面临的严重问题之一是，二

　　9) There has been a heated argument about whether...

　　10）Perhaps we need to reconsider the traditional ways of doing it，