写段落的方法 (一)
(1) 按时间顺序(Time):
这是一个最常用的构段方法,以事件发生先后而顺序描述。以下是记叙新年花车游行的过程,一些连接词在段落中有效加强了其可读性。
Lunar New Year Parade in Hong Kong
Starting in 1996, the Hong Kong Tourist Association organizes a Lunar New Year Parade every year to promote tourism and celebrate this traditional festival. By one o'clock, on third day of January in the lunar calendar, many tourists coming from different countries, together with local people, line the streets of Tsim Sha Tsui, which is the heart of the city, for the parade. When they hear the beat of the drums and the traditional New Year songs approaching, they shout loudly and applaud as the parade begins. At about two o'clock, the main activities – the Lion Dance and the Dragon Dance – lead nearly a hundred floats which represent various associations, large corporations and countries. Moving one by one, some of them wear native costume and dance to their national music. Sometimes, they get off their floats and walk into the crowd.Then they shake hands with people warmly. After a half hour, the parade reaches its climax. Some movie stars with cheerful smiles show up and throw flowers and souvenirs to the crowd. People in the front row go to get them quickly and wave to the float happily. Some tourists take pictures of the various kinds of floats and ask the movie stars to sign their T-shirts. Next, come the clowns and magicians who wear colorful costumes and heavy make-up. They give balloons to the children and practice magic. Around an hour later, the last float passes by and most of the people begin to leave the streets. After the parade, the city becomes calm and well ordered.
时间顺序清晰可见:
By one o'clock → At about two o'clock → After a half hour →Around an hour later
还有一些连接词:When, Then, Next, After
(2) 按空间发展(Space):
描写空间环境,有人喜欢由远到近,或恰恰相反,以空间为序,随步移而转景,将所见到的都写下来。可以集中陈述一些对象的所在地,由一项移到另一项,排列有序,才能显示作者在空间上的移转。
My Green Room
My room on the second floor of an American couple’s semi-detached house is large and“green.” It is the largest room in the house with bright green walls and a white square-patterned ceiling. When you step into my room, you will feel fresh and comfortable. Under your feet is a grass carpet that covers the whole room. As you walk straight ahead, a white wooden cabinet with a small magazine tray is on your left. Then you can rest on a round green armchair in front of the cabinet. Opposite the armchair is my nice green sofa covered in a piece of white flower-patterned cloth. My bed, which is covered in a grassy bedspread, is adjacent to the sofa. Behind the head of the bed is a big mirror with two tall wooden cabinets, filled with my favorite books, at both sides. The white wooden desk and a pretty floor lamp sit against the cabinets. There is a small graceful white table lamp and a clock radio at the corner of my desk. I put some family pictures and posters of still-life paintings on this wall, so they can help me relax and generate more new ideas. A colorful, cute and square wall clock above the posters completely matches the green wall. It looks like a beautiful butterfly on a tree. On the right-hand side of the room is a great closet with all my clothes, shoes and some extra space for future winter coats. Next to the closet are two windows with white silk curtains. They face a sunny park. Every morning, you can see some little birds on the windowsill and smell the fresh grass and lovely flowers. I feel that I live in a “green” room– a part of the cheerful park.
作者先描述自己房间的位置,接着是墙壁和天花板,当进入房间后,首先接触到的是地毯,继续走前几步,会看见各项家具,读者的眼睛不断从一对象转移到另一对象上,句子间排列有序,尤其运用了很多表示空间的连接词(黑体字),同时,作者运用很多形容词如颜色,形状,材质等,大大加强了被描述对象的具体形象,令人一目了然。
为了表现事物的具体化形象,我们可以使用一些形容词,以下是一些使用次序情况:
Exercises:
Chooseone of the following topics and write a paragraph:
Development of Time:
On Spring Festival’s Eve
A celebration of my friend's birthday
A wedding banquet
Development by Space:
My room
My classroom
My dorm