實(shí)用英語(yǔ)寫(xiě)作技巧大全（20）推展段落方法混合方法

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　　第二十單元推展段落方法混合方法

　　20.1 混合方法(Mixed Patterns)

　　到目前為止，我們討論了九種推展段落方法1)事實(shí)數(shù)據(jù)法(facts and statistics);2)敘述法(narration);3)描述法(description);4)過(guò)程分析法(process analysis);5)定義法(definition);6)舉例法(examples);7)比較對(duì)比法(comparison and contrast);8)分類法(division and classification);9)因果法(cause and effect)。我們還討論了四種組織段落的方法：1)時(shí)間順序法(time order);2)空間順序法(space order);3)重要性順序法(order of importance);4)熟悉度順序法(order of familiarity)。此外，我們還談及一個(gè)好的段落的三個(gè)特征：1)完整性(completeness);2)統(tǒng)一性(unity);3)連貫性(coherence)。

　　我們?cè)谇懊娓鲉卧氖痉抖温渲幸呀?jīng)發(fā)現(xiàn)，極少段落是僅用一種推展方法的。作者常常在段落中使用一種方法作為支配方法(dominant method)，另外一種或數(shù)種作為輔助方法(supporting method)。

　　示范段落20-1

　　Mans knowledge of the past has sometimes been gained in odd ways.One of the oddest incidents occurred on January 16，1900.An angry workman broke a crocodile mummy into pieces.He wassurprised to find that the mummy had been wrapped in sheets of papyrus，the reed paper of ancient Egypt.And on the papyrus there was writing.

　　20.2示范段落分析

　　主題句：Mans knowledge of the past has sometimes been gained in odd ways.

　　組織段落順序：Time order

　　支配推展方法：Example

　　輔助推展方法：Narration

　　示范段落20-2

　　There are two kinds of memory：short-term and long-term.Information stored in the long-term memory can be recalled at a later time when it is needed.The information may be kept for days or weeks.In contrast，information stored in the short-term memory is kept for only a few minutes，usually by repeating the in formation over and over.

　　20.3示范段落分析

　　主題句：There are two kinds of memory：short-term and long-term.

　　組織段落方法：Order of Familiarity

　　支配推展方法：Division and Classification

　　輔助推展方法：Description，Contrast

　　Exercise 20-1

　　Directions：Write a paragraph on population increase，using cause and effect as the dominant method，and examples，facts or statistics as the supporting methods.

　　Why has the world population been increasing so rapidly in the last decades?

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　　Exercise 20-2

　　Directions：Write a paragraph on why you chose your specialty，combining the various methods you have learned.

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　　Exercise 20-3

　　Directions：Write a paragraph about whether weekend homework should be abolished.

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　　Exercise 20-4

　　Directions：Write a paragraph about your favourite season.