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一、外顯連接
所謂外顯連接是指用特定的連接詞將相關(guān)信息進(jìn)行連接。通常情況下,例子作為論據(jù)由for example, for instance, like, such as, take… as 等引出。
如:it is undeniable that mobile phones have facilitated our lives in many different ways. For example, when an emergency occurs, such as a traffic accident or a violent crime, mobile phones can help the victims to call the police or an ambulance immediately for help.
本例中,for example 引出例子論證“mobile phones have facilitated our lives in many different ways.” 而后面的 such as 則引出emergency 的具體形式。For instance 與它的用法完全相同,即后面要接句子例證。 Like, such as, take…as 等直接名詞(或相當(dāng)于名詞的詞)。由于這些都是基本常識(shí),這里不再贅述。
為了使連接詞多樣化,建議考生運(yùn)用下面的一些短語(或句式)連接論點(diǎn)和論據(jù):
…is a case in point;
…serve as a typical example
…can be taken as an example;
one example is that…
another one is that等
如:Working part time when you are studying in university is beneficial to your life. I myself is a case in point(or‘my experiences serve as a typical example’). Through those experiences, I have learned to be independent and responsible.
二、內(nèi)化連接
實(shí)際上,大家看原汁原味的文英文文章會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)有些信息的連接不用外顯式,而是通過某些特定的詞或者特定的方式給讀者以清晰的層次感,從而使文章信息傳遞更通暢。
下面我們來看一下哪些例證可以省去連接詞,實(shí)現(xiàn)內(nèi)化連接。
1、人物經(jīng)歷作例子
其中的人物可以是名人,Thomas Edison gave us an example that success only comes after persistence and hard work. 也可以是作者自己的親身經(jīng)歷 I remember that ten years ago cell phones were unusual and seldom seen. 人物經(jīng)歷作例子因?yàn)槠漭^強(qiáng)的故事性而引人關(guān)注。但是切記,如果運(yùn)用名人做例證,要注意信息的準(zhǔn)確性; 如果運(yùn)用自己的親身經(jīng)歷做例子則要注意例子選擇是否典型、有說服力。但是無論怎樣,有人物經(jīng)歷時(shí),一定會(huì)給人以非常明確的細(xì)節(jié)信息的感覺,所以完全可以省去連接詞。
2、數(shù)字信息作例子:
引入帶有數(shù)字信息的例證,除可以更具體、更詳實(shí)的說明觀點(diǎn)外,也可以內(nèi)化連接詞,因?yàn)閿?shù)字信息所要傳遞的一定是一個(gè)量化的概念,而這一概念就是它所要論證的中心。看個(gè)例子:
The work was immense: filling about eighty large notebooks (and without a library to hand), Johnson wrote the definitions of over 40,000 words, and illustrated their many meanings with some 114,000 quotations drawn from English writing on every subject, from the Elizabethans to his own time.
例子中immense是觀點(diǎn)中心詞,后面的具體數(shù)字都是對(duì)這一中心詞的佐證。(當(dāng)然我們不要忘記這里“:”也是在幫助這段文字內(nèi)化連接,相當(dāng)于“for example”)
3、專有名詞信息作例子
人名、地名屬于細(xì)節(jié)信息的范疇,也經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在例證中,以一種’fact’的形式出現(xiàn)。如:
Air pollution is increasingly becoming the focus of government and citizen concern around the globe. From Mexico City and New York to Singapore and Tokyo, new solutions to this old problem are being proposed and implemented with ever increasing speed.當(dāng)你看到這些地名時(shí),一定會(huì)想到它們是某一類具有相同性質(zhì)的地域的代表,那么自然也就是’點(diǎn)’信息,而非‘面’信息,從而可以省去連接詞的使用,卻依然保持主次分明。
其它諸如期刊雜志名、書名等專有名詞也可以有類似的用法。
4、一些小的介詞(短語)引導(dǎo)例子
如果大家注意總結(jié),會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)雅思閱讀文章中有一些介詞(短語)也可以引出例子。
如:from…to: Toughened glass is found everywhere, from cars and bus shelters to the windows, walls and roofs of thousands of buildings around the world.
再如:including: …..
Other substances were then introduced: including fillers, catalysts and hexa.
這里including 相當(dāng)于such,like等。
綜上,舉例論證除了需要牢牢掌握大家熟知的表舉例的連接詞外,還要注意積累一些隱去連接詞卻嵌入一些表細(xì)節(jié)信息的詞匯的情況,或者注意學(xué)習(xí)老外用標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)以及被我們輕視的一些小詞來標(biāo)示文章層次的巧妙的做法。同時(shí),同學(xué)們也要關(guān)注一下,人物經(jīng)歷和事實(shí)信息(尤其是帶有數(shù)字、專有名詞的事實(shí))作例證更有說服力也非常容易掌握。所以同學(xué)們要從舉例論證的連接詞、常用例子類型等角度全面掌握舉例論證,從而讓舉例論證更好地論證觀點(diǎn),更好的為雅思大作文服務(wù)。