自学考试专题：英语二作文写作技巧平行结构

平行结构ParallelStructure（提高句子质量）1.Afterarrivinghome,weunpackedoursuitcases,tookshowers,ateourlunch,andwenttosleep.2.Asachild,Iwastrulyterrifiedofthedark,ofgettinglost,andofnotbeinglikedbyothers.3.Hewentdowntown,boughtsomebooksandvisitedhisdaughter.4.Nomatterifitisyoungorold,largeorsmall,traditionalormodern,everyfamilyhasasenseofwhatafamilyis.5.Basically,suchattitudesamountto达成arecognitionthatleisureisanimportantareaoflifeandabeliefthatleisurecanandshouldbeputtogooduse.连词连接两个对等的词和对等的结构并列连词and,but,not…but,aswellas,or,orelse,both…and,neither…nor,either…or,notonly…but(also),ratherthan等。3.Yoursemestergradeisbasednotonlyonhowwellyoudooneachtest,butalsoonhowyouparticipateinclass.4.所连接的词或短语形式必须一致Yoursemestergradeisbasednotonlyonhowwellyoudooneachtest,butalsoonhowyouparticipateinclass.5.连接的非谓语动词的形式必须一致○Somefindswimmingmoreenjoyablethansittingathomereading.○Hewasengagedinwritingaletterratherthanreadingthenewspaper.6.所连接的句子结构必须一致○Sheispleasedwithwhatyouhavegivenandallthatyouhavetoldhim.○Thepurposeoftheresearchhadamoredifferentmeaningforthemthanitdidforus.○Fishingishisfavoritehobby,andcollectingcoinsalsogiveshimgreatpleasure.○Alicesaidshewouldpreferswimmingtoplayingtennisinsuchhotweather.爱丽斯说在这样的热天她宁愿游泳而不去打网球。7.Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested.(FrancisBacon)有些书是应当尝尝滋味的，有些书是应当吞食下去的，有少数书是应当咀嚼和消化的。※Oftenoverlooked,thisstepcanmakeyourwritingsmoother,clearer,andshorter.Justastherailsofatraintrackmustbeparallel,trytomakeyourstructuresparallelbyexpressingsimilarideasinasentencewithsimilargrammaticalforms.8.Thecoachtoldtheplayersthattheyshouldgetalotofsleep,thattheyshouldnoteattoomuch,andthattheyshoulddosomewarm-upexercisesbeforethegame.9.Somecompanieshaveintroducedflexibleworkingtimewithlessemphasisonpressureandmoreonefficiency.10.WhatweneedintheUnitedStatesisnotdivision.WhatweneedintheUnitedStatesisnothatred.WhatweneedintheUnitedStatesisnotviolenceandlawlessness,butisloveandwisdomandcompassiontowardoneanother,andafeelingofjusticetowardthosewhostillsufferwithinourcountrywhethertheybewhiteortheybeblack.美国需要的不是分裂，美国需要的不是仇恨，美国需要的不是暴力和无法治，而是爱心、智慧、同情心以及公正地对待那些在我们国家还在受苦的人，不论是白人还是黑人。11.NotthatIlovedCaesarless,butthatIlovedRomemore.—Shakespeare,JuliusCaesar不是我对恺撒爱得不深，而是我更爱罗马。12.Youcanfoolallthepeoplesomeofthetime,andsomeofthepeopleallthetime,butyoucannotfoolallthepeopleallthetime.—AbrahamLincoln你有时能欺骗所有的人，甚至永远欺骗一些人，但你不能永远欺骗所有的人。13.Asknotwhatyourcountrycandoforyou;askwhatyoucandoforyourcountry.不要问你的国家能为你做什么，要问你能为你的国家做什么。—JohnF.Kennedy14.Theartistisnothingwithoutthegift,butthegiftisnothingwithoutwork.—EmileZola艺术家没有天赋不行，天赋没有勤奋也不行。15.Wearenotsatisfied,andwewillnotbesatisfieduntiljusticerollsdownlikewatersandrighteousnesslikeamightystream.”—MartinLutherKing,Jr.我们现在不满意，将来也不会满意，除非公正如大海，正义如急流势不可挡。16.Theinherentviceofcapitalismistheunequalsharingofblessings;theinherentvirtueofsocialismistheequalsharingofmiseries.—WinstonChurchill资本主义固有的罪恶是幸福不平分；社会主义固有的美德是苦难分享。Theseinsuranceagentsarealwaysfriendly,welldressed,andeagertobeofhelp.Thenumberofanimalsusedinlaboratorytestshasdeclinedoverthelast20years.Thisispartlyduetoalternativesandpartlytothefactthatexperimentsarebetterdesignedsofewerneedtobeused--healthieranimalsprovidebetterexperimentalresults.