大家积累下来的素材可能大同小异，但真正行文时如何使用才能让人眼前一亮呢？

拒绝叙述平淡无奇，请从句式多样做起！

所谓句式多样性并不是对单个句子的要求，而是当一连串句子出现时，句式要富有变化。变化句式可使内容生动、充满活力，也有助于强调重要观点。

如在一个段落或一篇短文中，句子都是同样的语法结构或同样的长度，就会显得单调乏味，影响文章的总体效果。

怎样才能实现句式多样、文章鲜活呢？今天带来三招实用技巧！

01 长短句交替

英文写作最好的方法是混合使用简单句、并列句以及复合句。长短句的混合使用可使写作富有节奏，使读者保持兴趣。

短句简洁明快，有强调作用，但一味地使用简单短句会因其太短而形成不连贯句（choppy sentences），读起来平淡无味。

长句比较精确、严密，使行文流畅。然而，如果一个句子含有太多的修饰从句，看上去好像无休无止，会形成粘连句（stringy sentences）。

所以，建议大家英文写作时如果几个简单句之间意思相关或平行，就写成并列句；如果一个句子的意思从属于另一个句子，就写成复合句。

示例：

In the past two decades there has occurred a series of changes in American life, the extent, durability, and significance of which no one has yet measured. No one can.  

— Irving Howe

02 句子开头多样化

如句子总以人称代词或名词开头，会显得单调乏味。句子开头的多样化可避免文章语言呆板生硬，使文章显得不拘一格，生动活泼。

示例：

● Proud and relieved, they watched their daughter receive her diploma. (adjectives)

● Hungrily, the boy devoured his lunch. (adverb)

● When foreign students come to the United States, they suffer from culture shock. (dependent clause)

● For better or worse, credit cards are now readily available to college students. (prepositional phrase)

● Having decided to quit his job, Roberto began looking for another one. (participial phrase)

03 词语变化

在一个段落里，同一个词使用不要过于频繁，要考虑选择用同义词或近义词替代，避免单调和重复。

譬如，“good”是同学们喜欢用的一个词， 在口语中使用较多，但如在英语写作中用得过多，会显得词汇贫乏、单调无味。下面大家来细品下词语变化带来的神奇效果！

示例：

● 段落一：

We had a very good evening on Friday. After a meal at a very good Italian restaurant we went to a good film. I liked it because the actors were all so good and the plot was a good one as well. Afterwards we were in such a good mood that we decided to visit some good friends of ours and tell them all about our evening. 

● 段落二：

We had a very enjoyable evening on Friday. After a meal at a romantic Italian restaurant we went to a very powerful film. I liked it because the actors were so sensitive and the plot was an original one as well. Afterwards we felt so exhilarated that we decided to visit some close friends of ours and tell them all about our evening. 

以上三招学会了用起来，摆脱平淡指日可待！

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