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句里用一個which引導(dǎo)的定語從句直接對Poetry進(jìn)行定義、解釋。后來,還利用同散文(prose)的簡單對比,將詩歌的特點淋漓盡致地展示給讀者。A good name is better than riches.——聲譽(yù)勝于財富。 八、因果法因果法是說明事態(tài)發(fā)展的原因和結(jié)果之間聯(lián)系的,常用在說明文或議論文中??梢韵戎v原因,后給結(jié)果,也可以先給結(jié)果,后講原因。這要視實際需要而定。也有一些段落結(jié)果是顯而易見的,就集中說明原因;有的段落正好相反,就集中說明結(jié)果,因為原因不言自明。請看下面的實例:Homes that are improperly insulated may cause problems for their habitants. First of all, it will cost more to heat such a house than one that is well insulated. Second, it will waste energy. Third, it will make the house unfortable to live in because drafts or cold air is able penetrate the poorly insulated walls. Also, the poorly insulated walls could cause the inhabitants to have more colds, a health problem that results in higher expenses for doctors and medicine.本段第一句是主題句,指出導(dǎo)致problem for their habitants 的是homes that are improperly insulated。然后集中筆墨闡明結(jié)果,在這里即problems。So why do manufacturers keep on designing and producing VCRs that are awkward to use if the problems are so obvious? First, the problems we notice are not obvious to technically minded designers with years of experience and trained to understand how appliances work. Secondly, designers tend to add one or two features at a time to each model, whereas you and I face all of a machine’s features at once. Thirdly, although finding problems in a finished product is easy, it is too late by then to do anything about the design. Finally, if manufacturers can get away with selling products that are difficult to use, it is not worth the effort of any one of them to make improvements.段落以問句開始——為什么生產(chǎn)廠家繼續(xù)設(shè)計和生產(chǎn)那些難用的錄像機(jī)?問句之后,作者列出了四個原因。九、綜合法綜合法是指根據(jù)行文的需要采用兩種或兩種以上的方法來展開段落的寫作方法。請看下面的例子:Haste trips over its own heels.——忙易出錯。Balloons have been used for sports for about 100 years. There are two kinds of sports balloons: gas and hot fire. Hot balloons are preferred by most balloonists in the United States because of their safety. They are also cheaper, and easier to manage than gas balloons. Despite the ease of operation on a balloon, pilots must watch the weather carefully. Sport balloon flights are best early in the morning or late in the afternoon, when the wine is light. Over the years balloonists have tried unsuccessfully to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It wasn’t until 1978 that three American balloonists succeeded. It took them just six days to make their trip from their home in the United States to Paris, France. Their voyage captured the imagination of the whole world.這里的第二句話是段落的主題句。本段首先運(yùn)用分類法,說明用于運(yùn)動的氣球可以分為兩類:充氣氣球和熱氣球。接下來用了比較法,說明熱氣球要比充氣氣球安全;同時,作者還用了因果分析法說明熱氣球以其安全性能強(qiáng)為美國人青睞。整個段落綜合運(yùn)用了分類法、比較法,以及因果分析法,但是主題思想明確。各種展開段落的方法綜合在一個段落里全部是為表達(dá)主題服務(wù)的。綜合法需要具體情況具體分析地使用,千萬不可“眉毛胡子一把抓”,或者信筆胡寫,一定要注意圍繞主題句,以說明段落中心思想為前提,保持段落意思的一致性和連貫性。