一、英国莎士比亚在他的名著《哈姆雷特》里写过这么一句名言:Brevity is the soul of wit.(言以简洁为贵。),这句话的意思告诉我们,不管写文章也好,说话也好,都要求生动活泼,简单明了,因此,“简洁”乃是一篇好文章的基本要求之一。文章要做到简洁,省略法是必用的。合理恰当地使用省略句,不仅可以使文章精练、简洁,而且会使文章更具文采和可读性,使得读者可以更有兴趣的读下去,在考试中也可以增加我们的写作分数。 例如: (1) He may be busy. If he’s busy, I’ll call later. If he is not busy, can I see him now? (2) If the weather is fine, we’ll go. If it is not fine, we’ll not go. (3) She could have applied for that job, but she didn’t do so. (4) It is a beautiful day, isn’t it? (5) It is a pity we live so far from the sea. (6) 有时也可省略整个句子的主语和谓语,只保留次要成分. |
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