【全文】英语写作课PPT-第三课-sentences

Chengdu is a beautiful city. —— As you know, Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province situated in the center of “ the Land of Abundance”, is a beautiful city with many interesting places of historical significance, so I’d like to show you some of the tourist attractions such as The Thatched Cottage of Du Fu (who was a famous poet in Tang Dynasty), The Wu Hou Memorial Temple (which was built in commemoration of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang ) and The Dujiangyan Dam (an ancient water irrigation project constructed on the Minjiang River).
(1) Loose Sentence & Periodic Sentence ➢ A. You cannot make great progress in English
without good study habits. ( loose sentence )
➢ B. Without good study habits, you cannot make
winning the Olympic gold medal according to
the newspaper reports.
➢ Loose sentence
(3) Function of Loose sentence:
There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck. She married for love, an the love turned to dust. There were a boy and two little girls. They lived in a pleasant house, with a garden, and they had discreet servants.
(3) A sentence can be expanded by adding to it an apposition. e.g. Chengdu is a beautiful city. —— As you know, Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province situated in the center of “ the Land of Abundance”, is a beautiful city with many interesting places of historical significance.
(1)a modifier;
(2)a parenthesis 插入语 ; (3)an apposition 同位语；
(4)a compound /compound sentence, thus making it a complex one；
(1) A sentence can be expanded by adding to it a modifier. e.g. Chengdu is a beautiful city. — Chengdu is a beautiful city with many interesting places of historical significance.
years, and knowing that the man was a cripple, I could not believe what the nextdoor neighbor told me. ➢ periodic sentence
She was offered a professional contract after
Peter and Carl walk to school. Bonnie follows them. Bonnie is Peter’s dog. She is a nice dog. She walks at Peter’s heels. She turns back at the butcher’s shop. Now Bonnie will try to find her friends. She may go home. Peter and Carl walk to school, and Bonnie follows them. Bonnie is Peter’s dog, and she is a nice dog. She walks at Peter’s heels, but she turns back at the butcher’s shop. Now Bonnie will try to find her friends, or she may go home.
(2) Using long sentences: presenting a set of complex,
interlocking ideas.
4. Sentence Expansion
For the sake of writing good English, a short and simple sentence sometimes can be expanded by adding to it
(2) A sentence can be expanded by adding to it a parenthesis. e.g. Chengdu is a beautiful city. —— Chengdu， as you know, is a beautiful city with many interesting places of historical significance.
Loose sentence & periodic sentence ➢ He was sitting before the fire in a large
armchair when we entered. ➢ Loose sentence ➢ Having passed the house every day for
great progress in English. ( periodic sentence )
➢ A loose sentence (松散句) is one that may be brought to a grammatical close before the end is reached.
➢ A periodic sentence (圆周句) is one that is not grammatically complete until the end is reached.
➢ 期待（anticipation），悬念（suspense
(5) Combination of Periodic sentence and loose sentence
In the evening, I suspected that there must be someone hiding somewhere. I searched every corner carefully, but found nobody. So I closed the door and moved the table against the door in order to prevent any misfortune. Deep that night when I lay in bed, a strange sound, as if someone were trying to break in, which made my hair stand on end, was heard. I had a cold sweat all over. How I regretted that I had come back alone! In order to banish the fear I hid myself deep in my quilt. The fear that the bad man might discover that a young girl was in the room alone prevented me from breathing freely …
Part Three The Sentence(1)
In this part you will learn:
1. Sentence Types 2. Common Errors 3. Better your sentences
I. Sentences Types
1. Loose sentence & Periodic sentence
As Peter and Carl walk to school, Peter’s nice dog, Bonnie, follows them, walking at Peter’s heels until she turns back when they reach the butcher’s shop. Now, if she doesn’t find her friends, she will go home.
(4) A sentence can be expanded by adding to it a compound sentence, thus making it a complex one. Chengdu is a beautiful city. —— As you know, Chengdu，the capital of Sichuan province situated in the center of “the Land of Abundance”, is a beautiful city with many interesting places of historical significance, so I’d like to show you some of the tourist attractions such as The Thatched Cottage of Du Fu, The Wu Hou Memorial Temple and The Dujiangyan Water Dam.
natural ,easy to understand, smooth, relaxed
(4) Function of Periodic sentence
Though Jim Thorpe had brought great glory to his nation, though thousands of people cheered him upon his return to the United States and attended banquets and a New York parade in his honor, he was not a citizen.
2. The Short and Long Sentences
(1) Using short sentences Short sentences can often be very powerful, emphatic
and suitable for the presentation of important facts and ideas. e. g. A. Nice guys finish last. / Love conquers all. / War is hell. B. Our city is on the threshold of a great era. Of this we can be sure. But in order to fulfill the promise of the future, we must be willing to work—and to spend. Though easy to read, too many short sentences exhaust the reader. They sounds childish.