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Topic sentences
reveal the main point of a paragraph. They show the relationship of each paragraph to the essay's thesis, telegraph the point of a paragraph, and tell your reader what to expect in the paragraph that follows. Topic sentences also establish their relevance right away, making clear why the points they're making are important to the essay's main ideas. They argue rather than report.
Topic Sentence在我看来其实就是支持Thesis的Reasons. (ISSUE而言)
注意TOPIC SENTENCE必须要有变化…
案例分析时间!! :) 下划线部分为Signposts,粗体部分为TS关键内容。
仅供参考,如有错误疏漏,小弟跪求指导~~最怕是想歪了理解错了
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下面引用College Writing Skills with Readings第一篇范文的Thesis和TS
【Thesis】 While I love movies as much as ever, the inconvenience of going out, the temptations of the theater, and the behavior of some patrons are reasons for me to wait and rent the vedio.
【TS1】To begin with, I just don't enjoy the general hassle of the evening.
【TS2】Second, the theater offers tempting snacks that I really don't need.
【TS3】Many of the other patrons are even more of a problem than the concession stand.
【Conclusion】I was tired of the problems involved in getting to the theater, resistingunhealthy snacks, and dealing with the patrons.
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下面,我们看看官方6分作文 论专才与通才。
【Thesis】
Both positive and negative effects among persons in Western society call for a balance in which there are both specialists and generalists (Position平衡观点)
【TS1】Specialists are necessary in order to allow society as a whole to properly and usefully assimilate the masses of new information and knowledge that have come out of research and have been widely disseminated through mass global media. {S+}(专才是必须的)
【TS2】Simply put, without specialists, our society would find itself bogged down in the Sargasso sea of information overload. {S+}(Signposts,simply put这里说明了和第一段是同一个内容,作了一个反证,如果没有专才会如何恶劣)
【TS3】On the other hand, Over specialization means narrow foci in which people can lose the larger picture. {OS-}(Signposts,on the other hand,这里说明了和第一二段形成补充,说明了尽管专才是必须的,但是过分强调也会有坏处。)
【TS4】Not only may over-specialization be dangerous in terms of the truth, purity and cohesion of knowledge, but it can also serve to drown moral or universal issues.
Generalists and only generalists can see a broad enough picture to realize and introduce to the world the problems of the environment.
{OS-G+}(第一句是过渡也就是Bridge Sentence第二句才是Main ideas. 第一句是再次否定过分专才的坏处,突然笔锋一转 说通才能够解决过分专才不能解决的问题,也因此回应了TS3。漂亮。。。)
【TS5】Finally, over-specialization in a people's daily lives and jobs has meant personal and psychological compartmentalization. {OS-}(Signposts,finally,最后提及过度专才不仅在解决问题上没有大局观,还可能在个人层面上出现心理问题)
【TS6 & Conclusion】Without generalists, society becomes inward-looking and eventually inefficient. Without a society that recognizes the importance of broad-mindedness and for sharing generalities, individuals become isolated. Thus, while our form of society necessitates specialists, generalists are equally important.
{G+}(没有了通才,就会出现OS的恶劣情况。结论Thus,S和G一样重要)
可以看出,一个平衡的观点是如何通过TS做连接的。。。
Specialist(1)à Without specialist(2)à Over-specialization(3)(4)à Generalist(4)à Over-specialization(5)à Without generalist(6C)
好好体会。。。记下一笔
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