Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The purpose of television should be all educative, not entertain.
比如这个题目。最简单的写法就是:I don’t agree. 主语是I,谓语是agree,一个完整的主谓结构是句子的基础。当然,这样的句子是很低级的,是初学者的水平。所以,在确定了主语和谓语的基础上,句子还可以进一步增加其他内容。
I do not agree with the statement.
这个句子有什么问题呢?就是the statement指的是什么并不明确。当然,你可以说指的不就是题目中的那个么。如果这样理解每一个句子,用了大量的that, those之类的词,文章读起来就会很费劲,因为有太多作者自己的想当然了。
对名词进一步解释说明,可以使用同位结构。
I do not agree with the statement that television is a tool for education, rather than for entertainment.
当然,句子还可以进一步变成:
I disagree with someone’s view that the function of television should merely be educational, not recreational.
后面可以接一句:
I will write three reasons. 这是最简单的主谓结构。
然后可以用to 加动词表示目的:
I will write three reasons to refute that opinion.
当然,可以简化一下动词,直接写成:
I will refute that opinion in three aspects.
如果需要添加形容词和副词,注意,语法上是修饰最近的那个词。如果添加定语从句,那么which引导的定语从句修饰临近的名词。
I will refute that opinion in three aspects which are addressed below.
前面还可以加一句,电视发明以来已经走进了千家万户。注意,这里是一个完成时。
since the invention of television. 或者since television was invented.
汉语意思大家都可以想出来,但是这个“走进千家万户”怎么写?televisions have went into thousands of families? 这就是典型的想到哪里写到哪里,电视不是人不是动物,自己不会走。
可以写成:Televisions have been appeared in millions of households since they were invented.
或者就极其简单地写:Almost every family owns a television. 也比写一个错误的句子好。
所以第一段就是:
Televisions have been appeared in millions of households since they were invented. I disagree with someone’s view that the function of television should merely be educational, not recreational. I will refute that opinion in three aspects which are addressed below.