朗阁海外考试研究中心的专家认为,写作的时候不应该总是用“subject-verb-object”的结构顺序,而应该尽量用不同的方式展开一个句子。不同的句子开头既可以美化句子,同时也能使句子与句子之间自然过度,衔接自然,以免过于依赖过渡词。在雅思和新托福考试中,写作考官对句子结构的多样化也是非常重视的。下面,朗阁海外考试研究中心的专家将给广大考生介绍使句子开头多样化的方式方法。
【副词开头】
(1)副词修饰全句
Luckily, he didn't know my phone number; otherwise, he would bother me.
Incredibly, Helena got straight A in her school report this semester.
修饰全句常用的副词有:obviously, undoubtedly, apparently, fortunately, clearly, unfortunately, incredibly, luckily, unluckily, surprisingly, frighteningly等。
(2)强调副词
Hurriedly, the man drew me a scratch map to show me the direction.
Dangerously, the drunkard sped down the street.
Slowly and gently, snowflakes were drifting down from the sky.
(3)副词表示某一地域或某一领域
Geographically, Canada is the biggest country in the world.
Financially, she is independent, but emotionally she is dependent.
【形容词和形容词短语开头】
用形容词、并列形容词或形容词短语开头,修饰句子的主语,表示主语的特征或状态:
Frantic, the young mother rushed out the door with the baby in her arms.
Tasty and crisp, potato chip is a favorite snack for both children and adults.
Happy at his good marks at school, the little boy skipped on his way home.
【介词短语开头】
用介词短语开头,表示句子谓语动词发生的时间、地点、方式、原因、条件等:
On seeing him approach, the girl immediately turned her face to a shop window pretending to look
at something there.(时间)
Around the corner, a crowd gathered.(地点)
Unlike his father, Peter touches neither cigarettes nor alcohol.(方式)
Due to the limit of seats, he was not accepted.(原因)
In case of fire, use the stairways.(条件)
【动词不定式开头】
动词不定式开头,强调谓语动词动作的目的:
To celebrate the arrival of the Millennium, we held a grand party in the hotel.
To show my trust on him, I deposited $ 10,000 into his bank account.
【名词从句开头】
用名词从句开头,作整句的主语:
Whether you take the position or not makes great difference to me.
Why I am unhappy is something I can't explain.
What they should do about the hole in the roof is their most pressing problem.
从以上朗阁海外考试研究中心介绍的诸多句子开头方法与例句中,我们可以领略到句式变化的多样性。考生们如果能够掌握上述方法,就会发现我们从原来最常用的名词和代词作主语的句式,变为如此多样化的句子开头。