怎樣才能寫好英語作文***2***

　　精彩句子

　　精彩句子指文章中句式優美、蘊含哲理的句子。精彩句子的背誦有助於寫作時的引用和模仿。如在閱讀美國前總統約翰?肯尼迪***John F. Kennedy***的就職演說***Inaugural Address***時，可以記住諸如“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. ”***不要問國家能為你做什麼，而要問你能為國家做什麼。***這樣的傳世佳句，當你寫關於愛國***patriotism***主題的作文時，則可以適時引用。現仍以上面談“愛心”的文章為例，其中值得背誦的句子為數不少。摘錄如下：

　　①Love is emotional strength, which can support us no matter how dark the world around us becomes.

　　愛心是情感的力量，不論我們周圍的世界多麼黑暗，愛心都能支撐我們。

　　②People all over the country do not hesitate to donate whatever they can — be it money or goods — to help their needy fellow citizens.

　　全國人民毫不猶豫地傾囊相助——不管是錢還是物——幫助那些有需要的同胞。

　　③The best way to show love is to help people who are more unfortunate than we are.

　　表達愛心的最好方式是幫助比我們更加不幸的人。

　　④The darker the shadows of sorrow become, the more brightly the lamp of love shines.

　　悲傷的陰影越黑暗，愛心之燈的光芒就越閃亮。

　　優秀段落

　　閱讀時，我們經常會碰到一些過目難忘的段落。這些段落或者表達流暢、文筆優美，或者邏輯縝密、結構嚴謹。根據表達需要，有不同的功能段落，如現象說明段、觀點陳述段、原因列舉段、利弊解釋段、結論歸納段、趨勢預測段、措施建議段等。有些優秀段落可以作為寫作的功能段落加以背誦，對於我們拓展思路、規範行文大有裨益。在背誦過程中，熟練掌握各種功能段落的行文規則，自己在表達時就能駕輕就熟。下面僅舉觀點陳述段和措施建議段各一例。

　　觀點陳述段

　　***陳述“民族文化應該成為世界文化”的觀點***

　　A culture of one nation may become international, which is beneficial for all mankind. Since China has opened its doors widely to the outside world, many people from different countries want to visit China. They will come to accept and love Chinese culture as a whole. In addition, Chinese culture should be shared generously with foreign people, who show great interest in it. Meanwhile, as more and more foreigners come to China, they bring aspects of their own culture to share with the Chinese people. In this way, people from various nations in the world will be able to acquire a better understanding of each other and live peacefully together.

　　一個國家的文化可能成為世界文化，這對全人類都有益。由於中國已經向外界敞開了國門，許多來自不同國家的人都希望來看一看中國。他們會開始接受並喜歡整個中國文化，中國文化應該大大方方地讓感興趣的外國人分享。與此同時，隨著來中國的外國人越來越多，他們也把他們自己的文化帶給了中國人。這樣，世界各國的人們就能夠更好地相互理解、和平相處。

　　措施建議段

　　***建議“人口老齡化”的解決措施***

　　The rapidity of the population''s aging has made it more urgent for the adoption of countermeasures. No doubt, the key is to build a solid economic foundation. Meanwhile, importance should be attached to overall social progress by changing the backward situation in social security, welfare and service. What''s more, family care and community services should also be encouraged.

　　人口老齡化的加速使採取應對措施變得更為緊迫。毫無疑問，解決問題的關鍵是建立穩固的經濟基礎。與此同時，應該重視整體的社會進步，改變社會保障、福利和服務的落後局面。除此之外，應該鼓勵家庭照料和社群服務。

　　經典篇章

　　古往今來，英語寶庫中湧現出大批經典佳作，如林肯的《葛底斯堡演說》***The Gettysburg Address***，福克納的諾貝爾獎演說***Banquet Speech***，海倫?凱勒的《給我三天光明》***Three Days to See***。這些文章在文字的運用上技法高超，在思想內涵上寓意深刻，讀來字字珠璣，文字優美，啟迪心智，含義雋永***full of exquisite words and truth, satisfying the mind, appealing to the heart***。這樣的文章如不能熟讀成誦，則無法融會貫通。背誦一定數量的經典名篇既有助於提高自己遣詞造句的能力，也有助於加強自己表達思想的深度。下面的一篇短文是英國哲學家羅素***Bertrand Russell***自傳的序言部分，題為What I Have Lived For***我的人生追求***，概述了作者一生追求的三種理想，文章在語言和思想兩個方面都堪稱經典，值得背誦。

　　What I Have Lived For

　　Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. These passions, like great winds, have blown me hither and thither, in a wayward course, over a deep ocean of anguish, reaching to the very verge of despair.

　　I have sought love, first, because it brings ecstasy — ecstasy so great that I would often have sacrificed all the rest of life for a few hours of this joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness — that terrible loneliness in which one shivering consciousness looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable lifeless abyss. I have sought it, finally, because in the union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the prefiguring vision of the heaven that saints and poets have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might seem too good for human life, this is what — at last — I have found.

　　With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.

　　Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors, helpless old people — a hated burden to their sons, and the whole world of loneliness, poverty, and pain make a mockery of what human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I can''t, and I too suffer.

　　This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the chance were offered me.

　　我的人生追求

　　有三種簡單然而無比強烈的激情左右了我的一生：對愛的渴望，對知識的探索和對人類苦難的難以忍受的憐憫。這些激情像颶風，無處不在、反覆無常地吹拂著我，吹過深重的苦海，瀕於絕境。

　　我尋找愛，首先是因為它使人心醉神迷，這種陶醉是如此的美妙，使我願意犧牲所有的餘生去換取幾個小時這樣的欣喜。我尋找愛，還因為它解除孤獨，在可怕的孤獨中，一顆顫抖的靈魂從世界的邊緣看到冰冷、無底、死寂的深淵。最後，我尋找愛，還因為在愛的交融中，神祕而又具體而微地，我看到了聖賢和詩人們想象出的天堂的前景。這就是我所尋找的，而且，雖然對人生來說似乎過於美妙，這也是我終於找到了的。

　　以同樣的激情我探索知識。我希望能夠理解人類的心靈。我希望能夠知道群星為何閃爍。我試圖領悟畢達哥拉斯所景仰的數字力量，它支配著此消彼漲。僅在不大的一定程度上，我達到了此目的。

　　愛和知識，只要有可能，通向著天堂。但是憐憫總把我帶回塵世。痛苦呼喊的回聲迴盪在我的內心。忍飢挨餓的孩子，慘遭壓迫者摧殘的受害者，被兒女們視為可憎負擔的無助的老人，連同這整個充滿了孤獨、貧窮和痛苦的世界，使人類所應有的生活成為了笑柄。我渴望能夠減少邪惡，但是我無能為力，而且我自己也在忍受折磨。

　　這就是我的一生。我發現它值得一過。如果再給我一次機會，我會很高興地再活它一次。