第二十单元 推展段落方法混合方法 20.1 混合方法(Mixed Patterns) 到目前为止,我们讨论了九种推展段落方法1)事实数据法(facts and statistics);2)叙述法(narration);3)描述法(description);4)过程分析法(process analysis);5)定义法(definition);6)举例法(examples);7)比较对比法(comparison and contrast);8)分类法(division and classification);9)因果法(cause and effect)。我们还讨论了四种组织段落的方法:1)时间顺序法(time order);2)空间顺序法(space order);3)重要性顺序法(order of importance);4)熟悉度顺序法(order of familiarity)。此外,我们还谈及一个好的段落的三个特征:1)完整性(completeness);2)统一性(unity);3)连贯性(coherence)。 我们在前面各单元的示范段落中已经发现,极少段落是仅用一种推展方法的。作者常常在段落中使用一种方法作为支配方法(dominant method),另外一种或数种作为辅助方法(supporting method)。 示范段落20-1 Mans knowledge of the past has sometimes been gained in odd ways.One of the oddest incidents occurred on January 16,1900.An angry workman broke a crocodile mummy into pieces.He wassurprised to find that the mummy had been wrapped in sheets of papyrus,the reed paper of ancient Egypt.And on the papyrus there was writing. 20.2示范段落分析 主题句:Mans knowledge of the past has sometimes been gained in odd ways. |