英语笑话短文（共6篇）
篇1：英语笑话短文
高二英语短文改错专题复习高二英语短文改错专题复习知识总结归纳：
短文改错的题是一篇意思连贯，但有九行文字中各有一个语法或用词错误的英语短文。它所涉及的知识面很广，能力要求较高。而且题中所设的错误常常是考生自己在写作中经常出的语法错误，是专门针对考生的弱点而设的。但它又从另一个角度考查了语法知识的运用。因此，做题时，应从以下几个方面着手解题：动词使用错误；名词使用错误；形容词，副词使用错误；连词使用错误；代词使用错误；冠词使用错误；介词使用错误，上下文逻辑错误等。
在研究每一行的句子时，首先把握句子的意思，然后划分句子的成分：主语；谓语部分；宾语；状语：地点，时间，方式等。如果句子是并列句或复合句，先分开各部分小的分句，根据各个分句之间的关系判断使用的连词是否正确。然后再研究各个分句的成分。
（一）名词使用错误：名词一般在句中做主语或宾语，名词的错误主要在于名词单，复数的错误使用。
1.They were eager to know everything about China and asked me lots of question.： question是可数名词根据本句的意思，前面有lots of修饰，应当改为复数形式。2.We study quite a few subject, such as maths, Chinese, English and physics.：subject是可数名词根据本句的意思，前面有quite a few修饰，应当改为复数形式。
3.We practise three times every week and often watch football match on TV together.：根据本句的意思match在此应当改为复数形式。
4.Happy birthday, Peter, and many return of the day.：return在此是名词，应当改为复数形式：many returns of the day是祝贺人们生日的固定用语：祝你健康长寿。
5.He said that she and my schoolmate all wishes me success.：all 在句中提示了除我以外schoolmate应当是复数形式。
6.On the way up I was taking picture since the scenery was so beautiful.：picture应当改成复数形式，因为作者一路上忙于照相，不止仅照一张像。另外还要注意名词所有格形式上的错误使用。
That kind of lie, a little, does two things: it keeps your friend feeling from being hurt….：根据句子意思：有时一个小小的谎言（善意的）可以使你的朋友的感情免遭伤害friend应当改为friend’s
（二）动词使用的错误：
<一> 作为谓语动词，注意谓语动词在时态，语态，与主语是否一致以及用词方面的问题。1.My favourite sport is football.I was a member of our school team.：全句的基本时态应当是现在时，was应改为am 2.Playing football not only makes us grow up tall and strong but also give us a sense of fair play and team spirit.：主谓一致的错误。Give的主语是Playing football，动名词作主语是单数形式，应改为：gives 3.I use to play ping-pong a lot in my spare time, but now I am interested in football.：前半句是说过去的事情used to do ：过去常常做某事。use改为：used 4.…the scenery was so beautiful.The time passes quickly.Evening came down.：时态错误。全句是过去时态，passes 改为passed 5.As we climbed the mountain, we fed monkeys, visiting temples and told stories.：动词形式的错误。句中有三个连续的动作做谓语。因此visit不是伴随状语，是第二个谓语动词，应该为visited.6.The Internet is a computer network that use the telephone system to link millions of computers around the world.：句中定语从句中的谓语动词use 的主语是先行词a computer network，是单数形式，所以按主谓一致的原则use改为：uses.<二> 作为非谓语动词，现在分词，过去分词，动名词，不定式形式的使用错误，同时注意非谓语动词在平行结构中出现的错误。
1.Not far from the hotel, there was a shop with all kinds of clothes hang up.：hang up在此做定语修饰先行词clothes，应改为现在分词形式表示挂着各种衣服。
2.He had worked on farms and in shops where he spent his spare time studied by himself.：定语从句是说：他把业余时间花在学习上，按句型结构：spend some time doing something.所以studied应改为：studying.<三> 形容词，副词使用错误：
注意：① 形容词和副词的比较级，原级，最高级使用方面的问题。② 修饰比较级的副词的错误使用。③ 以ing和以ed结尾的形容词的混用。④ 形容词和副词的混用。
1.I never knew a ride down a river could be so much exciting：much修饰比较级形式，在此没有比较级的意义，所以去掉much.2.I’m sure we’ll have a wonderfully time together.：形容词与副词混用。Have a wonderful time：过得非常愉快。wonderfully 改为：wonderful 3.…his mother was very poor that she had to send him to a rich family who had no child.：本句含有so…that 句型。very改为：so 4.People will work few hours than they do now.：这是一个含比较级的句子。（句中有than），few 改为比较级形式fewer 5.Computers will be more smaller and useful….：比较级smaller前面的修饰词应该是副词much。More与多音节形容词或副词原形构成比较级。more改为much 6.Last week, I went to a movie, which was very moved.形容词moved指人受到感动。本句的定语从句的主语是movie。应当是moving.<四> 连词使用错误：并列句连词and与but的误用是历年高考题中常考的内容。复合句如宾语从句，状语从句，定语从句中主，从句的连接词的误用根据主从句的关系可以发现。1.My class will be over by then or I will pick you up there.：前后两句的关系是并列关系or应改为：and 2.My grandma was the best cook in the world but could make the most delicious dishes.前后两句是并列关系不具有转折意义。but改为：and 3.It deosn’t matter that I would win or not.Matter后面的从句是whether…or not结构。That改为：whether 4.An Eskimo boy becomes a man since he kills his first polar bear.：根据句子意思：在Eskimo男孩杀死他的第一只北极熊之后，才真正成为一名男子汉。Since改为：after 5.The fine-furniture store ∧I work has been in business since the 1920s.：I work是定语从句修饰先行词The fine-furniture store，The fine-furniture store在从句中做地点状语，应加关系副词where.解题思路：
首先要理解整个短文的含义，逻辑关系，篇章结构。再仔细研究每一句的意义。借助划分句子成分的方法判断每一部分是否有错误。读句子时一定以整句为单位。【典型例题】
A（2004全国卷I）Dear Ralph I’m a newcomer here of a small town.I would 1.from describe myself as shy and quietly.Before my classmates, 2.quiet it seems always difficult for me to do things∧ well as 3.as them.I’m sure they will laugh to me and see me as 4.at a fool.So I feel unhappy every day.5.√
Besides, I have few friends, I don’t know that they 6.why
don’t like to talk with me.Sometimes, we talked to each other 7.talk very well in class, but after class we become stranger at 8.strangers once.I am trying to improve the situation since it dosen’t 9.but seem to work.Can you tell me about what I should do? 10.about去掉 分析：
1.来自一个小镇的新生。强调“来自于”用介词：from 2.describe oneself as +形容词，所以quietly改为quiet 3.缺少连词，这是同级比较结构as…as，加上as 4.介词错误：词组laugh at somebody：嘲笑某人。
6.宾语从句连词的错误，that 本身没有意义可以省略，本句是说：我不知道他们为什么不喜欢我。
7.时态错误，全篇用的是现在时。
8.名词单复数的错误，主语是we，宾语与主语呼应，应该是复数形式。9.这是一个并列句，前后为转折关系。10.根据句子意思，about多余。
B全国卷III2004 You can find all kinds ∧information in just 1.of a few minute on the Internet.It’s like going to a 2.minutes huge library without have to walk around to find 3.having your books.Recently even though, many people 4.去掉even have been discussing the dangers of the Internet.5.√ They have been reports in America about people 6.There trying to steal person information for bad purposes.7.personal Finding information on the Net is easily.But not all 8.easy information are good to society.For example, you 9.is can find such information like how to kill people.10.as The problem will become more serious in the future.分析：
1.all kinds of是固定词组，of 不能缺少.2.a few 后面的名词是复数形式。minute是可数名词 3.without是介词，后面跟动词ing形式。
4.even though：即使，此处表示“虽然”。应去掉even 6.此处表示：在美国有报道说…..应当用表示“有…”的句型：there be… 7.此处表示“个人的信息”，需要用形容词做定语。personal：个人的。8.is后面是形容词形式。
9.information是不可数名词。后面的谓语动词用单数形式。10.such…as是固定句型。【模拟试题】（答题时间：45分钟）A You can find all kinds information in just 1._____ a few minute on the Internet.It’s like going to a 2._____ huge library without have to walk around to find 3._____ your books.Recently even though, many people 4._____ have been discussing the dangers of the Internet 5._____ They have been reports in America about people 6._______ trying to steal person information for bad purposes.7._______ Finding information on the Net is easily.But not all 8.________ information are good to society.For example, you 9.________ can find such information like how to kill people.10.________ The problem will become more serious in the future.B This is a story told by my father: “When I was boy, 1._________
The most exciting thing was when to celebrate the Spring 2._________ Festival.My grandma was the best cooker in the world 3._________ but could make the most delicious dishes.One time, I just 4._________ couldn’t wait for the Spring Festival dinner.As I was 5._________ about take a picture from a cooked duck, I saw Grandma in 6._________ the kitchen looking at me.Shake her hand, she said, ‘It 7._________ isn’t a good time to do that, dear.’ At once I apologize 8._________ and controlled me at my best till the dinner started.You 9._________ know, that was a dinner we had waited for several month.” 10.________
参考答案 A 1.在kinds后面加of ：all kinds of 是固定短语。这里缺少了介词of 2.名词“数”的错误, minute是可数名词，有a few修饰，应改为：minutes 3.have改为：having：without是介词，后面的动词应该是动名词形式。4.去掉even：even though：即使。此处表示：虽然。5.此行正确。
6.They改为：There：本句表示：有一份报告。用there be 句型。7.person改为：personal：此处指个人的信息，应该用形容词形式。8.easily改为easy：be后面接形容词。
9.are改为is：主语information是不可数名词。
10.like改为as：such…as为固定句型，表示：象……这样的……。B 分析：
1.boy是可数名词，第一次提到，前面必须加a 2.本句是说：欢渡春节。When在此多余.3.用词不当，cooker：炊具。Cook：厨师。4.前后两个分句是并列关系。
6.be about to do something 是固定句型。7.Shake her hand在本句中做伴随状语。应该用ing形式。8.全句都在叙述过去的事，用过去时。
9.本句是说：控制自己。宾语应改为反身代词。10.several后的名词应是复数形式。
篇2：英语笑话短文
I’ve always considered myself a relatively well-rounded person — someone whose attitude to work-life balance is “healthy,” or at least consistent. And yet early last year at a barbecue in South Africa, a woman asked me a question that caused me to doubt this view of myself — or rather, her response to my response did.
“What do you do?” she asked.
“I work for a magazine,” I told her.
The woman laughed a little, as if she’d found my answer simple. “No, I mean, what do you do?” she asked, then moved on.
Perplexed, I listened to others answer this question over the evening. Some said they were surfers; others said they hiked, and many played music. Some people said they had been trying to improve their cooking skills. Others talked about their kids.
I’ve never heard such a variety of answers to the “what do you do?” question in the United States — we all respond with what we do for work — and that, I think, is no coincidence. Work defines our national identity, so it tends to define us individually too. More than half of us get a sense of identity from our jobs, even though more of us, some 55 percent, feel dissatisfied with them.
While identifying with your job isn’t bad on its own — who doesn’t want to make money doing something that contributes to their self-worth? — it takes on an almost fetishistic quality here. Like when overwork apologists blog about how great it is to take conference calls on Thanksgiving between apple-pie bakes. (In a clumsy stab at social rebellion, this particular blog post is called “My work is my life. Is that a problem?”) Or like when companies weave overwork into their brand identity, a trend The New Yorker’s Jia Tolentino documented earlier this year. In a piece about the emergent gig economy, Tolentino examines a series of recruitment ads posted by Fiverr, a TaskRabbit-esque online service marketplace:
“One ad, prominently displayed on some New York City subway cars, features a woman staring at the camera with a look of blank determination. “You eat a coffee for lunch,” the ad proclaims. “You follow through on your follow through. Sleep deprivation is your drug of choice. You might be a doer.’”
Americans, so the cultural-industrial myth goes, are doers. But is that all we are? Not if we want to be healthy, according to Patricia W. Linville, an associate professor at the Fuqua School of Business and psychology department at Duke University. Linville has studied the idea of “self-complexity” — or how a human sorts the many traits, roles, and other identity markers that make up him- or herself. She has found that the narrower a person’s vision of their “self” is, the more prone they are to depression and anxiety. For instance, Linville writes, consider a woman who thinks about her life mainly in terms of her career and her relationship to her husband. If her husband says something dismissive, half of her “self” takes a hit. If her boss issues her a harsh reprimand, again, that’s an attack on 50 percent of her identity.
On the other hand, someone who considers themselves in a variety of lights — as a mother, sister, doctor, surfer, crossword-puzzle wiz, etc. — has less emotional dependence on any single one of these identity “baskets.” Thus, if this person faces a professional setback or deals with a difficult breakup, they will be able to weather it more steadily, and get back on their feet more quickly. A harsh blow to 20 percent of you isn’t going to knock you out.
Attaining self-complexity is not an easy task, especially if you’ve identified with your work for most of your life. But hobbies can help kickstart the journey. For instance, my friend Allie Rawson, a 25-year-old employee at LinkedIn, is a hardworking person to whom balance does not come easily. But nowadays, in addition to working at LinkedIn full time, she sails and takes improv classes. “It’s really easy for work to become the only thing in your life,” Rawson says. Especially when surrounded by workaholics: Her team is comprised mainly of ex-consultants, so “there is a culture of staying late. It feels virtuous to be working a lot of hours.”
When Rawson first started working, she says, she made many mistakes — typical for someone just starting out, but also unnerving for someone whose identity rests on professional competence. Whenever she went out on the water, though, Rawson relaxed: For a brief time, her negative feelings dissipated. “It was nice to have something I felt I was good at,” she says. “Like, I might not be great at my job right now, but if I go sailing, I’ll feel good.”
Rawson is prone to depression, and she says that having hobbies that represent and nourish her various sides of self is the best means she’s found to combat her symptoms. “It’s important to have more than one way to connect with yourself,” she says. “Having a creative outlet and having a connection with nature are two things that are especially important for me. Sailing and improv fill those [categories].”
Another friend, Kaitlin Hansen, is also an example of healthy self-complexity, though her approach differs from Rawson’s. Hansen’s got a busy schedule, too — over the past year she helped prepare an inmate for his parole hearing, tutored at a federal prison in Brooklyn and worked with the Jails Action Coalition (“and tried to work out once in a while,” she says, laughing). Unlike Rawson, though, Hansen says her hobbies don’t speak to different aspects of her identity. They all align with her view of herself as a person committed to social justice, as does her job (which she admits is an immense privilege). For Hansen, who has enjoyed a fair amount of mental stability throughout her life, hobbies amplify a preexisting sense of self-complexity — and it’s not exactly self-complexity, either.
篇3：简述英语短文有效信息的获取
阅读的重点在于如何获取你需要的信息, 而不是娱乐消遣、打发时间。在教学上, 就是要培养学生以英语为工具从原文资料中获取信息的能力。为达到这一教学目的, 我们在教学中应把获取信息作为学生阅读的首要任务, 帮助学生树立强烈的信息概念, 形成获取信息的思维, 培养学生学会从原文中发现﹑辨别﹑提取﹑加工、传出的方法。
语言学家认为, 语言是传递信息的工具, 阅读材料就是一个完整的信息系统。人们把自己要表达的情感和要传达的信息都隐藏在阅读材料里, 包括标点符号。我们阅读时, 就是要还原作者当时的感受和要表达的感情。阅读材料不仅有表层意思, 还有深层意思, 所以, 阅读时不仅要理解表层意思, 还要捕获作者的深层意思。为了达到这一目的, 我们就需要学会运用语言的一些基本理论, 包括词汇学﹑词义学﹑语法学﹑语义学﹑修辞学﹑标点符号知识等。
一、词汇学
在英语的学习过程中, 阅读向来在我们日常考试中都是个重头戏, 是重中之重。而口语水平的提高在一定程度上也受词汇量的制约。如果没有一个扎实的词汇功底, 阅读速度的提高就是无稽之谈!所以词汇学习就显得非常重要。这要求学生单词要记得多而准确, 释义、搭配、例句、用法越全越好。但词汇的学习也不能死记硬背, 要善用词源学理解单词的意思。单词是由前缀、词根和后缀所构成的, 前缀很多都是反义前缀, 如“like”意思是“喜欢”而“dislike”就是“不喜欢”, 再如“happy”意思是“高兴”而“unhapyy”的意思就是“不高兴”, 像这样的前缀如in、im、il、ir等表示否定的很多, 也有很多表示反对的后缀。这样就能节省很多时间, 从而达到事半功倍的效果。
二、词义学
作者在使用一个词时, 要分析把这个词用为褒义词还是贬义词, 这个词的褒贬反映了作者的主观倾向, 可以影响到别的信息的准确性和真实性。如果不对这个词分析, 或者对这个词分析不准确, 就会忽视这则信息, 或者传达错误的信息, 可能导致信息失误。如cleverness/Some people are too smart for their own good.分析:本句中的“聪明”含有贬义, 不能译为褒义词“intelligent”, 但可译为“clever”或“smart”。在特定的语境中, “clever”和“smart”都可能带有贬义, 如“smartaleck”表示以为处处聪明的“万事通”, 而“clever talk”类似于汉语的“夸夸其谈”。另外在文章中的词的转意、扩意也大量出现, 一个熟悉的常用词会成为一个完全不同的词汇。如freeze本意是“结冰”, 但在The sudden bang froze us in our tracksz这句话中意思是“惊呆了”。词义理解是阅读的基础, 是阅读质量得以保障的前提。对词义的理解不正确、不透彻、不全面, 就谈不上准确的阅读理解。因此, 教师在教学中要善于引导学生正确、透彻、全面地理解和掌握词义, 学生在平时的学习中要加强语言文化的学习, 获取并储备足够的知识来理解词义。
三、语法学
英语语法贯穿英语学习的始终, 首先让我们认识一下什么是语法。语言是交际的工具, 是音义结合的语法体系。语法是语言的组织规律, 它属于语言结构系统。而词汇是语言的建筑材料, 它通过语法而赋予语言以意义内容。准确理解语法的信息意义是获取信息的重要途径。信息不仅存在于词汇中, 它还大量存在于语法规则运用中, 比如时态, 英语时态不仅能说明动作是否完成, 是现在完成还是过去完成, 动作是在进行之中, 还是将要发生等等, 学生们往往把握不住时态所传达的信息, 常常得出错误的信息。如Teacher asked“Tom is nine years old, Who is older, Tom and you?”Student answered“I am two years old than Tom”我们应该理解为至少要大于十一岁。教师要培养学生积极获取有价值信息的意识, 通过分析谓语动词的形态来正确判断时间关系得出正确的信息。此外, 语态语气也很重要, 被动语态除了说明主谓关系外, 还表达出信息的重点和造成客观事实的印象。语气运用更要注意, 虚拟语气常表达一种事与愿违的结果, 如I thought Tom would have comehere.其实所传达的意思是Tom不愿意来这儿但是来了。语气的运用也能判断出准确的信息, 如I pick a book.Whose book is it?回答It might be Kate’s.很可能不是Kate的书, 而回答It must be Kate’s就可以相信是Kate的书。讲解语法﹑句型的信息意义能加强学生在阅读中对信息的渴求, 自觉地把语法运用与信息传递放在一起考虑, 形成多层次分析角度。语法在英语阅读中的作用是不可忽视的。如果我们在教学实践中合理把握语法教学, 学生的阅读能力以及其他能力都会相应提高。除了词﹑语外还要研究章法, 阅读和写作是两个相对应的过程, 阅读时要分析作者对文章的构思, 怎样组织文章, 怎样布置文章的层次, 要分析文章的篇章结构, 据此理清作者的思路, 从文章中获取对学生有价值的信息, 这样就必须掌握英语的写作技能和技巧, 分析英汉写作逻辑思维和习惯的不同。
四、标点符号
在平时的阅读理解训练中, 无论教师还是学生, 注意力一般都集中在对文字的理解上。其实, 文章中还有一些非文字信息, 如标点符号、特殊字体、图表等, 作者常常会利用这些细节向读者传达或暗示丰富的甚至重要的信息, 忽视这些信息或缺乏对这些信息的了解也会造成学生理解上的障碍。比如破折号, 它后面的部分是对前文或前文中的某个词、短语做进一步的补充说明或者解释, 它的信息价值, 可能有作用, 也可能没用处, 所以学生不要放过有用的信息, 同样也不要把时间浪费在无用的信息上。
五、其他
在英语阅读中, 还要重视一些小词包括引导从句的连接词﹑关系词, 表示句子或者段落关系的副词, 表示时间﹑地点的模糊副词﹑短语, 还有表示顺序﹑对比﹑定义﹑列举﹑补充﹑比较﹑分类﹑归纳﹑递进等意义的关系词和连接词。如We go to school.After school we go to the park.After即为时间先后;又如We don’t go to school or go to the park.用or即表示两个地方都没有去。这些词就传达着信息, 是信息符号。要重视这些词传递的信息, 在转折较多、文字复杂的文章中可以牵出文章的脉络, 使学生在阅读时可以不漏掉信息。
此外, 学生在阅读中还要从六个角度寻找信息, what (什么) , who (谁) , when (什么时间) , where (何地) , how (如何) , why (为什么) 处处疑问, 然后寻找答案, 进而获得所要的信息。
总之, 通过几方面的培养和一段时间的阅读训练之后, 学生们会发现阅读是各类题型中最容易获得高分数的题。它不像词汇和语法没见过就做不出来, 而阅读可以通过几个方面把全文的意思清楚地呈现在眼前, 学生们对阅读也会逐步感兴趣, 从而也就提高了学生们的阅读水平———获取信息的能力。
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篇4：高考英语短文写作技巧
一、结构
了解短文写作的文章结构,弄清作文的体裁(通知、书信、日记、便条、人物或地点介绍、小论文、看图作文或改写等)。如果要求写信,就要弄清收信人、写信人;如果是口头通知,就要记住前言后语,打招呼就要说“Attention, please.”之类的话,结束语要说“That’s all. Thank you”等;如果是看图作文,就要注意时态,故事性的作文时态一般为过去时,而如果是描写一个地方、介绍一个产品,时态一般用现在时。对试题所提供的信息,不论是文字还是图片,都要认真分析、反复推敲,有一个清醒的思路之后再动笔。
从近年的命题特点来看,湖北省高考英语短文写作多属于半开放式,采用三段式结构,即引言(introduction)-主体(body)-结尾(conclusion)。引言部分通常给出,让学生在限定的范围内组织要点,完成主体部分和结尾部分。2007～2009年湖北卷的短文写作都是书信格式,开头和结尾部分已经给出,考生只需把所给要点进行适当安排,组织成文即可。
由于中西方人在思维习惯上有明显差别,因此书面表达的组织方式也存在着明显差异。英语作文的组织方式是按直线进行的,主题句放在句首,其余的句子作为支撑句,对主题句起到解释作用,也就是先概括后具体。而汉语作文通常是先描述具体事实,然后再进行归纳。一些学生在学习英语的过程中不能完全摆脱母语的影响,在写作过程中容易按照汉语作文的组织方式处理,导致文章的结构不明确。短文写作词数最多120个词,所以不需要有过多的铺垫,直接切入主题即可;短文最好分段,一段一个要点,以使条理清晰、层次分明;主体部分控制在10～12个句子,以刚好写满答题纸为最佳。
二、文字
考纲的书面表达部分要求考生具有以下能力:(1)准确使用语法和词汇;(2)使用一定的句型、词汇,清楚、连贯地表达自己的意思。纵观近几年高考书面表达的评分标准不难看出,句式单调的文章,即使没有任何表达错误,也不能得高分。而“语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误,但为尽量使用复杂结构或较高级词汇所致”得分也在最高一档(21～25分)。
词汇是构成语言的一个重要要素,词汇能力是衡量学习者语言水平的尺度之一。评分标准也明确鼓励考生多用高级词汇,比如要表达“聪明”,大多数同学的第一反应就是“clever”,这个首先想到的clever只能算作基础词汇。其实,表示“聪明”的单词我们学过不少,比如bright,intelligent等,类似这样的词汇才可以算是高级词汇。一个好词往往能让句子增色不少。例如:
①突然,我想出了一个注意。
Suddenly I thought out a good idea. (一般)
A good idea occurred to me. (高级)
A good idea suddenly struck me. (高级)
②雨很大所以我昨天没去那儿。
I didn’t go to the concert because of the heavy rain. (一般)
The heavy rain prevented me from going to the concert yesterday. (高级)
③你能很容易找到我家。
You can find my house easily. (一般)
You’ll have no trouble/difficulty finding my house. (高级)
④我们每天有许多作业做。
We have a lot of homework to do every day. (一般)
We have endless homework to do every day. (高级)
⑤非常感谢你的帮助。
Thank you for your help very much. (一般)
I feel thankful / grateful for your help. (高级)
I appreciate your help very much. (高级)
要想在高考作文中用到更多的高级词汇,同学们在备考时可以做一些构词法的练习,掌握合成词、派生词以及转换词的规律,这样就能够在较短时间内扩大词汇量。在平时的学习中,应注意归纳同义词和近义词,英语中有着最丰富的、最庞大的同义词和近义词体系,同一种含义可以由不同的词汇来表达,比如表示“认为”的词就有think,believe,consider,feel,figure,regard,expect等。另外,养成Brainstorming的好习惯,看到一个新话题时首先想想自己可能用到哪些词,将它们列出来,然后翻一翻参考书和字典,把自己认为不错的词补充进去。久而久之,建立起自己的词库(word bank),考试时就不会捉襟见肘了。
至于复杂结构,也就是说句式要富于变化,如使用被动句、倒装句、定语从句、强调句型、名词性从句、非谓语动词等。
例如:“他生病了,没有上学。”这个句子可以有多种表达方式。
①He was ill so he didn’t go to school.
②He was so sick that he didn’t go to school.
③He suffered from such an illness that he didn’t go to school.
④He was absent from class because he was ill.
⑤The reason why he didn’t go to school was that he was ill.
⑥He was too sick to attend the class.
⑦His being sick led to his absence from class.
⑧Being sick/ill, he didn’t go to school.
⑨His illness stopped him from going to school.
⑩He missed his class for his illness.
{11}It was because he got sick that he was absent from school.
{12}If he hadn’t been ill, he would have attended the class.
当然,也没有必要每句话都追求这些复杂的语法结构,但整篇作文中一定要有所体现。从某种程度讲,作文就是“做秀”,应当把自己多年的语言知识的积累通过短文写作“秀”出来。
三、连贯
评分标准指出,短文写作应该注意上下文的连贯性,并能有效地使用语句间的连接成分,使全文结构紧凑。这里说的连贯性,就是指通过连接词(包括并列连词、从属连词和连接性副词)、非谓语动词短语等语法成分,使两个或多个意义相互关联的事情或观点在同一个句子内得以表达,从而使整个段落或篇章浑然一体,连贯流畅。短文写作的每一个分数档都对连贯性提出了明确要求:
第五档 (21～25分):有效地使用了语句间的连接成分,使全文结构紧凑。
第四档(16～20分):应用简单的语句间的连接成分,使全文结构紧凑。
第三档 (11～15分):应用简单的语句间的连接成分,使全文内容连贯。
第二档 (6～10分):较少使用语句间的连接成分,内容缺少连贯性。
第一档 (1～5分):缺乏语句间的连接成分,内容不连贯。
也就是说,在考查考生语言准确性的基础上,进一步强调了文章的连贯性,连贯性越强则得分越高。
有效地使用关联词会使句子间的逻辑关系更加明确,使整篇文章更加条理清楚,连贯流畅。在写作的过程中,以下关联词的应用非常关键。
有了这些词的连接,就会使文章变得语句通顺,层次清楚,有声有色,让评卷人感觉到考生的语言功底。
另外,短文作为一个整体,考生应当在段落与段落之间用到一些过渡性语言,使得作文在结构上严密和连贯。以下是文章的起承转合中常见的过渡语:
①启
A proverb says......
At present......
As the proverb says......
Currently......
Generally speaking, ......
Now, ......
In general, ......
On the whole......
It is clear that......
Recently......
It is often said that......
Without doubt, ......
②承
First(of all), ......
Moreover, ......
Firstly, ......
No one can deny that......
In the first place, ......
Obviously......
To begin with, ......
Of course, ......
Also, ......
Similarly,......
At the same time......
Therefore, we should realize that......
Certainly......
There is no doubt that.......
In addition,......
What`s more, ......
In fact......
It can be easily proved that......
Meanwhile......
③转
But......
Still, ......
But the problem is not so simple...
There is a certain amount of truth in this, but we still have a problem with regard to.......
However,.......
To our surprise,......
Nevertheless, ......
Unfortunately......
On the other hand, ......
Yet difference will be found and that is why I feel that......
Others may find this to be true, but I do not. I think......
④合
Above all,
In brief, ........
Accordingly, .....
In conclusion, ........
All in all, .......
In other words, it is hard to escape the conclusion that........
As a consequence, .........
In short, .........
As I have shown/said/stated/....
In sum, ........
In summary, .......
As has been noted, ....
Obviously, .........
By so doing, .....
On the whole, .....
Consequently, ........
Presumably, .......
Eventually, .........
To conclude, ......
Finally, ........
To sum up, .....
In a word, ......
To summarize, ......
四、检查
检查是短文写作的最后一道工序。最后一道工序也意味着稍有疏忽,则很难弥补。因此,认真仔细地检查对于最终的得分是十分重要的。在检查过程中,应注意以下几个方面:
1.通读全文,仔细检查内容是否完整,要点有无遗漏,文章的人称是否符合题目的要求。
2.检查格式是否正确,有无文不对题或欠缺之处。
3.检查语法是否正确,有无句式或用词错误,尤其要注意名词单复数-冠词及动词的使用, 还要注意句与句、段与段的过渡是否自然得体。
4.检查书写是否规范,有无拼写、大小写、标点符号等错误。
5.检查字数是否符合要求。
总之,短文写作并非容易的事情,它需要平时的积累,需要同学们在平时的学习过程中加强训练,以求水到渠成之功。功夫在平常, 一切急功近利的做法都是徒劳的。一分耕耘,一分收获,同学们只要持之以恒,夯实基础,再加上考前有针对性的科学训练,在高考中一定能够取得理想的成绩!
篇5：英语故事短文
Sports are more than competitions. To me, they mean growth under the care of others. I learned this the hard way.
I used to be very shy and often felt lonely. Although I did well in all the academic subjects, I was afraid of physical education. My classmates often laughed at me.
“Look at that girl,” they said. “Her feet don’t leave the ground when she runs!”
Their words embarrassed me. Moreover, whenever the teacher organized some competitive games, no one in the class liked to have me as their partner or team member. As a result, I often ended up looking at others enjoy their games.
Things would go on like that if not for a sports meet in my high school. By mistake, my name was put on the list of those who would compete in the women’s 1500 meters race. By the time people found the mistake, it was too late to change.
My desk-mate was a natural athlete. She said to me, “I couldn’t run that race in your place, because I’ve signed up for three items already.” Other athletic girls of the class said the same.
I was utterly dumbfounded. 1500 meters! Running against the best runners from other classes! And in front of students of the entire school! It would be the worst nightmare I’d ever have!
“You still have time to catch up because there is still one month before the sports meet,” they all said this to me, including my teacher.
My desk-mate patted me on the shoulder, “Cool! You will run for our class! And we will do training together.” Yes, this is not just for myself, but for my class too, I said to myself. But still, 1500 meters to me was like Mount Everest to a beginning climber. I had no idea even how to start my preparation.
Fortunately, my desk-mate gave me a hand. Every afternoon after class, several of us ran together. When the fear of being laughed at struck me, I saw others running right beside me. They gave me strengths. While we were running, some others would stand by the tracks cheering for us.
One month certainly couldn’t make me a good runner. But when I was standing behind the start line, I no longer felt lonely or afraid. I saw my classmates standing by the tracks waving at me as if about to run beside me.
With the shot of the starting gun, I dashed out and ran as fast as I could, as if it were a 200-meter race. Soon I was out of breath and slowed down. Other runners passed me one by one, and gradually I had no idea how many of them were still behind me. My legs were getting heavier and heavier, and I might fall down at any moment. However, I suddenly heard my classmates chanting my name. My desk-mate even ran along the tracks beside me and cheered for me at the same time, just like the month-long training we did together.
As expected, I was almost the last to cross the finish line. Immediately, my classmates held my arms and urged me to walk on my feet and not to sit down. I was surrounded, with all kinds of drinks handed to me. I felt a kind of warmth I had never felt before. Even though I was almost the last to finish the race, I was full of confidence that I would improve in the future.
That sports meet was an unforgettable experience. The memory of my classmates cheering for me, holding my arms and handing me drinks stays fresh on my mind. Sports are no longer about winning or losing. They give me a lot of confidence, both confidence in my fellow students and confidence in my own potential. I am no longer lonely, no longer afraid. Sports have brought me close to my classmates and helped us grow together.
篇6：英语阅读短文练习
B.October
C.A or B（）2.Families eat _____and drink_____.A.mooncakes ,coffee B.nuts,milk C.mooncakes,Chinese tea（）3.People often tell the story of ______.A.Chang’e
B.Diao Chan
C.Qu Yuan（）4.Then moon is ______that night.A.round
B.bright
C.A and B（）5.is the Mid-Autumn Festival a Chinese festival? A.Yes,it is
B.No,it isn’t
C.I don’t know
（二）This is Changsha South Railway Station.A high-speed Train called Hexie Hao is going to move out of the station.Wang Jun is going to go to Guangzhou.He will visit his uncle and aunt.He is very excited.He likes to travel by train!A）阅读短文，将正确答案的序号填在括号内。（）1.What is the best title(标题)for this passage? A.A Travel
B.A Picnic（）2.What is the name of the station? A.Changsha North Railway Station.B.Changsha South Railway Station.（）3.Can the train called Hexie Hao go very fast? A.Yes,it can.B.No,it can’t.4.Is Wang Jun very excited about the travel? A.Yes,he is.B.No,he isn’t.B)阅读短文，回答下列问题。1.Where is Wang Jun going?
Wang Jun is going to ________________.2.Will he visit his uncle and aunt?
__________________________________________.（三）
Christmas is coming.The shopping centres are very busy(忙碌的).Some people are buying Christmas trees.Some people are buying gifts for their families or relatives.I’m going to buy a computer for my little brother.He can draw pictures on the computer.Our family usually gets together(团聚)on Christmas Eve.My elder brother(大哥)lives in London.Last year,he didn’t come back because it was snowing very hard.I hope we are going to be together again this year.My elder brother will drive here on Christmas Eve.We will decorate our Christmas tree with colourful balls and lights.We will put the gifts under the tree.We don’t open them until Christmas morning.（）1.Before Christmas , the shopping centres are very_____.A.high
B.lovely
C.busy
（）2.I’m going to buy a _____for my little brother.A.computer
B.football
C.schoolbag（）3.My elder brother lives in _______.A.London
B.New York
C.Beijing（）4.My elder brother will come home by_______.A.bus
B.car
C.bike（）5.We put the gifts ______ the tree.A.in
B.on
C.under
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四）
Daming and his friends will go for a picnic next Sunday.They will go to the park.Everyone will bring some food and drinks.Amy will bring some peanuts and candies.Tom will bring some fruit.Xiaogang will bring a few cans of Coke.Tingting will bring some cookies and apples.How about Daming? He will bring a box of cakes and a football.So they can play football in the park.They will meet at the park at 9:30 a.m.They’re so excited about the picnic next Sunday.1.判断正误，正确的打“√”，错误的画“×”。
（）1.Amy will bring some peanuts and candies for the picnic.（）2.Xiaogang will bring a few cans of Coke.（）3.Daming will bring a basketball and some cakes.2.根据短文选择正确的答案。
（）1.When will Daming and his friends go for a picnic? A.Next Saturday.B.Next Sunday.（）2.What will Tom bring for the picnic？
A.some fruit
B.Cookies and apples
（）3.Are they excited about the picnic? A.Yes,they are.B.No,they aren’t
3.根据短文，回答问题。1.Where will they go for a picnic?
They will_____________________.2.What time will they meet at the park? They will_____________________.3.What will Tingting bring for the picnic? She will__________________________.（五）Dear Peter，I’m very happy to receive your email.Yesterday I went to Nanjiao Park with my friends.In the park,the tress are green and flowers are blooming.Some birds are singing and dancing in the trees.We played many games in the park.We had a happy time all day.Now I’m gong to answer some of your questions.You asked me about the weather in Changsha in summer,It’s very hot in summer.The most of people in Changsha usually go to the swimming pool(泳池)to swim.I like swimming ,too.And I’m a good swimmer.I like summer best.You asked me when the best time to come to Changsha is.I think the best time to come to Changsha is spring or autumn.It’s often too hot in summer and it’s too cold in winner.I have a finish this email now.Welcome to Changsha now.Yours，Li Ping 根据短文内容选择正确答案。（）1.The email is from________ A.Peter
B.Li Ping
C.Mary（）2.Li ping went to __________with her friends.A.Zhongshan
B.Beijing Park
C.Nanjiao Park（）3.In the park ,some _____are singing and dancing.A.birds
B.girls
C.boys（）4.The most of people in Changsha go to the _____to swim.A,sea
B.river
C.swimming pool（）5.The best time to come to Changsha is ______.A.spring or autumn
B.winter
C.summer
（六）It’s autumn now,The weather is sunny and cool.I’m going to have a picnic at the beach with my friends tomorrow.Mum made some cookies for us this morning.I will bring them.And I will bring some candies.Tom will bring some apples and pears.They’re from his grandpa’s garden.Peter will bring two bottles of orange juice.We are going to play beach volleyball together.We will have fun.（）1.In autumn,the weather is______.A.very had
B.nice
C.not good（）2.We will have a picnic________.A.at the beach
B.in the park
C.at school（）3.Mom made some_______for us this morning.A.cakes
B.biscuits
C.cookies（）4.Tom’s grandpa has a _______.A.park
B.garden
C.zoo（）5.Peter will bring ______bottles of orange juice.A.two
B.four