英语议文的语言特点

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语议论文类似英语说明文,它具有英语说明文的一些语言特点:多用现在时、强调语言表达的客观性、尽可能指明信息来源等等.但作为一种独立的文体,英语议论文在语言上也有一些自己特有的表达形式.请看下文:

Sincetherearegirlsandboysineachclassroom,themunicationwitheachothercannotbeoided.Thenesaproblem:howshallwelookatit?Frommypointofview,it’squiteanatural,monthingandthere’snothingwrongwithit.Myreasonsareaollows.

Tobeginwith,theclassislikeabigfamilyinwhicheverystudent,whetheraboyoragirl,isamember.Therefore,it’squitenaturalforgirlstudentstomunicatewithboystudentsjustlikebrothersandsisters.Besides,propermunicationcanoothawaymisunderstandinganddevelopfriendship.Finally,itisgenerallybelievedthatgirlsareabletohelpmakeupfortheboys’carelessnesswhileboysaresupposedtohelpgirlssolvesomemathsandphysicsproblems.

However,thereisalwaystheothersidetothecoin.Toomuchandclosestaying-togethermaybringaboutnegativeeffect(影响)forexamplefallinginlove,whichmaywastetheirtimeforstudy.

Anyway,aslongasstudentscandevelopaproperattitudetowardthemunicationbetweenboystudentsandgirlstudentsinsteadofgoingtoextreme,positiveeffectwillcertainlybegreaterthannegativeeffect.

从上文不难看出,英语议论文在语言表达形式上主要有两大特点:

1.较多使用表达委婉语气的词语和句子

与英语说明文相比,英语议论文不仅需要说明自己的观点,还要让读者接受自己的观点,因此,在词语表达上除了客观之外,还必须注意委婉.在英语中,常用虚拟语气,以及让步状语从句和情态动词can,could,may,might,would,should等.

2.使用有辩论、推理等含义的连接词和过渡词等词语结构

英语议论文讲究辩论推理的条理性和逻辑性,因此,往往较多地使用这类性质的过渡词和连接词,常用的包括:since(既然),nowthat(既然),therefore(因而),accordingly(因此),inthatcase(在那种情况下),because(因为),so(所以).另外,还有些句型也常出现在英语议论文中,比如:Itfollowsthat...(因而等),Shoulditbethecase(如果是这样的话等),Idon’twantto...,but...(我并不想等,但是等),Ifyouadmit...,then...(如果你承认等,那么等),Itistruethat...,but...(诚然等,但是等),Evenif...(即使等)等.

下面这篇作文较好地使用了上述这些英语议论文常用的连接词和过渡词等词语结构,从而使文章的辩论和推理条理清晰,富有说服力.

Somepeoplesaythattheywillnotgiveupokingbecausetheyhetherighttodowhattheywanttodosinceokingisnotagainstthelaw.Yes,it’struethatokingdoesnotgoagainstthelawandthereforetheycandoastheylike,butwhatisequallytrueisthattheyhetoberesponsibleforwhattheydoatthesametime.NowIdon’twanttobringfearstoanyone,butherearesomestatistics(统计数字)I’vejustgotfromnewspaper:Overseventypercentofthepeoplewhodiedoflungcancerwereheyokers.Morethanthirty-fivepercentdeformed(畸形的)babiesheokingmothers.Evenifthosechainokers(一支接一支抽烟者)arenotafraidforthemselves,shouldn’ttheybeafraidfortheirfamilymembersiftheyhegotany?