用新概念提高英语听力与写作(2)

    These days, women who get married in their thirties are far more than women who establish families in their early twenties. Women who did not get married in their right age——the early twenties are frequently referred to as “3S——Single、Seventies、Stuck”…

    新三的文章中还涵盖了议论文写作方法中的因果、分类以及驳论，就不一一赘述。除此之外，文章中的用词也值得一提。寻章摘句老雕虫，语不惊人死不休——语出？。用词的讲究，句式的错落有致在新三的文章中也都有很好的体现。英语听力在第44课又快捷又舒适中，有这样几句话：

    相比之下，坐船旅行或环游可以得到文明世界的各种享受。

    即便风平浪静，坐船旅行也要占用很长的时间。

    没有多少人会为了享受坐船旅行的乐趣而牺牲假期的时间。

    分别译为：

    By comparison, ferry trips or cruises offer a great variety of civilized comforts.
    Even if you travel in ideal weather, sea journeys take a long time.
    Relatively few people are prepared to sacrifice holiday time for the pleasure of traveling by sea.

    细心的你一定会发现三句话中出现的“坐船旅行”在英文中的三种不同表达方式。英文表达中切忌重复。希望由此能启示你避开语枯词穷的尴尬境地，留意同义词、近义词、相似表达方法的积累，在考试写作的道路上词如泉涌，妙笔生花。
　　
    最后说说修辞。栩栩如生的拟人（Personification）lesson39 Nothing to worry about；冷嘲热讽的反语（Irony）lesson11 Not guilty；一字千金的双关（Pun）lesson19 A very dear cat；气贯长虹的排比lesson（Parallelism）lesson7 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy；韵律优美的头韵（Alliteration）lesson41 Illusions of pastoral peace；lesson45 The power of the press... 如果说一篇文章的选词、句式、文章结构是一间房屋的搭建、构造，那么修辞就像是房间的内部装璜，对于一间舒适、温馨的屋子来说，两者缺一不可。对于新概念的解读，真可谓八仙过海，仁者见仁、智者见智。但有一点是共识，这是一套科学的、有智慧的、有生命力的英语听力学习资料。最后一句话结束文章：Don’t just dream it. Drive it.