英語寫作之——Topic Sentence 的寫法

摘要

本文主要講述如何寫Topic Sentence.

1. 根本原則：觀點明確

Topic Sentence一定要體現出你的觀點，所謂的觀點即可以定義為思考的產物。不說沒有主題的官話（沒營養的廢話），因為那會讓人覺得作者很傻；也不要說事實，因為那不是經過思考的談不上觀點；另外，最好不要用疑問句，反問句，因為觀點直接一點更好，而且英文寫作追求直接高效的語言應用（比如：寫作上，一針見血的單詞的應用效果遠勝於幾乎任何片語；口語上，盡量用片語會更好）。

例題：觀點是否明確。

p1. Children suffer a lot emotionally when their parents get divorced.

p2. In addition, children need to feel secure and should live where they feel the safest and happiest.

p3. Finally, most children live with their mother after their parents divorce.

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p1,p2都是觀點，p3不是觀點。可以對p3進行如下改正：

p3. Finally, the court often chooses to place children with their mother by default, but a child may feel that his father is a better care giver.

2. 邏輯原則：思路流暢

採用一些合理的邏輯串連詞，整篇文章的邏輯銜接程度會更好，思路更加流暢。

例題：思路是否流暢

p1. The first type of boring person is the obvious one who just is not fun to be with.

p2. Another one is someone who spends all his time talking about himself.

p3. Someone can become more interesting if he takes up a new hobby or learns a new skill.

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p2,p3與p1看上去不對仗，邏輯上不流暢。可以對p2,p3進行如下改正：

p2. Another type of boring person is the one who thinks he is interesting, but he spends all his time talking about himself.

p3. The third kind of boring person is the person who is negative and complains all the time. For these individuals, they can become more interesting if they take up a new hobby or learn a new skill.