第二类 具体模式如下:
提出问题 (以否定的形式) 指出问题存在何处 得出结论
可见,第二类与第一类结构相似。提出问题、论述问题、得出结论所采用的方式也相似。不同处在于:
1. 该类文章是批评或指责性的,因此,提出问题部分多直接表示批评或指责。
2. 论据部分一般用于指出不良现象的存在及其存在的原因。
3. 结论部分通常可以是:
(1)对如何改进现状提出建议;
(2)指出什么是正确的看法/认识/做法;
(3)指出问题存在的根本原因;
(4)指出将来可能产生的后果。
第三类 具体模式如下:
提出问题(涵盖两三方面) 论述第一方面 论述第二方面…… 总结(涵盖上文提到的方面)
【例2】
Modern mass-production methods lower the cost of making goods,and thus give us better values. At the same time, American ingenuity science are constantly at work improving the quality of products. In this way,better quality products at good values are continually being brought to the people of all income groups.
As an example of how this works,when facial tissues were first put on the market in 1924,they were made in limited quantities and sold at 65 cents per box of 200. People liked these facial tissues immediately and began asking for them when they went into different stores. Because there was such a demand for the product,manufacturers were making tissues in greater quantities,their production cost were lowered,so that the cost of tissues went down. In the meanwhile, the quality of facial tissues was constantly improving,because more manufacturers went into the business of making tissues,and each manufacturer strove to make his product better than his competitors. Today,instead of costing 65 cents,a box of 200 facial tissues costs are around one-third of that price,and they are both softer and stronger.
When people are free to compete - when they are free to make more things and make them better - everyone benefits.
【综合分析】本文第一段第一句提出第一方面:数量方面;第二句提出第二方面:质量方面;第三句从这两方面进行了概括。第二段是一个例子,也谈到了两方面,与第一段相照应。第二段最后一句也从两方面进行了总结。第三段再从这两方面结论全文。
该文的论述围绕两个主线:
第一方面——数量:需求的增长 → 产量的增加 → 成本的下降 → 价格的下降
第二方面——质量:制造商之间的竞争 → 质量的上升
1. In regard to the production of goods in greater quantities,the author states that the .
[A] price of goods should rise
[B] price of goods should drop
[C] quality and price should both rise
[D] quality should rise and the price should drop
【分析】选择项[B]是正确答案。从本题的提问来看,该题提问的是第一方面——数量方面,因此,答案应该围绕第一方面回答。而不应该从两方面回答,因此选择项[D]是不对的。
2. When manufacturers of facial tissues discovered how to produce tissues for less money,they reduced the .
[A] quality so as to earn even greater profits
[B] price a consumer must pay for their product
[C] profits they anticipated from sales
[D] standards of the entire industry
【分析】选择项[B]是正确答案。同第一题一样,该题提问的也是数量方面,答案也应该围绕第一方面去找。
3. Improved quality of facial tissues resulted from .
[A] mass-production methods
[B] popular demand for a better product
[C] competition among manufacturers
[D] a decrease in price
【分析】选择项[C]是正确答案。该题与第一、第二题形成鲜明的对比,提问的是第二方面——质量方面,正如第二段所指出的,质量的提高是由制造商间的竞争造成的。
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