托福写作如何“改写”名人名言
英语课
在教授GMAT,GRE,TOEFL,雅思,考研,CET这些所有考试的写作部分时,我常会给学生补充一些在写作中可以用到的名言,同时我也说过,名言其实除了引用以外,它最大的能量在于它的举一反三的功能,也就是我们可以引用名言,还要学会改写名言,最后成为那种说出来后“似曾相识”的语言。
比如,在课堂上,说到“友谊”这个话题时,我给学生讲了一句话“Friends can be few, but must be well chosen”,很多同学听后会觉得朗朗上口,似曾相识,为什么?其实这句话并非老师完全原创,而且改写了Samuel Patterson 的名言“Books can be few, but must be well chosen”。下面给大家列出我们在各类考试中常用,并且非常适合改写的名言。
Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay 1 of children tends towards the formation of character. ―― Hosea Ballou British educator教育始于母亲膝下,孩童耳听一言一语,均影响其性格的形成。 ―― 英国教育家 巴卢 HEducation has produced a vast population able to read but unable todistinguish what is worth reading. ―― George Macaulay Trevelyan British historian教育造就了一大批人,他们会读书,但是不会区别什么书值得读。 ―― 英国历史学家 特里维廉 G MLet early education be a sort of a musement; you will then be bette able to find out the natural bent 2. ―― Plato, ancient Greek Philosophe初期教育应是一种娱乐,这样才更容易发现一个人天生的爱好。 ―― 古希腊哲学家 柏拉图Cultivation 3 to the mind is as necessary as food for the body. ―― Cicero, Ancient Roman state4sman and orator学习对于头脑,如同食物对于身体一样不可缺少。 ―― 古罗马政治家、演说家 西塞罗Histories make men wise; poems witty 4; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic 5 and rhetoric 6 able to contend. ―― Francis Bacon, British Philosopher历史使人明智;诗词使人灵秀;数学使人周密;自然哲学使人深刻;伦理使人庄重;逻辑辞学使人善辩。 ―― 英国哲学家 培根.F.
A free man obtains knowledge from many sources besides books. ―― Thomas Jefferson American president一个自由的人除了从书本上获取知识外,还可以从许多别的来源获得知识。 ―― 美国总统 杰斐逊Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration 7. ―― Thomas A. Edison天才的百份之一是灵感,百分九十九是血汗。 ―― 爱迪生Information is power, The information domain 8 is the future battlefield. ―― Cebrows Arthur, Aerican economist信息就是力量,信息领域将是未来的战场。 ―― 美国经济学家 阿瑟,C.
If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if you have but moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiency. ―― Joshuas Reynolds, American female essayist如果你很有天赋,勤勉会使其更加完善;如果你能力一般,勤勉会补足其缺陷。 ―― 美国女散文家 雷诺兹. J.
Success covers a multitude of blunders. ―― George bernard Shaw, British ramatist成功由大量的失误铸就。 ――英国剧作家肖伯纳。G.
We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. ―― Franklin Roosevelt, American president我们不能总是为我们的青年造就美好未来,但我们能够为未来造就我们的青年一代。 ―― 美国总统罗斯福,F.
GRE写作中,名言其实除了引用以外,它最大的能量在于它的举一反三的功能,也就是我们可以引用名言,还要学会改写名言,最后成为那种说出来后“似曾相识”的语言。小编祝大家都能取得GRE写作高分!
n.谣传,风闻
- They started to piece the story together from hearsay.他们开始根据传闻把事情的经过一点点拼湊起来。
- You are only supposing this on hearsay.You have no proof.你只是根据传闻想像而已,并没有证据。
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
- He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
- We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
n.耕作,培养,栽培(法),养成
- The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标。
- The land is not fertile enough to repay cultivation.这块土地不够肥沃,不值得耕种。
adj.机智的,风趣的
- Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
- He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。
n.逻辑(学);逻辑性
- What sort of logic is that?这是什么逻辑?
- I don't follow the logic of your argument.我不明白你的论点逻辑性何在。
n.修辞学,浮夸之言语
- Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗?
- Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后,他和军队的关系岌岌可危。
n.汗水;出汗
- It is so hot that my clothes are wet with perspiration.天太热了,我的衣服被汗水湿透了。
- The perspiration was running down my back.汗从我背上淌下来。