葛传椝英语写作

　　★ 由英语学界泰斗、英文教育界先驱、陆谷孙恩师葛传椝先生撰写
　　★ 全书以简明地道的英文写成
　　★ 指出中国英语学习者在写作中遇到的难题并一一解答
　　★ 包含摘自现代英语中的大量实例
　　★ 配以切合实际的练习题，巩固写作技巧
　　★ 对惯用法、习语和遣词造句等有关问题进行了详实阐述

　　本书是葛传椝先生为我国读者撰写的英语写作专著，可作高校教材，亦可作自学课本。除对写作基本知识、写作技巧和文体修辞分章介绍之外，还特别对惯用法、习语和遣词造句等有关问题进行了详实阐述。同时配以大量取自现代英美书刊原著中的实例，以及各种切合实际的练习题。本书用简明地道的英文写成，是英语写作教材之经典。

　　葛传椝（1906—1992），我国英语学界泰斗，著有《英汉四用词典》、《新英汉词典》（主要编纂者之一）及《英语惯用法词典》等，影响深远，恩泽几代学人。

版权信息
PREFACE
CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER Ⅱ MECHANICS OF COMPOSITION
CHAPTER Ⅲ LEARNING TO WRITE
CHAPTER Ⅳ WRITING CORRECTLY
CHAPTER Ⅴ WRITING CORRECTLY (CONTINUED)
CHAPTER Ⅵ WRITING WELL
CHAPTER Ⅶ PARAGRAPHS
CHAPTER Ⅷ FORMS OF COMPOSITION

　　20. Something to Say. Composition, as has been said in Section 1, is the art or practice of writing. In other words, it is the art or practice of saying something in written words. When nothing is to be said, no composition is possible. You simply cannot learn composition if you always have nothing to say. Since you are bent upon learning it, you must find something to say. This finding is necessary to practice in composition.
　　When you come to think about it, it is not at all difficult to find something to say. You may find it from a great many sources, the most common of which are perhaps personal experience, observation, conversation, and reading. Of course you have occasion to speak and write the Han language every day. Just ask yourself the question “How shall I say it in English?”, and you will find something for practice in English composition. You will find far more material than you have time for every day.
　　21. How to Say It. Your question is not what to say but how to say it. You may often have an idea or a thought that you do not know how to express. For instance, you may not be able to express the idea of the glass tube measuring temperature if you do not happen to know the word “thermometer”. To take another example, suppose you wish to apply for a position by letter but you cannot do so. Now suppose you ask a friend to write the letter for you, and he writes it. You read it and understand it all right. You come to realize that you did not think of arranging those simple words in that simple order. You did have something to say, but you did not know how to say it! Hence the importance of studying composition.
　　22. A Consolation. I take it for granted that when you ask yourself the question “How shall I say it in English?”, you often find that you cannot. Well, let me give you a word of consolation. Even experienced writers may sometimes find that they cannot say something that they wish to say. As you are merely a young Chinese student of English, what cause have you to feel disappointed?
　　23. Others May Have Said It before You. As a matter of fact, many of the ideas and thoughts you often have occasion to express have already been expressed by others before you. Read any page in any book carefully, and you will perhaps find some expressions that will help you to say things. Many of such expressions may seem to you to be too simple to deserve much attention, but you cannot invent them, nor can you use them unless you have noted them. There appear to be many Chinese students who have read a number of books on grammar and composition and done many exercises in correcting and improving sentences and yet cannot write even tolerable English. The trouble is that they may either have not read widely enough or have not read carefully enough.
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