英文學術寫作寶典 11: Describing Quantities 描述數量
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The language for writing about quantities can be a complex area for non-native speakers because there are many combinations of short grammar words, such as prepositions and pronouns, and these can easily be confused. Many of the phrases given below also contain approximators such as: nearly, approximately, over half, less than, just over.
描述數量的用語對非母語人士而言較為複雜,其中包含許多短詞(如介係詞及代名詞)的組合,容易搞混。下列片語也包含了近似詞,如:幾乎、大約、過半、少於、超過。
percent,percentage ,rate ,ratio ,proportion 的區別: https://bit.ly/3oTo5cX
例句和音檔: https://bit.ly/3aqaQcP
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✍️ 議題介紹: http://bit.ly/2YeHhVZ
✍️ 解釋因果關係: http://bit.ly/3rinvpd
✍️ 比較與對比: http://bit.ly/3rXYvDX
✍️ 舉例: http://bit.ly/3kf0ota
✍️ 表達轉換主題的信號 1: http://bit.ly/3rgyBLI
✍️ 表達轉換主題的信號 2: http://bit.ly/3l4mdMo
✍️ 批判思考句型 1: https://bit.ly/3eGRlQX
✍️ 批判思考句型 2: https://bit.ly/2PV784C
✍️ 描述趨勢: https://bit.ly/3sU5JbX
✍️ 分類與列點: https://bit.ly/3wB1J2r
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完整的片語詞庫大全 Complete Phrasebank:
http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
精簡版: http://bit.ly/3i5iWuY
詞彙區別: https://bit.ly/2OJETlb
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Which phrase is most useful to you? Write it below.
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which句型 在 Eric's English Lounge Facebook 的精選貼文
疫情持續,但學習不能中斷。
今天與同學分享Presentality最新的寫作技巧分析。
英文寫作絕對不只是將單字句型套用在模板上就好了。
用專業的寫作方法讓你的寫作有意義!
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最近疫情再次高升,駐台灣的Bloomberg 記者寫了一篇文章:
Complacency Let Covid Erode Taiwan’s Only Line of Defense
自滿讓 COVID 侵蝕了台灣唯一的防線
文章:https://bloom.bg/3ywfKA9
我們來看看Bloomberg寫的一篇好文章:
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📌 結構:當調查故事寫
這篇文章讀起來一點都不無聊,不只是因為它攸關我們的社會,也是因為他在結構上,就像一個偵探調查的故事:
1. Opening line: 戲劇性開場,不要無聊
2. Background: 然後再給簡短背景
3. Key moment: 影響後續發展最關鍵的事件
4. Outcome: 這個決定的後果
5. What to do: 國際專家建議應該怎麼做
6. But.....: 可惜,可能做不到
7. Details: 後面的部分,再進入細節
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📌 最好的開頭 = 簡短有力、抓住注意力、又可以做結論
我們先來看開頭三段:
All the virus had to do was get through the border.
Until this week, Taiwan’s Covid-19 containment appeared to be so effective that virtually no other defenses were put in place: few tests, no local surveillance to pick up undetected infection and close to zero vaccination.
Lauded as one of most successful places in the world at containment, a high level of complacency about the risks had set in among both the public and authorities. Covid-19 seemed to be something happening only in the outside world.
如果是我們認識大部分的人來寫,通常會從第二段開始。為什麼?因為總是要解釋背景嘛!而且任何人在研究這個議題,都會從背景開始教育自己,所以就不自覺的從背景寫起。
但他們不這麼做,反而以一個吸引人的方式開頭:
All the virus had to do was get through the border.
這個開頭有幾個優點:
•簡短一行,讓人不會看到一大坨字就不想要繼續看
•有故事性:好像病毒是一個入侵的敵人
•又是結論:怎麼會發生?一旦病毒溜進來了,就會發生
這種是非常理想的開頭:因為就算我沒有時間看剩下的,也會理解到文章的重點:邊境守的很嚴,但是裡面很鬆散。
第一句,下的太好了。
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📌 給一點背景後,馬上提到關鍵一個決定
記者們解釋背景的篇幅,就只有三段。他們很快就鎖定關鍵的一個 (錯誤) 決定:
The virus’s opening was an ill-fated decision on April 15 to shorten quarantine for airline crew to just three days, as carriers struggled to operate their cargo lines with staff undergoing 14-day isolation periods. Infected pilots introduced a more transmissible U.K. variant, whose spread was then accelerated through a network of “hostess bars” -- places both staff and patrons were reluctant to be associated with, making contact tracing more difficult.
如果他們再花 1-2 段解釋背景,文章就會變得有點無聊,會流失讀者。
所以他們在這裡提到關鍵的失策。
📌 Note:寫作語氣相對正式
這幾位記者,也許是受 Bloomberg 整體風格影響,還算正式。
從哪邊看的出來呢?
The virus's opening was an ill-fated decision...
輕鬆口語化的文章,絕對不會用 "ill-fated" (ill 就是生病/不好嘛,fate 就是命運,所以就是「之後的命運不好」的一個決定。這是一個很不錯的字就是了。
另一個例子,看這句:
Infected pilots introduced a more transmissible U.K. variant, whose spread was then accelerated through a network of “hostess bars” -- places both staff and patrons were reluctant to be associated with, making contact tracing more difficult.
哇噻,尤其 "reluctant to be associated with",好。。。委婉啊
怎麼樣寫的平易近人一點?
Infected pilots carried a more transmissible U.K. variant, which then spread quickly through a network of "hostess bars". This also made contact tracing harder — because staff and customers didn't want to admit that they worked at or visited these bars.
稍微長一點,但是用的字都比較直白簡單。
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📌 強調嚴重性
這個失策跟破口,有多嚴重的後果?
Taiwan reported 267 new infections Wednesday, bringing the total over the past few days to 1,291 -- a small number in global terms but an astonishing one in a place that, before May 1, had posted just 1,132 cases during the entire pandemic.
The surge from zero to quadruple digits signals that undetected spread has been occurring for months, and concern is now growing that Taiwan will go the way of other cautionary tales, from the outbreak last year in Australia’s Victoria state that took a brutal three-month lockdown to quell, to Thailand’s ongoing surge driven by prison clusters.
"The surge from zero to quadruple"
這邊,寫的非常好,因為雖然不是真正的 rhyme,還是聽起來很近,所以有節奏感。
"Go the way of other cautionary tales" 又是一個文筆很好的寫法,就是「變得跟那些拿來警惕大家的故事一樣」的意思。
但是記得,別在聊天的時候用這些啊,對方會覺得你很奇怪。
這邊他們把最壞的可能性帶進來:就是台灣可能變得跟那些 cautionary tales 一樣。
這邊也讓讀者緊張起來。
但因為他們寫 "concern is now growing...",又沒有說「誰的 concern」,所以應該要馬上帶具有可信度的 source 進來:
“If they have 300 diagnosed cases, they have 3,000 cases in the community -- they just don’t know it.” said Gregory Poland, a virologist and director of the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group. “It’s going to require a hard lockdown, what’s called a circuit-breaker approach, and then getting the vaccine out as quickly as they can.”
這樣就比較有可信度了,也指出一個解決的可能性:lock down,然後疫苗。
但是...
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需要完整分析的同學請留言「看 Bloomberg學資深記者如何寫文章」。
我們每天都在看跟英文溝通/寫作有關的東西,如果想要透過這些「閱讀筆記」跟我們一起看,可在 FB 追蹤我們:https://www.facebook.com/presentality/
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📌 從 Most Dangerous Place 文章,看經濟學人寫作邏輯
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📌 寫作的終極目標是「提供價值」
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which句型 在 Eric's English Lounge Facebook 的最佳解答
英文學術寫作寶典 10: Classifying and Listing 分類與列點 I
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覺得對你有幫助的話,請按個讚和分享給需要的同學~
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When we classify things, we group and name them on the basis of something that they have in common. By doing this we can understand certain qualities and features which they share as a class. Classifying is also a way of understanding differences between things. In writing, classifying is often used as a way of introducing a reader to a new topic. Along with writing definitions, the function of classification may be used in the early part of an essay, or longer piece of writing. We list things when we want to treat and present a series of items or different pieces of information systematically. The order of a list may indicate rank importance.
當我們分類物品時,通常會依據它們的共同點分組命名,進而了解各組內的特性,以及組間的差異。在寫作,分類是介紹新主題的常見方式,和定義一樣,常用於論文或長文的前面。當我們想要有組織的呈現一系列事物時,也會使用列點的方式,而排列的先後順序取決於事物的重要性。
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✍️ 議題介紹: http://bit.ly/2YeHhVZ
✍️ 解釋因果關係: http://bit.ly/3rinvpd
✍️ 比較與對比: http://bit.ly/3rXYvDX
✍️ 舉例: http://bit.ly/3kf0ota
✍️ 表達轉換主題的信號 1: http://bit.ly/3rgyBLI
✍️ 表達轉換主題的信號 2: http://bit.ly/3l4mdMo
✍️ 批判思考句型 1: https://bit.ly/3eGRlQX
✍️ 批判思考句型 2: https://bit.ly/2PV784C
✍️ 描述趨勢: https://bit.ly/3sU5JbX
✍️ 撰寫英文學術寫作寶典 (教學影片) Intro Video
https://youtu.be/t2WfYDQH_9U
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完整的片語詞庫大全 Complete Phrasebank:
http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
精簡版: http://bit.ly/3i5iWuY
詞彙區別: https://bit.ly/2OJETlb
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Which phrase is most useful to you? Write it below.
which句型 在 Ricky英語小蛋糕 Youtube 的最讚貼文
清楚五步驟!名詞子句當主詞【名詞子句】Ricky//英語小蛋糕
👉本次「名詞子句當主詞」教材專區:
馬上領取: http://go.sat.cool/3huq4h
🎬複習自然文法系列(每集都有銜接,看完會更清楚喔!)
「五大句型(上)」https://youtu.be/MvyB15Lddbg
「虛主詞 It 用法」https://youtu.be/n_HVhvNMlZ4
「關係代名詞」https://youtu.be/4o2mEyC4nQs
「分詞構句」https://youtu.be/HClXGN_N3Qc
📍新系列開張【自然學文法】⏰
主要是想讓大家學英文不只限於考試,而且可以用於生活中!
所以我的心文法系列,不會用生硬的課本解釋跟例句。
而是用我多年來教書的經驗,讓台灣學生用中文+英文方式理解文法,
並且真實可以活用在日常生活(所以例句都會很時事😆)
請大家多多支持~~~
📍對了對了。因為疫情讓 大家可以在家多學多練習
所以往後每週二四都有影片喔!
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來我的教師頁面看看吧:
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包含基本的生活會話,還有航空英文、商業英文
甚至是檢定英文,都可以來看看唷!
如果有其他英文需求也可以在頁面私訊我!
來我的教師頁面看看吧:
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合作邀約 ricky@amazingtalker.com
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which句型 在 阿滴英文 Youtube 的最佳貼文
緊張刺激的大學面試季又到了!這次換成滴妹來教大家三個元素讓你準備出一個好棒棒的英文自我介紹!
訂閱阿滴英文 ▶ http://bit.ly/rde-subscribe
▌句型套用參考
Hello, I’m (Crown) and I’m from (Chong-Guang Girl’s High School).
My friends say that I’m an (easygoing) and (helpful) person.
I consider myself a (fast learner).
During high school, I was really into (singing).
I even managed to (win a singing competition) in my second year.
In my free time, I like to (read novels). Other than that, I like to (swim).
I’ve always had great interest in (English), it’s definitely my favorite subject.
I really look up to (my brother), he also studied (English).
I look forward to (participating in the Student’s Association) in college.
▌優點適合科系範例
I consider myself an Internet addict, that’s why I’ve developed a passion for the online media, which led me to believe that I’m really suitable for the department of Mass Communication.
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