1.欣赏范文,但不要囫囵吞枣式地整篇背诵。准备一个写作专用的笔记本,从范文欣赏中摘抄自己喜欢的、老师讲评的、值得推荐的句式结构。比如:I love you not because who you are, but because who I am when I am with you.(我爱你,并不是因为你是谁,而是因为我跟你在一起时的感觉。) Few People today, if any at all, would risk their lives swimming across the river dominated by flesh-eating crocodiles.(今天已经很少有人,如果还有的话,愿意冒生命危险游过那条鳄鱼出没的河流。), If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.(如果你没能做计划,你就是计划着去失败。)
2.模仿名句,但不要生搬硬套。准备足够的草稿纸,把自己摘抄来的名句,(如有不懂,应当向明白人求教)拆卸八块,然后重新组合,如是反复数次,直到熟练,甚至于可以自如组装,灵活运用。比如:上面的句子学生就可以在熟练掌握的基础上分别演绎出:I suggest that you choose English as your major not because it is easier to learn, but because it is promising when you take better prospect of employment into account.(我建议你选择英语专业,并不是因为她学起来更容易,而是因为她更有前景,如果你考虑到更好的就业机会。)
3.巧用心思,套用经典句型。鼓起勇气,说出自己想说的话,如果是母语,可能还好办,换成英语,大家最怕的是出错,出错扣分当然不好。但是利用经典句型组装一些长句子、靓句子和复杂句子对作文非常有帮助。比如作文开头常用句型:It is undoubted that …; there is no doubt that…; undoubtedly, there is…; It is beyond doubt that ….
4.写作是学生英语运用水平的具体体现,写作的功夫又是通过阅读、欣赏、模仿等具体手段训练出来的。写作过程中间很多实用技巧,需要读者舍得花时间、花精力、花心思去挖掘、去发现的。