平时多背诵一些精彩句型对英语四级考生来说是很有帮助的，下面文都网校小编就为大家介绍一下英语四级作文中各类文章的写作思路，希望对大家有帮助。

说明文的思路与练习

说明文是用言简意赅的语言来介绍客观事物，讲清事理，并给人增加知识的一种文体。说明文解说事物的特点、发展变化规律，分析前因后果，目的在于使读者“明白事理”，获得必要的信息，对事物有个较完整明晰的了解和认识。说明文不同于记叙文和议论文，它重在给人介绍，让人明白，因而，轻“情义”重事实。说明文与议论文关系密切，有人将其统称为议论文。但在写作的目的和方法上两者仍有区别。说明文主要是通过事实客观地解释或说明事物本身;而议论文则以事实、数据等为证据，表明主观见解，使读者信服或赞同某一观点。

历年四级考试中的“How I Overcome Difficulties in Learning English”、“My Ideal Job”以及图表作文的第一段都属于说明文的范畴，如，2002年6月的根据坐标图写题为“Students Use of Computers”的作文。

说明文必须按一定的顺序进行说明：时间顺序、空间顺序、逻辑顺序或认识顺序，选择具体的特点和细节来说明。

【点评】本文介绍了人生的三种目标：终生的、长期的和短期的目标。在文中采用了说明文常用的方法：定义、举例、分类和比较等。

对这些方法我们要了解并且掌握：

1. 定义法(definition)

定义法是用下定义的方式去揭示事物本质特征或概念内涵。它能使读者迅速抓住本质属性和基本特点。此法的句型：

① … is a/the … of … which/that …② … relate to/involve/refer to …

【例】

(1)Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols which is used for human communication. 语言是人类用来交际的任意性的语音符号体系。

(2)Intermediate goals relate to outcomes during the next few years.

(3)Short-term goals involve outcomes expected during the next 12 months.

2. 举例法(illustration)

举例法就是举出实际事例来说明事物的方法，是最常见，往往也是最有效的阐释模式。

专家提醒：

举例时应挑选具体、典型且有能力表达清楚的例子，并注意按照一定的顺序编排。

请看上述范文第二段：“For instance”引出“lifetime goals”的实例，如，赢得研究奖金、出版有影响书或文章、获得大学的系主任职位、获得国家自然科学基金及大公司稳定的顾问职位。

3. 分类法(classification)

分类法就是把说明的对象，按一定的标准划分成不同类别分别加以说明的方法。如：上述范文介绍人生的三种目标，并按照时间的长短对终生目标、长期目标和短期目标做了分类说明。

4. 比较法(comparison)

比较法是用一个事物和与其有联系的其他事物加以对比的说明方法。目的是为了帮助读者准确地区分事物，通过对比达到对该事物的深刻认识。

如：上述范文对三种人生目标在时间上和实际操作上进行了比较，并阐明了彼此的联系。

(1)Lifetime goals should be written out.

(2)Like lifetime goals, these are measurable and clearly stated.

(3)These goals are more performance oriented, and they help with achievement of intermediate goals.

5. 数字法(statistics)

数字法是运用数据来表明事物的本质和特点，准确合理的数据使文章精确可信。

【例】

(1)Nearly half of all Americans over age 20 wear a bridge or denture，and more than 20 percent have complete upper and lower denture. By age 50, one out of every two persons has gum disease.

(2)And it seems sensible to wait. One quarter of all marriages between people under twenty-one end in divorce. In Britain in 1972, there were 124,248 divorces.

说明文的说明方法除上面介绍的常见的几种以外，还有诸如分项法、列举法、比喻法及引用法等，只有综合运用多种说明方法，才能多角度、多层次地全面、清晰、准确地展示客观事物的本来面貌。

1. 用定义法解释

2. 用举例法说明

3. 用分类法说明

4. 用比较法说明

5. 用数字法说明

例： How to Lose Weight

思路提示：第一段先综述现象：大家都想保持身材要求减肥。第二段介绍多余的体重在身体中形成的原因。第三段提出相应的减肥方法。在最后一段，提出总结性的看法，指出减肥的要诀就是：减少摄入的卡路里，通过运动增加卡路里的消耗量。

议论文的思路与练习

关于记叙文的思路打开，我这里推荐几种方法：

1. 生活化细节联想法

针对大多数相对抽象不好下手的作文题目，我们可以先把作文题同自身联系到一起，把抽象、概括的作文题细化到自己身边，先打开一个突破口，再顺藤摸瓜，进行发散式联想。请看例子：

What are your opinions about the advantages and disadvantages of fast food?

题目的主体是快餐，方向为利弊处。先不要考虑快餐是好是坏，而应该先考虑你身边的、你知道的快餐究竟有哪些，这些快餐给你或你的家人带来了哪些影响。请看一位同学记录下来的思路。请注意其跳跃性。

2. 逆向思维联想法

有一些题目从正面不好罗列素材，总结观点，我们可以从命题的对立面去思考问题，这样往往可以达到意想不到的收获。如果问题是一个东西有什么样的好处，也许这个东西是日常生活中常见的东西，我们早已对其失去了敏感，这个时候不妨想一想如果失去了这个东西，我们的生活会受到哪些影响。试举一例：

In 1995, an Englishman killed a burglar who broke into his house. He was sentenced. Do you think he should be sentenced? How can we protect our property?

文章的关键在于How can we protect our properties?

3.分类思考法

为了尽快地帮助同学们在尽可能短的时间里熟悉四级作文的命题思路，以及在短时间内能够找到合适的论述理由，我们通过分析历年四级考试真题并研究了命题方向，在此基础上总结了四级作文通用的十大思考方向，很多题目要求考生分析某一现象发生原因或可能产生的影响，我们不妨从以下十个方向进行思考，打开思路：

1) 方便：convenient, convenience

相关话题：computer, internet，出外吃饭，电话，城市生活，例如：

The Internet is far more convenient and efficient than the written word or other conventional means of conveying meaning.

Advertisements can bring convenience to people’s lives.

Modern means of transportation make it very convenient for people to travel far or near, thus saving a lot of time and energy.

2) 效率：efficient, efficiently, efficiency

相关话题：计算机和高科技(high-tech devices)减轻了体力劳动(manual labor)，解放了人类(liberate humans)，让人们有更多的时间从事其他的事情(more time are spent on other necessary matters)等，例如：

Advertisements build an efficient and direct link between manufacturers and customers.

Modern science and technology make our lives more efficient. A phone call, an e-mail or a fax can all bring people closer and make the world smaller.

3) 节省和浪费：save time, save money, save space, economical, frugal, frugality; thrift, thrifty waste time\money\space, costly, time-consuming, lavish, 例如：

This will help them realize that it is not easy to make money and form the good habit of frugality.

There are many other ways for people to know commodities, so it is a waste to invest large sums of money in making advertisements on TV.

As for the young and middle-aged, they should make better use of their prime years instead of spending so much time raising pets.

It’s a costly and time-consuming hobby. China is a developing country and many people are still below the poverty line. Some children of the right age in poverty-stricken areas can’t afford to go to school.

… will be great extravagance of time, energy and money.

4) 心理与性格：mental health, spiritual health, psychological health, personality, character

好的性格 independent, independence, independently, cooperate, cooperative, cooperation, compete, competitive, competition, team spirit, considerate, confident, confidence, confidently, ambition, ambitious, individuality, tolerance, sociable, perseverance, deal with/solve problems by themselves (independent), optimistic

坏的性格 overbearing(专横的，傲慢的), selfish, conservative, isolated, conceited(自以为是的), egotistic(自我本位的), arrogant, domineering(作威作福的)，overzealous(过分热心的)，nihilist(虚无主义的)，opportunistic(机会主义的)，pessimistic

性格的养成：cultivate, foster, develop, encourage, enrich, improve, enhance

例如：

Taking a part-time job can help cultivate independence and develop a strong sense of responsibility.

It will help foster a sense of competition and cooperation, which is quite necessary in one’s future career.

Working outside campus can enhance one’s social awareness and help one become more socially adaptable. With this, students are able to keep pace with the outside world.

It will do good for building up one’s confidence and offer one a sense of achievement because one can realize his value and capability.

Through this experience, students can learn to cooperate and compromise and master interpersonal skills needed for future success.

5) 丰富的生活：pleasure, joy, recreation, entertain, entertaining, entertainment, leisure time, interesting, relax, relaxed, relaxation. 对立面：dull, monotonous, tired, bored, tiredness, boring, tiring, fatigue, lonely, loneliness, weary, weariness, too much stress from work(工作压力大)，leisure time(业余时间增多)，例如：

Gazing at the cold flickering screen is a disinteresting and tiring experience. It is not a good way to relax.

Some advertisements are of high artistic value, original and well designed; therefore they add to the beauty of our lives.

Raising pets is beneficial and joyful.

6) 环境：environment, environmental, pollute, polluted, pollution, pollutant, poisonous, contaminate, contamination, contaminated, contaminant, dirty, hygiene(卫生)，nature(自然)、on good terms with(和谐相处)，ruin, destroy(破坏)，例如：

Some leaflets and handouts are scattered here and there, polluting the environment.

Some people are destroying our earth by overexploiting the natural resources for immediate interests.

Too many cars running on the streets lead to air pollution and noise pollution.

By using the Internet, we can save our natural resources such as forests. It is much more environmentally friendly. The traditional form of books consumes too much wood.

7) 身体健康：health, physical health, healthy, disease, strong, strength, energetic, energetically，physical fitness(健身)，raised awareness of fitness(健康意识的提高)，例如：

Too much viewing of TV will lead people to a sedentary life lacking adequate exercise, which does harm to their health.

Some people may be addicted to netsurfing, which impairs people’s physical and mental health. (eyesight, radiation)

8) 安全和危险：safe, safety, safely, in safe, danger, dangerous, in danger, risk, hazard, hazardous

9) 经验：experience, social experience

10) 发展：

学生学习的发展进步：

cope with the relationship between part-time jobs and study(大学生能否兼顾学习与工作)，practice(如何学习与实践)，be prepared for or meet the requirements of future occupations(如何面对未来职业的要求)。

经济的发展：

economy, create more jobs, increase the tax base, improve society’s welfare，the reform and open-up policies(改革开放政策)，economic construction(经济建设)，market economy(市场经济)，sustainable development(可持续发展)，social atmosphere(良好的社会风气)，social stability(社会稳定)，public order(社会治安)，social changes or transformations(社会变革)，ideas or thoughts(人们的思想观念)。

This exerts a negative impact on one’s study because … occupies much of a student’s valuable time. A student’s sole task is to make good use of his limited time to acquire knowledge and skills which are essential to his future career.

Part-time jobs may take up most of students’ valuable time for study and have a pernicious(有害的)effect on their study and overall development.

It helps develop the economy, because it helps remove the obstacles in the way of progress and liberate people’s minds.

(新变化，新科技)… created more jobs to release the pressure of unemployment.

… helps to improve the economic strength.

我们今天不妨介绍几种简单易行的打开思路的法子，并不深邃，但却简单易行，易于考生们操作：

1. 分组思考法：

在考虑某种现象的优缺点或影响的时候，如果发现从这种现象本身无法打开思路，不妨从它的受众去考虑。

例如在讨论网络的有缺点的时候，我们可以从网络的受众入手，把网络的使用者按照年龄分为：小孩、中青年和老人。分别讨论网络对他们的影响，对小孩：增进知识;对中青年：方便、有效率;对老年人：丰富生活。这样在写作的时候也比较容易，更会让文章显得条理清晰。当然，分组的原则除了年龄外，还有好多别的选择，如职业、性别、国别等等。

2. 分层思考法

分层思考法和分组思考法原则很类似，只是划分的方法是按照层次的不同。

例如：在讨论如何解决全球性缺水的问题的时候，我们可以把解决方法分为：1)政府应该怎么做：制定相关法律;2)社会应该怎么办：鼓励节约用水的精神;3)个人——我，该怎么办：千里之行，始于足下，从我做起。当然也可以有另外的一些分层方法。

3. 举例说明法：

四级考试的考生都是成年人，很多是大学生，而且四级考试的题材多是和大家的生活相关的，所以有的时候用我们生活当中的例子来说明再好不过了。而且有些作文明确要求考生举例说明。

这里我们列出一些经常用到的句子，希望对大家有所帮助：

For example,

For instance,

It can be given as a concrete example that…

Take… as an example. It is a very obvious case.

There is one impressive example I want to mention here.

Let’s see an example.

It is best illustrated using the following example.

Let me provide an example.

Perhaps the most important example of …is that…

As I remember,/ Even to this day, I still remember that…

I will never forget…

To illustrate this, there is an example that is very persuasive.

An instance that accompanies this reason is that…

An example can give the details of this argument, …

It is a forceful example to demonstrate the importance of…

History presented many examples of…

In order to see this point clearly, let us see an example.

希望以上这些英语四级写作模板对广大考生有帮助。

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