2012大学英语四级考试写作辅教程(十二)

议论文的思路与练习（2）

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.

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