對等比較:城鄉生活-Life in the City and in the Country

　　城鄉生活

　　【內容提示】

　　假定你是農村學生，又在城里住了幾年。通過比較你認為農村和城市生活各有各的好處。請按下列要點寫一篇文章。

　　①農村人不多，空氣新鮮，環境優美，寂靜美好。

　　②農村的人待人友好，樂于助人。

　　③住在農村生活費用低廉，食品便宜。

　　④在城市，每時每刻都有令人感興趣的事情，可供選擇的活動很多。

　　⑤電影，戲劇可供選擇的范圍很廣。

　　⑥在城市，樣樣事情都很便利，因為學校、商店很近；交通也很便利。

　　【作文示范】

　　Life in the City and in the Country

　　I have lived in this city for two years, but before that I lived with my family in a village about a hundred miles away from here. life is very different in the two places, but there are things that I like about each of them.

　　In the country it is quiet and beautiful since there are not many people. The air is clean, and there is beautiful scenery all around. The people who live in the country seem friendly and helpful to their neighbors. The cost of living is low there, because food is usually cheap. I like living in the city, too. In the city there are interesting things to do all the time. People have a big choice of activities. There is a wide selection of movies, and most of the theatres are good. Everything is convenient here, since in the city you live close to grocery stores① and schools. Traffic is efficient② with regular schedules③, so it is easy to get from one place to another.

　　I was happy in the country, but there are good chances for work and study in the city, so I will probably stay here for a period of time and there for another period of time.

　　【詞語解釋】

　　①grocery store['gr+s+ri st&:]食品雜貨店

　　②efficient[i'fiM+nt] a.效率高的

　　③schedule['Medju:l] n.時間表；日程表

　　【寫法指要】

　　1）本文從兩種事物各自的優點出發作比較，認為農村、城市各有優勢，所以作者對兩種生活環境都喜歡。文章在第一段提出篇題，第二段前半部分寫農村生活的優點，后半部分寫城市生活的好處。該段的段落主題句是出現在中間的“I like living in the city, too.”。在對比分析的說明文中，如果對比的兩種事物容納在一個段落中時，經常采用段中主題句。文章的第三段又重復了文章的主題“I like living in the country as well as in the city.”。 所以，全文的每個段落都在重復同一主題，但卻用的是不同的表達方式和句法。

　　2）文中用了好多描寫城鄉不同情況的形容詞，如“quiet, beautiful, clean, friendly, helpful, cheap; wide, good, convenient, close, efficient, regular, easy, happy”等。這樣做可以使表達的內容具體、生動。