A lesson from writing a scratch paper 草稿写作，受益无穷

2022-05-30袁晶晶

疯狂英语·爱英语 2022年8期

袁晶晶

For a freshman in college， my English class was of an entirely new challenge. College English was unfamiliar to me. Throughout the first semester， I've learned a lot from writing a scratch paper in essaywriting， which can help organize my thoughts. We should write from the heart rather thanwrite to pass.

I was not always used to writing my essays in a scratch paper. I always just thought about what I would say in my head. I tended to beat about the bush often. I have always thought that writing an essay was about whatever-comes-to-mind type of process， but in my English class I learned that before I can write an interesting essay， I have to make an outline first. Our professor required us to submit our scratch papers along with our essays. With this， I was forced to include my thoughts in my scratch paper and rewrite. It was a hard habit to develop， but as I'm writing one of my final essays now， all the writing and rewriting has made it worth it.

I have known how to write an essay outline. True enough， my first attempt to make an outline was a disaster. It was harder than it seemed to be， but with limitless patience and a ton of practice， I am now able to organize my thoughts first， put them into writing， and write a decent readable essay.

In my opinion， the most important thing I learned from learning English is to write from the heart rather than write to pass. In this course， I was very fortunate to have had a professor that had given us the privilege to choose topics that genuinely interested us. With this， I was able to learn what Writing Essays for Dummies couldn't teach. I learned to have a love for expressing myself through writing.

Overall， I've never expected to learn a lot of new things like writing a scratch paper in College English， but it turns out that I have learned what most grammar books can notoffer. I am actually starting to believe my mom's tip that college is the phase in my life where I have to expect the unexpected， whether it may be in the context of academics or experiences.

Activity A Reading for understanding

I. Text-centered chunks

throughout the first semester 整個第一学期

be used to doing 习惯于做……

tend to do倾向于做……

along with 和……一起

a ton of大量的

have a love for 热爱……;喜欢……

express oneself through writing 通过写作表达自我

expect the unexpected 预料未知

in the context of在……的背景下

II. Text-centered sentences

一、with结构的使用

It was harder than it seemed to be， but with limitless patience and a ton of practice， I am now able to organize my thoughts first， put them into writing， and write a decent readable essay.這比看起来要更加困难，但凭着无限的耐心和大量的练习，我现在能够先组织我的想法，把它们写下来，然后写一篇像样的可读的文章。

【点石成金】本句中，with limitless patience and a ton of practice为“with+名词”构成的结构，在句中作状语。

【运用迁移】通过更多的努力和毅力，你的英语学习将取得快速的进步。

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二、it充当形式主语

Overall， I've never expected to learn a lot of new things like writing a scratch paper in College English， but it turns out that I have learned what most grammar books can not offer.总的来说，我从来没有期望过能在“大学英语”课中学到比如草稿写作这样的新东西，但事实证明，我已经学到了大多数语法书所不能提供的东西。

【点石成金】“It turns out that…”是一个固定句型，意为“结果……”，it为形式主语，实际主语为that引导的主语从句。

【运用迁移】结果，第二天是一个下雨天。

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三、多种从句混用

I am actually starting to believe my mom's tip that college is the phase in my life where I have to expect the unexpected， whether it may be in the context of academics or experiences.实际上，我开始相信我妈妈的提醒：无论是在学业还是经历的背景下，大学都是我生命中必须预料未知的阶段。

【点石成金】本句中，that引导的是一个同位语从句，用于解释说明tip的具体内容;where引导的是一个定语从句，先行词为the phase;whether...or...意为“无论……还是……”，引导的是一个让步状语从句。

【运用迁移】我始终坚信，只要努力，我最终一定会成功。（同位语从句）

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Activity BReading for writing

学习中总会有一些事情令人难忘，请以"My most unforgettable experience”为题写一篇短文。内容包括：

1.主要经历;

2.给你的启示。

注意：

1.词数80左右;

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;

3.至少需要使用两个本文中解析过的句式。

My most unforgettable experience