今天我們來討論下更細節的Paragraph structure. Paragraphs are the basic building blocks of academic writing. (搬好每塊磚,才能蓋好樓)
每個Paragraph基本有以下幾個部分:1. Topic Sentence2. Example 13. Example 2 (possible, even example 3 if needed)4. Reason5. Summary
具體的分析我們來看下下面的例子:
第一句,However, the V-Weapons brought their share of troubles to the Germans as well as the allies. “However”表達和這個段落和上個段落的邏輯關系是個轉折關系。第一句整體作為Topic sentence引出了這一整段的內容,讓讀者在第一句里就能快速have a sense of the entire paragraph.
第二句,“The project itself had over 12,000 working at Peenumünde at its height, as well as thousands more working as forced slave labour to produce the rockets in the underground product facilities at Mittelwerk, Wiener Neustadt and Friedrichshafe ”是個詳細的example。
具體形容了出現了哪些 “trouble”, 用具體的人數,thousands more (數以千計), forced slave labour (強迫性勞力,為了表達強迫性,使用了slave表達了程度) 等詞描述了使用V-weapon的德國自身遇到的困難。
第三句,為了讓數字更有說服力,讀者更有代入感,”This extraordinary example of manpower was comparable to that of the Manhattan project in size and scope.” 用了Manhattan project 做參考,使用對比讓人對研發和生產V-power的weapon使用的人力更有實感。
最后一句,總結了全文, “Money as well as people, was piled into the project”. 再次強調了V-weapon的產生是投入了大量的人力和物力的,加強了讀者的印象。