一、短文43篇及改写练习

Demonstration Passage (示例篇)

In the Street (在街上)

1. Big Business (一桩大买卖)

2. Block Associations (居民协会)

3. Bureaucracy (官僚作风)

4. Central Park (中央公园)

5. Changing Roles (夫妻的责任在变化)

6. Coffee Breakthrough (让妇女伺侯咖啡不灵了)

7. Detectives (侦探)

8. Disco Fever (迪斯科热)

9. Don t Run Away (别躲避!)

10. Fire Alarm (火警)

11. Fire and I (火与我)

12. Foreign Visitors (外国游客)

13. The George Washington Bridge (乔治·华盛顿桥)

14. Give It Up (戒酒)

15. A Good Friend (好友)

16. The Goodly Grape (好酒)

17. Guest of Honor (贵宾)

18. Keep a Cat (养猫)

19. Leaders (领导人)

20. A Leeter Home (一封家信)

21. The Light-Fingered Elephant (会扒窃的大象)

22. Manhattan Green (曼哈顿区的绿化)

23. Nature Abused (受到破坏的自然界)

24. New York Is More (纽约什么都多)

25. Night City (夜幕下的城市)

26. Old Bones (古老的骨头)

27. Old Is Beautiful (老人是个宝)

28. One Thing I Like (我喜欢的一件事)

29. Open Admissions (扩大招生)

30. Out of This World (走出这个世界)

31. Professor Frazier s Class (弗雷泽教授的课)

32. Schoolyard (校园)

33. Singles Alone (单身生活)

34. Six Cats (六只猫)

35. Slowdown (人口增长慢下来了)

36. Spendhrifts (大手大脚花钱的人)

37. The Throwaway Society (东西用后就扔的社会)

38. Turnin Inward (人们变得内向了)

39. Wheels (轮子)

40. Who s John Travolta? (约翰·曲沃尔特是谁？)

41. Writing Well (写得漂亮)

42. The Yenta (好管闲事的女人)

43. Zero Hour (发射的时刻)

二、改写练习25步及参考答案

第1步：抄写原文略

第2步：同义词的换用

1) New York Is More

2) Night City

3) Detectives

4) Central Park

5) Fire and I

8) Open Admissions

6) Disco Fever

7) Slowdown

第3步：性的改变

1) A Good Friend

2) Spendthrifts

3) The George Washington Bridge

4) The Light-Fingered Elephant

第4步：单数变复数

1) Zero Hour

2) Who s John Travolta?

4) Snendthrifts

3) Detectives

5) Changing Roles

第5步：复数变单数

1) The Yenta

2) Fire and I(→He and Fire)

3) Keep a Cat

4) Wheels

5) Foreign Visitors

第6步：改用将来时写

1) Changing Roles

3) Old Bones

2) Disco Fever

4) Guest of Honor

第7步：改用过去时写

1) Foreign Visitors

2) Wheels

3) Keep a Cat

5) A letter Home

6) Big Business

7) Singles Alone

4) The Yenta

8) Writing Well

1) Schoolyard

第8步：改用进行进写

9) The Throwaway Society

2) Fire Alarm

3) Block Associations

4) Central Park

5) Night City

6) Turning lnward

第9步：改用过去完成时写

1) Guest of Honor

2) Open Admissions

3) Disco Fever

2) Block Associations

第10步：改用现在完成时写

1) Turning Inward

3) Fire Alarm

4) Slowdown

5) Manhattan Green

第11步：直接引语变间接引语

1) Six Cats

2) The Goodly Grape

3) One Thing I Like

4) Don t Run Away

5) Who s John Travolta?

6) The George Washington Bridge

第12步：对话改为直接引语

1) The George Washington Bridge

2) Who s John Travolta?

3) Don t Run Away

4) One Thing I Like

5) The Goodly Grape

6) Six Cats

第13步：把间接引语改为直接引语

1) The Throwaway Society

3) Singles Alone

2) Writing Well

4) Bing Business

5) A Letter Home

第14步：主动语态变被动语态

1) Bureaucracy

2) Manhattan Green

3) Slowdown

4) Open Admissions

5) Guest of Honor

第15步：被动语态变主动语态

1) Nature Abused

2) Out of This World

3) Leaders

4) Old Is Beautiful

第16步：肯定句变否定句

1) Professor Frazier s Class

2) Give It Up

3) Spendthritfs(→ A Miser)

4) A Good Friend(→ A Bad Friend)

第17步：用单词代替短语

1) Block Associations

2) Singles Alone

3) A Letter Home

2) Out of This World

第18步：用单词代替短语从句

1) Writing Well

3) Big Business

第19步：把后置定语改为前置定语

1) Keep a Cat

2) One Thing I Like

3) Old Bones

第20步：用一个词取代几个词

1) Changing Roles

2) Schoolyard

2) Don t Run Away

第21步：挑选一个词取代几个词

1) Old Is Beautiful

3) Leaders

4) Professor Frazier s Class

第22步：简单句合并成并列复合句

1) Old Bones

2) Bureaucracy

3) Coffee Breakthrough

4) Zero Hour

第23步：改用定语从句合并句子

1) Central Park

3) Turning Inward

2) Leaders

4) New Yourk Is More

第24步：改用定语从句或状语从句

1) Fire and I

2) Wheels

3) Give It Up

第25步：自由缩写句子

1) The Throwaway Society

2) Coffee Breakthrough

3) The Yenta