高分作文写作要领——比例匀称 首尾呼应

2026-02-09
大学英语四、六级考试写作部分要求学生在30分钟的时间内写出一篇120或150字左右的短文。如果每句话平均10-12字左右,整篇作文平均大约12句话。如何组织这12句话,保持整体结构的合理、匀称,服务于主题,是考生首先应该考虑的问题。一般而言,文章的主体段的篇幅应该占到70%左右,开头段与结尾段应该各占30%左右,避免头重脚轻或头轻脚重,以保持比例平衡。

  英语和汉语的文章结尾段都注重概括全文,照应开头。两者又略有区别,汉语的文章结尾往往比较严肃,尤其是议论文经常采用诉诸感情的手段,引用名言甚至口号结尾,以激起读者的共鸣,说教性较强;而英语文章的结尾比较轻松,往往通过引言、反问、故事、建议、分析、归纳和概括等手段深化主题,首尾呼应。因此,中国学生在写英语作文中,应自觉避免汉语思维的负面影响,避免使用命令句或祈使句的教训式或口号式内容,避免加入个人倾向,尽可能以客观的角度,通过论证、分析,得出令人信服的结论,证明观点的正确。
 
例证分析:
A Brief Introduction to a Tourist Attraction
(2004.6 CET-4)
  Welcome, everyone, I am glad that you can come to Pingyao County, where there is the oldest Confucius temple. It was opened to the public Monday after a one-year renovation project.(31∶240 = 13%)
  I hope you could appreciate the spot indeed. First, I will show you the main building of the temple, and it's the most interesting spot here. Second, we can walk around to see the other area of the spot. Meanwhile I will introduce you the history of the temple.
  The main building of the temple was built in 1163,in the Yuan Dynasty, so it has a history of more than 840 years. Now I give you a brief introduction on the time-honored temple. Compared with other famous Confucius temples nationwide, it was built 248 years earlier than that in Beijing, and 317 years earlier than that in Qufu City, Confucius's hometown in Shandong Province. The temple in Qufu was added to the list of the World Cultural Heritages in 1995.The Pingyao Confucius Temple has China's largest statue collection of Confucius and famous ancient Confucian scholars. Covering a total area of 40,000 square meters, the temple has 112 buildings in 16 categories. That is the history of the temple. While visiting it after a while, I'll tell you more about it.(182∶240 = 75%)
  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to let me know and I'll sincerely serve all of you. I really wish you a happy day here.(27∶240 = 12%)

  在本文中,开头段、主体段和结尾段的分配比较合理,重点突出,详略得当,75%的文字(第二、三段)用于说明行程、介绍景点,而且首尾呼应,Welcome, everyone, I am glad that you can come to Pingyao County, where there is the oldest Confucius temple.与结尾段 I really wish you a happy day here.遥相呼应,令人感到亲切、自然。