如何通过阅读外刊积累英文写作句型？-新东方前途出国

1.对两个相关的观点进行否定

下面选段来自The Economist文章Riding high in a workers’ world

The size and novelty of the gig economy is often overstated; taxis and food deliveries existed before Uber and DoorDash. But service-sector employment, especially caregiving, will grow as populations age. There is no place for the snobbish idea that such jobs cannot be fulfilling, nor the related instinct that experimental models of work should be regulated out of existence.

这段话的意思是：零工经济的规模和创新性往往被夸大了；在Uber和DoorDash之前，出租车和食品配送行业就已经存在。但是服务行业的就业（特别是护理行业）将随着人口老龄化而增长。认为这些工作不可能令人满意的自傲想法，以及认为实验性的工作模式应该被禁止存在的相关直觉，都没有立足之地。

从这里我们可以学习一个句型：There is no place for the XX idea that…nor the related… 句型意思是“认为……的想法，以及认为……的相关……都没有立足之地”，我们可以使用该句型对两个相关联的观点进行否定。比如在环境话题中，我们可以说“牺牲环境来换取经济发展，以及先污染后治理，这两种想法都没有立足之地”：

There is no place for the short-sighted idea that we can develop the economy at the cost of the environment, nor the related argument that we can "grow now, clean up later", because environmental protection is a matter of great urgency.

2.寄希望于某事

下面选段来自The Economist文章Ten million reasons to vaccinate the world

It is wrong to put teenagers, who have a minuscule risk of dying from covid-19, before the elderly and health-care workers in poor countries. The rich world should not stockpile boosters to cover the population many times over on the off-chance that they may be needed.

（在疫苗接种上）将死于新冠病毒风险微乎其微的青少年置于贫穷国家的老人和医疗卫生人员之前是错误的。富裕国家不应该囤积能够覆盖人口数倍的疫苗剂量，仅仅是因为这些疫苗后面可能会被用到。

第二句里面有一个值得留意的句型：on the off-chance that… 它的意思是“心存侥幸地，怀着渺茫希望地”。

我们可以用 somebody does something on the off-chance that…来说明某人怀着侥幸心理去做某事。比如一些大学生平时不努力，考前临时抱佛脚，怀着侥幸心理希望能够通过考试，我们可以说：

Many college students who have squandered the best part of the semester cram for the final exams on the off-chance that they may be able to get through them.

3.从一个糟糕的情况中看到希望

下面节选的段落来自The Economist文章How Europe has mishandled the pandemic

Europe can take comfort from the fact that the vaccination programme will catch up over the summer. Across the continent, Euroscepticism has been in decline during the pandemic, and politicians who used to flirt with leaving, like Matteo Salvini or Marine Le Pen, have changed their tune.

欧洲可以从疫苗接种计划将在夏天赶上来的事实中得到安慰。在整个欧洲大陆，欧洲怀疑主义在疫情期间一直在衰减，而那些曾有离开欧盟念头的政客，如马泰奥•萨尔维尼或马琳•勒庞，也改变了他们的论调。

第一句里面有这样一个表达：XX can take comfort from the fact that… 这是一个在外刊里面经常出现的说法，意思是“XX可以从……的事实中得到慰藉”，我们可以用该句式来对前面提到的内容进行转折，比如：

The covid-19 pandemic played havoc with China’s economy last year, but we can take comfort from the fact that the virus is now under control and that the economy is on the rebound.

4.一个举例句型

下面节选的段落来自The Economist文章Teenagers are rewriting the rules of the news

The young are a proxy for the future. That is especially the case in media businesses, where their habits drive billion-dollar decisions, such as Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram in 2012 and its failed attempt to buy Snapchat the following year.

年轻人是未来的象征。在媒体行业中尤其如此，在媒体行业中年轻人的使用习惯推动了价值数十亿美金的商业决策，例如Facebook在2012年收购Instagram，以及次年收购Snapchat的失败尝试。

第二句开头有这样的句式：That is especially the case in…where… 我们可以使用这一个句型对上文提到的论点进行具体举例，其中that指代上文提到的论点。比如目前全球的环境问题很严峻，发展中国家的问题尤其突出，我们可以说：

Across the globe environmental problems are getting ever more pressing. That is especially the case in developing countries, where governments tend to buy prosperity at the expense of the environment.