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Section Four Stringy Sentences（第1页）

SeFySentences

Astrienceisasentenwhianyideasarecrowdedtogether。Asace，areadermaysoonfindthatsutenceishardtoreadandeveouand。Forexample:

Inschoolyesterdaythelightswentout，ahedarkforaboutaheelectricitywasoff，sowe'tusetheputers，butourteacherstillwouldn'tletusgohomeearly，andlateroacarhadhitastreetlight，andthatthedriverhadbeenkilled。

Withjustafewges，theaboveademuchmoreacceptable。Observethesame“sehminorrevisions:

Inschoolyesterdaywewereinthedarkforaboutanhhtswentout。Withouttheelectricity，we'tusetheputers，butourteacherstillwouldn'tletusgohomeearly。Weheardlaterthatacarhadhitastreetlightandthatthedriverhadbeenkilled。

Therearevariouswaystocorregysehefollysentenceisusedasanexample。

Maendclassesallmandtheyworkallafternooheyhavetostudyatnight，sotheyareusuallyexhaustedbytheweekend。

&hodoeintosensegroups（意群）。

Maendclassesallmandtheyworkallafterheyhavetostudyatnight。Asaresult，theyareusuallyexhaustedbytheweekend。

&wo:Subordinate。

Maertheyattendclassesallm，alsoworkallafterheyhavetostudyatnight，theyareusuallyexhaustedbytheweekend。

&hree:Subordinateandbine。

Maswhoattendclassesallm，workallafternoon，andalsohavetostudyatnightareusuallyexhaustedbytheweekend。

&hodfour:Useparticipialphrases。

&endingclassesallm，wallafternoon，andstudyingatnight，masareusuallyexhaustedbytheweekend。

Practice2-4-1

&hefollysentences。Youymethodorabinatiohodsyouhavejustlearbesurethatyourcorreteoreadandmakesense。Ansrovidedonlyforthefirsttwosentencesassuggestions。

1。asstolepennilessiry，andhe'tevenpayhishotelbill。

2。Kenhasapart-timejob，hedoesn'thavetowork，buthechoosesto。

&erdayitsnoentskiigoskating。

4。Sandraenrolledinaerclass，butshefoundittoodifficult，soshedroppedit。

&oplaytennis，butwethoughtitwastoohot，soimminginstead。

&eadsheisanamiableperson，andshehasheruraiiveabilities。

7。Notonlyislisteningavaluableskill，itisalsoductive（有……影响性的）togoodhealth，studiesshoetalk，ourbloesup，whegoesdown。

&hquakedestroyedsomeflyovers（立交桥），anditleveledseveralbuildingstotheground，anditycasualties，soitwasarealdisaster。

9。Inourhotel，manyroomsareavailable，wheneveryoue，you，andwhenyouleave，youmustcheckoutbefore12:00p。m。

10。Thatnighttheriveroverfloweditsbanksahelowlands，andthousandsofpeoplewerelefthomelessbythetimethewatersreceded（后退）。

11。WhenJanicearrivedatthesupermarket，shehadapainfulthought，shehadclipped（剪下）thetheshehadfottentthem。

12。Therewerestilltwelvepeopleattheparty，butafterJimwenthomewedecideditwastimetoleave，sowecollectedourdsaidgood-byetotheothers，and，afteracarefuldrivehomeat50kmh，wedraayedupuntilthreeo'cloextm。

Practice2-4-2

1。aragraphinwhichyoudiscusshowyoubalancesocialactivitiesandschoolwork。Besuretoavysentences。

2。aragraphinwhichyoudescribeatypiyourlifeoryourroutineworkioavysentences。