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Section Two The Introductory Paragraph（第1页）

SeTwoTheIntrraph

&rraphisthefirstparagraphoftheentireessay，aseementsaement。Withoutanintrraph，youressayseemstooabrupt（突兀的）tonativespeakersofEnglish。However，manywritersplaidifficultpartanessayisgettingstarted。Howmanytimeshaveyouwastedvaluableminuteswheryinghardtothise，gettingstarted，afairlygoodintrraphisnotatoughjobifyouhaveaninsightintothefollowing:

1。TheGeements。

2。BrainstaiveDivisionofIdeas。

&hesisStatementanditsCharacteristics。

Althoughtheintrraphshouldbewrittenfromthegeemehesisstatement，youwillfiolearhisparagraphinareverseorder。

&hesisStatementanditsCharacteristics

&hesisstatemeeenwhichthemainideaofanessayisstated。Inotherwords，afterreadingyourthesisstatement，areaderwillbeabletogetaclearpictureofwhatytoaplish。Agoodthesisstatementhasthefollowingcharacteristics:

1）Itisastraightforwardstatemehereisnoroomforsuspen-seorsurprises。

2）Ithastwoparts:thetopidthegidea。Thetopicreferstowhattheessayisabout；thegideaisthewriter'sopinionorattitudefromwhichthereaderaskquestionsabout:Hohatways?Whatarethey?etc。。

3）Itisthemostspeterraph。

4）Itisusuallythelastseheintrraph。

5）Therearebasicallytwotypesofthesisstatements:impliedandstated。Ahesisstatemethemainpoied；astatedthesisstatementihemainpointsareclearlystated。Forexample:

Implied:putersareverypopularwithpeopletodayformanyreasons。

&ersareverypopularwithpeopletodaybecausetheyarepatient，fast，andreliable。

&hreeunderlinedwordsihesisstatemeuallythethreemainpointsthatwillbespecificallydisthebraphs；thatis，theessaywillfoputers'patience，speed，ay。Note:ifyouwriteastatedthesisstatement，themainpointsinitshouldbegrammaticallyparallel。

Practice4-2-1

&hefollowiedthesisstatemehetopiderlihemainpoints。Forexample:

&iesedishesaretypicallyprizedforitsbinationofa（香味），andtaste。

&opitiesedishes

Themainpoints:a，andtaste。

Ansrovidedonlyforthefirstfivesentences。

1。ExdshipahefualOlympicvalues。（IOtJacquesRogge）

2。Inaquigingworld，themostimportantpartofeduistolearnhowtothinkcritically，howtodhowtoaskiiions。

&hreebasiccausesoftheU。S。CivilWarlayintheeicsuperiorityofthees，theslaveryissue，aicalquestioofindividualstatestosetheUesandformaseparatetry。

4。Warsihturywerefoughtforthreemajorreasohniidreligious。

5。TheOlympicspiritaimsfher，fasterandstronger”。

6。Losigivesmeself-cesocially，emotionally，andprofessionally。

7。I'mattendiogaiomeetpeople，andtoodjob。

8。Myplansareasfollows:getmydegree，findagoodjob，andhaveafamily。

9。Greenpeace（国际绿色和平组织）hashadsteady，ifsmall，sudegwhalehunting，savingoldforests，andgdowoxicpollutionofourairand>

10。ThemostimportantvaluesIhavelearnedfrommypareheimportanilysupport，ofhardwork，andofagoodedu。

11。Johhisbookwouldbepublished，thatitwouldbeeabestseller，andthatitwouldbemadeintoamovie。

12。Themainadvantagesofurbanplawetrolacity'sappearaivelyaransportation，ahereisenoughopenspace。