《暮光之城》女主角Belle離開母親和其熟悉的環境，跟著父親到了一個完全陌生又多雨的城市。初來乍到，一切又是那麼地不同，這個句子傳神地呼應Belle低落的心情和窗外風雨飄搖的情形。

整理／

Twilight

by Stephenie Meyer

大師的文采

The constant whooshing of the rain and wind across the roof wouldn’t fade into the background.

風雨在屋頂上持續地呼嘯著，毫不消褪。

生動的描述

《暮光之城》女主角Belle離開母親和其熟悉的環境，跟著父親到了一個完全陌生又多雨的城市。初來乍到，一切又是那麼地不同，這個句子傳神地呼應Belle低落的心情和窗外風雨飄搖的情形。

句中“whooshing”衍生自動詞“whoosh”（快速颼颼移動），作者為了要強化感官聲音的效果便鑄造了“whooshing”這個新字來表示：快速颼颼移動的聲音。另外，句子中的主要動詞“fade”（逐漸消失）也使用地很精準，可以用來描述聲音漸弱、光線變暗、或是記憶的消退，非常適合運用在寫作上。

你可以這樣寫作

這個動詞“fade”最令人印象深刻的莫過於出現在美國MacArthur將軍在19xx年對國會發表的一場演說中，其中提到：

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. 老兵不死，只是凋零。

“fade”這個動詞，再次凸顯了那種「逐漸凋零」的無奈感受。在寫作中可以使用這樣生動的動詞來強化附帶的情感效應，如下方例子：

例句

1. The laughter and noise faded when our math teacher walked into the classroom. 當數學老師走進教室時，笑聲和吵鬧逐漸消失。

2. The two pandas faded into the dark shadowy background in the cage.

這兩隻貓熊逐漸消逝在籠子裡的陰暗背景處。

第二篇：英文写作技巧

◆巧妙地使用非谓语动词：可以将状语从句或并列的动词简化为非谓语动词。Hearing that, the driver’s wife quickly added that her husband often talked nonsense after drinking. (低级形式：When he heard that, ……)◆恰到好处的被动句：适合应用于较简短的句子，这样显得语言简洁生动，宾语一般是nothing、anything、everything等不定代词。Searched all my pockets, but nothing was found。◆感叹句：通常用于开头结尾活跃文章气氛，凡是“I feel ……”之类表达感情的句子皆可如此改造。How terrible I felt today! I failed again in the math exam.◆高级定语从句：若定语从句中的动词带有介词，只需将介词移至先行词后。We came to a place to which they had never paid a visit before.◆婉转表达：需要使用幽默的技巧，主要用于漫画型作文题。I could find nothing but bad luck when I returned the shop after learning that my handbag had been left on the counter.◆what引导的名词性从句：将动宾结构转化为此结构。What he gave me, which I knew, were not only a Christmas present but also a heart full of love and a mind of my existence in it.◆“数词+名词”变为“as many as+数词+名词”。As many as ten years ago, my hometown used to be covered by forests◆适当加一些不关痛痒的插入语：一些连词、副词可以放到句子中间充当语气较弱的插入语，如I guess、however、in a way、certainly、in my opinion、probably、briefly, generally speaking, believe it or not, besides, what’s more等，有时可以考虑几个插入语连用，就更像英美人士的文章了。◆独立主格：将主从句去掉连词，前句动词变为分词即可。The weather being fine, a large number of people went to climb the Western Hills. ◆把简单句改成复合句：适当的时候把两个简单句改成“too….to…”或者“so…that…”等高级一点的复合句。例如：I was very tired. I couldn’t keep up with them.我们可以改成：I was so tired that I couldn’t keep up with them.或：I was too tired to keep up with them.这样一来，英语基础不是很好的学生只要能够写出最基本的句子，然后再对这些句子进行加工、改造、润色，慢慢的，就会让句子靓起来，在高考中就可以得到比较满意的成绩。