• to comply with copyright law, etc.
• How does one paragraph transit coherently to the next?
A transitional sentence leads your reader from one paragraph to the next by connecting the narrative arguments.
resposibility
He needed to relax.
Recommended in the following are four basic ways to create transitions between paragraphs. a) Use a pronoun that refers to a person, idea, or thing just mentioned in the proceeding paragraph.
b) Repeat a key word used in the proceeding paragraph.
c) Repeat a phrase referring directly to the preceding idea.
d) Use conjunctions. (eg.likewise同样地，in contrast, nevertheless, accordingly)
• eg. Part One
Part Two:
To relax, he revolutionized physics.
• as exhausted • Kept awake until dawn • Dozed off • Walking briskly • Worried • glanced • Had forgotton • Felt all the pressure and
• to provide direct information about the work being quoted (whether in order to discuss it, positively or negatively)
• to pay homage敬意 to the original work author
• He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in both Physics and the History of Science in 1983.
• His publications include Image and Logic: A Material Culture of Microphysics (1997) and Einstein's Clocks, etc.
Most of the conjunctions that link sentences together can serve as a bridge between paragraphs. The following are frequently used.
a) Explanation: now (7) , thus, in this case b) Illustration: for example (11) , for instance, thus c) Emphasis: indeed (12),, certainly, above all d) Qualification限制: but (12) , however, yet, unless e) Consequence: accordingly(15) , therefore, thus, hence, so f) Concession让步: although (18), nevertheless, of course ,after all g) Comparison: like, similarly, likewise, in the same way
• Part One: He felt all the pressure and responsibility.
his living troubles
• Part Two: To relax, he revolutionized physics.
his achievements
• Part Three: It’s a question of authority.
a critic in this passage ( His comments on Einstein have been quoted for 6 times)
Quotations are used for a variety of reasons:
• to support the arguments of the work
• Constantly doubting and questioning ( passionately curious)
• Having impressive powers of concentration • Imaginative • Believing in intuition and inspiration
his character (U) that led him to such tremendous achievements.
• Part Four: His brainpower was not limitless, neither was his brain.
his later life
The Character
Albert Einstein
einstein ei 发[ai]的音
['ainstain]
I. seize [si:z ] vt./vi. 抓住
II. theism ['θiːɪz(ə)m] n. 有神论；一神论；
deism [‘diːɪzəm] n. 自然神论；理神论
III. feint [feint] n. v. 佯攻
rein [rein] n. 缰绳；驾驭；统治；支配 ……？？
• When you were young, have you ever thought of being a scientist?
• Then what sorts of character/ personality are required to be a scientist?