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筆者曾提及文章結構組織（structural organization）在英文寫作中是非常重要的。Structural organization是指文章應包含introduction（引言）、body（supporting paragraphs）（主體）和conclusion（結論）三大部分；缺少任何一部分都會失分嚴重。三者中，introduction尤其重要，因為好的introduction會幫助考生在markers心中建立一個好印象。所以今期想與同學分享如何寫introduction。
考試題目類型可以很不同，例如同學可能遇到argumentative essay、discursive essay、cause-and-effect essay或problem-solution essay等；但無論哪種題目，不妨運用以下pattern：
．Background
．Acknowledging the existence of diverse opinions（不同意見）
．Thesis statement
．Preview of the main points
Sample introduction：Rejecting the construction of an extra theme park
Owing to the recent influx of incoming tourists, the two theme parks have already reached the point of saturation. Observing the chaotic situation, representatives of the tourist industry urged that a new theme park be built to accommodate the ever growing number of tourists. Although an extra theme park no doubt can bring certain economic benefits, I have reservation towards the building of an additional amusement park because of the insufficient land supply, the further influx of overseas tourists, and the potential pollution and destruction of the environment caused by the building of an extra theme park.
提背景 述意見 表立場
上述是典型的argumentative essay。作者首先講講社會背景，即現有的主題公園已達飽和（saturation）；跟着說出旅遊業界的聲音，為求表達社會不同意見；然後道出他的看法─對加建另一所主題公園有所保留的態度。最後解釋為何不贊同加建另一所主題公園的原因。
同學下次寫introduction時，不妨嘗試用用以上方法，這種結構能令引言表達得更清楚。
Practice
Please write an introductory paragraph in response to the following question.
In what ways has online communication lowered students' language ability?
Answers
Online communication has undoubtedly brought many conveniences to our lives.（Background）While most people state that they cannot live without using any online communication device, others have noted that online communication has shaped our behaviors in a less than desirable way - i.e online communication has led to a rapid decline of most people's language ability.（Different opinions）By online communication, it refers to all sorts of online channels, such as Facebook, Wechat, WhatsApp, online forum etc., that youngsters employ to connect with others. Indeed, the proliferation of online communication has retarded, rather than enhanced, our language ability（Thesis statement）in terms of our writing, listening and oral skills.（Preview of main points）
■Dr. A. Chan
作者簡介：哲學博士，哲學碩士，文學士，英語講師。熟悉公開考試之出題模式與評分準則，任教英語。
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