标题的“结构”主要值得是essay 类型的议论文章(考试、作业以及任务一般都是这个类型)。
以下是最近读报遇到的几个结构,有需要的时候可以调用下(虽然文本展开最重要的还是内容,但有个清楚的框架,第一帮助整理思路,第二对于读者来说也增加了易读性)
# "一个观点,两个平行理由" 的结构
Economists ought to read more science fiction. ...[文章开头第一句引入观点]
One reason economists should read more science fiction is that sci-fi opens the mind to other ways the world could be. .... [中间段引入第一个理由]
Another reason economists should read more science fiction is that imagining the future is what all of us do daily in less fanciful analyses of possible costs and benefits.... [引入第二个理由]
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.... But look closer and technological shifts that could eventually challenge it are gathering momentum. [开头段最后一句引入观点,科技会带来改变]
First, new state-run digital currency and payments systems are, at last, gaining traction.... [第一个科技对于金融影响的例子]
Second, if you look beyond the scams and bubbles in cryptocurrencies, decentralised finance technologies continue to improve.... [第二个科技对于金融影响的例子]
# "一个观点,两个递进理由" 的结构
Liz Truss, Britain’s newish prime minister, has fallen from grace faster than any other leader I can think of. ... [文章开头第一段简单概述现象]
But how did it go so wrong, so fast? [提问引入对于现象的解释]
The immediate answer is that financial markets hated Truss’s fiscal plan, unveiled on Sept. 23, which called for unfunded tax cuts for the affluent.... [给出第一个表象上的原因]
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A subtler argument would be that the bank, while presumably unwilling to bail out government finances, would nonetheless act to bail out private actors.... [给出一个深层次的原因,这里的subtler 表示“更为复杂一些"的意思]