Comparison and Contrast
比较和对照的写作方法
目标：掌握英语作文中比较和对照的写作方法比较着重相似点,而对照强调不同之处；
二．使用比较和对照写作方法的一般是说明文与论说文,常见的比较对照有两种方式:
1. 块状比较方式block method,先A后B,即A1, A2, A3...；B1,;
2. 逐点比较方式point-by-point method,AB交错,即A1,B1；A2,B2；;
升力
进入范文一：Country Life and City Life
It is really hard to say which is better than the other, city life or rural life. Both have their merits and shortcomings.
Living in the city has a great many advantages. First, you can enjoy various kinds of foods, both foreign and domestic. Second, there are more cultural activities in the
city – you can go to the concert, the theatre, the movies or the disco club after a day’s hard work. But city life has many problems, too. The overcrowded population, traffic jam, industrial pollution, and the lack of understanding between people may result in dia and unhappiness. Living in the country, however, you can watch the magnificent sunri and sunt and listen to the bird singing in the tree. If you want, you can certainly have a huge garden when a small green space ems a luxury in the city. In the country, you don’t have so mucn worries. You can enjoy the pleasure of work by planting eds in the earth and watching them grow into flowers and finally into fruits or food. But rural life may not be that perfect. Things are going so slowly that sometimes you may feel that you are absolute left behind in some remote corners of the world. You may again miss the parties, friends and movies in the city.
玛纳斯之恋Like anything el, country life and city life have their advantages and disadvantages. The best solution may be that you enjoy pleasures of both lives and get rid of their inconveniences.
范文二：Middle School Life and College Life
There are many differences between middle school and the college. First,in middle school,we have to listen to what the teacher says in class, to understand the content of the text. But in college,we must study by ourlves before class. If not,we couldn't follow the teacher. Second,there are lots of rules in middle school. For example,we should wear the uniform,the girls must have their hair cut short, and we are not allowed to make boy- or girlfriends. However,in college,we have more freedom. We can wear the clothes we like. And the girls could have long beautiful hair. We are also free to make boy or girlfriends. The third,in the middle school,we must study first. That means we could do nothing but study. In contrast,we have to do everything by ourlves in college. That means we must plan our time carefully. There are also other differences between our school life and our college life. We have to learn to adapt ourlves to college life.
三．写作步骤
1. 写前阶段：写作提纲
1 对两个对象或一个对象的两个方面进行比较与对照分析,找出相似点/不同之处;
如分析Online shoping or in-store shopping网络购物还是店内购
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
Online shopping | Convenient; Cheap; A lot of lections | Cheated; Cannot e the items in person; |
歌曲祝你平安In-store shopping | Personal, talk; Know the quality; 树木的图片Good for health | Expensive; Time-consuming; tiring |
便饭 | | |
2. 写作阶段：利用相关资料,组织结构与内容
1 Uful words and phras:
比较 ：like, similarly, likewi, in the same way, in the same manner, equally.
对照： by contrast, on the contrary, while, whereas, on the other hand, unlike, instead, but, converly, different from, however, nevertheless, otherwi, whereas, unlike, yet, in contrast.
2Uful expressions
Just like a coin has two sides, everyting has its advantages and disadvantages, and … is no exception.
The advantage far outweigh the disadvantages.
The advantages of A are much greater than tho of B.
A may be preferable to B, but A suffers from the
For all the disadvantages, it has its compensating advantages.
Like anything el, it has its faults.
A and B has veral points in common.
A bears some remblances to B.
However, the same is not applicable to B.
A and B differ in veral ways.
Evidently, it has both negative and positive effects.
The same is true of B.
Wondering as A is ,it has its drawbacks.
包头海洋馆It is true that A ... , but the chief faults obvious defects are ...天空之翼
I. Introduction：
Comparison and contrast is a method that is often ud by writers to analyze the similariti
es and differences between two subjects. To compare is to bring out the similarities between two things, and to contrast, which is a form of comparison, is to emphasize the differences between them. As a result, we can understand the two subjects better than we would do if we just examine the two individually.
In writing a comparison and contrast essay, you may emphasize either the similarities or the differences between the two subjects, or if you like, you may include in your essay both the similarities and differences. No matter what you may emphasize in your essay, remember you should make a point in your essay, that is, there should be a purpo for making the comparison and the contrast. If the two items are too similar or too different, there won’t be any point in comparing or contrasting them.
II. Three purpos for making a comparison and contrast：
A. To prent information about something unfamiliar by comparing it with something familiar.
B. To show the superiority of one thing by comparing it with another.
C. To show the reader of the similarities and differences of two things to help the reader understand or evaluate them.
