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 （为方便分析起见，这些句子以分行的形式出现。这些句子结构有四个类型：序列式，平行式，对比式和自由式。句子结构看起来是这样的。请注意：很容易我们会写出混在一起的两个句子，所以为了写一个更好的句子，我们需要句子两个部分之间有一个很紧密的联系；这就是为什么一个“句子构思”为什么如此重要。）
 
   以下是我用的“模板”:  
 
–类型: 
–主题: 
–构思: (a)    , (b)    , (c)    ; (d)    , (e)    , (f)    .  
 
(a)   , 
(b)   , 
(c)   ; 
(d)   , 
(e)   , 
(f)   . 
 
      
–类型: 序列式. 
–主题: 早晨起床. 
–构思: (a)    Up/ hard, (b)    tired, (c)    sleepy; (d)    breakfast/slow, (e)    complex, (f)    in hurry.  
(a)   Getting up in the morning is very hard for me, 
早晨起床对我来说很困难，
(b)   as I am still tired after the previous night’s studies, 
因为昨天晚上的学习，我仍然感到疲惫，
(c)   and I am sleepy from having only four hours of sleep; 
       只睡了四个小时，我感到很困。
(d)   making breakfast is a very slow affair, 
        做早饭是一件很慢的事情，
(e)   as cooking porridge is a complex process, 
        因为煮粥是一个复杂的过程，
(f)   and I cannot do it well in a hurry. 
         我匆忙之中是做不好的。
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题: 早晨/晚上 工作
–构思: (a) Like working/morning, (b)    peaceful, (c)    much time; (d)    dislike working/evening, (e)    tired, (f)    no time.  
 
(a)   I like working at my company’s office in the morning,
        我喜欢早晨在公司的办公室工作，
(b)   as everything is so peaceful, 
        因为一切是如此静谧，
(c)   and there is a lot of time to get all the day’s projects completed;
       有很多时间作完一天的事情；
(d)   I really dislike working in the evening, 
        我真的不喜欢晚上工作，
(e)   as by then I am so tired, 
        因为那个时候我如此累，
(f)   and I have no time to even start anything. 
       我也没有时间开始做任何事情。
 
–类型: 对比式. 
–主题: 两个班. 
–构思: (a)    Class A / hard-working, (b)    care, (c)    have ambitions; (d)    Class B / lazy, (e)    indifferent, (f)    don’t believe.  
 
(a)   Class A is a very hard working and determined class, 
       A班学习认真，意志坚定。
(b)   with many students who care about their studies, 
      有很多学生都认真学习，
(c)   since they have ambition about life; 
     因为他们对生活充满抱负；
(d)   Class B is a lazy and weak-willed class,
     B班 学习懒惰，意志薄弱，
(e)   and it has many people who are indifferent about being in school, 
     有很多人对在学校学习无动于衷，

6. since they don’t believe in the possibility of succeeding in life. 

    因为他们不相信生活可能成功。
 
 
–类型: 自由式. 
–主题: 讨厌做饭. 
–构思: (a)    Hate cooking, (b)    waste, (c)    tired; (d)    likes cooking, (e)    lonely, (f)    wants to do.  
 
(a)   I hate cooking full dinners every night, 
       我讨厌每天晚上做全部的晚餐，
(b)   as I think such actions are a waste of time, 
       因为我觉得那是浪费时间，
(c)   and I am also very tired from the day’s other work; 
       而且一天做了其他工作也很累了；
(d)   my father likes to cook like this a lot, 
       我父亲很喜欢晚上这样做饭，
(e)   since he is typically lonely in the evenings, 
       因为通常他晚上感到孤独，

6. and he wants to do something he thinks is important. 

而且他想做写他觉得重要的事情。
 
 
–类型: 序列式. 
–主题: 准备约会. 
–构思: (a)    Morning/prepare clothes, (b)    tidy, (c)    impression; (d)    evening/take out, (e)    good conversation, (f)    made happy.  
 
(a)   The young man took a lot of time in the morning to prepare his formal clothes,
       年轻人早晨花了很多时间准备他的正装，
(b)   as he wanted to be very clean and tidy for that night’s date, 
        因为他想很干净整洁地出现在晚上的约会中，
(c)   and he wanted to make a good impression on his girlfriend;
        而且他想留给他女朋友一个好印象；
(d)   when he took her out that evening, 
       当他那天晚上带她出去，
(e)   he tried very hard to make good conversation with her,
       他非常努力地和她良好沟通，

6. and to make her happy. 

以使她感觉愉快。
 
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题:头发变灰. 
–构思: (a)    Hair grey/job-site, (b)    poor food, (c)    bad apartment; (d)    also/home, (e)    overworked, (f)    stress.  .  
 
(a)   My hair began to turn grey while at my job-site, 
    我的头发开始变灰当我在工作的那个地方时，
(b)   as the food there was terrible, 
     因为那里的食物糟糕，
(c)   and because my apartment was cold and dirty; 
      而且住所寒冷而不干净；
(d)   it even continued to turn grey at home, 
       头发继续变灰，即使我在家的时候，
(e)   as I was overworked there, 
      因为我在那里过度工作，
(f)   and because my family gave me much stress. 
      而且家里人给了我很多压力。
 
–类型:对比. 
–主题: 冬天/夏天的土地. 
–构思: (a)    Land / winter / hard, (b)    wind / freezes, (c)    emptiness / death; (d)    countryside / summer / gentle, (e)    breeze / caresses, (f)    fullness / life.  
 
(a)   Land in winter is hard, 
        土地在冬天是硬的，
(b)   for the wind freezes everything, 
        因为寒风冻结了一切，
(c)   and everything is covered with the emptiness of death; 
       一切事物都覆盖在死亡的空虚之中；
(d)   the countryside in summer is gentle, 
        乡村在夏天是温和的，
(e)   as the breeze caresses all, 
       因为微风吹拂着一切，

6. and all is filled with the fullness of life. 

而且一切都洋溢着生命的色彩。
 
 
–类型: 自由式.
–主题: 能源水平. 
–构思: (a)    Unhappy / no energy, (b)    no motivation, (c)    want / sleep; (d)    happy / active, (e)    many desires, (f)    awake / night.  
 
(a)   I have no energy when I am unhappy, 
        当我不高兴的时候，我没有任何精神，
(b)   there is no motivation in me, 
         体内没有任何动力，
(c)   and all I want to do is sleep; 
        所有想做的就是睡觉；
(d)   I am active when I am happy, 
        当我高兴的时候，我充满活力，
(e)   my mind is filled with many desires, 
       头脑里充满了许多愿望，

6. and I stay awake to make plans at night. 

在晚上也保持清醒制定计划。
 
 
–类型:序列式. 
–主题: 下雨. 
–构思: (a)    Morning / ice fell, (b)    pattering window panes, (c)    streaking / lace; (d)    worked up, (e)    hour, (f)    evening / covered.  
 
(a)   The freezing rain fell throughout the morning’s ice storm, 
        寒冷的雨随着早上的冰雪暴一起下下来，
(b)   pattering incessantly against the window panes,
        急速地敲打着窗棱， 
(c)   and sliding down the glass; 
        顺着玻璃流下来；
(d)   this gathering lacework of delicate ice worked its way up the window, 
        好象在窗户上做着精细的花边工作，
(e)   as hour succeeded hour, 
         一个小时接一个小时，

6. until the whole window was covered.

          直到整个窗户都被覆盖。
 
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题: 寒冷的雨. 
–构思: (a)    Ice on window, (b)    covering / blocking, (c)    only the room; (d)    projects / reading, (e)    occupied, (f)    forget world.  
 
(a)   The freezing rain is striking against the window each minute, 
       寒冷的雨每一分钟敲打着窗户，
(b)   covering the glass and blocking the view to the outside, 
       覆盖着玻璃窗，阻挡了窗外的景色，
(c)   so that the cold office-room is my only point of reference; 
       因此这寒冷的办公房间是唯一我能去的地方；
(d)   my reading and writing projects are likewise pattering against the windows of my life, 
        我的阅读和写作项目也好象敲打着我生活的窗户，
(e)   keeping me fully occupied with the written word and the world of books,
        让我的头脑装满写作语言和书的世界，
(f)   and causing me to forget completely about the world outside my office. 
       让我全然忘记办公室之外的世界。
 
 
–类型:对比式. 
–主题: 不一样的房间. 
–构思: (a)    Father / downstairs, (b)    papers outside, (c)    rain / inside; (d)    I / upstairs, (e)    writing T. 6, (f)    writing / outside.  
 
(a)   My father is in the dining room downstairs, 
        父亲在楼下的餐厅，
(b)   going through his business papers, 
         翻阅他的商业报纸，
(c)   as the freezing rain has kept him indoors; 
         因为这寒冷的雨让他在一直呆在家里；
(d)   I am in the office-room upstairs, 
         我在楼上的办公房间，
(e)   writing these “Type Six” sentences, 
        写这些“句型六”的句子，
(f)   but the freezing rain has not stopped my mind from roving over the whole world. 
          寒冷的雨并没有阻止我的思想满世界的思考。
 
–类型: 自由式. 
–主题: 冰的形成. 
–构思: (a)    Ice / greenhouse roof, (b)    accumulated sorrows, (c)    burdens of life; (d)    rainwater / greenhouse side glass, (e)    tears / weeping, (f)    the pain of life.  
 
(a)   The lacy ice on the glass roof of the greenhouse has built up over the hours, 
       经过数个小时，温室的玻璃顶上形成了花边一样的冰，
(b)   representing the accumulated sorrows of life, 
       象征着生活中积攒的悲伤，
(c)   and the burden of cares and worries;
        和忧虑和担心的负担；
(d)   the meltwater flows in dripping ripples down the glass walls, 
        融化的水顺着玻璃墙滴下，
(e)   like everlasting tears of weeping, 
        象永不停止的哭泣的眼泪，
(f)   revealing the constant heartbreak of life. 
         揭示着生活永恒的心碎。
 
–主题: 序列式. 
–主题: 买食物. 
–构思: (a)    Father and I / drove, (b)    through rain, (c)    buy groceries; (d)    we walked, (e)    through aisles, (f)    choosing foods.  
 
(a)   My father and I drove to the market in danger, 
        父亲和我冒着危险开车去市场，
(b)   with rain falling down on the road in blinding showers, 
      一路下着漫无天日的大雨，
(c)   in order to buy groceries for the weekend;
      为了买周末需要的杂货；
(d)   we walked through the market in peace and quiet, 
      我们安静地走在市场里，
(e)   with only a few other people around us in the aisles, 
      走道里只有很少的一些其他人，

6. choosing different meats and vegetables. 

选择不同的肉和蔬菜。
 
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题: 不同的世界. 
–构思: (a)    Father / builder, (b)    talking business, (c)    laughing at life; (d)    I / office, (e)    reading novels, (f)    enjoying the characters.  
 
(a)   My father sat in the kitchen with his house-builder, 
        父亲和他造房子的人坐在厨房，
(b)   discussing the business of the day, 
        讨论当天的业务，
(c)   and laughing at the fortunes of life; 
        并且大笑生命的种种运气；
(d)   I remained alone in the office-room upstairs, 
        我在楼上办公的房间一个人，
(e)   reading modernist novels,
        阅读当代小说，
(f)   enjoying the way the characters’ lives unfolded. 
        享受着小说中人物生活展开的方式。
 
–类型: 对比式. 
–主题:  两套生活. 
–构思: (a)    Deer / forest, (b)    look / food, (c)    wonder / survive; (d)    people / house, (e)    admire / view, (f)    wonder / sugar.  
 
(a)   The two deer wandered all over the winter forest of icy trees, 
       这两头鹿整个冬天都在冰雪覆盖的树林里漫步，
(b)   constantly looking for some food to eat, 
        不停地寻找吃的食物，
(c)   and wondering how they would survive the rest of the winter; 
        在想他们怎么能够度过余冬；
(d)   the two people gazed out of their ski-chalet windows at the two deer,
       这两个人透过他们山中的滑雪小屋注视着那两头鹿，
(e)   admiring the view of a brilliant winter landscape under snow, 
       赞美着雪天里如此壮美的景色，

6. and wondering how they could have forgotten sugar for their coffee. 

想着他们怎么会忘记在咖啡里放糖。
 
 
–类型: 自由式. 
–主题: 持久的批评. 
–构思: (a)    Been criticized / favoritism, (b)    true / not change, (c)    some naturally; (d)    called “strange”, (e)    also true / not change, (f)    who I am.  
 
(a)   Some people have criticized me for showing favoritism to certain classes, 
       一些人批评我对特定班级表现出我的偏爱，
(b)   but I will not change my behavior,
       但我不会改变我的行为，
(c)   as certain classes consistently arouse a higher degree of a teacher’s devotion;
       因为特定的班级总是能唤起老师更高程度的热爱；
(d)   others have also called me “strange” and non-conformist, 
        另一些人也认为我“奇怪”，是个非国教徒，
(e)   but in this too I will not alter how I live my life, 
        在这一点，我也不会改变我如何过我的生活，

6. for this is who I am at heart. 

因为这就是内心我的真实面目。
 
 
–类型: 序列式. 
–主题: 烘焙馅饼. 
–构思: (a)    We / cut fruit, (b)    mixed ingredients, (c)    pie-tin; (d)    put in oven, (e)    served to guest, (f)    enjoyed together.  
 
(a)   We cut up apples for a pie in the morning, 
        我们早上切苹果做馅饼，
(b)   mixed up the pieces with sugar in a large bowl, 
        在一个大碗里用糖把苹果片搅拌在一起，
(c)   then spooned all the ingredients into a pie-tin; 
        然后用勺子将所有的配料倒在一个馅饼模子里；
(d)   we did not put the pie into the oven until evening, 
        我们直到晚上才把馅饼放在烤箱里，
(e)   when we served it during supper to our guest, 
        当我们晚饭招待客人的时候，
(f)   and enjoyed this excellent dessert together. 
        一起享受这美味的甜点。
 
–类型: 平行式
–主题: 冰 和 语言的形成. 
–构思: (a)    Slowly / rain, (b)    ice / thicker, (c)    roof / heavier; (d)    bit / sentences, (e)    words / ideas, (f)    collection / better.  
 
(a)   The freezing rain falls on the roof throughout the day, 
        一整天寒冷的雨都不停落在屋顶上，
(b)   causing the ice formations to become thicker, 
        使冰结得更厚，
(c)   and the roof even heavier; 
        屋顶也变得更重了；
(d)   words and ideas continuously fall into my mind over these same hours, 
        在同样的这些时间内，词汇和想法不停地跑进脑海中，
(e)   causing thought to become ordered language, 
        使想法变成有序的语言，
(f)   and these sentences even better. 
        和更好的这些句子。
 
–类型:  对比式. 
–主题: 两个工作间. 
–构思: (a)    Father / kitchen stove, (b)    warm, (c)    awake; (d)    me / office, (e)    cold, (f)    concentrate.  
 
(a)   My father likes to do his reading and other household activities next to the kitchen stove,
        父亲喜欢在厨房炉子旁读书和做其他家务活动，
(b)   for it is warm in the kitchen, 
        因为在厨房很暖和，
(c)   and it is easy for him to stay awake and alert when he is warm; 
        而且对来他说暖和很容易使他保持清醒和警觉；
(d)   I like to write these “Type Six” sentences in the unheated office room, 
        我喜欢在没有暖气的办公房间写“句型”六的例句，
(e)   for it is cold and isolated, 
         因为房间寒冷而隔绝，

6. and it is easy for me to write under such un-distracting conditions. 

对我来说在这样不受干扰的条件下写作比较容易。
 
 
–类型: 自由式.   
–主题: 工作条件和写作. 
–构思: (a)    Past writers / bad conditions, (b)    slowly / carefully, (c)    executed great works; (d)    writers today / better conditions, (e)    faster / mass-produced, (f)    a different writing.  
 
(a)   Most of the writers in the past worked under conditions of great hardship, 
        过去的大多数作家都在极为艰苦的条件下写作，
(b)   as their rooms and pens forced them to write slowly and carefully,
       因为他们的房间和笔迫使他们写得缓慢而小心，
(c)   causing them to execute great works of careful deliberation; 
      使得他们写出深思熟虑的伟大作品；
(d)   I suspect that many of today’s writers work under far better conditions, 
       我怀疑今天的作家拥有好的多的写作条件，
(e)   since their high-pressured jobs and insatiable computers allow them to “mass-produce” writing at a faster rate, 
       因为他们高压的工作和不知足的电脑能够使他们以更快的速度“批量生产”作品，
(f)   now causing them to generate a plentiful but somehow different product. 
       现在使他们产生大量的，但是似乎不一样的作品。
 
–类型: 序列式. 
–主题: 雨. 
–构思: (a)    Rain / roof, (b)    spatters / freezes, (c)    flows / edge; (d)    falls down, (e)    blown / wind, (f)    forms / ice.  
 
(a)   The freezing rain throws itself in waves upon the shingle roof, 
        寒冷的雨如波浪般打在鹅卵石铺的屋顶上，
(b)   spattering in all directions into frozen droplets, 
        四处飞溅起小的冰粒，
(c)   or flowing down to the roof’s edge; 
        或者雨水顺着屋檐流下来；
(d)   it then falls down twenty feet to the ground below, 
        然后流下20英寸直到地面，
(e)   blown here and there by the gusting wind, 
        被狂风吹得到处都是，

6. before forming a large sheet of ice. 

在形成一大块冰之前。
 
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题: 我的朋友和我. 
–构思: (a)    Known / 14 years, (b)    talked / all, (c)    gone many places; (d)    feel / longer, (e)    transcend language, (f)    share hearts.  
 
(a)   We have known each other for over 14 years, 
       我们已经认识了14年，
(b)   and during this time have talked about almost all there is to say, 
       在这段时间几乎谈了所有要谈的，
(c)   and traveled to many interesting places; 
      旅行了很多有趣的地方；
(d)   I nonetheless feel that I have known her for much longer, 
      但是我觉得我好象认识她更长的时间，
(e)   for our union of spirit transcends by far any language,
      因为我们精神的结合远远超越了任何语言，
(f)   and we share our hearts as a normal way of life. 
      我们心灵的互相分享成为一种通常的生活方式。
 
–类型: 对比式. 
–主题: 害怕和损失. 
–构思: (a)    Past / afraid, (b)    isolated, (c)    lost chance; (d)    taken / force, (e)    wonder / if, (f)    late.  
 
(a)   Becoming “close” frightened me in years past, 
       变得“亲密“在过去的岁月里让我害怕，
(b)   so I chosed to be isolated from love, 
       因此我选择远离爱，
(c)   and therefore lost it; 
       因此我失去了它；
(d)   now she will be taken from me by force, 
       现在她将被强制从我身边带走，
(e)   and I wonder if we would have been able to live happily together,
       我在想我们是否可以幸福地生活在一起，
(f)   but it is now all gone and too late. 
       但是现在一切都不在，太晚了。
 
–类型: 自由式. 
–主题: 向里面看; 向外面看. 
–构思: (a)    I looked in, (b)    small prison, (c)    constraints; (d)    goldfish looked out, (e)    prism / universe, (f)    endless possibilities.  
 
(a)   I looked in at the goldfish in its bowl, 
        我向碗里面看金鱼，
(b)   considering those glass walls as a fearful prison, 
        觉得那些玻璃好象可怕的监狱，
(c)   and representing life’s invisible iron constraints; 
        象征着生活中无形的限制；
(d)   the goldfish stared out through the curved walls of its home, 
       金鱼透过它家的弯曲的墙向外盯着看，
(e)   a prism projecting sight deep into the universe, 
       一个深入透视宇宙的棱镜，

6. to an as-yet undiscovered realm of endless possibilities. 

看着一个未知的有着无限可能性的王国。
 
 
–类型: 序列式. 
–主题: 早晨的活动. 
–构思: (a)    Before, (b)    got up / washed, (c)    did own; (d)    at time / met, (e)    ate, (f)    even though / knew.  
 
(a)   At about an hour before breakfast, 
        大约早饭前一个小时，
(b)   my father and I got up and washed, 
       父亲和我起床，然后洗漱，
(c)   doing our own morning routines; 
        做我们各自早上的日常事物；
(d)   we met by unspoken arrangement at seven,
       无须言语，我们七点见面，
(e)   then discussed our day’s plans as we ate,
        然后一边吃饭，一边讨论这一天的计划，
(f)   even though we both knew what the other was going to do. 
       即使我们彼此知道对方要做什么。
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题: 对以前班级的反思. 
–构思: (a)    Think / classes / character, (b)    the positive, (c)    the frustrating; (d)    remember / at home / gave, (e)    hope / optimism, (f)    courage / difficult.  
 
(a)   I often think of the character of my former classes, 
        我常常想起以前那些班级的特点，
(b)   of their positive and hard-working aspirations, 
         他们积极的和努力学习的渴望，
(c)   as well as all the frustrating things they did in class;
         和他们上课时所做的所有令人沮丧的事情； 
(d)   I remember at home the many intangible things they gave me, 
        在家我记起他们曾给我很多无形的东西，
(e)   the reassurance of watching their hope and optimism blooming within, 
        看见他们体内盛放的乐观和希望而带给我的宽慰，
(f)   and the inner courage they drew upon to face life’s difficulties. 
        和他们面对生活困难时候激发的内心的勇气。
 
–类型: 对比式. 
–主题: 周一和周五. 
–构思: (a)    Monday / tired, (b)    no rest / weekend, (c)    long week; (d)    Friday / feel better, (e)    day off, (f)    go play.  
 
(a)   I usually feel very tired on a Monday morning, 
       周一早晨我通常感到很疲劳，
(b)   as there was really no rest over the weekend, 
       因为周末的确没有休息，
(c)   and there are many classes to teach over the next four days; 
       接下来的四天有很多课要教；
(d)   on most Friday mornings I feel somewhat better, 
    大多数周五的早晨我会感觉好点，
(e)   as the first half of this day is my “day off”, 
     因为这一天的上午是我的“休息日”，

6. and I have several hours of free time. 

我有几个小时的自由时间。
 
 
–类型: 自由式. 
–主题: 一个我关心的学生. 
–构思: (a)    When / think, (b)    tears / crack, (c)    heart / aches; (d)    when / imagine, (e)    wonder / where, (f)    hope / well.  
 
(a)   When I think of everything you were and gave to me, 
       当我想起过去的你和你曾经给予我的，
(b)   salt tears force their way out through my cracked eyes, 
       不禁流下酸楚的眼泪，
(c)   and my heart aches with uncertainty and a sense of loss; 
       我的心为某种不确定性而疼痛，怅然若失；
(d)   when I stop and try to imagine what you are doing now, 
      当我停止，试图想象你正在做什么，
(e)   I wonder where you are setting out for, 
       我在想你会在那里落脚，

6. and I hope all will go well for you on life’s journey. 

我希望在生命的旅程中你一切都好。
 
 
–类型: 序列式. 
–主题: 建造房屋. 
–构思: (a)    Present / built, (b)    buyers, (c)    debts paid; (d)    plan new houses, (e)    borrow, (f)    continue process.  
 
(a)   Once the present houses have been built,
        一旦现在的房子被造好， 
(b)   buyers will appear and purchase them quickly, 
        买主就会出现，很快地购买它们，
(c)   and then any remaining debts will be paid off; 
        剩余的帐款将被偿还；
(d)   new houses can be planned at this point, 
         新房子可以从这一角度计划，
(e)   new mortgages raised from the ever-ready banks, 
       新的抵押从银行中筹集，
(f)   and the whole process continued for another half-year. 
       整个过程又将持续半年。
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题: 飞机和我. 
–构思: (a)    Airplane / high, (b)    book / distance, (c)    survey / detail; (d)    desk / office, (e)    plans / sentences, (f)    choose words.  
 
(a)   The pilot flies his plane high in a cloudless sky, 
       飞行员高高地飞在无云的天空，
(b)   looking far ahead into the distance, 
       看向远方，
(c)   and surveying the ground below in minute detail; 
       调查着地面微小的细节；
(d)   I hear the plane from my curtained-off office, 
        我从自己用窗帘隔开的办公室听见飞机的声音，
(e)   as I make plans for these “Type Six” sentences, 
        当我构思这些“句型六”例句时，
(f)   stopping frequently to choose evocative words and striking details. 
        不时停下来选择那些唤起人回忆的词汇和明显的细节。
 
–类型:对比式. 
–主题: 一个争论. 
–构思: (a)    Before / argument, (b)    talking, (c)    cooking; (d)    after / dispute, (e)    kept silent, (f)    poking food.  
 
(a)   In the hours before our argument about life and work, 
       在我们对生活和工作进行争论的几个小时前，
(b)   we had been talking about many different things, 
       我们一直在谈不同的许多事情，
(c)   while cooking the evening dinner; 
        在做晚饭的时候；
(d)   for a long time after this dispute, 
        争论后很长时间后，
(e)   we both kept silent at the dining room table, 
        饭桌上我们都沉默不语，

6. poking at out food in embarassment. 

尴尬地拨动着我们的食物。
 
 
–类型: 自由式. 
–主题: 矛盾和生活. 
–构思: (a)    Life / paradox, (b)    hemmed, (c)    hurt / choice; (d)    avoid / paradox, (e)    black-and-white, (f)    forces / solitary.  
 
(a)   Life is like a minefield of paradoxes,
        生活好象一个充满矛盾的危险之地，
(b)   which always hems me in, 
        总是将我包围其中，
(c)   and where my choices usually hurt or offend someone; 
       我的选择通常伤害或者冒犯别人；
(d)   I therefore wish to avoid paradox at most points, 
        因此我希望尽量避免矛盾，
(e)   preferring a “black-and-white” existence, 
        更喜欢“非黑既白”的生存状态，
(f)   but this results in my living a solitary life. 
       但这导致了我孤独的生活。
 
–类型: 序列式. 
–主题: 夜晚来临. 
–构思: (a)    Day / close, (b)    troubles, (c)    fade / light; (d)    evening / comes, (e)    bring / peace, (f)    revealing / stars.  
 
(a)   This day is finally drawing to a close, 
        一天终于临近结束，
(b)   and the day’s troubles are dispersing one by one, 
        一天的烦恼也一个一个消散，
(c)   fading away with the daylight; 
        随着白天的逝去而逐渐消失；
(d)   the welcome evening comes softly, 
        夜晚温柔来临，
(e)   bringing with it a new lease of peace, 
       带来一股新的宁静，
(f)   and revealing the night’s stars as would a lamp-lighter. 
        好象点燃街灯的灯夫一样点燃天空的星星。
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题: 我的妹妹. 
–构思: (a)    Known / 25 years, (b)    talked infrequently, (c)    very close; (d)    call / twice / year, (e)    discuss / writing, (f)    encouraged / spirit.  
 
(a)   I have known my first “adopted sister” for over 25 years, 
        我认识我第一个“收养的妹妹“已经25年多了，
(b)   and although we have talked somewhat infrequently during this time, 
        尽管我们这段时间并不经常谈话，
(c)   we are very close; 
        我们关系很亲密；
(d)   during the two or three times a year that I call her, 
        一年中，在我给她的两三次电话中，
(e)   we usually discuss writing, 
        我们通常讨论写作，
(f)   and I always leave those phone conversations encouraged in spirit. 
        我总是让那些电话谈话鼓舞人心。
 
–类型: 对比式. 
–主题: 植物和动物. 
–构思: (a)    Plants / absorb, (b)    give off, (c)    useful / animals; (d)    animals / take in, (e)    give off, (f)    co-exist / plants.  
 
(a)   Most plants absorb carbon-dioxide, 
       大多数植物吸收二氧化碳，
(b)   and give off oxygen, 
        和释放氧气，
(c)   which makes plants very important to animals; 
        这使得植物对动物来说很重要；
(d)   the animals take in oxygen,
        动物吸入氧气， 
(e)   and give off carbon-dioxide, 
        和释放二氧化碳，
(f)   and therefore co-exist with the plants. 
       因此和植物共生。
 
–类型: 自由式。
–主题: 巢鼠. 
–构思: (a)    Mouse / ball, (b)    climbed / nest, (c)    using / grass; (d)    able / home, (e)    raise / young, (f)    survive / winter.  
 
(a)   The harvest mouse found a tennis ball with a small hole in it, 
        巢鼠发现了一个破了一个小洞的网球，
(b)   so she climbed in and made a soft nest, 
         因此她就爬进去在里面筑了一个柔软的巢，
(c)   using broken pieces of grass and down feathers; 
          用碎草和绒羽；
(d)   she was now able to have a safe home, 
         她现在能够有一个安全的家，
(e)   in which to raise her young, 
         在里面抚养幼小的巢鼠，
(f)   and in which to survive the harsh winter. 
        在里面度过艰难的冬天。
 
–类型: 序列式. 
–主题: 早晨. 
–构思: (a)    Dawn / sky, (b)    branches / silhouette, (c)    tinging / clouds; (d)    sunlight / incandescent, (e)    shadows / bedroom, (f)    dissipating / mist.  
 
(a)   The coming dawn greys the morning sky, 
        即将到来的黎明使天空变得灰白，
(b)   making the branches of the old oak trees appear in starkly defined silhouette, 
        使老橡树的枝条轮廓显得十分荒凉落寞，
(c)   and tinging the motionless clouds in formative color;
         也给静止的云彩染上了些许的色彩；
(d)   the sky is soon incandescent with sunlight, 
天空不久因为阳光的照射而发白，
(e)   moving shadows from the branches play over the forest floor, 
       把阴影从树枝上移开，落在森林里的地面，
(f)   and the mist slowly alters and dissipates under the new day’s warmth. 
       慢慢地随着新的一天的到来，雾气渐散。
 
–类型: 对比式. 
–主题: 湿的衣服. 
–构思: (a)    Taken / suitcase, (b)    hung / line, (c)    dried / later; (d)    put / bags, (e)    left / shelf, (f)    rotted / soon.  
 
(a)   My cousin’s wet trousers were taken out of her rain-soaked suitcase, 
        我堂妹的湿裤子从她被雨浸湿的手提箱中拿出来，
(b)   hung on a laundry-line in the back garden, 
        挂在后花园的晾衣绳上，
(c)   and became dry and useful again two hours later; 
        两个小时以后变干，又可以穿了；
(d)   my sister’s wet shirt was put into a plastic bag, 
        我妹妹的湿衬衣放在一个塑料袋里，
(e)   left on a shelf in the basement, 
        挂在地下室的一个架子上，
(f)   and became rotten and useless in a few days. 
        几天以后变得恶臭， 也不能穿了。
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题:桌子外观. 
–构思: (a)    Table / formal, (b)    old / beautiful, (c)    seat / guests; (d)    believe / informal, (e)    new / common, (f)    hospitable / many.  
 
(a)   We use our dining room table for many formal dinner parties, 
        我们使用餐桌做过很多次正式的晚宴的桌子，
(b)   as it is old-looking and attractive to sit at, 
        因为它看上去很有年头富有吸引力，
(c)   and because it can seat many dinner guests; 
       而且因为很多客人可以围坐，
(d)   we do not believe in using some informal-looking table, 
       我们认为不能用那种不正式的桌子，
(e)   or one that is new or common, 
        或者新的或者普通的，
(f)   since that is not being truly hospitable to our many vistors. 
        因为这对我们的许多拜访者来说没有诚意。
 
–类型: 自由式. 
–主题: 睡觉和开车. 
–构思: (a)    Slept / home, (b)    tired / talking, (c)    late / night; (d)    order / peacefully, (e)    carefully / highway, (f)    avoid / bumps.  
 
(a)   My father slept throughout most of the drive home, 
        父亲在开车回家的路上大部分时间在睡觉，
(b)   as he was tired from having spoken to many people at the party,
        因为他在派对上和很多人说话，很累了， 
(c)   and as he had stayed up late reading the night before; 
        而且也因为他头一天晚上阅读而很晚睡觉；
(d)   in order to let him sleep peacefully in the passenger seat, 
        为了让他在客座上安静睡觉，
(e)   I drove carefully on the highway, 
        我在高速公路上小心地开着，

6. trying to avoid bumps and sudden movements. 

努力避免颠簸和突然的移动。
 
 
–类型: 序列式. 
–主题: 花和昆虫. 
–构思: (a)    Flowers / opened, (b)    released / air, (c)    inviting / come; (d)    insects / summons, (e)    came / drank, (f)    covering / pollen.  
 
(a)   The meadow flowers opened their yellow and blue petals towards heaven, 
        牧场上的花儿朝着天空绽放它们黄色和兰色的花瓣，
(b)   released scents into the gentle mountain breezes, 
        将花香释放到轻柔的山风中，
(c)   and invited every flying insect of the field to visit; 
       邀请田间每一个飞着的昆虫来拜访；
(d)   the hungry insects received the flowers’ summons, 
        饥饿的昆虫们接受到花儿们的邀请，
(e)   and they came to many a bloom and drank sweet nectar, 
        它们来到许多花上，吮吸着花蜜，
(f)   covering their eager bodies with sticky clods of yellow and red pollen. 
       热切的身体上裹满了粘粘的黄色红色的花粉。
 
–类型: 平行式. 
–主题: 写作和睡觉. 
–构思: (a)    Sitting / counter, (b)    writing / carefully, (c)    inspiration / sources; (d)    reclined / easy-chair, (e)    sleeping / peacefully, (f)    dreaming / achievements.  
 
(a)   I am sitting at the stone-topped kitchen counter, 
        我坐在石头装饰的厨房的台面旁，
(b)   writing these “Type Six” sentences carefully,
       认真写这些“句型六”的句子，
(c)   seeking and accepting inspiration from different sources; 
       从不同的来源收集灵感；
(d)   my father is reclining in the easy-chair by the fireplace, 
      我的父亲坐在火炉旁的安乐椅上，
(e)   sleeping peacefully in his own house, 
       在他自己的房子里安静地睡觉，
(f)   dreaming randomly of his past achievements. 
        随便地梦着他过去取得的成就。
 
–类型: 对比式. 
–主题: 烘焙馅饼. 
–构思: (a)    First / crude, (b)    unfamiliar / recipe, (c)    work / tiresome; (d)    now / refined, (e)    understand / cook, (f)    labor / easier.  
 
(a)   The first fruit pies I made were very crude, 
        第一批水果馅饼我做的很糟糕，
(b)   as I was unfamiliar with the recipe, 
        因为我不熟悉配方，
(c)   and found the preparation work very tiresome; 
        发现准备工作很耗费时间；
(d)   I am now much more refined in my pie-cooking, 
        现在做馅饼我就更游刃有余了，
(e)   as I understand how to prepare them more efficiently, 
        因为我现在知道怎么更有效率地准备了，
(f)   and this has made the labor itself much easier. 
        这也使劳动本身轻松了。
 
–类型: 自由式. 
–主题: 开车.
–构思: (a)    Weeks / driving, (b)    make / easier, (c)    time / talk; (d)    constant / tiring, (e)    wearing / health, (f)    wonder / change.  
 
(a)   I have driven my father around for many weeks now, 
        我给父亲开车已经有很多星期了，
(b)   as this makes his life easier in general, 
        因为这使他的生活总的来说容易一些，
(c)   and our journeys together give us time to talk about many things; 
        而且我们在一起旅行的时候有时间谈论很多事情；
(d)   this constant driving about is very tiring for me, 
        对我来说这样持续地开车很累，
(e)   as it is wearing down my health, 
         因为这样使我健康每况愈下，
(f)   so much that I am now wondering how to change this state of affairs. 
        我现在正在考虑怎样改变这样的状态。
 
–类型:序列式.
–主题: 工作和睡觉.
–构思: (a)    Counter / working, (b)    try / productive, (c)    writing / reading; (d)    tired / fading, (e)    eyes / closing, (f)    admit / bed.  
 
(a)   My father and I are both at the kitchen-counter, 
       父亲和我都站在厨房台面那里，
(b)   trying to be productive, 
       试图做些什么，
(c)   whether it be writing or reading;
        无论是写点或者读点什么； 
(d)   we are both tired and fading away, 
        我们都很累，
(e)   with our eyes drooping shut, 
        眼睛都睁不开，
(f)   so we should admit it is time to go to bed. 
        因为我们应该承认是时候睡觉了。
 
–类型: 平行式.
–主题: 香蕉 和 条. 
–Plan: (a)    Bananas / cheap, (b)    easy / market, (c)    filling / healthy; (d)    chips / simple, (e)    available / restaurant, (f)    perfect / sharing.  
 
(a)   I like to eat cheap bananas, 
        我喜欢吃便宜的香蕉，
(b)   as it is easy to buy them in the market, 
         因为它们很容易在市场买到，
(c)   and they are both filling and healthy; 
        它们容易填饱肚子而且健康；
(d)   my friend likes the simplicity of eating potato chips,
        我朋友喜欢吃简单的土豆条，
(e)   which are easily available at most restaurants,
        这在大多数饭店都能吃到，
(f)   and are perfect for sharing with many friends. 
        而且和许多朋友一起吃特别好。
 
–类型: 对比式.
–主题: 不再写了.
–构思: (a)    Continue / sentences, (b)    examples / study, (c)    extend / pages; (d)    rest / continue, (e)    tired / ideas, (f)    doubt / read.  
 
(a)   I sometimes think I should continue to write more “Type Six” sentences, 
        我有时候想我应该继续写更多的“句型六”的句子，
(b)   so as to give the reader more examples to study, 
         因此可以给读者更多的范例学习，
(c)   and thereby extend this book by many pages; 
         因此也可以将这本书写更多页数；
(d)   I think that I should continue with the rest of this book, 
        我想我应该继续写这本书的其他部分，
(e)   I am too tired to create new sentence ideas, 
        我太疲惫，而无法创造新的句子，
(f)   and I doubt that many readers will read every example sentence. 
        我怀疑许多读者不会阅读每一个例句。
 
–类型: 自由式.
–主题: 房子和庭院.
–构思: (a)    Give / house, (b)    walls / doors, (c)    safe / secure; (d)    provide / courtyards, (e)    screened / gaze, (f)    think / peace.  
 
(a)    Please give me a house in the deep countryside, 
         请给我一个在乡村深处的房子，
(b)   a dwelling with thick walls and strong doors, 
          一个有厚实的墙和结实的门的住所，
(c)   a place where I can be safe and secure; 
         一个我感到安全和有保障的地方；
(d)   please provide me with courtyards, 
         请提供我庭院，
(e)   which are screened from the gaze of outsiders, 
         那里不受外来者注视的影响，
(f)   and where I can contemplate life in peace. 
        我可以在安静地思考生活。
 
–类型: 自由式. 
–主题: 最后的例子.
–构思: (a)    Said / enough, (b)    stop / here, (c)    take / rest; (d)    readers, (e)    think / sentences, (f)    make / own.  
 
(a)   I have said enough, 
        我已经说了足够的，
(b)   so I will stop here, 
        因此我将在这里停止，
(c)   and take my rest; 
        并且休息；
(d)   as for you readers, 
         对读者来说，
(e)   you can think about these sentences, 
         你可以思考这些句子，
(f)   and then make your own. 
       开始造你们自己的句子。