(三)简洁洗练，要言不烦

　　语言简洁有力，文风干净利落，是议论文的重要特征之一。应该指出的是，好句子并不以长短论英雄，长句未必不简洁，短句未必不哆咳。作者在写作时，只要力求做到章无冗段，段无冗句，句无冗词，就可改变当断不断、拖泥带水的现象。

　　1．The Are No Good Reasons Why Boys and Girls Should Not Be Treated Equally.

　　析：此为一标题句，此作者滥用双重否定，从而使句子过长。宜改为：Boys and Girls Should Be Given Equal Treatment．

　　2．For instance，I knew how to communicate with other people and how to look after myself．The most important thing was that I learn to be independent．

　　析：从意义上讲，look after myself与independent关系紧密，可以合在一起。句子可改为：For instance，I knew how to communicate with others and how to look after myself as an independent girl．

　　3．Moreover，as some girls study harder than boys，they may be even superior．

　　析：moreover后若继续用从句，就会干扰读者的思维。可改为：Moreover，some girls are very dilgent．As a result，they may prove superior to ordinary boys．

　　4．What I mean to say is that well-intentioned law-makers sometimes make fools of themselves．

　　析：what从句并未提供新信息，故可删去。句子可改为：Well-intentioned law—makers sometimes make fools of themselves．

　　三、词汇运用

　　(一)多用书面语，少用口头语

　　相对口头语而言，书面语更能增添文章的厚重感和读者对文章的信任感。下列每一组句子中，第二句都使用了书面语言，用词更加规范，因而比前一个句子略胜—筹。

　　1．We still have the social problems.

　　The same social problems still exist today．

　　2．For me，there is no need for further protection of woodlands.

　　As far as I'm concerned，further protection of woodlands is not needed．

　　3．With the development of computer technology, commercial information exchange is becoming easier．

　　Computers have greatly influenced business communication．

　　4．Everything has two sides and this problem is quite the same．

　　Everything has two sides and this issue is not an exception．

　　(二)使用连接词

　　在句子间使用连接词，能使文章脉络更加清晰，逻辑关系更加流畅。例如：

　　1．The water was polluted．As a result，the fish died．

　　2．However，others think we should have junk food.

　　3．On the other hand packaging can have many disadvantages．

　　4．Firstly many people die of passive smoking(被动吸烟)and secondly it can aggravate(使……恶化)lung diseases．

　　相关的连接词还有：On the contrary，all in all，in short，generally，worse still，on the other hand，in conclusion，as a consequence，hence，also，personally，furthermore，definitely，surely，undoubtedly，obviously，additionally，in addition，moreover，consequently，clearly，besides，as well，likewise，in my opinion，for the sake of，last but not the least，to begin with，firstly(first)，etc．

　　很多时候，一些常用的句式或句子也能承上启下，使相关的信息得到巧妙的过渡和衔接。例如：

　　The main reason is that…

　　I can't agree more．

　　Another thing we can't forget is that…

　　There is every reason to believe that…

　　As we all know…

　　总而言之，一篇好的议论文，总是在结构、逻辑和语言等方面略胜一筹。