3. 通过合句，将意义相关的几个句子，用一定的连接方式连接起来，或通过紧缩，去掉一些多余的成分可以避免冗长累赘，松散无力，使句子凝炼，层次清晰。

　　 (1) I was walking along Park Road towards the east. At that time, an elderly man came out of the park on the other side of the street.

　　 修改意见 :I was walking along Park Road towards the east when an elderly man came out of the park on the other side of the street. (NMET 2000 范文)

　　 (2) The flat is in a building on Fangcao Street. It is not far from Jianxin Chinese School.

　　 修改意见 : The flat is in a building on Fangcao Street, which is not far from Jianxin Chinese School. (NMET 2003 范文)

　　 (3) I can follow my own interests. I can read books, visit museums and take computer lessons.

　　 修改意见:I can follow my own interests. Such as reading books, visiting museums and taking computer lessons. (NMET 2001范文)

2.使用短语结构来简化或合并短句。常用的结构由介词短语、名词短语、非谓语动词、独立主格结构、同位语等结构。

　　 (1) The young man pointed to a policeman not far away and said, "He stopped us an hour ago and told us to catch the offender".

　　 修改意见: Pointing to a policeman not far away, the young man explained, "He stopped us an hour ago and told us to catch the offender. "(NMET 1997范文)

　　 (2) My brother was riding the bike and I sat on the seat behind him.

　　 修改意见:My brother was riding the bike with me sitting on the seat behind. (NMET1997)

　　 简洁性就是做到语言简洁，不重复。多样性就是能随情景内容的变化写出句式多样的语句。新课程标准中写作的评价标准，强调了语言表达的能力:语言结构和词汇要丰富。因此，在确保行文准确流畅的前提下，需要文字清新简洁，语句灵活多变，使文章的语言结构更加丰富多彩。我们可以采用以下几种方式：

1.合理利用介词或名词代替动词，能有效降低句子的复杂性，在令句子通顺自然的同时，也能减少语法错误。试体会下面黑体部分被括号内词语替代后的效果。

　　 (1)The flat has an area of 25 square metres　 and there is a bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen, (with)

　　 (2)1 was pleased to hear from you and am writing to tell you something　 that has taken place in our school, (about)

　　 (3)1 have a surprise　 to give you. (for)

8.表示结论

　　 in short，in brief，in a word,　 in general，as you know，as far as I know，on the whole

　　 这些关联词的恰当使用无疑能使全文过渡自然，令读者对后续的句子产生心理的期待和准备，增强句子间的逻辑性和紧凑性。本文前面刊载的NMET 2001书面表达范文，就使用了许多关联词(见范文划线处)。

7.表示解释、说明关系

　　 namely, actually, such as, for example, for instance，that is to say，in other words，and so on，to tell you the truth，according to this

6.表示递进、强调关系

　　 besides，furthermore，what's more，inaddition, moreover，worse still, above all，to make matters worse

5.表示时间、顺序关系

　　 shorty after, first, second…, then, next, finally, for one thing, for another thing, in the end,　 eventually

4.表示因果关系

　　 so，for，therefore，as a resut，because，owing to，due to，thanks to，on account of

3.表示对比关系

　　 on the contrary，instead of,　 on the other hand，just like，unlike

2.表示转折关系

　　 but，yet, however，nevertheless，in spite of，although，otherwise，while