Six Ways to Start a Sentence
六種句子開頭的寫法
Do you get stressed when you have to write? You don't know where to start? Your sentences always sound the same? Writing is terrifying?
每次要寫作都覺得壓力很大？你老不知道該從何下筆？你的句子聽起來總是一成不變？寫作讓你好怕怕嗎？
Here are six ways to start a sentence.
以下是六種句子開頭的寫法。
One: The subject
一：主詞
One of the best ways to start a sentence is to put the subject first and the verb second. The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea. It has to be followed by a verb, a word that tells you what the subject is doing. "I cooked spaghetti." "The dog ran home." "John read a book."
其中一個開啟句子的好辦法是先放主詞再放動詞。一個句子中的主詞是人、地點、事物或概念想法。主詞後面得接一個動詞，也就是告訴你主詞動作的詞。「我煮了義大利麵。」「小狗跑回家。」「John 讀了一本書。」
Number two: Explaining where or when something happens
二：說明某事發生的地點或時間
You can start a sentence with words that tell you where something is happening. "On the beach, there was a shipwreck." Or it could be "Beside the beach..." "By the beach..." "Near the beach..."
你可以用表示某事發生地點的詞來當句子的開頭。「沙灘上有一艘沉船。」或者也可以寫成「沙灘旁...」、「靠近沙灘...」、「沙灘不遠處...」。
You can also start a sentence with words that tell you when something is happening. "After school, we played computer games." Or it could be "Before school..." Don't forget to use a comma.
你也可以用表示某事發生時間的詞來當句子的開頭。「放學後，我們玩電腦遊戲。」或者也可以寫成「上學前...」。別忘了加上一個逗號喔。
Number three: Asking a question
三：提問
Have you ever thought of starting a sentence with a question? A question makes the reader think. "Which songs do you like best?" "Who is the richest person in the world?"
你曾想過用一個問題來開啟句子嗎？提出一個問題能讓讀者動腦思考。「你最喜歡哪首歌？」
「誰是世界上最富有的人？」
Make sure you answer your question in the next sentence. "Have you brushed your teeth today?" "Forgetting to brush your teeth leads to bad breath and tooth decay."
務必在下一句中回答你的問題。「你今天刷牙了嗎？」「忘記刷牙會導致口臭和蛀牙。」
Four: An "-ing" phrase
四：以 -ing 結尾的詞
You can start a sentence with an action ending in "-ing." "Looking at the clock, she realized she was going to be late." "Sitting on the beach, I watched the sun set over the ocean." "Running home quickly, she got soaked in the pouring rain."
你可以用一個 -ing 結尾的動作當句子的開頭。「看著時鐘，她知道自己要遲到了。」「坐在沙灘上，我看著夕陽落入海中。」「快速地跑回家，她在大雨中全身濕透。」
Or you can use a doing word ending with "-ed." "Frightened by the loud fireworks, the dog hid under the table." "Excited about her birthday, she woke up very early."
或者你可以用一個以 -ed 結尾的動詞。「被煙火的巨大聲響嚇一跳，小狗躲到桌子底下。」「對生日感到非常興奮，她很早就醒來了。」
If you do start with "-ing" or "-ed" words, don't forget to use a comma before you complete the sentence.
如果你用結尾是 -ing 或 -ed 的詞當開頭，別忘了在整句寫完前加進一個逗號。
Six: "-ly" words
六：以 -ly 結尾的詞
Finally, the last way to start a sentence is using an "-ly" word. "Carefully, she tiptoed past the sleeping monster." "Hungrily, the dog chewed the bone." These "-ly" words also need a comma before you write the rest of the sentence.
最後，開啟句子的最後一招就是用一個字尾是 -ly 的詞。「小心翼翼地，她踮腳走過沉睡的怪物。」「飢腸轆轆，小狗啃了那骨頭。」在你寫完句子剩下的部分前，這些 -ly 結尾的詞也需要加上一個逗號。
Well, now you know six different ways to start a sentence. Before you start writing, add them to your plan to remind you to use them, and you'll find that writing isn't so scary after all.
那麼，現在你知道六種不同的句子開頭寫法了。在你動筆寫作前，將這些方法寫到你的計畫中來提醒自己要善加運用，到頭來你會發現寫作根本沒那麼可怕。
