Section Nine Sentence Combining（第1页）

SeeSentenbining

&hingwrongwithusieheyarequiteeffees-butthemissideredpoorstyleiing。Whenyouwritetoomaences，ywillturnouttobedullandunnatural。

Forexample:

1）Thispoemwaswrittenbyayounggirl。Shewasterminallyill（患绝症的）。ShewasinaNewYorkhospital。

2）Syisapromisingnewsourergy。Syisenergyfromthesun'sradiation。

Eaplesentencesabovebeabioalongerahlyflowiherevisedversionsareasfollows:

3）Thispoemwaswrittenbyaterminally-illyounggirlinaNewYorkhospital。

4）Sy，whiergyfromthesun'sradiation，isapromisingnewsourergy。

&enbiningisnotonlysimplyaobeaplishedbutalsoaskilltobelearhus，youshouldtrytoavoidtoomaeny，espeacademig。

Practice2-9-1

bineeapleseoalongerahlyflowiengonlyoneperiod（句号）attheeehewasnedkeepthemeaningthesame。Forexample:

Choppy:Kehaveeolivefortably。Forthatreasonheislookingforanewjob。

bined:Kehaveeolivefortablyislookingforanewjob。

Or:Kenislookingforanewjobbecausehedoesnothaveeolivefortably。

Ansrovidedonlyforthefirstfivesentences。

1。puterteologyhasadvahepastfiveyears。Itsadvanceshavebeendramatic。

2。Hewasabsentfromclassyesterdaym。Hewassi'tgotoschool。

3。ThenovelisaboutlifeontheAmazon。Itis300pageslong。Itisveryiing。

4。Alllivingthingsneedenergy。Elyfromthesun。Energyesilyfromthesun。

5。Awomaofherhouse。Shesawthreeoldmehreeoldmenhadlohebeardswerewhite。Theyweresittinginthewoman'sfrontyard。

&hesamei。Ouriissinging。Singinghasbroughtustogether。

7。AfamousHongKoedfivemilliondollars。Themoneywillbeusedtobuildseveralschools。TheseschoolswillbebuiltinsionsinSiProviheseregiobyahquake。

8。Thereisapiandihemoureelookslikeagiahetreesaroundit。

9。JohnboughtaputerlastJuly。Hepaid$1500forit。Itbrokedoeeksago。