一．举例论证举例论证是最有利于增强论述的可靠性与说服力的方法，同时，也是考官建议考生使用的。在雅思考题下方总会有这样一句话：“Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or ” 常见表达方式① 关联词优势：关联词能够较为方便的引出例子，主要是因为用这种方法引出的例子多是独立的句子，语法上的束缚少些。关联词：as a proof， as an illustration， as an example， for example， for instance， in particular， just as， namely， specifically， to illustrate， to ② 句型优势：句型引出例子，能够保证表达的书面度与学术性。但是在使用时，考生需要特别注意语法正确。句型：A good case in point is that …A typical example can be found in …Take … for example， … …， which may include … 使用注意事项① 选择典型的例子在明确引出例子的方法后，考生应当重视例子本身的质量。这里主要是指保证例子的典型性与普遍性，举例自己的家庭不如举例一类家庭，举例自己的国家不如举例一类国家。个别的现象，非主流的观点是不具备说服力的。② 议论列举的例子举例子，在说明文中使用也很普遍。但是，议论文中的举例与说明文中的举例是不同的。议论文在举例过程中需要考生有适当的议论或是评价，而不是机械呆板的说明情况。③ 控制例子的字数举例子，在记叙文中使用也很广泛，一篇记叙文几乎就是在讲一个故事或经历。但是，议论文的例子万万不可这么长篇大论的写，一个论点的例子应控制在一句话左右，有时甚至只需一个名词短语就可以完成。
与其他文体相比，英治议论文的结构一般较为固定，有下列几个部分组成提出需要议论的议题；摆出正反两方面的观点；表明作者持何种态度；论证自己观点的正确性从而使读者接受自己的观点；小结。在具体写作中要注意下列几点议题的提出要开门见山，不要拖泥带水，啰啰唆唆正反两方面的观点一般都要摆出，有时也有只强调一种观点的，那么这就等于将上述第二点和第三点合在一起了作者的观点必须鲜明，不能模棱两可论证自己的观点是议论文的最关键的部分。论证手段与英语说明文中的一些写作手法相同，常用的有罗列法、举例法、因果法、比较法等等。对于较长的英语议论文还可以在文章结尾时对全文要点作一小结。下面这篇学生作文是较为典型的一篇英语议论文Should Examination Be Abolished （取消）？The examination system has come to be the main theme （主题）of modern One should take an examination andsucceed in passing it before he could be admitted， promoted or As it plays so important a role in the realm of education （教育的领域） it is under much criticism （评论） as to its validity （有效性） People who are in favour of it try to develop this system more； those who are against it believe that such a system should be Should examination be abolished？ In my opinion it should Many people think that an examination is the only means to test knowledge， but， in fact， that is not A few questions given in an examination could by no means cover the whole field of the Thus those who are able to answer them may be the poorest of the students and yet happen to know just a few points about that I'd like to say that， because of the existence of the examination system， students pay so much attention to gaining high marks， that they often forget the chief purpose of The so-called clever students devote （贡献） themselves to the study of textbooks They， of course， know nothing but the skeleton （梗概） of The end and aim of education， however， is to enable students to learn how to To do this， students must get themselves to do all kinds of training， physicalas well as The present examination system has discouraged students from making such an Moreover， since the students try so hard to put their lessons into memory in as short a time as possible， psychologically （心理上来看）， they soon forget the whole subject as soon as the examination is Surely this is one of the greatest wastes ever made in the history of Lastly， in order to get high marks， there is a great temptation （诱惑） for students to cheat （作弊） in an Indeed， such a practice becomes the means to the They cheat their teachers， their parents and also Such a tendency would impair （损害） our moral standards （道德标准） Therefore， I am of the opinion， in conclusion， that the examination system should be
