99%的人都没意识到的「中式思维」

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先来看一篇中国学生写的「是不是应该禁止黑出租车」，其中一段她是这样 论证 黑车的坏处的：

When I arrived in the airport last week, I decided to take a cab to my university. Upon entering the taxi waiting area, I met a cab driver who asked me where I was going. When I told him the address, he said that none of the taxi drivers would want to take me there as it was apparently too far. It was only when he told me, after we had started driving, that the trip would cost 200 Yuan, that I realised that I had been scammed into taking an unlicensed cab. I had no choice but to pay the price because I was so scared. From this I have to say that unlicensed cabs are extremely dangerous. Therefore, it’s very important for the government to ban them.

这段论述在语法，词汇方面都没有错误，而且这种「由故事引出结论」的写作习惯对我们中国人来说再常见不过了。但是，这段论述是不符合英语思维习惯的。首先，作者以一个故事（anecdote）开头，就是典型的「螺旋型」思维，对于外国人来说，它们会觉得这是一种不必要的拐弯抹角——读到一半都还不知道你要表达什么。另外，在段落最结尾才引出了主题「From this I have to say that unlicensed cabs are extremely dangerous. Therefore, it's very important for the government to ban them.」，这是和英语「直线型」思维相矛盾的。

我们在写作的时候要刻意避免汉语「螺旋型」思维的影响。

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那么什么是直线形思维？

直线型的思维反映在文章段落上，就是「开门见山」。 段落以主题句（topic sentence）开头，不绕弯子，直接就给出全段的重点，之后紧紧围绕着主题，层层展开。最后，在段落的结尾再次总结，呼应主题。这种和中文截然相反的段落铺陈方式， 在书 Academic Writing for Graduate Students

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