简单句其实也可以不简单，若将简单句与非谓语动词短语、形容词短语、介词短语、同位语、独立主格结构等巧妙地合并在一起，不但可以表达更丰富的内容，而且也使句子变得更精彩，充分显示你在英语表达上的实力。以下各句摘自近年各省市高考写作范文的高级简单句，请欣赏、熟记、模仿： 句子润色：简单句的高级形式 1. 同位语。 I want to have a pen friend, hopefully a girl in her early twenties and with interests similar to mine.我想有一个笔友, 希望是一个二十出头且兴趣相投的女孩子。(同位语中又有两个并列的介词短语修饰) (全国) Born in American, Thomas Edison was a great scientist and inventor.出生于美国的托马斯·爱迪生是一个伟大的科学家和发明家。(湖南) 2. 形容词短语。 In order to study well, we need to do sports.为了学习好, 我们需要做体育运动。(辽宁) 3. 不定式短语。 In this picture, a mother bird stays
in her nest in a big tree, watching her babies flying away.在这幅图中, 一个鸟妈妈待在一棵大树的鸟巢里, 观看她的鸟仔飞走。(北京) 4. 现在分词短语。 Compared with letters and public phones, mobile phones and the Internet are faster and much more convenient.与信件和公用电话相比,手机和网络更快也更方便。(广东) 5. 过去分词短语。
Instead of giving us answers immediately, he encourages us to think by ourselves.他鼓励我们独立思考, 而不是马上告诉我们答案。(湖南) 6. 介词短语。
1. Amy Chua, 美籍华人, 耶鲁大学教授。(同位语) (广东) Amy Chua, a Chinese American, works as a professor in Yale University. [即学即用] 2. 课外活动不仅可以强健我们的身体和丰富我们的知识, 而且还把我们从繁重的学习中解放出来。(介词短语)(四川) Besides building up oue bodies and enriching our knowledge, after- class activities also free us from heavy study burden. 3. 因为完全忙于自己的学习, 我很少注意到妈妈的感觉和所需要。(过去分词短语) (江苏) Totally engaged in my study, I seldom pay attention to what my mother feel and needs. 4. 小车已成为受人欢迎的交通方式,
给人们的生活带来了方便。(现在分词短语) (江西) Cars have become a popular means
of tranport, bringing conveniences to people’s life. 5. 我们学生应当通过努力学习而不是考试作弊来获得好成绩。(介词短语) (福建) We students should try to get good results by studying hard instead of cheating in examinations. 6. 合并句子:
(1)She realizes her mom must be very tired after a day’s work . (2)The girl helps to remove the bag from her mom’s shoulder. (现在分词短语) Realizing her mom must be very tired after a day’s work, the girl helps to remove the bag from her shoulder. 7. 合并句子： (1) The book was entitled Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother . (2) The book was written by Amy Chua. (3)The book came out in 2011. (过去分词短语) The book, entitled Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and written by Amy Chua, came out in 2011.