英语议论文的写作方法

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：

1.提出需要议论的议题；

2.摆出正反两方面的观点；

3.表明作者持何种态度；

4.论证自己观点的正确性从而使读者接受自己的观点；

5.小结。

在具体写作中要注意下列几点：

1.议题的提出要开门见山，不要拖泥带水，啰啰唆唆

2.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

3.作者的观点必须鲜明，不能模棱两可

4.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。

5.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：

ShouldExaminationBeAbolished（取消）？

Theexaminationsystemhascometobethemaintheme（主题）ofmoderneducation.Oneshouldtakeanexaminationandsucceedinpassingitbeforehecouldbeadmitted，promotedorgraduated.Asitplayssoimportantaroleintherealmofeducation（教育的领域）itisundermuchcriticism（评论）astoitsvalidity（有效性）.Peoplewhoareinfavourofittrytodevelopthissystemmore；thosewhoareagainstitbelievethatsuchasystemshouldbeabolished.Shouldexaminationbeabolished？Inmyopinionitshouldbe.

Manypeoplethinkthatanexaminationistheonlymeanstotestknowledge，but，infact，thatisnottrue.Afewquestionsgiveninanexaminationcouldbynomeanscoverthewholefieldofthesubject.Thusthosewhoareabletoanswerthemmaybethepoorestofthestudentsandyethappentoknowjustafewpointsaboutthatsubject.

I'dliketosaythat，becauseoftheexistenceoftheexaminationsystem，studentspaysomuchattentiontogaininghighmarks，thattheyoftenforgetthechiefpurposeofeducation.Theso-calledcleverstudentsdevote（贡献）themselvestothestudyoftextbooksonly.They，ofcourse，knownothingbuttheskeleton（梗概）ofknowledge.Theendandaimofeducation，however，istoenablestudentstolearnhowtolive.Todothis，studentsmustgetthemselvestodoallkindsoftraining，physicalaswellasmental.Thepresentexaminationsystemhasdiscouragedstudentsfrommakingsuchanattempt.

Moreover，sincethestudentstrysohardtoputtheirlessonsintomemoryinasshortatimeaspossible，psychologically（心理上来看），theysoonforgetthewholesubjectassoonastheexaminationisover.Surelythisisoneofthegreatestwastesevermadeinthehistoryofcivilization.

Lastly，inordertogethighmarks，thereisagreattemptation（诱惑）forstudentstocheat（作弊）inanexamination.Indeed，suchapracticebecomesthemeanstotheend.Theycheattheirteachers，theirparentsandalsothemselves.Suchatendencywouldimpair（损害）ourmoralstandards（道德标准）.

Therefore，Iamoftheopinion，inconclusion，thattheexaminationsystemshouldbeabolished.