上一篇为大家讲解的托福写作标点符号的应用还没有讲完，今天继续来看。以下内容与由北京新航道托福频道小编为大家整理发布。具体内容请看下文：

　　四 冒号 Colon

　　用在一个完整的句子结束，用于引出清单、长引语和解释。

　　1 List:

　　例如

　　The store will close at noon on the following dates: November 26, December 24, and December 31.

　　2 Long Quotation:

　　In his book Life Lines, Forrest Church maintains that people should cry more: “Life is difficult. Some people pretend that it is not, that we should be able to breeze through. Yet hardly a week passes in which most of us don’t have something worth crying about. ”

　　3 Explanation:

　　Here’s a temporary solution to a dripping faucet: Tie a string to it, and let the drops slide down the string to the sink.

　　五 分号 Semicolon

　　1 用来分隔两个单独的句子，有时可以看作是句号

　　例如

　　Lonnie heard a noise and looked out the window; the only thing there was his reflection.

　　He checked on the new baby every five minutes; he was afraid something would happen to her.

　　Lizards become sluggish at night; they need the sun’s warmth to maintain an active body temperature.

　　The large dog was growling at me; there were white bubbles of foam around its mouth.

　　We knew a power failure had occurred; all the clocks in the building were forty-seven minutes slow.

　　2 用来分隔列举的个体(在个体内部使用逗号的时候)。

　　例如：

　　Maya’s children are named Melantha, which means “black flower;” Yomina, which means “dove:” and Cynthia, which means “moon goddess.”(注意，标点在引号里面哦)

　　My parents’ favorite albums are Rubber Soul, by the Beatles; Songs in the key of life, by Stevie Wonder; and Bridge over Trouble Water, by Simon and Garfunkel.

　　六 破折号 Dash

　　破折号是长度介于逗号和句号之间的停顿，用来引出生动具体的表述。

　　例如：

　　I was so exhausted that I fell asleep within seconds – standing up.

　　He has many good qualities – sincerity, honesty, and thoughtfulness – yet he had few friends.

　　The pardon form the governor finally arrived – too late.

　　注意：

　　打破这号的方法是“空格”+两个“-”+空格，如果手写的话是两个字母的长度。

　　七 圆括号 Parentheses，来源：北京新航道托福培训

　　圆括号用来解释说明。

　　例如：

　　In 1913, the tax on an annual income of $4,000 (a comfortable wage at that time) was one penny.

　　Arthur C. Clarke, author of science fiction books (including 2001: A Space Odyssey), was inspired as a young man by the magazine Astounding Stories.

　　八 连字符 Hyphen

　　1 用来把两个以上的单词连在一起，组成新的单词

　　例如：

　　The light-footed burglar silently slipped open the sliding glass door.

　　While being interviewed on the late-night talk show, the quarterback announced his intention to retire.

　　With a needle, Rich punctured the fluid-filled blister on his toe.

　　2 用来连接因为换行而中断的单词，注意，要按音节分，而且尽量避免这种现象。

　　例如：

　　Selena’s first year at college was a time filled with numerous new pres-

　　sures and responsibilities.

　　注意：

　　1 英文里面没有顿号，不要问我顿号怎么打出来。

　　2 无论打印还是手写，都要先加标点再有空格。

　　上面我们为大家讲解了一部分标点符号的应用，希望同学们慢慢看，慢慢消化，真正做到融会贯通。预祝各位考生都能发挥水平，写出一篇的文章。

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