2017年託福寫作備考高分技巧

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託福寫作需要添加一些新鮮的詞彙和句式,才能增加亮點,得到高分。以下是小編為大家搜索整理的2017年託福寫作備考高分技巧,希望能給大家帶來幫助! 更多精彩內容請及時關注我們應屆畢業生考試網!

2017年託福寫作備考高分技巧

託福獨立寫作部分對於我們寫作的總體要求是consistent facility in the use of language(語言運用的和諧流暢),給我們的具體建議是a variety of sentence structures(句子結構多樣)和word choice should be appropriate(措辭貼切得體),評分者的審查角度是lexical or grammar errors(詞彙和語法錯誤)以及the complexity of sentence structures(句子結構的複雜程度)和the quality and complexity of your vocabulary(考生所使用的詞彙的質量和複雜程度)。接下來李盛老師分別先從語法錯誤、措辭和句子結構三個方面來探討備考過程中應該注意的事項:

接上期,本期從the quality and complexity of your vocabulary開始:

既然OG中要求我們word choice should be appropriate(措辭貼切得體),如何才能做到呢?這裏大多數同學都有一個誤解,認為quality and complexity of your vocabulary指的就是大量使用TOEFL甚至GRE的詞彙,當然,這些詞彙如果使用的正確固然是好的,但對於大多數同學來説,很多TOEFL/GRE詞彙大家僅僅是認識,對於它們的搭配和感情色彩並不是很清楚,往往會鬧出"今天我含笑九泉"、"我們的'班長凡事都首當其衝"之類的笑話。

在託福獨立寫作中什麼樣的詞彙才是appropriate或者説能到的一定的quality and complexity呢?在託福的評卷中,raters一方面會考慮同學們所使用的詞彙的長度和複雜度,一方面會把考試文章中所使用的詞彙表達與語料庫中不同等級的文章進行比較,從而大致判定我們的文字語言水平。因此,平時多去積累高分範文中的表達對於我們提升自己的語言很大的幫助。

最後是the complexity of sentence structures:

OG中要求做到句子結構多樣,那麼在保證句子表達正確性的基礎上適當去變換句型就可以了。在這裏很多同學又有誤解,認為句子結構多樣指的就是寫長難句,但是濫用從句往往會使得語言變得囉嗦。我們通過對於獨立寫作高分範文的文本進行分析,可以總結出在高分範文中常見的句式有:

(1)並列句(包括平行結構,...,not also...等句式)

Junk food may cause a person to develop diabetes, to have heart disease, and to gain weight.

The mass media neither gives us the necessary information, nor does it tell us the truth.

(2)從句(包括名詞性從句、形容詞性從句、副詞性從句)

What kind of person you wish to become is more important than what kind of job you will have.

No one can deny the basic fact that it is impossible for average workers to master those high-technology skills easily.

(3)插入語

After-hours study, if properly managed, holds the key to success in the 21st century.

College students, lacking social experience, are easily cheated.

(4)句子強調(包括強調句式、倒裝句式、否定句式等)

Only when the heavy and frequent exposure to television is restricted or regulated will the adolescents' life, both bodily and spiritually, be guaranteed.

(5)修飾性問句

If there were no Internet, how could people get various information immediately?

(6)分詞

Tourism, which is a rising industry, has become the major source of economy, playing crucial role in many Asian countries.

在寫作中,短句能夠給人留下比較深刻的印象,比較適合用來表達觀點;而長句善於表達非常複雜的邏輯關係,比較適合用來解釋不同現象間的關係。由於長句和短句的不同功能,在託福寫作中,我們常用短句來表達關鍵信息,尤其是引言段中的thesis statement和正文段的topic sentence,用長句來描述引言段中的背景信息和對正文段的topic sentence進行拓展。如果我們能做到這一點,文章中就會有長短句交替出現,避免枯燥乏味的問題。比如下面這個段落中,作者就用一個短句表達主題思想,然後用了幾個長句來解釋這個思想。

Children in modern society become more difficult to understand than 50 years ago. Children acquire a lot more new information and ideas from various resources, such as mass media and the Internet, while their parents always cannot accept those ideas, because they always have a stereotyped mind and are reluctant to take novel concepts. Therefore, generation gap becomes huger between parents and children in modern society, which impedes the communication between parents and the children.

最後,我們要注意語言的銜接。高質量的文章要求行文流暢,各部分的起承轉合不能有生澀之感,而銜接的主要目的是把文章裏的各種內容有機地連接起來,使其成為一個整體,幫助讀者更加清楚、準確地判斷各部分之間的關係,更好地把握全文。這就像蓋房子時在擺放整齊的磚塊之間加上水泥,使之更為牢固。這一點在託福獨立寫作評分維度中的Organization中也有強調。最簡單的方法就是使用過渡詞來實現上下文的銜接。學生可以使用英語中一些常見的過渡詞來實現語言上的銜接:

(1)增補(Addition)

in addition, furthermore, again, also, besides, moreover, what`s more, similarly, next, finally.

(2)比較(Comparison)

in the same way, likewise, similarly, equally, just as, in comparison, Compared with…, …, comparing with,

(3)對照(Contrast)

whereas, in contrast, on the contrary, on the other hand, instead, however, nevertheless, unlike, even though, while

(4)因果(Cause and effect)

because, because of, for, since, due to, owing to, thanks to, as a result(of), accordingly, hence, so, thus, given that

(5)強調(Emphasis)

certainly, above all, indeed, of course, surely, actually, as a matter of fact, chiefly, especially, primarily, in particular, undoubtedly, absolutely

(6)讓步(Concession)

although, though, after all, in spite of, nevertheless, still, provided, while it is true....

(7)例證(Exemplification)

for example, for instance, that is, namely, such as, in other words, in this case, by way of illustration. One apt illustration of this point involves…

(8)總結(Conclusion)

to sum up, to conclude, in a word, in short, in brief, all in all, in all, to put it in a nutshell, in summary

(9)當説到…時:

as of, when it comes to, concerning, when talking about, as far as,

時間和空間(Time and space)

afterward, after, first, later, then, soon, outside, near, beyond, above, below, on the right(left), in the middle, opposite, in front of

當然,英語語言的使用更多的來自於同學們日常的積累。背誦單詞並多讀範文對於託福寫作語言的準確使用有着很大的意思。

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