很多小伙伴都被托福写作成绩无法提高所困扰。原因不仅仅是写作能力本身受了重伤,还有语言表达不足的责任。
如果你想表达得更真实,除了从基础开始,你还应该注意表达的细节。我们都知道,在汉语写作中,有一些传统的表达规则,这些规则也存在于英语写作中。
所以这里整理了七个小技巧,只需要一个小的表达变化,就可以让你的作文看起来更真实!为了让你的朋友更好地理解,我还使用了一些简单的例子来解释。
1.不要使用缩写
例子:孩子心理不成熟,无法区分正确和错误。
错误:Children are so immature psychologically that they can't distinguish between right and wrong.
正确:Children are so immature psychologically that they cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
在标准化写作中,必须避免缩写,这是美国大学学术写作的基本要求。因此,can't,don't,doesn't,woncannnot应该被取代,cannot,donot,doesnot,willnot.
2.规范数字的使用
示例:在游戏过程中,孩子们可以锻炼两种不同的核心能力:计划和管理资源的能力和手眼协调能力。
错误:When playing video games,children could develop 2 crucial skills:planning and resource management skills and hand-eye coordination.
正确:When playing video games,children could develop two crucial skills:planning and resource management skills and hand-eye coordination.
在英语写作中,1-10的数字需要“写”,而阿拉伯的数字不能用在句子的开头。
3.关于数量的表达
例子:教授鼓励学生的形式有很多种。
错误:Encouragement that students receive from their professors can take a lot of forms.
正确:Encouragement that students receive from their professors can take many forms.
在写作中,alotof/lotsof表示“多”,比较不正式,通常使用much或many表示。
4.注意语态
示例:人们非常关注学前教育对儿童学业成绩和个人发展的影响。
错误:Great attention has been paid to the influence of pre-school education on a child's academic achievements and personal development.
正确:Parents are paying growing attention to the influence of pre-school education on a child's academic achievements and personal development.
在写作中,用“主动语态”代替“被动语态”。
5.删除不必要的单词
曼德拉从未停止过种族平等运动的斗争,尽管他入狱了。
错误:Mandela never stopped camaigning for racial equality, despite the fact he was incarcerated.
正确:Mandela never stopped camaigning for racial equality,despite of his incarcerated.
在写作中,删除不必要的词,如几乎所有的fact,包括:owing to the fact that...,in speite of the fact that...,call your attention to the fact that...,I was unaware of the fact that...等。
6.不需要抽象、模糊的单词
例子:热情使我坚持自己的信念,并敦促我完成艰巨的任务。
错误:Passion is the thing that holds ma belief and propels me to finsh the difficult task.
正确:Passion is the essential power that holds my belief and propels me to finsh the difficult task.
Thing的使用使语言过于抽象和模糊,因此需要用具体的“实义”术语来代替。
7.however不需要句首
例子:这些路几乎无法通行。但是,我们终于到达了营地。
错误:The roads were almot impassable.However, we at last succeeded in reaching camp.
正确:The roads were almot impassable.At last,however we succeeded in reaching camp.
However意义相当于neverthelss,通常不会出现在句子或从句中。
有多少朋友没有提醒就找不到上面的小问题?这些小细节错误也会让你的托福作文印象不好,导致分数不好!
但只要你学会了这七个细节,表达就会有很大的进步,让考官看起来更喜欢!当然,除了掌握这些技能外,有计划和系统的学习将使你的托福之路更加顺利!