为了让大家快速的提高雅思成绩,这里跟大家分享关于写作小词妙用的相关内容,希望大家能熟练掌握它们,并在考试中灵活运用。希望大家耐心的复习,认真的准备,好好总结,到时你会发现,其实要取得雅思写作高分并没有想象中的那么难!
1. 名词活用作动词
head作为名词来讲表示“头”,用作动词可表示“朝向,为首”
e.g.: ...So South Korea heads the education-mobility league, just ahead of Finland.
这里的heads相当于takes the leading role in,但却显得十分生动形象,简洁而有力。
再来看另一个例子,大家比较熟悉的fuel的含义是“燃料”,但是在下面这句话中fuel仍然是指“燃料”么?
e.g.: ...Alibaba’s growth has been impressive. But it has been partly fuelled by hasty acquisitions—more than a dozen big ones this year alone, to the tune of around $5 billion.
在这句话中,fuel是指一些仓促的并购为阿里巴巴的上市加油,推波助澜。
2. 具象词用作抽象词
具体词用作抽象词是指把一个单词的具体含义进行引申从而用在某些抽象的场合。 我们一起来看下面几个例子。
e.g.: The soccer fans basked in the glory of world cup
bask这个单词表示晒太阳,由此可以引申出沉浸,沐浴在(胜利,喜悦,赞美,关怀中)。所以这句话的意思是球迷们沉浸在世界杯的荣耀中。
e.g.: Social mobility, or the lack of it, gnaws at the consciences of governments.
gnaw原义是指小动物(啮齿类动物) 咬,啃。引申一下就变成了使烦恼、折磨。这句话是说社会流动性或缺乏社会流动性折磨着政府的良心。
3. 本义引申
有些单词在长期使用中,可能会慢慢衍变成其他我们更熟悉的含义。而它的本来意思可以引申出一些很生动奇妙的用法。
e.g.: Thousands were thrown into homeless by the war.
throw原本指人在马背上,被马突然摔在地上。因此就有了这样的用法,表示使处于、使陷入(某种状态中)。这句话的意思是战争使成千上万人无家可归。
e.g.: The fund has been used mainly to finance the construction of local facilities.
finance的本义大家都很熟悉,表示“财政,资金”,引申义是“为...提供资金”。这种用法在经济类期刊杂志中很常见。
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一.确定文章的框架和语法结构是雅思议论文写作的前提。
文章的framework即文章的结构永远是决定一篇写作是否达到要求的最重要的标准,即一篇文章好不好,首先看的不是他的句型, 词汇, 或是论点等。 而是段落之间的衔接一定要十分清楚,我们不能老是采用大三段的形式-开头,经过,结尾。我们可以多用用连接词,例如:first of all, morever, secondly, lastly等。另外可以多分自然段,给考官一目了然的感觉。
以下原则是在考虑选择何种语法结构时可以参考的原则:
1. 一个句子的主语和谓语动词应该能够反映句子中的最重要的意思。例如:
The situation that resulted in my grandfather's not being able to study
engineering was that his father needed help on the farm.
从意思上来分析,上面这句话需要表达的重要的概念是“grandfather’s not being able to study”,而在表达这个概念时,原句用的主语是situation,谓语动词是was,不能强调需要表达的重点概念,可以改为下面这句话:
My grandfather couldn't study engineering because his father needed help on the farm.
2.避免频繁使用“there be”结构,例如下面的句子:
There were 25 cows on the farm that my grandfather had to milk every day. It was hard work for my grandfather.
可以改为:
My grandfather worked hard. He had to milk 25 cows on the farm every day.
更简洁的句式为:
My grandfather worked hard milking 25 cows daily.
3.把从句改为短语或单词。例如:
Dairy cows were raised on the farm, which was located100 kilometers from the nearest university and was in an area that was remote.
简介的表达方式为:
The dairy farm was located in a remote area, 100 kilometers to the nearest university.
4.仅在需要强调宾语而不是主语的时候,才使用被动语态。例如:
In the fall, not only did the cows have to be milked, but also the hay was mowed and stacked by my grandfather's family.
本句不够简洁的原因是本句的重心应该是“忙碌的家庭-my grandfather's family”,而使用了被动语态后,仿佛重心变成了cows和hay。下面的表达方式是主动语态,相对来说更简洁一些:
In the fall, my grandfather's family not only milked the cow but also mowed and stacked the hay.