勤用精彩小词雅思写作亦放光彩

扬州朗阁雅思 · 发表于 2011-9-16 10:45:05

本帖最后由雅思哥于 2011-9-16 19:20 编辑

每次课堂中，若问到学生关于对写作的感受，听到最多的就是语法和词汇的问题;大多数学生都认为只要词汇用的高级、有难度，就一定能够得到很高的分数。其实，这只是一个误区。在很多高分甚至是满分的作文中，我们都会发现整篇文章都没有一个生词，所以，问题的关键应该是在于如何灵活地运用这些我们非常熟悉的小词，如何让它们在作文中发挥大作用。在下文中，将给大家列举一些在雅思和托福写作中可以用得很精彩的小词以及它们的具体运用。

1. 社会生活类

Skip：The poor tend to smoke more and skip breakfast, two factors which have major stress effects on the body.

Better of：People of the lower end of the social economic status have stress levels in their bodies that worth 3 times higher than those who are better off.

Reputation：Contrary to fears about the violent reputation of some games, there is no firm proof that playing them has a negative impact on children's behavior.

Contribution: Video games have a positive contribution for education.

Tough: The findings are likely to surprise supporters of tougher regulation of computer games.

Midlife review：People need opportunities to make a "midlife review" to adjust to the later stages of employed life, and to plan for the transition to retirement.

Update：Others can do voluntary work more effectively if they canupdate their skills and knowledge.

2. 科技、媒体类

Access：Innovative technology has transformed how we access and share information, changed the way businesses and institutions operate, and made the world smaller by giving us instant access to people and resources everywhere.

Farewell：Farewell to the out-of-date guidebook and the grubby newspaper.

-like：A paper-like device that can store hundreds of novels, update the news while you browse the headlines.

Screen: Young people today enjoy more and more digital connections, more screen time than ever before.

Come a long way：Trains have come a long way from their grim beginnings.

Driving：New technological products will be the driving force to make work and life easier and entertaining.

3. 教育类

Struggle：It’s even a struggle to keep up with the minimum requirement of two hours sport a week.

Fare：Graduates fared better when they came to filling out job applications and reading newspapers.

Advance：The survey shows that more women and minorities are looking to advance their careers with an advanced degree.

Pick up：More people are willing to attend school during a slowdown and hope things will pick up after graduation.

Pretend：As children play pretend, they try to explore the relationship between family members, friends, and learn more about how people interact.

sharpen：Universities should not only be a place where students learn academic knowledge, but provide courses to sharpen theircompetitiveness.

类似上面这样的小词，在作文中的使用是非常频繁的，换句话说，构成一篇文章，在词汇的运用上，主要还是靠这些小词起大作用。小词汇，往往给人以更加自然、流畅的感觉，不会因为某个高级词的错误使用反而让这句话变得很突兀。所以，雅思哥建议要准备雅思或托福考试的同学应该要转变一下传统的单词积累方式，不要一味地从字典A开始背诵到Z，因为大部分单词都很少会出现在写作中。同国内考试不同，雅思和托福的写作并不是希望看到多么华丽的词汇，而是一篇语言表达自然、流畅的文章。

获取小词的渠道

那么，在哪里可以获取精彩的小词呢?

1. 普通的在线版国外报纸

报纸是最常见的地道小词来源体，特别是报纸中Comment一栏中，更是有大量丰富的小词。

2. 国外官网媒体的Blog

同国内主流媒体一样，blog也早成为一种信息、观点的发布平台。

3. 国内较好的英语学习网站

这类网站中如putclub.com及时更新信息，在所发布的音频文件中，都可以找到对于我们写作非常有帮助的素材。

当然，最简单的方法就是在课堂中逐步积累起自己的小词词库!