从雅思写作的评分标准中我们可以看出,雅思写作对考生的词汇要求是比较高的,如果全篇使用平淡无奇的词汇是无法取得雅思写作高分的,需要有一些能够让考官眼前一亮的词汇。下面就一起来看看雅思写作如何保障词汇的准确。
词汇表达要有专业性
话题词汇在雅思作文的用词中扮演了一个专业性的角色。很多考生在备考雅思写作的过程中往往会乱背词汇,缺乏针对性,更多烤鸭会出现背了用不上的问题。我们鼓励考生按照话题来熟悉词汇,然后通过范文来巩固模仿。话题词汇的使用会让表达更加专业,比如说教育类的词汇,“考试教育”一词,很多人会说是education which focus examination,其实它的准确表达应该是exam-oriented education;还有“同龄人”很多学生会表达成people of same age,背过话题词汇的考生应该都知道一个很简单的词peer;还有媒体类的词汇“大众媒体”,“不良信息”不应该是字面理解的public media和bad information,更好的应该说mass media和negative information;还有让人过目不忘的“青少年犯罪”一词,我们也会用juvenile delinquency来替换普通的teenager crime。通过上述的例子,我们可以很清楚地发现话题词汇的应用可以让作文表达更准确,更专业,新航道在线认为考生可以充分利用这一部分词汇来为自己的作文润色加分。
如何保障词汇的准确
1、避免空洞的单词和词组: 删掉或替换
1.1当空洞的单词和词组不能为句子带来任何相关或者重要的信息时,完全可以删掉。比如下面的句子:
When all things are considered, young adults of today live more satisfying lives than those of their parents, in my opinion.
这句话中的“When all things are considered”和“ in my opinion” 都显得多余,完全可以去掉,所以改为:
Young adults of today live more satisfying lives than their parents.
1.2 有些空洞或者繁琐的表达可以进行替换,例如:
Due to the fact that the inspiration is extremely significant for artists to create truly original works,
the government should give enough freedom to them to encourage and stimulate their creation.
“due to the fact that” 就是一个典型的繁琐的表达,可以用更加地道简单的表达because来替换:
Because the inspiration is extremely significant for artists to create the truly original works, the government should give enough freedom to them to encourage and stimulate their creation.
2、避免词汇的重复
2.1 尽量避免重复使用同样的词汇。或者有的时候虽然词汇没有重复,但意思却有重复。这时候可以做一些简化的工作。
例如下面这个例子:The farm my grandfather grew up on was large in size。
large对一个farm来说就是size方面的large,所以in size可以去掉,改为:
The farm my grandfather grew up on was large。
更简洁的表达方式为:
My grandfather grew up on a large farm。
2.2有时一个词组可以用一个更简单的单词来替换
例如:My grandfather has said over and over again that he had to work on his parents' farm。
这里的over and over again就可以改为repeatedly,显得更为简洁:
My grandfather has said repeatedly that he had to work on his parents' farm。