托福写作句式变化深度解析
导语:今天小编整理了一篇很给力的解析给大家,关于托福写作句式变化的深度解析,小编相信同学们看完之后一定会对托福考试有新的认识。
作为一种语言测试方式,托福考试的重点是检测考生的英语语言水平,如何写出正确流畅的语言是得到托福写作单项高分的必备条件。在TOEFL iBT Official Guide(托福官方指南,以下简称OG)中,对于语言部分的要求是这样描述的:
“Language use is the third criterion on which your essay will be judged. To get a top score, an essay must display "consistent facility in the use of language."There should be a variety of sentence structures, and word choice should be appropriate. If your essay includes a few minor lexical or grammar errors, you can still get a high score. However, if you make a lot of grammar errors and if those errors make it hard to understand your meaning, you will get a lower score. Raters will also judge your essay based on the complexity of sentence structures and on the quality and complexity of your vocabulary. If you use very simple sentences and very basic vocabulary, you will probably not be able to express very complex ideas. If your language is hard to follow, yoursentences are overly simple, and your vocabulary is limited, you may score no higher than a 3 no matter how impressive your ideas may be.”
可以看出来,托福独立写作部分对于我们写作的总体要求是consistent facility in the use of language(语言运用的和谐流畅),给我们的具体建议是a variety of sentence structures(句子结构多样)和word choice should be appropriate(措辞贴切得体),在之前的文章中,我们讨论过如何使用词汇(点击:深夜“识”堂·写作词汇的使用)在这篇文章中我们将谈一谈如何做到句子结构的多样化。
首先我们需要知道什么样的句子是没有变化的,大家可以阅读下面学生写的一段文字:
My brother, Tom, is a good example. Tom lived in the country with my grandparents for twelve years. He went to the city when he grew up. He studied in a middle school there. When Tom was living in the countryside, he seldom fell ill. He enjoyed himself in the nature every day. When he went to the city, he gradually felt his throat sore and often coughed.
这一小段话中,大多数句子都是简单句,而且句子的主语都是Tom或he,读起来非常单调,这时候就需要改变句子结构,使得表达方式多样化。常见的句子变化手法有如下几种:
1 长短句结合
2 松散句和圆周句
3 分词结构
4 状语前置
5 倒装句
6 强调句式
7 插入语
8 修饰性问句
当然,达到句子多样性方法还有很多,上面提到的.几种方法也不是单独使用的,往往是结合在一起使用的。同时,各位同学也不要误以为句子结构多样指的就是写长难句,殊不知滥用从句往往会使得语言变得冗余。比如说,我们想表达Mary是一个漂亮的女孩子,写成:Mary is a beautiful girl就可以了,如果偏要写成:Mary is a girl who is beautiful. 看上去句子变长了,还用上了定语从句,实际上整个句子显得累赘。
当然,英语语言的使用更多地来自于同学们日常的积累。背诵单词并多读范文对于托福写作语言的准确使用有着很大的意义。
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