Hi, everyone. I'm Jade. What we're talking about today is writing paragraphs,
大家好，我叫 Jade，今天我们要讨论的是写作，
and I'm going to give you a structure you can use in the IELTS writing paper, in the discursive essay section.
我会给你们一个可以用在雅思考试写作部分的作文结构，尤其适用于议论文部分。
And you can also use what I'm teaching you today in the CAE exam,
你们也可以把我今天教的内容用在CAE考试中，
but also more generally in discursive essays because people who don't have much experience of writing essays,
还有其他的议论性文章中，因为那些写作经验不是很丰富的人，
or plus writing essays in English, can often lose control of the essay, because they're not really writing with a structure in mind.
或者不是很擅长用英语写作的人，在写作文的时候经常跑题，这主要是因为他们下笔的时候脑子里没有一个作文的整体结构。
And when that happens, you just start talking about something else that's not even related to the question.
当这种情况发生的时候，你们会开始写一些甚至跟题目一点关系都没有的内容。
So you don't actually get very good marks when you write an essay that's not about the question, did you know that?
如果你们写出来的作文不切题的话，基本上是得不到很高的分数的。你们知道这一点吧？
Well, anyway, it happens sometimes.
反正，这种情况时有发生。
So this structure is very fixed, and it's repetitive.
这个结构非常固定，可以反复使用。
So you would follow the structure in your first paragraph.
你们要做的就是用这个结构写出第一段。
And then, you'd do three or four similar ones.
然后再写出相似的三四段。
It's fixed for a reason, to keep your essay under control, to keep you answering the question.
这个结构之所以是固定的，就是为了保持你们的作文在控制范围内，避免跑题。
So let's have a look at a typical IELTS kind of question.
那么，我们就来看一个典型的雅思考试中的作文题目吧。
"These days, many students decide to attend university in a foreign country.
"近来，许多学生都选择去国外读大学。
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of attending university in a foreign country."
请讨论一下在外国读大学的好处与坏处。"
So first, what we need to do is we need to make a little plan.
我们要做的第一件事就是要列出一个简单的大纲。
And...I know the advantages and disadvantages based on my personal experience because I was lucky enough to study in a foreign country when I was a student.
然后......根据我的个人经验，我很清楚这些利弊，因为我读书的时候很幸运地去了国外学习。
So...yeah. I spent a year in Amsterdam.
我在阿姆斯特丹留学了一年。
So what were the pros? Make friends from other countries. "Make friends, other countries."
那么好处都有哪些呢？可以交到来自其他国家的朋友。"交友，别国"。
I'm not going to...actually, I'm just going to write a shortened version because it doesn't fit here.
我不会......说实话，我就直接写个简单的形式好了，因为这里写不下。