托福写作用词表达非常重要
日期:2013-09-22 17:09

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新托福写作应该如何提高?作为一门国外类的考试的一部分,写作时候的用词表达就非常重要。恰当而富有特色的表达往往能够增加词汇的鲜活力。我们常常在看老外的文章时会发现,他们的一篇文章用,名词出现的概率相当的高。不仅如此,对名词喜爱的程度更是到了把动词都要名词化,而且经常性的使用抽象名词,因此在写作时,如果能够投其所好,自然能够得到加分。

简单说,名词化即是动词或形容词被用作名词的现象。比如动词转成名词:discovery->discovery, move->movement, refuse->refusal,又比如形容词转成名词:careless->carelessness, difficult->difficulty, intense->intensity.那么什么情况下,我们需要进行名词化呢?

A.谓语动词的宾语部分

原句:I do not know either what she meant or what he intends.

名词化:I do not know either her meaning or his intentions.

B.结合被动形式

原句:If people decide without enough persuasive information,…

名词化:If a decision is made without enough persuasive information,…

C.取代诸如从句中"the fact that"的用法

原句:The fact that I denied what he accused me of impressed the jury.

名词化:My denial of his accusations impressed the jury.

更好的名词化:a. When I denied his accusations, I impressed the jury.

b. In denying his accusations, I impressed the jury.

D.名词化部分用在there is/are的后面

原句:We demand that the government stop taxing entertainment.

名词化:There is a demand for an end to taxation on entertainment.

原句:The floods considerably eroded the land.

名词化:There was considerable erosion of the land from the floods.

然而,有些时候,在我们的新托福写作方式中认为理所应当使用"名词化"时,老外认为是没有必要的。比如:

A. 名词化部分跟在动词后面

原句(名词化"冗余"):The police conducted an investigation into the matter.

改后:The police investigated the matter.

B.名词化部分作为主语

原句:Our discussion is concerned with a tax cut.

改后:We discussed a tax cut.

C.连续进行名词化

原句:a. First, she reviewed the evolution of the dorsal fin.

b. There was a first a review of the evolution of the dorsal fin.

改后:First, she reviewed how the dorsal fin evolved.

D.连接部分名词化

原句:Their cessation of hostilities was because of their personnel losses.

改后:They ceased hostilities because they lost personnel.

原句:The instability of the motor housing did not preclude the completion of the field trials.

改后:Even though the motor housing was unstable, the research staff completed the field trials.

因为中国的传统习惯是在组句中以动词为主,因此在新托福写作的过程中,如何转到地道的表达对大家来说可能是一件比较困难的一件事,不过任何事情只要做了,就有可能发生。相信同学们勤加苦练必然能有所收获。

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重点单词
  • finn. 鳍,鱼翅,鳍状物,散热片,五元纸币 vt. 装上鳍
  • denialn. 否认,拒绝
  • entertainmentn. 娱乐
  • unstableadj. 不稳定的,易变的
  • juryn. 陪审团,评委会 adj. 临时用的 vt. 挑选
  • erosionn. 腐蚀,侵蚀
  • evolutionn. 进化,发展,演变
  • carelessnessn. 粗心
  • intensityn. 强烈,强度
  • taxationn. 课税,征税,税金