托福写作要用最地道的英语
日期:2014-09-15 08:34

(单词翻译:单击)

采用一些托福写作词汇,将托福写作写出最地道的英语。多认识一些名词化,不仅对托福听力有帮助,对口语也会有很好的提高效果,下面就让我们一起来看看这些吧。托福考试作为国外类考试,多进行托福写作练习,其写作部分的用词地道的重要性毋庸置疑。
  然而,由于历史、地理和社会的原因因此,擅用名词化不仅体现了写作水平,更是一种思维方式。曾经一个针对中国几所顶尖大学的优秀作文的调查显示,20 篇优秀作文中名词化的使用频率为7%-8%,而普通习作的使用频率仅为5%-6%。与此同时,选用了20 篇英语国家学生的英语作文,同样的方法统计出其名词化的使用频率为10%-15%。有人更是戏说道,老外眼中句子分为3个档次,最差的是主动句,较好的是被动句,倒装句等,最好的nominalization(名词化)的句子,这样的句子最学术最适合写论文。那么面对这样的差异,我们需要重新审视我们写作中的思维方式,做到如何恰到好处又不“画蛇添足”。
  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,在我们的思维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.
  在保证基本的语言语法不出错的基础上,托福写作中如果能更多地正确使用名词化,文章不但更地道,也更易取得高分。当然,应当多加进行托福写作练习,熟练掌握名词化不是一蹴而就的事情,平时需要多积累,多运用。

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重点单词
  • juryn. 陪审团,评委会 adj. 临时用的 vt. 挑选
  • unstableadj. 不稳定的,易变的
  • movementn. 活动,运动,移动,[音]乐章
  • persuasiveadj. 有说服力的,令人信服的
  • carelessnessn. 粗心
  • concernedadj. 担忧的,关心的
  • considerableadj. 相当大的,可观的,重要的
  • finn. 鳍,鱼翅,鳍状物,散热片,五元纸币 vt. 装上鳍
  • precludevt. 预防,排除
  • taxationn. 课税,征税,税金