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增强托福写作表现力的几种方法

2015-07-14来源:互联网

  曾有一个研究显示,英语国家学生作文中的名词化使用率为为10%-15%,国内TOP10大学学生作文中的名词化使用率为7%-8%,而普通英语作文中的名词化使用率仅为5%-6%。有人戏说到,外国人将句子划分为3个档次,最好的是名词化的句子,被动句次之,主动句最差。和谐英语托福频道为各位考生介绍增强托福写作表现力的几种方法,希望对大家的托福写作技巧提高有所帮助!

  名词化就是将动词和形容词转化为名词来使用,比如 treat 转化为 treatment,这是动词转化为名词;happy 转化为happiness,这是形容词转化为名词。

  A 宾语从句名词化

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

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

  B 动词名词化后,加上被动形式

  Before: If people decide without enough persuasive information,...

  During: If people makes a decision without enough persuasiveinformation,...

  After: If a decision is made without enough persuasive information,...

  C 取代从句中诸如“the fact that”

  Before: The fact that I denied what he accused me of impressed thejury.

  After: My denial of his accusations impressed the jury.

  Better: In denying his accusations, I impressed the jury.

  D 用在“there be”的后面

  Before: We demand that the government stop taxing entertainment.

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

  A 名词化部分作主语

  Before: Our discussion is concerned with a tax cut.

  After: We discussed a tax cut.

  B 名词化部分作宾语

  Before: The police conducted an investigation into the matter.

  After: The police investigated the matter.

  C 主语、宾语都名词化

  Before: The instability of the motor housing did not preclude thecompletion of the field trials.

  After: Even though the motor housing was unstable, the research staffcompleted the field trials.

  D 连续多次名词化

  Before: There was a first a review of the evolution of the dorsal fin.

  During: First, she reviewed the evolution of the dorsal fin.

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