托福写作对于表达,追求的原则是在语法正确的基础上,表达准确且高大上, 分数则会越高。在E-rater评分的时候, 检索词汇/搭配的地道性和难度等级,会影响得分。所以同学们可以有意识地积累一些地道闪光的表达,以此获得更高的分数。
本文从高质量外刊the Economist入手, 向大家展示阅读外刊对于词汇积累的帮助(part 1)同时也会补充托福独立写作中最常考题材一教育类一相关表达(part 2)。
Part1:theEconomist分析+提取
【外刊精读是对于提升英语能力长线发展的上上策,对于仅仅只想短期备考的同学,可以略读本部分;对于想长远提升英语能力的同学,这部分可以借鉴。】
(请大家阅读下面的句子, 并重点关注“glimpse”)
下面的句子出自于经济学人2020.2月第三周期刊:
“FOR A GLIMPSE of how immigration is changing Poland,head to Hala Koszyk , an Insta gram-friendly food hall in the middleof Warsaw.”[简单翻译:想要看看移民如何改变波兰, 去Hala Koszyk 就行]
“But Mr Gui has only grown more out spoken. Interviewed on
Swedish public radio in November, he sounded like a gangster:“We
Treat our friends with fine wine, but for our enemies we have
Shot guns. Mr Gui offers a glimpse of a newly forceful brand of
Chinese diplomacy.”[简单翻译:......朋友来了有美酒,豺狼来了有猎枪。Gui先生让我们看到了一个新的中国强力外交]
下面的句子出自于经济学人:2020年二月第二周期刊:
“TO GLIMPSE the impact of the new coronavirus on global businesses, consider Apple.[简单翻译:想要看看新冠病毒如何影响全球商业,看苹果公司就行。.....]
这三句话给了glimpse这个词的动词和名词的用法, 可以提取到的句型有三个:
1.:For a glimpse of XXX, head to YYY.
2.:XX offer(s) a glimpse of YYY
3.:To glimpse XXX, consider YYY.
这三个句型都是非常地道的表达,在托福中,我们对分论点逻辑推理完成的时候,往往会配上一个例子,而上述的三种句型就可以用于逻辑推理和例子之间的过渡。比如:
Some people believe that going to school early in the morning is good for students study. Other students want to start a day late in the morning. Which opinion do you agree with and why?
假设我的观点是:支撑学生去学校早:
分论点:Going to school early could boost students academic performance.[....逻辑推理(因果论证) .....] For a glimpse of the validity of the point under discussion, head to Chengdu No.7 Highschool.[..........例子.....]
中间绿色高光的句子,还可以换成:An experience of mine offers a glimpse of how the point under discussion holds water. 也可换成:To glimpse the validity of this point, consider/witness my sister.
阅读《经济学人》可帮助消化、提取可以用于文章逻辑线上的句型。
同时,阅读外刊对于短语积累的作用亦不容忽视,比如:
“Nearly 4m people may lose jobs as a result of cuts in industrial capacity, but strong demand for labour in the services sector, from restaurants to healthcare, is cushioning that blow.(the Economist, 5thJan, 2018) [简单翻译:接近400w人由于工业产能降低失业,但是服务业(从餐厅到医疗)强大的人力需求正缓冲了该打击。]
这一句话就可以学到两个表达:
1.N, from A to C, 用于列举子集。
E.g.:reading can develop a number of talents, from creation to
higher-order thinking.
2.cushion the blow.这个表达可以用于大家写双边论证的时候, 如果反方观点是消极的, 且提出一个具体的disadvantege, 那个我们反驳的时候, 除了单纯的写solve/tackle/deal with..之类,还可以说XXX could help cushion this blow.//This blow could be cushioned by......
下面再给大家罗列句子经济学人的语句:我会勾出闪光的表达,具体的意思,请大家动动手,查查资料。
All things being equal, more demand fromChina ought to translate into more donkeys raised.(the Economist, 5thJan, 2018)
The received wisdom was that green growth would be slower.(来
源同上.)
“But in the past few months it has taken a harder line and pressed on with pollution controls, hitting coal miners, cement-makers, paper mills, chemical factories, textile firms and more.(来源同上.)
“Companies are also feeling the pinch.”(来源同上.)
“Upward pressure on production costs has been intense.(来源同上.)
Part 2:教育类相关表达补充:
【下面提供的表达,和教育类(托福频题材)相关】
1.Burn the midnight oil
指的是学习或者工作到很晚。
比如:
After burning the midnight oil for the whole semester, I got an average of 91 in the final exams, up by almost 10 points.
2.The nuts and bolts of sth
指的是实践(practical facts) , 反义词是theoretic knowledge Apart from theoretic knowledge, students are also required to conduct fieldwork so as to know the nuts and bolts of the subjects of
study.
3.:形容学的好/掌握的好:
Have/establish a good grasp of sth
Have/establish intimate knowledge of sth
Have/establish a working knowledge of sth
4.:尽全力做某事, 你只会try one’s best吗?
Fight tooth and nail to do sth
Boil the ocean to do sth
Lean over backwards to do sth
Go to great lengths to do sth
Jump through hoops
总结:1.对于希望长远提升英语能力的同学,通过阅读匹配自身能力的外文读物,养成阅读习惯无疑是选择,基础较好的同学,经济学人值得大家精读。2.对于备考而言,积累相关闪光表达,并主动消化,加以多次,多场景的运用,做到每种话题都有,每个话题都能准确输出,应付考试足够。其他的应付考试的话题词汇扩充/句型表达积累,感兴趣的同学可以参考新航道成都学校写作组教研成果之《新托福TPO写作真题全解》。
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