【寫作技巧】學會精簡自己的托福獨立寫作
在很多時候，我們總會以為托福寫作字數不夠，所以很努力的在為句子擴充內容。但是，這是你有沒有想過，如果在整個文章內容，有了太多的冗余，整篇文章也會乏然無味。所以，在學會寫作的同時，我們也要學會文章內用詞的精簡。
建議一： 避免空洞的單詞和詞組
1. 如果一些短語根本不能為文章帶來信息，那么完全可以被刪掉。比如下面的句子：
When all things are considered, oung adults of today live more satisfying lives than those of their parents, in my opinion.
這句話當中的“when all things are considered”和“in my opinion“都顯得多余。完全可以去掉。改為：
Young adults of today live more satisfying lives than their parents.
2. 有些空洞和繁瑣的表達方式可以進行替換，例如：
Due to the fact that our grandparents were under an obligation to help their parents， they did not have the options that young people have at this point in time.
“due to the fact that”就是一個很典型的繁瑣的表達方式的例子，可以替換，簡化為下面的表達方式：
Because our grandparents were obligated to help their parents, they did not have the options that young people have now.
建議二： 在文章中避免重復的內容
盡量避免重復使用同樣的詞匯。或者有的時候雖然詞匯沒有重復，但意思卻有重復。這時候可以做一些簡化。有時一個詞組可以用一個更簡單的單詞來替換。
建議三：選擇最恰當的語法結構
選擇合適的語法結構可以使句子意思的表達更為精確和簡練。雖然語法的多樣性也很重要，但選擇最恰當的語法結構仍然是更為重要的考慮因素。
例如下面這句話：
My grandfather didn't have time to stand around doing nothing with his school friends.
Stand around doing nothing其實可以用一個動詞來表達，即loiter:
My grandfather didn't have time to loiter with his school friends.
有時兩句話的信息經過組合完全可以用一句話來簡練地表達，例如：
Profits from the farm were not large. Sometimes they were too small to meet the expenses of running a farm. They were not sufficient to pay for a university degree.
兩句話的信息可以合并為下面這句更為簡潔的句子：
Profits from the farm were sometimes too small to meet operational expenses， let alone pay for a university degree.
總之，托福作文簡潔是頭一條的準則，在努力擴充自己作文內容的同時，也請不要忘記看看自己的用詞用句是否精準明確，長短句的搭配是否合理。
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