【寫作技巧】如何精簡托福寫作冗余內(nèi)容?避免文中的重復(fù)
對于托福寫作來說,初入托福備考的學(xué)生剛開始時(shí),有時(shí)對于寫作是怎么也湊不到字?jǐn)?shù)。總是不知道應(yīng)該寫點(diǎn)什么,而在備考一段時(shí)間后,又會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn),落筆之后很難收手,不但不能清楚的做好總結(jié),有時(shí)連整篇文章的重點(diǎn)都是找不到。這就究竟是什么原因呢?想要精簡自己的托福文章,明確文章中的重點(diǎn),又該怎么寫呢?
托福作文簡潔的建議一: 避免空洞的單詞和詞組
1. 一些空洞的單詞或詞組根本不能為句子帶來任何相關(guān)的或重要的信息,完全可以被刪掉。比如下面的句子:
When all things are considered, young adults of today live more satisfying lives than those of their parents, in my opinion.
這句話當(dāng)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(dá)方式可以進(jìn)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(gè)很典型的繁瑣的表達(dá)方式的例子,可以替換,簡化為下面的表達(dá)方式:
Because our grandparents were obligated to help their parents, they did not have the options that young people have now.
托福作文簡潔的建議二: 避免重復(fù)
1. 盡量避免重復(fù)使用同樣的詞匯。或者有的時(shí)候雖然詞匯沒有重復(fù),但意思卻有重復(fù)。這時(shí)候可以做一些簡化的工作。
2. 有時(shí)一個(gè)詞組可以用一個(gè)更簡單的單詞來替換。
托福作文簡潔的建議三:選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)恼Z法結(jié)構(gòu)
選擇合適的語法結(jié)構(gòu)可以使句子意思的表達(dá)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(dāng)?shù)恼Z法結(jié)構(gòu)仍然是更為重要的考慮因素。以下原則是在考慮選擇何種語法結(jié)構(gòu)時(shí)可以參考的原則:
1. 一個(gè)句子的主語和謂語動(dòng)詞應(yīng)該能夠反映句子中的最重要的意思。
2. 避免頻繁使用“there be”結(jié)構(gòu),
3. 把從句改為短語或單詞。
4. 僅在需要強(qiáng)調(diào)賓語而不是主語的時(shí)候,才使用被動(dòng)語態(tài)。
5. 用更為精確的一個(gè)動(dòng)詞來代替動(dòng)詞短語,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(shí)可以用一個(gè)動(dòng)詞來表達(dá),即loiter:
My grandfather didn't have time to loiter with his school friends.
有時(shí)兩句話的信息經(jīng)過組合完全可以用一句話來簡練地表達(dá),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,在托福寫作過程中,確立寫作的中心思想,保持清晰的邏輯關(guān)系是非重要的。建議大家在寫作過程中,不妨嘗試一下以上介紹的幾種方法,希望能為你的寫作提升帶來幫助。
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