新托福作为国外类考试之一,写作行文的地道不仅反映了考生的写作水平,体现了考生的思维方式和能力。新托福写作不如口语那么白话文式,也不如GRE类写作那么学术性强,但是这并不影响用词的表达地道。本文重点讲述其中的两个非常重要的写作原则,我把它们称之为“言简朴实原则”和“平等相处原则”。 一.“言简朴实原则” “言简朴实原则”意思是行文主张不写噜苏或绚丽的字眼(flowery or wordy),句子应该越短越好,一句能用两个字,绝不多加一个。例如: At this point in time, we should pull together for our goal. (现在我们应该为我们的目标团结一致)这句话中“At this point in time”表示“现在”,我们完全可以用now来代替。 Despite the fact that my English is not very good, I am not discouraged.(虽然我的英语不好,但我不灰心。) 这句话中despite the fact tha t= although = though,因此我们完全可以改成Although my English is not very good, I am not discouraged. In the majority of cases, he likes to ride bike to the office. (他通常喜欢骑单车到办公室)。很简单的一句话,完全可以写成 He usually likes to ride bike to the office. 平时我们所说的用词多样化和地道并不是体现在这些时间副词或者是完全可以简化的啰嗦句型上,而是指实用性极强的词如动词和形容词,比如: Original: Solving trivial problems in the dorm will add your social experience and help you to understand other people’s feelings and learn to be kind. Revised: Solving trivial problems in the dorm will enrich your social experience and help you to understand other people’s feelings and learn to be considerate. (责任编辑:admin) |