写作考试改革以来,我们可以感受到ETS对于考生语言表达的准确性和地道性有了更高的要求,所以做好写作地道表达的累积非常重要。那对于备考托福的同学们来说,除了学术讨论的范文,其实托福阅读文章中的表达也是我们可以来用学习和累积的绝佳素材。今天,我们就一起来看看如何将托福阅读中的表达应用于学术讨论真题吧~
托福阅读真题节选
段落节选中有几个亮点的表达:
· pit ... against ...:使(某人或某物)与(另一个人或物)对抗或竞争
· stoic:坚韧克己者 (a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining)
· odds:不利条件 (something that makes it seem impossible to do or achieve sth.)
如果写作词汇量要扩大,那么我们就需要多多尝试把遇到的这些生词应用于我们的文章,比如,我们来看一个8月的家庭版学术讨论真题
8月家庭版学术讨论真题
题目是关于课程教材的选择,有一个非常好展开的论点:From my perspective, schools should not limit the teaching of fictional texts since those fictional texts can teach students important morals in a more effective way. 我们可以使用《老人与海》来举个例子,并用上阅读文章中整理出来的亮点词汇:
For example, “The Old Man and the Sea” written by Hemingway tells a story that humankind pit itself against the natural world. Through reading it, students will begin to ponder the significance of persistence while facing terrible odds and be taught to be stoics.
所以日常在刷题的时候,大家可以注意多留意这些地道表达,并在文章中多多应用与尝试,日积月累,我们的写作词汇量就会慢慢增长,表达的准确性也会逐渐提升!