1.大作文
一开始会觉得思路打不开,各类范文多看看就会有感觉了。有时间的话,也可以偶尔读读网上的、《经济学人》的文章(里面话题很多的,会发现有很多好词汇和很赞的观点)。有时间的同学非常建议这么做!读精了,会很加分!当然,平时的那些reading也都是可以拿来学习的,句式啊什么的,甚至,雅思阅读里面的文章也可以借鉴的。只要我们带着一个雅思的心,你就会发现一切都和雅思有关,哈哈!当然,剑桥的范文也得看看,一睹满分风采。7.5的,7分的sample也是可以看看感受一下,分低的就不要去瞄了。其他还可以接触的材料有写作替换词汇什么的,网上应该有很多的,但我觉得还是自己亲自总结比较好,我目前就总结了个make可以在不同况下变成yield, neccessitate, render。
考了两次雅思,一次是animal test,一次是increasing working time。思路基本上是以下这样的,开头就是先描述这个现象,然后说说它的原因,再就着是利和弊,分两段,利和弊中间的过渡可以装得纠结一点,两者之间透露出你的立场,像While I admit that... I am convinced that...,外加给些solution,无非就是政府介入,raise awareness什么的,最后来个欢快结个尾,两句话以上。
好词好句
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滋生... have welcomed the new breed of ...
The health-food craze spawned a muli-million-dollar industry. (craze 和 spawn都很好用的,mushroom作动词也很好用)
先阐述一种热门现象,however, there is a growing grumble about ...
stir up a discussion ...
the defining challenge of the century ... (很多issue都可以代进去)
The problems caused by ....are never-ending.
There is always controversy over ...
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The reasons for this trend may involve the recognition that ...
Several factors are responsible for this disturbing development ...
Various reasons have been sugegested for this situation ...
This is partially because ... but also...
When ..., it is not surprising that ...
A number of factors are adduced to explain the situtaion ...
...is (not) always the culprit behind such changes .
... is also a key element.
Understandably (应该比较好用吧)
This may be due to a combination of factors
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Meanwhile, ...can also be very stimulating. (句型很简单,但个人很喜欢stimulating这个词,可以作为一个论点,写其好的一面,competition, frusration等,常常是很stimulating的,可用作过渡)
accrue benefitare
grateful for the ...they bring. has become a prime source (所以是indespensible的~)
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which is expensive in terms of ...(不是指价格,是在某方面有代价)
However, there are cons that need to be weighed against the pros of ...
suppresion of individual liberty (同样可以作为一个论点的)
... with its corresponding undermining/ tend to undermine
adds to (增加负担:eg. 修路adds to the conjestion)
may encourage extra ... (encourage 也可以作贬义,另外增加负担,好像也可以用来立新论)
put a financial strain on ...(好像也可以代很多东西进去,又是可以用来立个新论点的) exacerbate the situation
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can be a vehicle for reinvigorating ...(振兴各种产业)
other remedies, such as ....should be examined
The best way to tackle ... is ...
from a pragmatic point (从实际角度看问题,有点中庸之道的意思了,pragmatic 这个词比较好用)
an intermediary position between both solutions (也有点中庸之道的意思啦)
小作文
我小作文练得要比大作文来得多,但参考资料就是剑桥里的范文,精读!最基本的是要掌握每个图标的不同功能,和要涉及到的非常典型的语言比如线图里面上升、下降、持平这些表达法要熟练掌握。
1.条图(横向长的那种)
主要功能为体现各个比较者(男女、国家等)之间的差异,入手时,若y轴及分类之间有一个程度的递近(参考范文剑4T3男女学历那篇范围),就按顺序写,在不同level上哪一个比较者占优势,若没有(范文剑3T2,里欧洲各个国家的消费情况,英国人最厉害的那个),就从比较者的极值(差异最大的)开始入手;再轮到中匀的。
2.线图
有相同趋势的可并在一起说(a similar patterns occur in...),多条线的话,就看看有没有超过的(overtake, outnumer),详见剑7T2鸡鸭鱼肉图。另外,注意各种句型能用都用上,什么倒装句啦,强调句啦还有词尽量少重复;即便是同一个词,也可以换成各种词性举个例子,范文里的一个国家的花费各种表达法。
Britain spent on...
British spending ...(情态动词作名词)
Britain is the lowest spender.同样也可以在use这个词上使用。