很多學校對于雅思總分的要求是6.5分,如果只是要求總分達標,我相信,很多同學一次兩次就能通過考試。但是大部分學校都對單科有要求,比如各單項不能低于6.5分,或者寫作、口語不低于6分、6.5分。學校挑了中國學生最弱的兩項做了要求,所以很多同學考幾次才能達到自己滿意的分數(shù)。如果你去參加雅思考試,有人跟你套近乎,問你:HI,同學,你這是第幾次考雅思?你不要get irritated,他只是一個很直爽的人!
那么問題來了,為什么我們的雅思寫作如此難以突破5分,5.5分?以下是小編跟考官聊天中無意獲得的一條機密,那就是overused的表達,它也是雅思寫作頭號殺手!我們一起來看看。
1. Last but not least(最后但并非最不重要的一點)
大家看到這個短語很驚訝是嗎?我們的老師不是反復告訴我們,寫作文要有層次感,要有連接詞。比如:Firstly, secondly, last but not the least!嗎?
真實情況是這樣的:"Last but not least"這個短語通常用在口語中,所以是informal的表達。而且這個短語的意思是在介紹三個人或物時,說到最后一個時這么用?脊偈沁@么舉例的: 比如你在介紹部門成員的時候,你這么說 "First, this is Mr. Wang. He's our new assistant accountant. Then we have Miss Li, who is a new receptionist , ........and, last but not least, we have Mr. Lin, who is our new website manager."(你把人家放到最后介紹了,但是要說明不是因為不重要就放到最后介紹。避免別人不高興。)
如果你確實想不到其他詞或短語了,就直接用"Last" or "Lastly"
2. Every coin has two sides (任何事情都有兩面性)
這個短語我相信是個土生土長的中國學生都用過吧。雅思寫作又是以議論文為主,所以此短語就更能派上用場了。有的同學會問:這個短語我從初中用到研究生畢業(yè),有什么錯嗎?我考四級也用它、六級也用它,考研也用它?為什么現(xiàn)在才告訴我不能用了?
這個諺語在雅思寫作中"was very much overused"。雅思寫作考官一起打分的時候會"mock this expression (proverb) and say to our colleagues, 'I've found another one!' and laugh."
考官的心情:it was rather annoying, boring and disappointing to read such unoriginal language。
We prefer to read something new and interesting rather than read language that has been used many times before.
3. "With the development of science and technology, ...".(隨著科技的發(fā)展)
人考官說:這個是典型的Chinglish,他問:你們寫作文都這樣開頭嗎?我無言以對。
我問到這么寫不對嗎?人家原話是這么說的 “ This phrase is not wrong or bad English and there are topics where it is suitable to use. But it just became overused and misused.”
考官,舉個例子好嗎?什么情況下是misused?
“Do you think students have too much homework?" and the first sentence the essay was, "With the development of science and technology, ...". Boring.