1.可数名词永远不能单独使用,必须在前面加上一个限定词,如 the/an/a/this/my ;或者复数
2.英语里动词不能做主语,被动的动词别忘了加-ed/-d
3.主谓要一致。主语很长一定要检查谓语单复数
4. Many students are like studying home economics . 只有情态动词可以加动词原形,like是动词,要去掉are
5.时态要一致,议论文极少用过去时
6.修饰名词用形容词,修饰动词用副词或者形容词
7.介词搭配:reasons for …;solutions for …
8.动词替代:replace/ supplant ;instead of 是副词或者连词
9.there are 句型后面的名词再加动词,动词不能原形
10.can’t应写成cannot , 注意没有空格 。
11.修饰可数名词:numerous , a host of , a vast number of ;不可数:a great deal of
12英-se结尾 , 美-ze ;英-our 结尾,美-or
13.口头语和书面语要点区分开。serious→ severe ;people → individuals ;harm→ damage ;more and more→ increasingly; so→therefore/ hence/ thus;be more than → outweigh 大于/超过,最常用的一句advantages outweigh disadvantages greatly 利远大于弊。
14.慎重引用句子,有些如宗教句子不能直接来做论据
15.不要轻易使用语气过于强烈的句子
一篇好文章的条件很多。除了内容丰富和组织紧密之外,词汇的运用和句子的处理,也起着决定性作用。
总之,作者可根据情况,使句子多样化,使文章灵活多姿。例如下列五个句子的基本概念一样,但是句式不同,内容重点也有些差别:
(1) The goats grazed peacefully in the farm and were unaware of the approaching hunter. (并列分句(1)+2)
(2) Grazing peacefully, the goats in the farm were unaware of the approaching hunter. (现在分语短语+简单句)
(3) In the farm, the goats grazed peacefully and were unaware of the approaching hunter. (副词短语+并列分句(1)-(2) )
(4) There were goats grazing peacefully in the farm, unaware of the approaching hunter. (简单句+形容语短语)
(5) As the goats grazed peacefully in the farm, they were unaware of the approaching hunter. (原因副词从句+主句)
(1)和(5)的句式最常见;如果加上其他三种互相交替,句子不是更多样化吗?
最后,看看这两个句子要如何多样化呢?
(6) The young pilot was on his first overseas training.
(7) He felt very uneasy.
(a) The young pilot on his first overseas training felt very uneasy.
(b) The young pilot felt very uneasy during his first overseas training.
(c) The young pilot's first overseas training made him feel very uneasy.
(d) Extreme uneasiness seized the young pilot on his first overseas training.
(e) The young pilot was on his first overseas training, feeling very uneasy.
(f) It being his first overseas training, the young pilot felt very uneasy.
(g) Being on his first overseas training, the young pilot felt very uneasy.
(h) The young pilot was on his first overseas training and felt very uneasy.
(i) The young pilot, who was on his first overseas training, felt very uneasy.
(j) When the young pilot was on his/first overseas trainging, he felt very uneasy.
(k) As the young pilot was on his first overseas training, he felt very uneasy.
(l) The young pilot was on his first overseas training, so that he felt very uneasy.
在上述12个句子中,(a)-(g)是简单句;(h)是并列句;(i)-(l)是复杂句。简单句除(b)和(g)之外,其他五样,用的人并不多。人们最喜欢采用复杂句,尤其是(j)和(k)这两款;接着便是并列句(h)。如果大多数人的句子只限于(b),(g), (h), (j)和(k)这五种,而其他的则弃如敝屣,不是很可惜吗?
点:词汇升级
词汇升级包括升级词汇的广度和深度。其中前者较好理解,简单地说就是词汇量越大越好,特别是在写作中需要表达同样或者相似意思的时候,如果能够做到多变不重复,那肯定会给阅卷者留下深刻的印象。比如“重要的/主要的/必要的”这个意思,几乎每篇雅思作文中都需要用到,一个important用到底和crucial,paramount,indispensable换着用的差异性是显而易见的。而所说的深度,引用雅思官方评分标准中的原话就是“use less common lexical items”。记住,“大白菜”词汇只能拿到“大白菜”分数。赶紧用sub-standard替换poor-quality, source替换reason,typically替换usually。另外,词汇的灵活运用也是深度的一种体现。比如表达“科技给我们带来好处”,既可以说Technology brings us benefits. 也可以说Technology benefits us. 还可以说We benefit from technology. 又可以说Technology is beneficial to us. 而We are the beneficiaries of technology. 也是一种表达。benefit 这个词的灵活运用充分体现了对词汇的理解和运用能力。
线:句型升级
研究发现,在雅思写作的句型方面,一直存在一个误区,就是很多考生认为句型越复杂越长越好。其实不然,姑且撇开写又长又复杂的句子很容易出错不说,单是从语言的流畅性和阅卷者思路的延续性角度来看,这样的表达很可能不但不能给文章加分,反而会弄巧成拙,由于冗长不地道而被扣分。这里句型升级是指句型的变化以及对地道句型表达的模仿和借鉴。比如在探讨现代家庭关系疏远话题的文章中,一种表达是So it is not surprising that they do not feel close to their families. 另一种表达是Little wonder, then, that they feel alienated from their families. 毋庸置疑,后一种表达更能吸引考官的眼球。这种句型上的变化从何而来,并非主观臆想,而是通过大量阅读和模仿原版英文材料的写作手法而来。对于雅思考生来说,如果时间有限,资源有限,那么剑桥系列中写作部分的考官范文和阅读部分的文章就是最好的材料了。比如剑6 P168考官范文的开头:Over the last half century the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our wildest expectations. This has been driven by technological and scientific breakthroughs that are changing the whole way we view the world on an almost daily basis. 模仿借鉴类似的句型结构运用到考生自己的作文中去,阅卷的考官怎么可能会不认同呢?
面:内容升级
雅思7分的文章,并非要求考生所写的内容标新立异,独树一帜,只要言之有理、言之有物即可,这是由雅思这种标准化考试的类型所决定的。但并不是说,雅思作文内容就不重要了,而是考官会更关注内容的相关性和内容展开的逻辑性。有些考生很有想法,一写文章就洋洋洒洒一大片,这是好事,但是雅思这种考场作文在时间和字数上的限制决定了考生必须写和话题以及个人观点有最直接关系的内容,不然就会出现偏题或者论证重点不够突出等现象。另一方面,在论证过程中,前因后果得明确点明,同时运用举例、对比、反证等多种论证方法充分证实观点和主题。因此哈鲁教育建议考生,在广泛阅读英文材料和优秀范文,积累写作素材的同时,有机会最好也能阅读国外关于大学论文写作的原版书籍资料,了解欧美人士的文章内容构架习惯和常用的论证手段,毕竟雅思作文实际上就是国外大学论文的缩小版,高屋建瓴定会游刃有余。
只要考生能够做到上述三方面的升级,扎扎实实地做好复习备考工作,定能突破雅思写作7分瓶颈,成功叩响理想院校的大门。
1)场景或背景信息,即题目中出现的phenomenon。
2)一些人的观点(some people’s opinion),这部分在改写文章首段时可要可不要,考生可按照自己的情况来安排。
3)个人观点,这一部分在有些文章的开首段中也可以不要。
大作文要求字数至少达到250字,在写作中考虑到字数的合理安排,第一段最好写3-5句话,大约40字左右,并且切忌在第一段就掏心掏肺把什么话都说完。因此哈鲁英语专家总结出大作文开首方式通常有以下几种情况:
1)题目中包含了背景信息(phenomenon),有时也出现一些人的观点,并且题目中字数较多。这种情况下最保险的办法是将题目中的背景信息及一些人的观点重新表达(paraphrase),可以做:
主动语态<=>被动语态
主谓宾<=>主系表
某些近义词互换
Example:
At present, it is hard for college students to find jobs. Many people claim that college teachers should give priority to practical courses like computer science and business over such traditional ones as history and geography. To what extent do you agree?
→ The number of college graduates is surging while a substantial proportion of them have difficulties in finding employment after their graduation. Numerous people blame this on the university education and believe that more emphasis should be laid on practical courses such as computer science and business than on traditional courses like history and geography. 其后再加考生自己的观点即可。
2)题目中包含了背景信息,有时出现一些人的观点,但题目中字数较少,若直接重新表达,字数凑不到40字左右。这种情况下推荐以下2种开首方式来保证字数:
把笼统信息细节化即通过举例来解释说明题目中的背景信息。
Example:
International tourism has become a big industry in the world. Do the benefits outweigh the problems?
→The acceleration of globalization and high-tech development contributes to International tourism’s gaining momentum virtually all over the world. Each year,millions of tourists from other countries swarm into china to appreciate the scenery and Chinese traditional culture.其后加入考生个人观点即可。
追溯历史,过去与现在形成对比。
Example:
International tourism has become a big industry in the world. Do the benefits outweigh the problems?
→Prior to the early 1900s, the proportion of people traveling abroad was considerably low and the majority of them preferred domestic travel. However, the advent of the motorized flight has greatly changed our life and it makes international traveling more convenient. International tourism is gaining momentum and has become a big industry. 其后加入考生个人观点即可。
3)题目中仅出现一部分人的观点,而没有背景信息。这种情况下,我们可以根据这部分人的观点所涉及的信息在开首段附加对背景信息的描述。
Example:
The best way to solve the world’s environmental problem is to increase the price of fuel. Do you agree or disagree?
→In the process of industrialization and urbanization, the scope of environmental problem facing the world is getting immense. From Mexico City and New York to Singapore and China new solutions to this problem are being proposed, tried and implemented. Some people believe increasing the price of fuel is the best approach to this problem.其后加入考生个人观点即可。
另外,提醒考生注意的是开首段一定要避免出现语法错误,因为如果语法错误影响文章的理解,那会给考官留下极差的第一印象,而考官也就没有信心继续往下读了,最终大作文的得分也不会很高。
针对这种现象,写作组的专家分析了近年的考题,对双边讨论型文章的架构进行了较为明确的分类,以帮助学生更好地分析题目,更为准确地构建双边结构。
一、利弊分析
09.1.17 Nowadays, people in some countries can choose to live and work anywhere they want, because of the improvement of the communication technology and transport. Do the advantages of this development outweigh the disadvantages?
此类题目中常有利弊字眼,或者在指令部分提出进行利弊对比分析,常见词如“advantage, benefit, usefulness(好处);disadvantage, drawback, limitation(坏处)等”,考生只需对题目细节进行把握,弄清主旨,再构建“好处” “坏处”的主体部分,列举观点。
该题主要就“人们可以随意选择生活和工作的地方”的现象进行讨论,考生可多联系社会现状,总结利弊即可。
相似考题:
2010.2.20 Most countries want to improve standard of living through economic development, however, others think social value is lost as a result. Do you think the advantages of economic development outweigh the disadvantages?
二、补充说明
09.2.28 Some people believe that the best way to improve public health is by increasing the number of sports facilities. Others think that this has little effect and other measures are required. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
此类题目特点十分突出,一方面有“the only, the most…”等强调字眼,另一方面提出“other”的其他观点,细想之下,后者似对前者的补充,主体段可先对前者进行承认,但不要承认其绝对性,为后文做好铺垫,在论述另一方面时,主要使用列举法进行说明。
该题是对“如何提高公众健康”的措施进行讨论,首先可分析建设体育设施的好处所在,再列举一些其他有效措施,便可以达到两面兼顾又不至于偏颇的目的。
相似考题:
2010.2.6 Air travel can only benefit the richest people in the world. The ordinary people can get no advantage with the development of air travel. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
三、对立比较
09.1.15 Students at schools and universities learn far more from lessons with teachers than from other sources (such as the Internet, television). To what extent do you agree or disagree?
此类题目的特点是:两方面在某种层面上属于对立关系,可以分别讨论其利弊,以达到比较的效果。就该题而言,“跟老师学还是从其他资源上获得知识”是个老话题,分别讨论教师的作用和其他来源的好处,进行对比便是应对此题的最好办法,有时双方互为优劣,仅提及好处即可。
相似考题:
2010.2.11 Some people think that politicians have the greatest influence on the world. Other people, however, believe that scientists have the greatest influence. Discuss both of views and give your opinion.
四、分类说明
09.4.30 Some people think museums should be enjoyable places to attract and entertain young people. Others think the purpose of museums is to educate, not to entertain. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.
这类题目常让考生觉得棘手,两个方面似乎都有道理,但处理不好又会“搬起石头砸自己的脚”,前后论述自相矛盾。这个时候,如果能够对题目进行分类说明,便豁然开朗。
该题主要讨论的是“博物馆的功能”是教育还是娱乐,科技、自然博物馆及一些主题博物馆如杜莎夫人蜡像馆都是属于后者,而历史、军事乃至革命博物馆就有前者意义。
相似考题:
09.5.21
A hundred years ago, people think that human race is steadily improving in every area of life. Nowadays, there is no certainty of this case. In which areas do you think we have made important progress nowadays? In which areas do you think we still need to make progress?
针对这四种类型的分析方法,考生可利用提供的历年真题进行分析练习,做到“胸有成竹”,在下笔之前有个清晰明确的脉络,做到“事半功倍”。
1.统一性
一个段落内的各个句子必须从属于一个中心,任何游离于中心思想之外的句子都是不可取的。请看下例:
Joe and I decided to take the long trip we'd always wanted across the country. We were like young kids buying our camper and stocking it with all the necessities of life. Bella bakes the best rhubarb pie. We started out in early spring from Minneapolis and headed west across the northern part of the country. We both enjoyed those people we met at the trailer park. Joe received a watch at his retirement dinner. To our surprise, we found that we liked the warm southern regions very much, and so we decided to stay here in New Mexico.
本段的主题句是段首句,controlling idea(中心思想)是take the long trip across the country。文中出现两个irrelevant sentences,一个是Bella bakes the best rhubarb pie,这一段是讲的是Joe and I,中间出现一个Bella是不合适的。还有,Joe received a watch at his retirement dinner这一句更是与主题句不相关。考生在四级统考的作文卷上常常因为造出irrelevant sentences(不相关语句)而丢分,值得引起注意。再看一个例子:
My name is Roseanna, and I like to keep physically fit. I used to weigh two hundred pounds, but I joined the YMCA for an exercise class and diet program. In one year I lost eighty pounds. I feel much better and never want to have that much weight on my five-feet frame again. I bought two new suitcases last week. Everyday I practice jogging three miles, swimming fifteen laps, lifting twenty-pound weights and playing tennis for one hour. My mother was a premature baby.
本段的controlling idea是like to deep physically fit,但段中有两个irrelevant sentences,一个是I bought two new suitcases last week,另一个是My mother was a premature baby。
从上面两个例子可以看出,native speakers同样会造出来irrelevant sentences。卷面上如果这种句子多了,造成偏题或离题,那问题就更严重了。
2.完整性
正像我们前面说得那样,一个段落的主题思想靠推展句来实现,如果只有主题句而没有推展句来进一步交待和充实,就不能构成一个完整的段落。同样,虽然有推展句,但主题思想没有得到相对圆满的交待,给读者一种意犹未尽的感觉。这样的段落也不能完成其交际功能。例如:
Physical work can be a useful form of therapy for a mind in turmoil. Work concentrates your thoughts on a concrete task. Besides, it is more useful to work ---- you produce something rather than more anxiety or depression.
本段的主题句是段首句。本段的两个推展句均不能回答主题句中提出的问题。什么是"a mind in turmoil"(心境不平静)Physical work又如何能改变这种情况?为什么它能起therapy的作用?读者得不到明确的答案。
由于四级统考的作文部分只要求写一篇100~120个词的三段式短文,每一段只有大约40个词左右,因此,要达到完整就必须尽可能地简明。例如:
It is not always true that a good picture is worth a thousand words. Often writing is much clearer than a picture. It is sometimes difficult to figure out what a picture means, but a careful writer can almost always explain it.
段首句所表达的主题思想是一种看法,必须有具体事例加以验证。上述两个推展句只是在文字上对主题作些解释,整个段落内容空洞,简而不明。如果用一两个具体的例子的话,就可以把主题解释清楚了。比如下段:
It is not always true that a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes, pictures are pretty useless things. If you can't swim and fall in the river and start gulping water, will you be better off to hold up a picture of yourself drowning, or start screaming "Help"?
3.连贯性(coherence)
连贯性包括意连和形连两个方面,前者指的是内在的逻辑性,后者指的是使用转换词语。当然这两者常常是不可分割的。只有形连而没有意连,句子之间就没有内在的有机的联系;反之,只有意连而没有形连,有时行文就不够流畅。
1)意连
段落中句子的排列应遵循一定的次序,不能想到什么就写什么。如果在下笔之前没有构思,边写边想,写写停停,那就写不出一气呵成的好文章来。下面介绍几种常见的排列方式。
2)形连
行文的逻辑性常常要靠适当的转换词语及其他手段来实现。请读下面这一段文字并找出文中用以承上启下的词语。
饼图: 是所有图表题中最好写的一种,值得注意的是要处理好如何丰富百分比的表达和“占”的表达。不要一直用数字加百分比的格式,如25%。特定的数字可以采取多样性的表达,如25%=a quarter of, 50%=half of, >50%=a,or the majority of。
曲线图:关键是把握好曲线的走向和趋势,学会general classification,即在第二段的开头部分对整个曲线进行一个阶段式的总分类,使写作层次清晰。接下来在分类描述每个阶段的specific trend,同时导入数据作为你分类的依据。注意不要不做任何说明就机械性的导入数据!可以使用一些比较native的单词和短语来描述trend。
表格题:考察例举数字的能力和方法。注意怎样通过举一些有代表性的数据来有效地说明问题。
流程图:注意流程图里的“因果关系”或每一流程的“承前启后”关系;表达每一流程的主体内容,阐明这种关系;揭示其内在联系或规律;最后,给予简要归纳和总结。
1. 使用同义词进行替换
使用同义词的好处在于首先可以向考官展示考生词汇量的丰富,其次也可以使文章富有变化。因此,同义词的运用是衡量雅思考生英语(论坛)水平的一个很有力的标准,考官认同你的同时,自然也会给你高分。请看下面的例子:
School teachers used to be the source of information. However,some people argue that teachers are not as important as before because there is an increasing variety of information resources. What is your opinion (08年4月24日考题)
2. 使用各种形式的同根词进行替换
英语里面有很多同根词,专家分析认为,通过单词的变换来吸引阅卷者眼球并获得高分是一个很好的办法。一些单词通过添加前缀或者后缀的方式可以衍生出很多新的词汇。而使用这些词汇可以避免重复原文当中的词条,也可以向阅卷者展示你变化词汇的技巧。
比如雅思写作中我们经常会用到“知道”这个概念,我们可以用know这个词以及它的其他形式和它们的同义词来表示“知道”这个意思。
3. 使用短语进行替换
雅思写作中同样可以拥有丰富的短语,使用它们,可以准确传达原文中的信息。在一些特殊情况下,短语也可以作为增加字数的方法。以下我们来看另外一个例子:
Some say that building more roads will help reduce the traffic congestion in big cities. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this. Do you support or oppose this statement
4. 综合使用各种方法进行替换
经过了上述几种方法的讨论,我们可以进行综合的运用,切勿只拘泥于一种方法。比如我们要表达利益和好处这个意思时,我们一般可以使用benefit这个词,我们也可以使用其他不同的形式来表达利益和好处这个意思。
用同义词对于原句进行替换后,再把原句的结构进行适当的变换,最终呈现在阅卷者面前的句子和原来就截然不同,但是意思基本一致的。又比如:因特网对我们的日常生活带来很大的影响。这句话我们可以写出不同的搭配。
因此在雅思写作中,要想自己的文章更吸引人,光变换单词是不够的,我们还要把单词和句子的结构变换相结合,从而使自己的文章更丰富多彩。
1. But unpopular as red has been in the past, at the moment it is a favorite hair dye.
结构:全句有2个谓语动词:has been和is.其中,as引导的让步状语从句是一个部分倒装句,按照正常语序应该是Although red has been unpopular in the past.句子可被拆分为,
1). Red has been unpopular in the past.
2). But at the moment it is a favorite hair dye.
翻译:尽管过去红色不怎么流行,现在却是一种备受欢迎的染发颜色。
2. Only when he has lost his way does he realize that he wasn't careful enough to make sure that he really did understand.
结构:全句有4个谓语动词:has,does realize,wasn't和did understand..其中主句的是does realize.本句话是以only开头的强调句,其所强调的是when引导的条件状语从句。第一个that引导的是realize的宾语从句。第一个 that引导的是make sure的宾语从句。
翻译:只有当他迷了路,他才明白到当时自己不够谨慎,没有确定自己是否真的懂了。
3. Only by becoming wealthier can countries correct these conditions.
结构:全句只有1个谓语动词:can correct.本句话是以only开头的强调句,其所强调的是方式状语by becoming wealthier.按照正常语序应该是:Countries can correct these conditions only by becoming wealthier.由only引导的倒装句句型是可以在雅思写作中发挥很大作用的,因为only表达的意思的唯一性和句式的复杂性都可以吸引考官。
翻译:一个国家只有通过变得富强才能纠正这些问题。
4. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
结构:全句有3个谓语动词:were,should have和should hesitate.其中主句的是:should hesitate.本句是一个条件式虚拟倒装句。前半部分是一个if引导的条件状语从句,按照正常语序为:If it were left to me to decide…。whether引导的是decide的宾语从句。
翻译:如果由我来决定是有政府无报纸还是有报纸无政府,我会毫不犹豫选择后者。
5. Out of our emotional experience with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are “good” and others are “bad”.
结构:全句有3个谓语动词:comes,are和 are.其中主句的是:comes,两个are是that引导的主语feeling的同位语从句中的两个并列谓语。为了避免造成头重脚轻的感觉,主句是一个完全倒装句,按照正常语序句子主干应该为:A social feeling of agreement …comes out of our emotional experience with objects and events.由介词短语引导的倒装句也是可以让雅思写作拿高分的句型,十分有用。
翻译:从我们对于客观物体和事件的情感经验中产生了一种共同的社会情绪:某些东西和行为是“好的”而其他的是“坏的”。
6. Among the most promising and most thoroughly researched probiotics is the GG strain of Lactobacillus, discovered by Dr. Sherwood Gorbach and biochemist Barry Goldin, both at Tufts University School of Medicine.
结构:全句只有1个谓语动词:is.整个句子是一个完全倒装句,按照正常语序句子主干应该是:The GG strain of Lactobacillus …is among the most promising and most thoroughly researched probiotics.过去分词短语discovered by…作为后置定语修饰the GG strain of Lactobacillus,后面的短语both at…则是两个人名的定语。
翻译:由塔夫茨大学医学院舍伍德·哥尔巴赫教授和生化学家巴利·格尔丁发现的鼠李糖乳杆菌是最有前途并且研究得最充分的益生菌之一。
7. Only when total production expands faster than the rate of labor force growth plus the rate of productivity increase and minus the rate at which average annual hours fall does the unemployment rate fall.
结构:全句有4个谓语动词:expands,fall和does fall.其中主句的是:does fall.这是一个由only开头的条件式强调句,主句采用倒装句式。按照正常语序句子主干应该为:the unemployment rate does fall.在when引导的条件状语从句中which引导的是第三个rate的定语从句。
翻译:只有当总产量增长率大于劳动力增长速率加上生产力增长率并减去平均年劳动时间下降的速率时,失业率才会下降。
这7个雅思写作高分倒装句是非常具有实用价值的加分句型,同样的意思让倒装句表达出来就会显得重点突出,结构清晰,所以大家来记倒装句吧。
Practice(练习)
托福口语备考过程中,发音有问题是难免的,因此很多人会害怕说错而不开口。没关系,多练习就好了,不要害羞。本来,郁闷应该是一个过程,应该是你前进过程中一个必须经历的过程。但是很多情况下,由于你不动手去解决,因此,他就变成了一个结果。
Slowdown(慢下来)
很多初学者总是希望走一步到位的路线,但是实际上,什么都是有一个循序渐进的过程。就像很多人在练绕口令的时候,也是从慢速逐渐加速的,而不是一次马上就能有很快速度的,因此,刚刚开始的时候,控制自己的语速,尽量说的标准一些!
Listen to yourself(听自己)
如果你不能听出你自己的发音问题,就很难去改正它。其实现在很多口语材料都配备了相应的音频,你绝对应该把自己的声音录下来,然后跟相应的声音进行比较,只有这样一点一滴的去校对,录音,修改,再录音,这样一个过程走过几遍,你才会发现自己的声音才会接近真正地道英语者的发音。
Copy the experts(模仿专家)
英语为母语的人士是最好的老师。所以,注意听英语广播或英语电影、电视节目,听他们的发音,还要注意看他们的口形。不要看字幕,模仿你听到的声音,即使你不确定他们在说什么。
Find a partner(找伙伴)
从别人那里得到反馈是很重要的。有一个partner的话,你就会发现,哪怕你今天不想学,那么你的partner也会督促你,因为,你如果今天放弃了,那么对方也就失去了锻炼自己托福口语的机会。而且,当你有一个伙伴的时候,你的伙伴会非常迅速的发现你自己的问题,同时也就能及时纠正!
Be poetic(充满诗意)
大声地念诗、演讲,专注在字的重音和音调。因为,诗歌通常都是琅琅上口,有节奏感的,多多练习有助于提高英语水平。发音准了,语调对了,语感慢慢出来了,这对记忆单词和交流都有好处。
以上就是针对中国人提高托福口语水平的一些关键所在,不会说不敢说不要紧,托福口语的提高毕竟需要一个过程,希望考生在最后都能取得优异的成绩。