巧妙利用習(xí)語增添托福作文色彩

想要讓自己的文章更加吸引閱卷老師的眼球，僅靠詞匯堆積起來的文章還達(dá)不到這樣的效果。相比較之下不難發(fā)現(xiàn)，無動(dòng)詞結(jié)構(gòu)比分句效果更好，更地道，更簡練，同時(shí)又豐富了作文的句子結(jié)構(gòu)，不僅讓讀者和閱卷老師為之眼前一亮！巧妙的在文章中運(yùn)用一些習(xí)語，大大增添了文章的光彩，為贏得高分成績奠定了良好的基礎(chǔ)。

主語多樣化：中國人習(xí)慣于用人稱主語，而英語中則常用無靈主語（inanimate subject），即無生命的事物作主語，如：

1.The last two decades has witnessed earth-shaking changes in China.

中國在過去的二十年中發(fā)生了翻天覆地的變化。

2 A strange peace came over her when she was alone.

她獨(dú)處時(shí)感到一種特別的安寧。

3 I am very sorry that the pressure of other occupations has prevented me from sending an earlier reply to your letter.

由于我近來事務(wù)繁忙，沒能給于及早回復(fù)，對(duì)此我表示深深的歉意。

4 The smallest excuse would have served.

其實(shí)，你隨便找個(gè)哪怕小的借口就可以了。

5 That night sleep eluded me.

那天晚上我徹夜未眠。

6 The old house has seen better days.

這座老房子的主人曾過著更好的生活。

7 Everything at the party spoke of careful planning.

派對(duì)上的一切都說明主人進(jìn)行了精心策劃。

8 A terrible thought suddenly struck me—had I locked the door?

我突然產(chǎn)生了一個(gè)可怕的想法——我鎖門了嗎？

9 When he had to speak, his confidence suddenly deserted him.

等到不得不說話時(shí)，他卻突然沒了信心。

在英語中沒有生命的事物作主語，來作為動(dòng)作的發(fā)出者是相當(dāng)普遍的現(xiàn)象，幾乎和人稱主語句平分秋色。但由于受漢語思維的束縛，我們往往覺得人作主語更自然，因此大多數(shù)情況下，我們中國學(xué)生不假思索地采取漢語的思維去表達(dá)，如上述例1、例5和例9，很可能會(huì)寫作如下的樣子：

1b. Great changes have taken place in China in the last two decades.

5b. I failed to fall into sleep that night.

5c. I kept awake all through that night.

9b. When he had to speak, he suddenly lost confidence.

我們既然已經(jīng)了解了英語的這種獨(dú)特思維，寫托福作文時(shí)，我們要有意識(shí)地按照英語的思維去表達(dá)，這樣不僅能寫出地道的英語句子，也避免了作文中千篇一律的“人”主宰一切的枯燥和沉悶的氛圍。

開頭多樣化：開頭除了使用主語外，還可以用各種各樣的結(jié)構(gòu).

1 An expert in forest fire control, the forest ranger talked to the campers about safety in the woods.同位語

2 Angry, Mr. Boyd began to defend his reputation with strong arguments.形容詞短語

3 Tired and dirty, the boys returned to the camp.形容詞短語

4 Jogging every day, I soon increased my energy level.現(xiàn)在分詞短語

5 Troubled by a dream, Tim woke up with a start.過去分詞

6 To succeed in that course, you must attend every class.不定式短語

7 In the scientific laboratory, Madame Curie was an industrious worker.介詞短語

8 Because he was tired and discouraged, he did not want to rewrite the paper.原因狀語句

9 What you impulsively do in haste you may regret（ ）in leisure.賓語從句提前

運(yùn)用修辭手法：排比；對(duì)偶

友情提醒，托福作文的精彩并不是華麗辭藻的堆積，簡潔明了的表述，合理的結(jié)構(gòu)安排，通俗易通語言，才是贏得托福作文高分的關(guān)鍵。