突破雅思大作文开头段写作
好的开始是成功的一半,好的雅思写作开头是雅思大作文的写作成功的基础。很多同学往往不重视雅思大作文开头段的写作,只是简单套用一些现成的模板,殊不知这样已经给考官留下“背诵模板”的印象,这样一来,不仅给后面的主体段带来了巨大压力,而且人的第一印象往往是很难改变的。本文就和大家分享一下如何巧妙突破雅思大作文开头段写作模板的实用技巧,力争让雅思写作在考官眼前一亮。
突破雅思大作文开头段写作
大作文开头段往往要包含如下几个关键内容,即,介绍背景,引出有争议的话题,阐述对立观点和陈述作者自己的观点。无论使用还是不使用模板,这几个关键信息是一定要包含在开头段落当中的,不然云里雾里,只能是适得其反。
根据这些信息,备战过的小烤鸭们一定都熟悉下面这一套开头写作流程,首先It is quite common these days...介绍背景,或者用The issue of ... is a complex and sensitive one.这样的句型来引出有争议话题,然后千篇一律地分别介绍对立双方观点,如Some individuals believe that..., while others hold the view that...最终用Personally, I agree with...至此,内容上完美无瑕,但恐怕考官心中已经大大打下“模板”两个字的烙印,这无疑对于想取得6分及以上的同学最不利的事情。
例如,一道雅思写作高频题目,讨论到底大学应该教授实用性课程(如计算机和商科课程)还是传统课程(如历史和地理)。我们依然按照开头段应该包含的关键信息开始写作,但是却可以这样轻松突破:These day there is a growing tendency for college students to have difficulties in finding jobs when they graduate.(介绍背景)A large number of people hold the opinion that lack of practical knowledge, among other things, contributes to this situation. In light of this, they contend that college teachers should lay more stress on practical courses than on traditional ones. (引出有争议的话题,并阐述大多数人的观点)For my part, I am in favor of their viewpoint.(作者观点)这一段写得非常灵巧,第一句结合题目背景,介绍现如今有一种趋势,即大学毕业生很难找到工作,紧接着作者陈述有许多人认为这是由于学生缺少实用性的知识,并因此提出大学应该更多关注于教授实用性的知识,这一句将有争议话题的其中一方观点用因果链条清晰阐述。最后一句表达作者自己的立场,就是支持前面大多数人的想法。总的来看,这一段只提及了对立双方的其中一方观点,然后表达自己支持这一方观点。这就是一种对于开头段模板的超越,简单可行,只对其中一方观点清晰论证,然后表达自己的立场,无需对另一方观点赘述。这固然超越了八股文一样的“一些人认为……另一些人认为……,我认为……”,而是以四两拨千斤的方式,重点讲解一方观点,然后巧妙表达支持的态度。
另一道可以参考的题目是有关人们认为对于罪犯不应该只是关在监狱里,而应该对他们进行教育和劳动改造(让他们有机会重新做人)这样一道题目。我们依然给出这样一段:How to handle criminals is a problem that all countries and societies face.(引出有争议的话题)Traditionally, the approach has been to punish them by placing them in prisons to pay for what they have done. Some, however, advocate for trying to make them better with training and education and it seems they may have a good point. 这一段在观点描述上是“出于模板而胜于模板”的典范,范文中将观点一演变为“传统上,人们都采取关监狱这种方法”,这就用陈述事实的方式,巧妙避讳了直接表达有些人认为应该把犯人关在监狱里;而观点二以及作者观点合并为一句,用一个and巧妙连接成一个并列句。开头段关键信息一网打尽。
可以看到,其实对于模板的突破都是基于现有的模板之上的,对于初期接触雅思考试的同学,固然要参考一些模板,学习如何覆盖写作中要求覆盖到的关键信息,但是随着对雅思写作慢慢的熟悉,对高分的期待,我们一定要掌握一些突破模板的方法,从模板中出发,却完胜模板,具备这种能力才能让小烤鸭们在考场上,快速、优质地完成雅思大作文的开头段,以达到事半功倍的效果。
雅思写作中常见对比转折词语
【常见对比转折词语】
1) But the obvious(fatal/serious) flaw (defect/drawback) in their argument (attitude/idea/view/action/behavior) is that.../But the basic (main/great/key/ big) problem with their argument (...) is that...
(e.g. ...that they are ignorant of (blind to) a bare fact: Social changes have attached new meanings and values to the division between good and bad.)
2) But if...it is (not) easy (difficult/hard) to see (find/discover) that ...
(e.g. But if they adjust their frame of mind a little in the other direction , it is not hard for them to find that life is just as promising as before.)
3) Too much emphasis (attention/stress/concern/significance) placed on (given to/focused on/attached to/paid to) the negative (sunny/gloomy/bright) side of the issue, however, may...(如mislead/confuse/cloud/bias/disturb our judgment of it.)A
(e.g. ..., however, may mislead us to form a pessimistic estimate of current situations.或..., however, may stop us from rendering (passing/forming/having) a fair(correct/clear/infallible/wise)judgment on it.)
4) But in most cases/from the point of view of justice (objectivity)/as a matter of fact/in a very true sense, their (public/general) satisfaction (dissatisfaction/disillusionment/concern) with...(或their criticism of.../their argument for/against.../their objection to.../their approval for...) can not.../is..., for...
(e.g. But in an impartial sense, the public dissatisfaction can not hold every water, for our society is still abundant in goodness and beauty.)
5) As a result of..., however, things would/are bound to...
(e.g. As a result of such an utter indifference to vicious behavior, however , things would be past saving/mending/all the hope.)
【常见情景/参照物设定的词语或结构】
1) when, if, the other day in a certain place, suppose/imagine/assume (that...), in (the) course/time of...for instance, in the event of等;
2) in the case of, as for/to, as far as...is/are concerned, The same is t rue of..., when compared with, in comparison with, by comparison等;
3) If there is anything that comes close to/is comparable to/with...,...t here is hardly, a thing that compares favorable with/can rival...