托福写作零门槛句式变化方法
如果想写出一篇成功的托福作文,需要在语言上做到什么?在这个问题上,相信同学们的答案还是基本统一的:表意清楚,没有错误,语法丰富,句子复杂,词汇高端等等。
这些当然都是对的,完全实现以上标准的作文也必然是语言分数相当高的文章。但是要做到以上这几点,除了大量的语法和词汇积累,还需要不断的尝试,需要老师纠正错误,才能在考试的时候把句子写出各种变化。
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那么,有没有什么又简单,又能与众不同的句式变化方法呢?
当然有!今天就来教大家这一招零门槛句式变化方法,就是使用冒号。
在我们进入冒号用法的学习之前,先来看一看文学家奥斯卡.王尔德对冒号的巧妙使用:
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. 生活中只有两类悲剧,有些人总是不能如愿,而有些人总是心想事成。
Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing. 要避免争论:争论总是俗不可耐,而且常常令人信服。
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在这些句子中,冒号有什么表意呢?
冒号一般使用在什么语境中呢?
在托福作文这一类文体中,常见的用法是表示停顿,其停顿时间比分号长,比句号短,有时它和句号是可以互换的。冒号的作用是对前文进行引申、举例、解释或补充说明,还能产生轻微的戏剧化效果。当然,冒号也能用在书信体、引文当中,但是因为在托福中几乎用不到这些用法,所以本文就不多介绍了。
我们在托福写作中,冒号最常见的搭配是添加名词,动词短语或完整的句子。
来分别看一下例句
添加名词:She showed me the books she had just borrowed from the library: two novels by Jane Austen and a book on the history of English literature.
添加动词:This is her plan: go shopping.
添加句子:She was sure of one thing: she was not going to be a teacher.
冒号的用法是不是非常灵活,很容易上手使用呢?
但是以下原则必须记住:冒号必须加在完整句子或独立子句之后。
以下句子就是错误的:For the camping trip, I bought: food, water, and a tent.
正确的写法应该是:For the camping trip, I bought several essentials: food, water, and a tent.
最后,冒号能够如何让我们的表达更流畅丰富呢?
我们一起用冒号修改一下三个句子吧。
第一题,用冒号合并两句话
普通标点版:Oscar Wilde spoke about three lies. These are ordinary lies, while lies, and statistics.
冒号整合版:Oscar Wilde spoke about three lies: ordinary lies, white lies, and statistics.
第二题,用冒号取代such as
普通标点版:Most sports programs, despite their excesses, manage to promote the old virtues such as self-confidence, personal responsibility, teamwork,persistence and the ability to win and lose with grace.
冒号整合版:Most sports programs, despite their excesses, manage to promote the old virtues: self-confidence, personal responsibility, teamwork, persistence and the ability to win and lose with grace.
第三题:用冒号避免句子头重脚轻
普通标点版:According to Omer Khayyam, who is a Persian poet, a load of bread, a jug of wine, and one’s beloved are the three things necessary for a paradise on earth.
冒号整合版:For Omer Khayyam, a Persian poet, three things are necessary for a paradise on earth: a loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and one’s beloved.
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