看了前天雅思考试的作文题目, 小作文是线型图, 大作文是关于运动类的, 感觉松了一口气, 因为流程图和地图题没有出现, 不然肯定又死倒一大片考生. 大作文关于运动类的, 看起来好像不太难, 但是真正要找到论据并且自圆其说, 对一般的考生而言还是有一定难度的.
虽然这次考试没有出流程图, 但是这个月出流程图的机会很大, 因为自从六月份出现过流程图以后, 已经连续两个月的雅思考试没有出现过流程图了. 按照规律, 一般是每两个月左右会出现一次的. 但是也有例外, 比如说去年10月份出现了一次流程图后, 一直到今年的5月份才出现第二次, 中间相隔了整整7个月, 使不少考生在这7个月中感到惶惶不安, 因为大家每考一次试发现没有流程图时, 就会担心下一次考试多半会出流程图了. 于是, 一轮又一轮考试过去了, 流程图还是没有出现, 这只会增加考生们的恐惧. 这仿佛是剑桥大学的考官在和所有的考生玩捉迷藏游戏一样. 至于流程图为什么会这么可怕, 我想考过的考生或者有学习过这种作文的考生们一定非常了解. 首先, 要读懂题目看懂流程图是一个很大的困难. 很多考生对着图看了半天也不知道是什么回事, 结果时间白白流失, 不仅流程图没有写好, 连后面的大作文也没有时间写了, 最后以惨败收场; 另外, 哪怕你看懂图了, 要找到合适而且多样化的单词(尤其是动词)来表达相关的程序也是一大难关, 这需要较深的英语功底和词汇量才可以达到的, 所以很多考生在这种作文中用来用去都是那几个动词, 显得单调乏力, 于是也得不到好的分数. 而比流程图更难的, 则是地图题. 流程图只要你读懂图了就可以有写作的思路, 但是地图题则很可能让你看懂了也无从下笔. 所以一般遇到这种作文的考生, 那一次的考试多半是考不过的. 不过万幸的是, 流程图和地图题出现的频率并不高, 所以只要你的英语达到一定的水平, 要考过雅思并没有那么困难.
而关于第二部分的大作文, 我觉得这些年来都基本没有什么太大的变化, 都是关于你是否同意某个观点或者说是寻找某些问题的原因并提供解决措施的. 虽然总体的题型没有什么变化, 但是某些题目涉及的方面以及措辞会很古怪, 让考生无所适从, 甚至有些题目很容易让人理解错误, 导致考生离题而失败. 这在我平时帮学生改作文中经常出现. 有些学生在开头改写题目中的观点时, 一不小心就把别人的意思改出偏差, 导致一开始就跑题, “出师不利”, 后面写得再好也不会得高分. 所以, 这就是为什么有些考生考完以后自我感觉良好, 可是一旦成绩出来了就大跌眼镜. 不少英语专业八级的考生的作文也难以攻克6分这个并不算很难的关, 由此可见, 写雅思作文一定要看清题目并且完全理解题目以后再动笔, 否则写得再多再好也是枉然.
再者, 要想雅思作文拿高分, 在不离题的情况下, 词汇, 句式以及语法的多样性也是非常重要的. 而一般的考生在词汇方面还是过得了关的, 而且有些考生的词汇积累丰富, 可谓是 “千变万化”, 让你应接不暇. 但是说到句式和语法的多样性, 这是绝大部分考生的难关, 包括英语专业的人. 大部分考生只会用一些由and或者but连续的复合句或者是主句加一个定语从句的形式, 要么就加几个宾语从句, 如是而已. 有些学生的作文通篇都充斥着定语从句, 有些不需要用的地方也用了, 结果就显得很繁冗. 而一些更高级的语法如伴随状语, 强调句, 倒装句和虚拟语气等等, 则很少考生可以灵活地运用. 所以普遍考生的作文想达到6分以上都不是那么容易, 更不要说想突破6.5分的瓶颈.
最后让许多考生考不到满意的分数的原因是词不达意. 这些考生经常写的句子是中式英语, 也就是按中文的思维来写作, 没有考虑到中英双语的差异, 导致句子读起来非常艰涩, 让人摸不着头脑. 另外, 考生们对所学单词的用法不熟悉, 仅仅是背了它的意思而没有真正掌握它的用法, 有些考生甚至连单词的词性也不知道, 想到什么写什么, 最后的结果只会让阅卷者头晕脑转, 给个低分也是意料之中了.
所以, 我觉得不管考什么英语考试, 我们都一定要打好较为扎实的功底, 从方方面面来提升自己的英语技能, 只有这样才可以从容应对. 没打好基础就麻木地阅读备考书籍和做练习, 最后也只是杯水车薪. 你对学习路上遇到的每个问题研究得有多仔细, 决定了你以后可以达到的高度.
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2012年9月1日雅思考试作文题目:
Many countries spend a lot of money preparing competitors to take part in major sports competitions such as the Olympics, the foot ball world cup etc. It would be better to spend this money encouraging children to take up sports from a young age.
正文(赖小琪版, 343词):
The competitions in sports among nations have been increasingly stiff nowadays, which could be witnessed by the recently-finished Olympic Games held in London, leading many countries to spend a growing amount of money in preparing their competitors for various sports events in pursuit of the championship. But some people doubt its rationality, claiming that it would be better to spend the money inspiring children to take up sports from a young age.
Needless to say, investing in the training of our competitors is of great significance in that only by receiving sufficient effective training can our representatives fully bring out their potentials in the arena and win the medals. Relying solely on the child athletes to win glories for the nation is not that workable for the reason that most children are too young and inexperienced to fulfill the colossal achievement their nation is craving for. Even though some genius child athletes have demonstrated amazing capability before, the proportion and chance is very slim, while most of winners in various games like the renowned Olympic Games, World Cup, etc, are adult athletes. Therefore, the investment in adult competitors is indispensable and should be continuously intensified.
Nevertheless, investing in our competitors does not mean that we should give up the training of the child athletes from an early age. Instead, we should also increase our investment in it as the young child athletes are our future expectations. With effective and efficient training, these children would progress rapidly and compete for medals in the arena sooner or later. Most of the champions in the world have been intensively trained from an early age, which could convincingly justify the necessity of investing in the existing or the prospective child athletes.
Hence, it is not a problem on whether we should focus on one side and abandon the other, but a problem on how to strike a balance between them. Only by investing enough funds in both the adult athletes and child athletes can we perpetually show up gloriously in a variety of competitions around the world. |
