参加六级考试已经是一年前的事了。我参加六级考试是因为院里面有所要求,并不是自己想不参加就行了的。其实参加六级考试还是有很多好处的。虽然考试多少是件让人头疼的事,但考试又的确能让人克服一些惰性。据我了解,很多本科生到大三就没有英语课了,报名参加六级考试可以督促自己继续英语的学习和训练。你也可以通过这样的考试来证明自己的英语实力,虽然四、六级的考试形式都比较八股,但由于是综合考试,还是可以全面反映英语能力的。功利一些,还可以在将来的应聘中增加一项证明自己实力的凭据,在将来的工作中也可以有更广阔的发挥余地。六级考试对词汇量的要求较高,考试难度也比较大,因此,我认为考生在报考前确实应该考虑一下自己为什么要参加六级考试,以免在报考后由于准备不充分而临时打退堂鼓,这样是十分浪费时间和精力的。虽然考试的过程并不是愉快的,但学习的过程却可以带来不少乐趣。我愿意将个人学习中的一些经验与大家分享,也许会对你有所启发。 一、关于写作------基本功的训练 在许多同学看来,写作是六级考试中最难对付的部分。在半小时内用中文写出一篇好文章来都不容易,就更不要说用英语了。写作也是我们在平时的英语学习中练习得最少的。大家似乎都更习惯从四个选项中挑出一个来填空,而不是进行原创。我却认为写作比起阅读和词汇要简单和有趣得多,因为它是主观命凰可以自由发挥,不用顺着出题人的意图去理解文字也不用看花两眼去辨析那些长得太像的单词,而且更能体现一个人的英语驾驭能力。 当然,要想写作的过程变得简单有趣也不是件容易的事。写作是对词汇、语句、逻辑思维等的综合运用,要写好一篇150字的英语短文,平时需打下扎实的基础才行。在复习六级的过程中,大多数同学都是以背单词开始的,在考前一个月左右开始做真题。由于做完一篇真题要花不少时间,很多同学不会去写作文,这就使练习写作的时间少之又少。那么如何在有限的时间内做到方方面面都有所兼顾呢?这就需要用拆分式的复习方法了。文章是一个整体,如何能拆分?这里指的是在平时的学习中,比如说复习词汇或阅读,包括听力,都不忘做词汇和语句的积累以及语感的培养,把写作基本功练习的时间拆分融入到各个部分的学习中去。要擅于在枯燥的词海与题海中发现精彩的词汇与句子来为自己的写作奠定基础。 一、词汇。词汇是构筑语言的基石。相信很多同学都有这种感觉,背了很多单词,但是到要写东西的时候,用的还是最简单的词汇,甚至不知道如何去组合一篇文章。这其中有一个记忆的方法问题。关于词汇记忆,流行的方法有很多。捷径是没有的,但是好的方法确实可以让我们事半功倍。俄的做法是一边背单词一边做词汇题。在做词汇题的过程中你自然会发现自己一些习惯的用词错误,错误留下的印象往往比较深,这样可以在写作中避免,也可以提高用词的精确度和优美度。好的词汇和句子留心用红笔勾出,以便自己再次复习和查阅。勤快的同学可以准备一个本子专门记录好的用语。例如: 1)In American universities,classes are often arranged in more flexible _______and many jobs on campus are reserved for students. A.scale B.patterns C.grades D.ranks The answer is B.其意思是在美国,课程以十分灵活的形式安排,校园里有许多事留给学生去做。我觉得在写校园生活的作文中,这是一个很好的参照范例,对比中国的校园则不是这个样子,顺便谈出自己的感想。 2)The _____runner can run 2 miles in fifteen minutes. A.common B.usual C.average D.general The answer is C.这几个单词都有普通的意思,容易用错。common一般指现象的平常,比如说Taking the college English Test Band 6 is quite common today on campus.Do you ever think why?average是指平常的,普通的,平均的,比如在谈及现在的大学学费时,可以说:Its a sum of money that an average family cant afford.general强调的是少有例 外,有大多数的意思,如果让你写一本书的介绍,你可以说:The book is intended for the general readers ,not for the specialists.usual相对来说比较容易,在此不举例了。通过这样的比较,一方面可以加深对词义的理解,另一方面在我们自己写作文时可以避免类似的错误。不失为一个一举两得的好办法。 二、阅读。一般考生在复习时做的最多的我想是阅读。中国有句古语:读书破万卷,下笔如有神。所以说做大量的阅读练习对写作的提高是最有帮助的了。在阅读过程中获得的信息可以丰富写作的素材,更有很多名言警句等着你去发现去漂亮你的句子。阅读的时间要保持连贯,最好根据个人习惯有所安排,不要挤在一个时间段内做,也不要把时间间隔得太长。阅读是提高英语水平最基本也是最重要的途径,当你的阅读量积累到一定的程度,启然会由量变到质变使你的英语水平上一个档次。这是我大一时一个英语老师告诉我的,我一直铭记在心。除了平时上课时的精读,平时我也看一些英语读物。你尽可以挑你喜欢看的,茶余饭后翻看一下,当做消遣。很多英语故事是很有趣的,可以积累日后写作的相关背景知识,也可以在不知不觉中make you speak and write like a native。 其实每次做题时都有四篇阅读可供练习,不要对完了答案就算了。好句子和段落不能放过,大声读一两遍,留些印象在脑子里,对写作会有帮助的。我经常看的东西有《21世纪》报,那里边的一些文章和学生生活很贴近,没准就碰上了考试要写的题材。还有我最喜欢的一本小说是《Daddy Long Legs》,里面所写的大学生活一定会让你在其中发现自己的影子,而且用语幽默。下面就是其中的一些精彩段落,你会发现阅读中真有无穷宝藏! 1) It isnt the big troubles in life that require character. Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh I really think that requires spirit. 2) College is a very satisfying sort of life; the books and study and regular classes keep you alive mentally, and then when your mind gets fired, you have the gymnasium and outdoor athletics, and always plenty of congenial friends who are thinking about the things you are. 3) Not to be forever regretting the past, or anticipating the future; but to get the most that you can out of this very instant. 4) Most people don t live; they just race. They are trying to reach some goal far away on the horizon, and in the heat of the going they get so breathless, and panting that they lose all sight of the beautiful, tranquil country they are passing through; and then the first thing they know, they are old and worn out, and it doesnt make any difference whether they have reached the goal or not. 除了做英语阅读外,由于六级考试作文内容涉及科技、社会、文化等方方面面,所以平时也要多积累这些方面的知识,多读书看报。 三、听力。其实听力是我最喜欢的了,尤其是纯正的美式口语。我这里讲的可不仅是听力磁带哟,那比较程序化,且内容多枯燥。还是原版电影听得比较过瘾,比如说《Forrest Gump》,我想大家对其中最有名的那句life is like a box of chocolates,you never know what you gonna get记忆犹新。适当地引用一些电影中的精彩对白或口语,会使你的文章与众不同。如果你能很好地将电影中的故事作为事例写进作文中,不仅十分生动而且会让评卷老师感觉到你对英语学习的浓厚兴趣,不知不觉会提高印象分。当然前提是你能巧妙地运用听到的故事。下面就是一篇我看过的比较好的范文: On Fate Some people say that we can t choose our fate, just like we cant choose our parents. Fate is fair to everyone and it is clear about what is right or wrong, who is honest or crafty, who is diligent or indolent. As long as a parson works and tries, he will surely get what he deserves. However, others claim that we can do the best with what God gives us although we can t change our fate. There is a famous dialogue about fate between Forrest and his mother in a movie Forrest Gump. When Forrest asks his mother what his fate is, Mrs. Gump answers, you gonna have to figure it out for yourself. I was destined to be your momma, I did the best I could. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you gonna get. Forrest was born a person with low IQ, that is to say, he is destined to be stupid. But God gives him persever-ance, will and a good mother. Finally he does do the best with what God gives him and becomes a football stardom, Vietnam hew and shrimp tycoon. He learns to deal with not only the prejudice, hate, hope, fears and dreams of human nature but also life and death. In my opinion, the story of Forrest Gump does happen in real life. Though my life is designed by fate, maybe I should make full use of what I possess to achieve a better result.So believe that Cod helps those help themselves. 不过有一点我觉得不足的是,这篇文章中全都是以电影故事为例,缺少了一些说服力。需要突出的应该是阿甘的那种精神,故事本身是否完全真实倒是次要的。还有就是在利用从听力中学来的语言时要切记不要直接用到书面语中。像上面那段中的gonna就是典型的口头用语,作为引用语是可以的,如果直接使用就会被当成是错误的。 四、背诵。上面提到的都是六级要考试的内容,为了有效利用时间,我将写作基本功的练习融于这些题型的准备之中。这不是偷懒,因为其中每个部分你要真正获得写作的锻炼都是要付出努力的。背诵就是在以上这些环节的准备中不可缺少的方法。有很多同学都是在考前背好多篇不同类型的范文,这的确是一个很有效的方法。但如果没有平时的积累,是不会只背几篇东西就自然能下笔如有神的。在这里我要说明的一点是,我本人其实是很讨厌为考试而学习的,所以也就厌恶为考试而背诵。但是就单纯提高写作水平而言,背诵确实是必要的。所以在平常的语言学习中,我都会去记忆一些内容有价值、语句优美的句子或段落,这对于培养语感也是很有用的,尤其是一些谚语,真是又精辟又实用。要说明一下的是,在很多作文指导书中都会介绍不少谚语和俗语,以致于考试作文中千篇一律的都会出现:No pains,no gains.Better late than never.我要说的是,大家在平常的学习中应该去多留心一些新颖的段句,找到一些可以与众不同的,点缀在你文章中,会是精彩的亮点。下面是我最喜欢的一部分句子。 1)One ship drives east;another drives west,by the selfsame gale that blows. Its the set of the sail and not the gale that determines the way she goes. Or again; the heights by great men reached and kept, were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night. 2) In doing we learn. 3) The voice of one man is the voice of no one! 4) Wise men learn by other mens mistakes; fools by their own. 5) Good company on the road is the shortest cut. 6) To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. 7) One of these days is none of these days. 8) Actions speak louder than words. 9) Knowing something of everything and everything of something. 10) Life is not a bed of roses. 五、练笔。写作这东西光动口不动手是不行的,即便我讲了很多节省时间的方法,要想在考试中取得高分而又不动手练习那是不可能的。练笔的方法也有很多,一开始你可以选取你喜欢的题目随意写,然后照着真题的题目去练习。根据个人情况,5~10篇的写作是必要的。我通常的做法是写summery,即阅读后的摘要。这样可以很快地运用到新学的词汇与语句,也可以提炼自己的观点,提高表达能力。我也偶尔会用英语写日记。当然我也会写命题作文。以下就是本人比较喜欢,老师评价也较高的一篇: Should People Be Always Honest? Should people be always honest? The answer, I think, is absolutely YES. But here honest doesnt only meantelling the truth, I think thats far from enough. Honesty is a virtue. When we say that someone is honest, we mean that he or she is fair and sincere, free of deceit. So, what I want to say is that people should be honest all the time but if he or she tells a lie for good purpose, I dont call that dishonesty. The reason I should say so is because of such a story. It happened in a small town. An old lady led a lonely life in a lonely house. She had no relatives except a poor lawyer as her friend. This old lady liked writing very much. She was eager to have her novel published but of course she could not afford the cost. Though the lawyer was also lack of money he still promised to help her. The old lady continued to write until she was dying. And before she was dead, she finally got her published book, and died with a smile. The book fell from her hand to the ground. Wind blew it open, and the pages in it were all blank! You know, the old lady had very poor eyesight and she was nearly deaf. She used her old typewriter to do the job but no one could recognize what she wrote. But the poor lawyer fulfilled her dream. It was cheating. Yes, I know that, but, I still think he is honest, he is far more honest than those who can tell beautiful lies but mean nothing at all. So, try to be honest, try not to tell a lie. But if that lie can save a life, comfort a heart, just do it. I dont think thats dishonest because you still have an honest heart! 老师给我的评语是:Very touching,very convincing! I like your writing style very much:easy,flexible,and attractive! 当然这只是一篇习作,并不符合考试的要求,但是我在写作中体会到了表达的乐趣。这种乐趣使我即使面对考试作文也不会头疼和心慌,更不会不知道从何下笔。这都是和平时的积累和训练分不开的。要补充一点的是,在你做练笔的时候,每写完一篇习作最好找一个老师给你看一下或和同学交换一下意见。因为光是写而不做总结是无法提高的。所以最好是找老师或同学看一看,这样才能改正错误,真正提高写作水平。 总之,对于写作,基本功的训练是必要且重要的,要应用适当的方法,持之以恒地学习。只有整个写作水平提高了,在面对考试作文时才不会不知所云。在平时的英语学习中,要善于总结自己的不足和吸取优秀文章中的好词汇、好句子,并练出自己的语言风格。不要把学习的过程看成一个为考试而准备的过程,其实英语的学习是可以十分有趣的。 二、关于考试一考试作文的写作技巧与注意事项 基本功的训练和考分的提高是个水涨船高的过程。如果把平时的英语训练比做是做自选动作的话,那么针对考试我们还要做一套规定动作,即完全是根据考试作文的要求而进行的练习。为此,我们需要知道的是:六级作文的评分标准是什么?通常会考什么类型的作文?怎么写?又如何才能写好呢?针对这些问题,我把我以下要写的内容分为这几个部分:评分标准和作文的重要性,这几年的常考题型和范围,六级作文总的写法,拿高分的一些小技巧以及我的个人心得和体会。Are you ready?,Lets go! 评分标准和作文的重要性。 考试作文和平时练习的作文有所不同。因为毕竟是考试所以有个标准化的问题以便于评分,不能像平时练笔那般随意。作文在六级考试中居于十分重要的地位。从1997年6月起,考试委员会在计算成绩时正式实施作文最低分的规定,对写作提出了更高的要求。其计算方法是将作文分的最低分定为6分,如果作文分为0,即使总分及格了也按59分处理,作文分在06分之间,其最后得分为:原计算总分-6+实得作文分。比如说你的总分原为63分,实得作文分为2,那么最后得分是636+2=59分。由于作文分数太低使原本可以通过的考试变成要再考一年,实在是件很令人遗憾的事。这足见英语教学工作者对写作的重视,也使我们在平时的学习中要注重实际英语能力的培养和提高。 六级考试作文采取总体评分的方法,阅卷老师根据文章的总体印象给分及奖励分,从文章的内容和语言两个方面进行综合评判。这些都是我们在考前所要了解的考试要求,以便在考试中规范写作。 命题范围。 我总结了一下我做的真题,1996年1月一2000年6月的作文题如下: 1996年1月:Why I Take the College English Test Band 67 1996年6月:Health Gains in Developing Countries? 1997年1月:Haste Makes Waste 1997年6月:My View on Jobhopping 1997年12月:My View on Fake Commodities 1998年6月:DoLuck Numbers Really Bring Good Luck? 1999年1月:Dont Hesitate to SayNO 1999年6月:Reading Selectively or Extensively? 2000年1月:How I Finance My College Education? 2000年6月:Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary? 从这些考题中我们可以看出,近年来主要是以写议论文为主,即个人对问题、观点、现象等的看法,一般都是给出英语题目及中文提纲。我个人认为,图表题是其中难度最大的。它一般都是以较长时间内的现象变化为写作对象,对内容的要求比较高,需要有一定的专业知识才能使文章显得丰满。应用文如书信、简历等考的比较少,摘要这几年也未出现过。命题范围主要包括: l、工作、学习方面 如:Why I Take the College English Test Band 6 ? Reading SelectiveIy or Extensively? How I Finance My College Education? 2、人生观方面 如:My View on Jobhopping Dont Hesitate to SayNO 3、社会问题、文化方面 如:Health Gains in Developing Countries? My Views on Advertisement How t0 Solve the Problem 0f Heavy Traffic 4、俗语、传统习俗 如:Haste Makes Waste DoLuck Numbers Really Bring Good Luck? 5、科技与未来 如:Internet to Change Society Looking Forward to the 21st Century 三段式的写作。 我们常爱说考试作文像八股文。的确,在形式上是有些八股,但是这些规范又是我们所必须掌握的,因为老师就根据它来评分,也由不得你喜欢不喜欢。六级作文要求至少120个词一般都是写150~180个词,大都是三到四段,因此我将其称做是三段式的写作,即不论什么题材都要有开头、展开和结尾三部分。而且每个部分的写法都有一定的套路,掌握了这些套路,就可以使你的文章看起来有条有理。当然能不能拿高分就取决于你的内容和形式是不是结合得很好,你对形式会不会灵活编排以避免呆板,你的内容是不是充实丰富以避免单调。考试作文的套路可以教,内容的填写就要靠同学们自己在基本功训练阶段的努力了。 1、Well begun is half done: 好的开始是成功的一半。文章的开头是你留给阅卷老师的第一印象,所以这第一炮一定要打响才行,也就是说既清楚明白又引人注目。开头是总领全文的,有一定的统摄性,因此一定要言简意赅,不要写得太长。关于开头的写法,传统的方法有很多,比较常用的有: 1)开门见山。这一般都用于谈及对某个观点或现象的看法的文章,在文章的开头就简单的谈出个人看法,然后在下文里展开论述。如: A. The benefits of television: With the improvement of peoples living standard, almost every family can afford to buy a television set. Television is becoming increasingly popular because of its values in entertaining and educating. B. Chinese people in my eye: The Chinese have a 5000 - year history, and modesty, industry, bravery, kindness are the flower of their virtues. In my opinion, they still remain true in reality. 2)引用名言。用名人名言或谚语开头,往往比直接用个人的话更有说服力,也给文章增添色彩。当然这要以广泛的积累为基础,不然临时可想不出来。在引用古语或名人名言的时候要注意引用的准确性,如果把握不准的话,不如不引用。 A. Women are not treated equally with men: we hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable right..., the American Declaration of Independence declares. While in china, everyone is familiar with the saying women are equal with men or women can hold half of the sky. It seems that men and women are treated equally, at least in law. But the reality is a different story. B. Can money buy everything? As the saying goes Money makes the mare go, but there is something that can t be bought with money, such as time and true love. 3)自问自答。通过提问的方式引起读者对文章的兴趣,你可以在篇首就简单给出答案,也可以将答案放到接下来的段落中。这一般都是用在作文题本身就是提问式或是 结论式的文章中。比如说Should people be always honest?Dont hesitate to sayNO! A. What is a good student? Different people may have different answer to this question. Someone thinks that a good student should be good at academic work. Others claim that a good student should be one who is all round development of morality, intelligence and physique. But I think, in addition to the above mentioned, a good student, above all, should be capable of doing practical work, and must be competent in the future work.这是自问自答式的,在第一段中根据题目所给的问题,先写出提示中的两种观点,然后有连接词but,提出自己不同的看法,使人对作者的意图一目了然 B. Reading makes a full man is a saying of the famous English philosopher Francis Bacon. It means that anyone who wants to be a full man must keep on reading. But books are ot various kinds and different contents, dealing with different things in the world. Then what kind of book should we read? And how to read?这个开头段我认为是写得很精彩的,因为它不是纯粹的八股式写法。用名言开头,最后用问句点明主题。没有按常规在开头即交代两种相反的观点,然后说as far as I am concerned而是在认识到读书的重要性的前提下提出我们该读什么样的书和怎么读,使文章在认识上有一定的深度。 4)对比式。在命题作文中,它往往会给出一些提示,表明两种不同的态度,再要求你写出自己的看法。用这种开头的方法要考虑一下整个文章的布局。如果你的主体是论述个人的看法而非别人的观点,那么在开头就有必要交代一下对于这个问题目前存在的一些看法。比如以下的例 A,考题的提示是:有人说成功主要靠运气,有人则认为成功主要靠勤奋,而与运气无关。你的观点是什么?说明你的理由。这其实就是要你以你的理由为表达主体。如果按照作文提示要求是要把别人的观点单独成段的话,则不需要在开头展开对双方看法的论述,留到下面再说。如下面的 B,题目要求是:1、有人认为业余时间应多参加一些体育活动。2、有人认为业余时间应多做一些智力活动,如读书、看报、写作等。3、我的看法。这就是要你将题目的要点单独成段,所以在开头就不用交代得太清楚,点到即可。 A. How to achieve success: Some people say that the key to success is the luck, while others claim it is hard work. There is no doubt that successful people take advantage of opportunities. But if he works little and just waits to see opportunities pass by, he still cant succeed. So, in my opinion, diligence, devotion and perseverance are three fundamental factors to success. B. How to spend spare time: Physical activities and intellectual pastimes are two basic ways for us to spend our spare time. Different people may have different means of spending their leisure time. 5)讲故事。这种方法比较新颖,能使文章活泼有趣,但是要注意故事的长短。如果你整篇文章都要围绕该故事展开,你的开头即是故事的开头。如果你仅是用其做个例子,就要写得简单清楚,往往可以是生活中常遇到的一些情景。 Most of us may have such experience: when you go to some place far away from the city where you live and think you know nobody there, you are surprised to find that you run into one of your old classmates on the street, perhaps both of you would cry out: what a small world! 6)数字开头。这一般都是用于图表题,将图表显示的数字先概括性的总结出来。然后再提出问题,给与分析和解答。 A.Health gains in developing countries: It can be seen from the graph that health gains a lot in developing countries from 1960 to 1990. Their life expectancy increased 20 years, while the mortality decreased 10%. Why are there such big changes during the 30 years? B. Changes in peoples daily expenses in the past five years: In the past five years, there have been great changes in peoples daily expenses in XX city. According to the figures given in the table, the amount of money spent on food decreased gradually, accounting for 35 percent in 1998. However, there was a rapid increase in clothing expenses, which made up 17% in 1998. In addition, the table shows an upward tendency in recreation expenses. The same was the case with other expenses. 划线部分都是图表题中常要用到的一些词组和语句。 7)自创法。写作有时是需要灵感的,考场上也会有灵感。这就看你对文字灵活运用的能力了。比如说:DoLuck Numbers Really Bring Good Luck?碰到这样的题,你可以用比较幽默的方式开场:If luck numbers really bring good luck, I neednt to worry about my band 6 because the last four figure of my confirmation number is 6666. But what if the teacher who reads my paper doesnt believe this? So its my exertion that determines my scores, not the numbers. It s the same in other situation.这样写老师一看就会会心一笑,自然认同你的写作水平了。 2、Make mistakes as few possible 这是对于中间段而言的。由于老师的阅卷过程十分紧张,因此往往是看了开头看结尾,中间段没有时间就不会很仔细地去看。但是对于错误老师的眼睛是很敏感的。由于给分是采取总体印象法,因此尽量少犯不必要的语法错误,这对于提高印象分是很重要的。在展开段的写作中要尽量做到: 1)一定要有中心句。中间段一般也叫发展段,是用于发展、拓宽开头段中揭示出的文章的主题的段落。可以是一个段落也可以是数个,但在六级考试作文中一般都不超过两到三个。它们从不同侧面说明文章的主旨。在发展段中,它又是由中心句、拓展句和结论句组成的。例如: How to solve the problem of heavy traffic.你可以先给出多种方案,如:Two solutions can be used to solve the problem.然后first、second分别进行展开。也可以只提供一种思路并给出相应的原因,如Many solutions to solving the problem of heavy traffic have been offered,among which I prefer opening up more bus lines to reducing the number of bicycles and cars.这是对于一个发展段而言的,两个发展段的中心句则最好能互相呼应,句式也最好一致。如: The happiness of reading books.两个发展段的首句均为其中心句.也是作者在这两段中分别要进行论述的主题:Books are our friends.Books are teachers. 中心句是段落展开的逻辑起点,一般为第一句话,因为六级作文并不是很长,中心句摆在中间不利于老师把握你的逻辑脉络。中心句一定要写得简单漂亮,尤其是对于议论文这一经常考的体裁,中心句都起着分论点的作用。对于给出提示的考题,一般它分段的提示就可以写成一个中心句。这样整个文章的骨架就支撑起来了。 2)注意文章布局的连贯。在写好中心句后,要围绕其做进一步的阐述,把文字材料很好地组织起来,如:Why I take the college English test band 6?在发展段中第一句先表 明了作者的态度:I,however,want to take CET一6.First,taking CET - 6 is a new challenge to me, which encourages me to study English harder and further raise my English level. Secondly, taking CET-6 is helpful to my English study. It can test my real ability, can tell me where to improve, what to study. Finally, English is of importance to my future work. It is a very useful tool in the 21st century. Maybe it is safe to say that we cant do the work well without learning English well in the future.在这个展开段中,围绕我要参加六级考试给出了三个理由,从不同的角度解释我要参加六级考试的原因,连接词的使用使得文章展开得很有条理,脉络清晰。对于考试作文,这一点可以说是最重要的。你有好的理由和漂亮的句子,如果显得杂乱无章,老师也是注意不到的。因为我先前也提到过,发展段往往是老师不会过于仔细阅读的段落,所以你一定要把主要观点用简短的话明确地写出来,而且要分点概括,注意好连接句的使用。如: A. first,second,third B.To begin with,moreover,fmally C.for one thing,more important,last but not least D.meanwhile E.since then F.therefore G.in addition 至于结论句,对于六级作文这样的短篇文章,发展段中一般不会写到,而是将其另做一段,写成总的结尾。 3)常用的展开方法。六级考试作文虽然分有记叙文、描写文、说明文、论述文等不同体裁,但是作文行文通常的展开方法总体有如下几种:对比法、因果法、列举法、概述法和议论法。根据不同的题材你可以选择使用不同的展开方法,也可以同时使用几种。对于叙述已发生的事情或描述景物、建筑、环境的文章,一般是按时间或空间的顺序展开,这个类型比较简单,而且在六级作文中我认为并不常见,所以就不详细介绍了。 A.对比法:对比法在段落的展开中是最常用的,就是将不同的现象、观点、看法等进行比较。对比的双方可能是没有利害冲突的,也可能是互相对立的。比如说my view on jobhopping,在提示中它就指出有些人喜欢始终从事一种工作,有些人喜欢经常更换工作,要你通过对比不同的想法而得出自己对这个问题的看法,一般来说都是要你将两种看法综合一下,以适应不同的情景。你可以说:有些工作需要长时间经验的积累才能有所成就,而且如果是兴趣所在我会一直坚持从事该项工作,比如记者;而就同种性质的工作,长时间在一个环境里会丧失工作的积极性和了解全局的眼光。因此我也会适当的考虑转换工作环境,比如说仍然当记者但换一家报社或电台。还有一种对比法对比双方是完全对立的,那一般是优缺点的比较。比如摩托车的优点和缺点,然后让你谈谈对我国城市摩托车发展前景的看法。在这种对比的展开中,结论一般都会有明显的倾向性,当然是扬长避短。对比还可以将不同的事情进行比较,以使抽象的东西变得浅显易懂。比如精读和泛读哪一种更好,你可以说这好比饮食,要荤素搭配才能满足身体对营养的不同需要,才能平衡健康。不同的是,读书,吃的是精神粮食。又比如在欲速则不达中,将其和慢功出细活相比较,就突显出耐心和毅力的重要。 B.因果法:这类作文一般都是先有个结论性的东西,然后让你做进一步的解释和说明。如果是现象,则解释现象产生的原因;如果是态度,则表明你为何选择这种态度。你可以将理由分成几条,也可以从不同的角度去进行解释。例如The career I pursume,我的提纲会是这样:我理想的职业是做一个广告创意人,其原因有以下几点广告是浓缩的艺术,我喜欢动感的画面。我喜欢以自己的努力促成别人改变态度观念的成就感。广告是充满挑战和多变的行业,很符合年轻人的口味。这种理由的划分只要条理清晰,内容是你取得高分的关键,即你给出的理由是不是有创意。老师在评卷的时候,成天看上百份试卷,容易疲劳,你写的东西能否让他眼前一亮呢?我舍友在上考研班的时候,告诉我一位老师曾举过这样一个例子:某年的考研作文题是乡村和城市你选择居住在哪里?一考生这样写到我选择居住在离城市不远的郊区。我喜欢晨跑,在郊区我可以呼吸到最新鲜的空气,可以一边跑一边看小河里的鱼自由自在地游来游去。这在城市里是看不见的,城市里的水都被污染了这个考生的作文在当年是拿了很高的分的。原因就是他不落俗套又让人觉得亲切真实的写法。其实你看,将真实的感情表达出来,是最容易打动人的。当然这是敞开式的作文题,如果是就图表进行分析的题目,则没有多少感情可以抒发。 c.举例法:举例法也是最常用的展开方法。有些考题会明确指出要你举例说明,其实除了考你的英语写作能力,也是在考你平时是不是留心观察日常生活中一些社会现象和问题。如Haste makes waste,题目中明确指出试举例说明,你脑子里会出现什么事例呢?揠苗助长?我想很多人都会写这个,你有什么新鲜的?再如:My view on the negative effects of some advertisements,要求之一是这些广告的副作用。对此你又能举出什么事例呢?所以这里还有一个诀窍就是,你可以多参加一些类似英语角的活动,因为在那里人们交流的内容都十分丰富,无形中会积累到观点和看法,还有一些你不知道的小故事和教训,这些都可以给你的写作提供丰富的素材。关于举例法,我看过一篇很好的短文,它其实是通过自己的一段亲身经历,了解到一个人生的道理。现在拿出来与各位分享: Things Are Not Always Black or White When I was in elementary school, I got into a major argument with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the argo-ment was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learned that day. I was convinced that I was right and he was wrong and he was just as convinced that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson. She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of the desk was a large, round object. I could clearly see that it was black. And she asked the boy what color the object was. White, he answered. I couldn t believe he said the object was white, when it was obviously black! Another argumnent started between my classmate and me, this time about the color of the object. The teacher told me to go and stand where the boy was standing and told him to come and stand where I was. We changed places, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, white. It was an object with two differently colored sides. At his side it was white but at my side it was black. My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: you must stand in the other person s shoes and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their perspective. 这个故事很简单,但是当我开始准备写这篇东西的时候我很快就想起要把它用到这里。虽然它很简单,但很生动也挺感人,你可以把它当成一个人生小智慧去引用,也可以从另一个侧面去赞扬那些启迪智慧的园丁。这就取决于你是站在哪个角度看问题了没有非黑即白的事情!不过在考试作文中,如果你要通过一个故事来说明道理,切记要把它写得既简单又明白,而且一定要写有代表性的事例。 D.概述法:一般用于先分后总的段落结构中,即先给出原因再写结果,或先列出现象再总结根源。它是就全文的布局而言的,一般概述性的文字都会出现在最后一段中,这在说明性的文章中比较多见。如下面这篇文章,题目是we need to broaden our knowledge,谈的是拓宽知识面的必要性。通常说明必要性的文章都会用分、总的展开方法。先谈科学技术是社会发展不可缺少的,然后指出社会科学和自然科学互相渗透,之后得出结论现代大学生需要广博的知识。 We Need to Broaden Our Knowledge Science and technology contributes a lot to the social development. Broadening our knowledge, we can use it to change our living environment, utilize natural resource, and create a beautiful and comfortable world for people to live in. Both social science and natural science are important in our life. Man achieves social science through social life, which makes people know more about the society and themselves. It teaches people what the society should be and what they should do for the future. As college students, we should learn as many kinds of knowledge as possible so that we can improve our life and society as well. Without rich knowledge, we cant serve the society well. In order to meet the future needs, it is very important for us to learn more knowledge at the universities. 议论法其实是贯穿在各种体裁之中的,这里就不赘述了。前面三种方法在总、分、总的结构中运用较多,而且一般六级考试作文要求也是进行总、分、总的论述,这样更有条理性。概述法是相对来说比较偏重于归纳法的,这要根据不同的题目和要求来选择不同的展开方法。 在主体段落的写作中,要注意做到统一性、连贯性和简洁性。中心句是为了保持文章思路的一致;用适当的连接句排列好段落的布局,使文章连贯流畅;根据不同的题型选择所需的展开方法,表达要尽量简洁明白。除了以上这些需要做到的,在主体段落的写作中还有一些需要避免出现的问题: A. 低水平重复用词:在文章的写作中,我们常会有这样的表现,遇见表示喜欢,就只会用like,其实还有很多表示喜欢的词,不要浪费它们:preferenjoyloveappreciate等等。还有在表达个人看法的时候,用来用去都是I think,其实I supposeI guesspersonally speaking,多样化的用词绝对可以提高你的得分率。英文报纸里可以找到你要的又新又实用的词汇。我记得我六级考试作文是关于面试的,我在里面写了这样一句话:A successful interview is winwinone for both jobhunter and enaployer.成功的面试对于顾主和求职者而言是双赢的。相信这样的用词一定会给老师一个好印象。 B.太过生僻的词汇:像不用decreaseremove,而用abate。不用stoppause而用cessation,不用homehouse而用habitation,其实这样做是没有必要的,不要以为生僻的词别人不用你用就是有特点。要以表达清楚句意和适合语境为主。生僻的词运用不好反而会闹笑话。俚语最好是不用。因为俚语在英语中是十分口语化的东西,而且千变万化。你理解的词或句子老师也许都不明白,所以还是不用为妙。 C.句式单调:有些同学为了拿高分,非要语不惊人誓不休。在临场发挥的情况下,做到这点是比较难的。句子还是以简单的短句为妙,即能多表达几层意思,又能便于老师评判。那么如何在即使是同一个意思的表达下使句子显得有特点一些呢?那就要考句式的变化了。看下面这个例子,对粗心驾驶易引起车祸,可以有这样一些不同的说法: a.Traffic accidents are invited by careless driving. b.Careless driving invites traffic accidents. c.Anyone who drives carelessly is to invite traffic accidents. d.Traffic accidents are what careless driving invites. e.The fact that you drive carelessly invites traffic accidents. 你看,稍微换个外表会使你的文章更有趣味性和可读性。 4)段落写作中常用的套路。在各种类型的写作中总是会有一定规律可循的,那就是句的的使用。记住一些实用的句型,在考试中可以提高行文速度。 A.说明原因的句型:a.There are sometwomany good reasons forto do something. e.g:a.There are two good reasons for the changes in the way that people communicate with each other.b.The reason foris that B.表示不同看法的句型:Some believe thatothers argue thatstill others maintain that eg:a.Some people hold the opinion that it i8 hood to live with parents.b.They differ greatly in their attitude towards pollution problem. f.I am convinced that. D.举例表示法:for.example,for instance,lets shave an example,a good case in point E.概述: a.According to the figures given in the table b.This chart shows that c.As is shown by the graph d.It can be seen from the statistics that e.There is a slightslowrapid riseincrease、decreasefalldrop in incomepopulationpriceproduction 3、wonderful ending,happy ending 结尾和开头一样都很重要。一般说来,老师阅卷都是看了开头看结尾,如果两头都很精彩,中间又没什么大错,分数自然就不低了。结尾一般都是对全文的概括,或是提出建设性的意见,或有所展望。常用的方法有: 1)概括总结。这是最一般的写法,也是最保险的。只要把你的意思归纳一下即可,不过要注意用与上文中不同的句子或句型,稍显变化。 2)以提问的方式结束。这是比较自信的写法,因为你认为你一定能说服对方接受你的观点,因此明知故问,留有回味的感觉。如:As the reason listed above。why dont you choose the public school for your child? 3)展望式结语。一般是针对目前需要改进或还没有实现的事情或事物提出一种希望。如:In a word,TV adver.tisement,I think,is a newborn thing in the development 0f our economy.Of course,there is much room for improvement in TV ads,but I believe the TV ads will benefits both the advertisers and consumers. 4)口号式结语。对问题分析完之后,提出一种解决方法以供读者参考,或是提出一种号召。这种结尾方法比较有感染力。如:Open your heart to your friends so that whether they are similar to or different from you.you may become the happiest man in the world. 5)引语式结语。同样是以引语结束,但要注意,如果开头使用了引语,结论部分最好不要再用。引语会增加结尾的说服力。 在结尾中常用到的句型有: as a consequence, in short.I firmly support the view that in a word in general as far as I am concerned I am sure my opinion is both sound and well grounded. 结尾的写作要起到画龙点睛的作用,所以结尾的方法也不是惟一的,可以是两种以上方法的综合,这样使你的结尾更有分量。Wonderful ending,happy ending!不是让你写个喜剧结局,而是说当你写完精彩的结尾后,考试的结果对你而言应该是个happy ending! 至此,关于三段式写作的方法就介绍完了。套路不少,但若是陷到这个套中文章不免会干涩呆板。所以还是那句话基本功才是最重要的。 考场注意事项 1、作文时间为30分钟。一定要合理分配,不要到时没有收尾就交卷,那样即使前面写得再好分数也不会高。看到题目,不要急着下手,先审题要紧。是什么体裁,有哪些要求要看清楚。 2、动手写个提纲,把主题句写出即可,理清自己的思路。我的经验是,每次都能在前面的词汇题或别的题中发现我要的词或句子。最好不要写底稿,时间来不及。 3、对图表题要特别留心,一定要看清提供给你的所有数据,并对所给数据进行横向和纵向的双向比较。在写作过程中,不要把数据抄错。 4、字迹一定要清晰。虽然我平时写英文都是连笔,但到了考试我一般都十分规矩地写字母。不要让老师看到你的卷子就觉得头晕,你再美丽的文章都会白费。 5、留出2~3分钟检查。有没有错词或病句,改的时候不要涂抹得太难看。 6、好了,你可以自信地交卷了。 三、我看写作不只是写作 老实说.我在准备四、六级的时候写作是练得最少的。我说的少是指正而八经地写出文。所以说,写完这篇文章还真不是件容易的事,为此我参考了不少介绍写作的书。我一般都是看到作文题后就自言自语地说一段,然后看看范文自己是不是把要点都考虑到了。顺带再背一些好词好句。我觉得写作这东西靠的是两只脚一只是平时的积累,一只是考试时的灵感突现。 我一直都很喜欢学习英语,从来都不觉得是件很辛苦的事。也许是应了那句兴趣是最好的老师吧,所以英语学习对我来说是件比较轻松的事。语言这东西,在短时间内要想突破是件不容易的事。这就是我为什么一直都在强调平时的积累。尤其是写作,这是语言学习中最后也是最难的一个环节。只有听、说、读都达到了一定的程度,写作水平才能有所提高。当然也不是说,只要练前面三个环节,写作不用练也能自然成型。我比较幸运,从大一到大三一直都有英语课,所以保持了学习的连贯性。老师比较喜欢让学生写文章摘要,我想这是提高写作水平的一个捷径。一方面它提高了我的概括能力,另一方面也通过写不同类型文体的摘要丰富了我的知识。这个方法对于不上英语课,又不喜欢写八股文的你可以试用一下。j 我向来是喜欢保持愉快的心境来学习的。看原版电影、听英文歌曲、用英语写日记,去英语角和朋友聊天,这些看似休闲的活动都在潜移默化中全方位地提高了你的英语水平。也许你要说,考试作文那么枯燥八股,根本显示不出你真实的水平。我觉得不对,其实考试作文也能写得很精彩、很独特,关键看你当时的状态了,能不能调兵遣将,把知识活学活用。 如果你对英语根本就不感兴趣,也没想怎么学好,只求考试能过,那么惟一的办法就是按部就班地照着考试的要求去练习,在写作中只求把问题说清楚,不犯大的错误,那些套路对你应该是很有用的。可是,在英语使用越来越普遍的今天,你不想凭借它更多更真实地了解周围多变的世界吗?不想掌握它多一方发展空问吗?我想你是愿意的,我认为你也是可以的。
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