由于雅思小作文分所占分值比例较低,仅占全部写作的三分之一,经常被考生所忽略。但是事实上,对于这类图表描述题语言上比较固定,因此考生们只要掌握了标准的描写风格以及一些固定的语言搭配,往往更加容易掌握,也是属于比较容易在短时间提高分数的一个题型。对于小作文的描述考生要做到可以让阅卷者脑海中浮现出图形的样本,数量和趋势等等相关变量。如果你能达到以上这些要求,那么小作文本身也就基本上合格了。下面我们就来看一看雅思小作文写作过程中经常会用到的词汇和表达方式:
准备必要的表达方式
1. 与趋势有关的词语:
上升(动词):increase, rise, climb, ascend, surge, shoot up, go up;
下降(动词):decrease, decline, drop, fall, descend, plunge; go down
持平(动词):remain stable, keep constant, level off, flatten out
波动(动词):fluctuate, wave, go up and down
快速(形容词/副词):considerable/considerably, significant/significantly,substantial/substantially,remarkable/remarkably, dramatic/dramatically
稳步(形容词/副词):steady/steadily, stable/stably, moderate/moderately, modest/modestly
缓慢(形容词/副词):slight/slightly, minimal/minimally, marginal/marginally
顶点(名词 /动词):peak
趋势 (名词):trend/ tendency
2. 与大小相关的词语:
Outnumber (动词):在数量上超过The demonstrators were outnumbered by the police
Exceed (动词):在数量上超过
Triple (动词):变成三倍The figure has tripled.
Double (动词):变成两倍The price of houses has virtually doubled over the past few years.
Mount to (动词):达到
Counterpart (名词):对应的另一方,比较的另一方 this product is better than its counterparts
此外,建议考生还应考虑一下题中数据和百分比有没有联系,如果有的话还应添加一些数据所占百分比的语句。
3. 相关词语:
百分比(名词):proportion, rate, percentage, share
占据 (动词):occupy, comprise, constitute, account for, represent.
数字:number, amount, data, figure
比例:rate, proportion, percentage, share
大约:roughly, about, nearly, approximately, a little less than, slightly more than
各自地:respectively, for each,severally
4、细节修饰
由于雅思小作文主要围绕数据展开,在恰当组织上述表达方式的基础上,考生须准备多样化的数据链接方式,在文章中恰当使用,穿插变换避免重复,使得文章在表达上更加严谨,看起来有理有据。主要数据添加方式有:
1. 利用标点,如括号和破折号。
2. 利用介词,如with, at, to, by等。
3. 利用分词或从句,倒装句。