II 语言的准确性
中国考生的平均分不到6分,说明绝大多数考生在语言的准确使用上还存在很大的问题。最常见的是中国式英语的出现。
Chinglish
When we first fell onto the floor, …
People mountain people sea
以上两句是考生作文中出现的,这种情况的出现会导致考官完全无法读懂考生要表达的意思,而导致扣分。另外常见的语法错误还出现在以下方面,如主谓不一致,单复数不注意,句子结构错误,时态语态错误,搭配错误等等。如:
1. Children who is raised in impoverished families can generally deal with problems effectively in their adult years.
主谓不一致,is 改成are
2. At present, people tended to take private cares rather than public transport.
时态错误 tended改成tend
3. Grow up in a poor family makes some children feel they are not as capable as other children.
句子结构错误,grow是动词不能做主语,改成growing。
III 语言的多样性
语言的多样性使用体现在词汇和句型上。
在词汇的使用上,很多考生都有一个误区,认为用越难的词分数会越高,其实不然,准确的使用和多样的使用才是最重要的。如在表示“美丽”的时候,很多考生想到的第一个词肯定是beautiful,我们可以用很多其他的词来替换这个词而达到多样使用的目的,如nice, pretty, lovely, gorgeous, elegant, wonderful, fantastic, spectacular, fabulous, eye-catching, appealing, tempting, attractive等等。
此外,在句式上,同样的误区也会出现,考生认为全写长句复杂句,会拿高分,殊不知考官的评分标准中对句型的使用提到“长短句相结合”,所以我们在写几个长句的基础上,基本是以短句为主,那么短句就要加点特色,才能吸引考官的眼球。如下面的例句,我们可以通过三种不同的句式来完成写作:
随着20世纪末科技的繁荣,人们开始广泛使用电脑。
1. with 状语前置
With the prosperity of science and technology in the late 20th century, people tend to use computers widely.
2. witness
The late 20th century witnessed the prosperity of science and technology, which gives rise to that people tend to use computers widely
3. it is … that 强调句
It is the prosperity of science and technology that leads to the wide application of computers in various aspects of people’s daily life.