06年高考英语书面表达技巧指南(六)
不少同学们可能很不理解:考试时,写出的书面表达要点齐全,表达也正确,可就是不知道为什么打不上高分。是啊,为什么呢?今天,我们就来研究如何解决这个问题。
首先让我们来看近年来全国高考英语书面表达的评分标准:第五档(很好):“覆盖所有主要内容;应用了较多的语法结构和词汇;语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误,但为尽力使用较复杂结构或较高级词汇所致;应用简单的语句间的连接成分,使全文结构紧凑;达到了预期的写作目的。”
可见,高考书面表达评分标准在语言的运用上对考生提出了更高的要求。也就是说在考查考生语言准确性的基础上,进一步强调了用词的得体性、表达方式的多样性。如果同学们仅运用基础的词汇和基本的句型,不能体现出较强的语言运用能力,即使要点齐全,表达没有语法错误,也不能给人一种含金量高的审美享受,因此很难在考试的评分中得到较高档次。评分标准给我们传递了另外一个信息,如果有意识地使用较高级词汇或复杂结构,即使有些错误,也不扣分,仍属于最高档次。
因此要使一个平淡的文章变得丰富起来,从而提高书面表达的档次。我认为同学们应着力于从以下三个方面来增强书面表达的效果。
⒈学会使用较高级的词汇
词汇反映你知识贮存量的多少,也是衡量英语水平的一个重要标志。从评分标准可知,运用高级的词汇对提高书面表达的分数至关重要。大家先来看下面这些句子:
⑴Because the weather was good, our journey was comfortable.
Thanks to the good weather, our journey was comfortable.
⑵We all think he is a great man.
We all think highly of him.
⑶Suddenly I thought out a good idea. …came upon …
A good idea occurred to me. /A good idea suddenly struck me.
⑷The students there needn’t pay for their books.
Books are free for the students there.
⑸As a result the plan was a failure.
The plan turned out (to be) a failure.
⑹When she heard he had died, she went pale with sorrow.
At the news of his death, she went pale with sorrow.
⑺She went to Austria in order to study music.
She went to Austria for/with the purpose of studying music.
⑻When he spoke, he felt more and more excited.
The more he spoke, the more excited he felt.
⑼In our school, there are twenty–six classrooms.
Our school is made up of twenty–six classrooms./Twenty–six classrooms make up our school.
⑽You can find my house easily.
You’ll have no trouble/difficulty finding my house.
⒉学会使用较丰富的句式
在整篇文章中,避免只使用一两个句型,要灵活运用各种语法结构,运用得当的句子结构可以给文章增色不少,从而使整篇文章因此而生辉。例如:
⑴When he arrives, please give me an e-mail.(使用V-ing形式)
→On his arriving/ arrival, please give me an e-mail.
⑵To his surprise, the little girl knows so many things.(使用名词性从句)
→What surprises him is that the little girl knows so many things.
(That the littler girl knows so many things surprises him./It surprises him that the littler girl knows so many things .)
⑶Though I’m weak, I’ll make the effort. (使用倒装句)
→Weak as I am, I’ll make the effort.
⑷He did not know what had happened until he had read the news in the newspaper.(使用强调句型 ①.It was… ②.not until…)
→①It was not until he had read the news in the newspaper that he knew what had happened.
→②Not until he had read the news in the newspaper did he know what had happened.
⑸I passed the physics exam because of your help.(使用虚拟语气)
→①I could not have passed the physics exam but for your help.
→②If you had not helped me, I could not have passed the physics exam.
⑹She walked out of the lab and many students followed her. (用过去分词)
→Followed by many students, she walked out of the lab.
⑺They sang and laughed as they went back to school.( 使用V-ing形式)
→Singing and laughing, they went back to school.
⑻I won’t believe what he says. (使用状语从句)
→No matter what he says, I won’t believe.
⑼If you study hard, you will make rapid progress. (使用并列句)
→Study hard and you’ll make rapid progress.
⑽He had no sooner come back from Beijing than he was sent abroad. (使用倒装句)
→No sooner had he come back from Beijing than he was sent abroad.