拿到作文题目后该干什么?
烤鸭们拿到雅思大作文题目之后都会做什么?构思Idea?列好词好句?还是看一眼题目,就洋洋洒洒的开始动笔?小雅哥觉得,在动笔之前心里一定要给出一个Outline!
何为Outline?
Outline就是一个大致的写作方向,大概的结构和思路,否则,很有可能写到一半就断线~也有可能写到最后发现跑题,没时间没办法重写,这时候才真的是觉得无力回天,力不从心!
下面就跟随无忧小雅哥来看看具体怎么plan IELTS essays and find ideas~
首先,烤鸭们有没有这样的经历,看到一个大作文题目之后脑袋瞬间空白什么也想不出?
This is one of the most common reasons for candidates to go wrong in the writing paper. They see a question. Try to think of ideas. Come up empty and panic.
For now, I will just say that you need very few ideas to write a good essay and those ideas can be simple ideas too. Don’t buy a book on ideas for essays, instead learn this tip:
Tip– you need only 2 ideas to write an essay and those ideas are often found in the question
其实一篇好的雅思大作文,两个观点就已足够支撑了。
两个simple idea,加上适当的论据解释,其实完全可以构成一篇漂亮的高分文章。
所以,拿到题目第一步:构思2-3个Idea!~
其次,一个段落中多个观点混在一起会让考官不知道哪一个才是这个段落的主题/观点。
There are plenty of ideas to write a paragraph. The problem is that the reader/examiner does not know what the main ideas are.
Tip– make sure you have a clear idea every paragraph.
每一段的主题句,而且应该表达准确,不要拐弯抹角,加入很多condition的短语。让考官能一目了然的看懂你这一段的观点是什么,你这段的论据是什么,解释是什么,从而构成一个完整的debate.
再者,雅思大作文一般在250-320字左右。这么短的篇幅,如果烤鸭们是奔着1000字Essay的规模去陈述观点的话,很显然,雅思大作文容纳不下这么多。所以,一篇雅思大作文中的观点足够就好,不要多也不要少。
Some people do have too many ideas. This is a trap for candidates aiming for a high score. IELTS is a 250 word essay marked on language. That means it is probably much shorter than you are used to and there are no marks for quality and quantity of ideas.
Tip– select only enough ideas to write a complete essay.
观点不在于多,而在于解释清晰。小雅哥也在此提醒各位烤鸭们,不需要去构思任何新颖的观点,再好的观点,如果没有表达清楚,逻辑不清晰,那么在考官眼里,也不是一篇好文章。因为在评分标准里,并没有说新颖的观点能得分。
Finding ideas for essays 怎么确定观点呢?
Step 1 – understand the difference between ideas, reasons and examples 区分观点、原因、例子的区别
想观点的时候多问问自己几个why,想reasons and examples。
一般来说,一篇雅思大作文两个观点就差不多足够了。适当的展开,就足以能写完一篇250字的Task 2。
Step 2 – learning where to find ideas for essays? 试着从问题里找观点
有时候烤鸭们直接回答题面的问题或者直接使用题面中提到的看法就能提取大作文的观点了。大家来看看这个例子:
Human activities have endangered many animal and plant species. Some people think it is too late to save them, while others think humans should still take some action. Discuss both views and give your own opinions.
虽然这个题目讨论的问题挺深奥的,但是烤鸭们想观点很容易,因为题面中some people和others的观点就已经给了很好的两个观点:
Itis too late to save endangered species
Itis not too late to save species
怎么样,这一招针对这种正反两种观点的题目非常有效。现在Discuss both views的题型很火,烤鸭们不妨用这一招来准备这一类型的题目。现在观点已经准备好了,接下来就是补充一些理由和例子。
Step 3 – finding reasons and examples –ask yourself questions 通过问问题来确定原因和例子
找原因和例子要多问问自己3个W和1个H。
Step 4 – thinking vocabulary gives you more “ideas”通过词汇来激发灵感
如果实在想不到Idea了该怎么办呢?大家可以试着在写下的key words中寻找答案。通过联想到的词汇,引申出一个观点,再加以解释展开,一个段落就这样行成了。
总而言之,为了写作能一次过,为了节省高昂的雅思考试报名费,各位烤鸭们在写作之前还是好好地布局谋篇,想几个好的ideas,并把它们组织起来形成一个大概的框架。雅哥在这里特别建议烤鸭们能在平时练习写作的时候就能够锻炼写提纲的能力,这样到了考场上就是ideas信手拈来,提纲字字珠玑,大作文行云流水的节奏!
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