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指考英文作文 技巧大公开

把握指考作文的3步骤、3技巧,让考生在最后关头跃升黑马。(Snapask提供)

【大纪元2021年06月29日讯】(大纪元记者郑宜芬)指考迈入倒数,所有考生紧张备战,但在学校与补习班皆停课的情况下,不少学生仍苦于摸索考试重点与应考技巧。今天将跟考生们分享指考英文作文的小技巧,让考生在最后关头跃升黑马。

亚洲自学科技品牌Snapask邀请拥有丰富教学经验、熟稔大考题型的Rose老师,分享经验。她指出,分析历届学生写作范文后发现,英文指考多为论说文体,考验的是学生是否具有自主独立思考、阐述自身论点并举例论证的实力。

在最后倒数时刻,不建议考生背太多艰涩单字与词组,而是在既有基础上精进写作技巧。举例来说,应该增加个人观点并举例论证,而非只是纯粹空泛的说明或描述现象本身。

破解论说文:先架构、再举例、最后重申立场

想要拿下高分,就必须把握以下三步骤:

步骤一:

清楚表达出自己对于题目要求论述的现象或观点,务必在第一段最后开门见山点出自己的立场。

步骤二:

举出至少两个强而有力的例子来验证自己想法,提高论述内容的说服力。

步骤三:

在结尾论述时,再次强调自己的立场与论点,达到前后呼应的效果,切忌提出新的论述。

【范例】Rose老师以今年“疫情下的远距学习”热门议题为例,在文章的开头可以先提出疫情之所以让远距学习变得重要的原因,例如:

The outbreak of coronavirus has drawn international attention as the virus spreads from country to country. Moreover, it has caused a significant effect on how people learn because of coronavirus restrictions released by the governments, which limit the number of people in a gathering.

接着可以再提出自己对于远距学习的看法为何,例如:

From my perspective, distance learning can not only bring convenience to students but also keep students and teachers safe.

表明完自己的看法之后,需要举出实际的例子来论证、充实自身论点的可信度,例如:

Take myself as an example, I don’t need to commute between my school and home or bring lots of books with me, which is time-saving and effortless for me.  Additionally, I can just stay at home, listening to the lectures without going out, which decreases the amount of time that I have to interact with others and lowers the possibility of contracting the virus.

至于结论部分,一定要记得统整自己的重点想法,替整篇作文做一个完整、前后呼应的结尾,举例来说,可以说明虽然疫情带来了许多不方便,但也让我们有了一个新的学习方法(远距学习),而远距学习又带给了我们许多好处,例如:

While the coronavirus brings lots of inconvenience to us, it still gives us a chance to have a new way of learning, which is distant-learning. Overall, this novel way of education enables us to save time on commuting from place to place and prevents us from being exposed to an environment full of viruses.

三技巧让文章程度高人一等

在了解基本的论说文架构后,学生至少能拿下基本分,但若想要剩下的冲刺时间内,快速加强自己的写作能力,提升考试时的反应,务必在剩下的时间内透过历届试题、模考题目练习,掌握三大实战技巧。

技巧一:先想好架构再下笔

学生撰写文章前可以先草拟作文架构与案例,避免文章中出现前后矛盾、内文松散不聚焦的问题。

技巧二:活用不同词汇和句型

在篇幅有限的作文中,学生应避免使用重复的词汇,可以在考试开始后,先翻到最后一页了解作文的题目,在写题时就能先挑选出想要使用的单字与词组。另外,句型也可以多使用倒装句、分词构句、假设语气。如以前面疫情作文中用到的句子为例,distance learning can not only remain the learning process for students but also keep students and teachers safe 可以利用倒装作法改成 not only can distance learning remain the learning process for students, but it can also keep students and teachers safe,如此一来便能增加文章的变化。

技巧三:善用转折语和名言佳句

转折语在作文中扮演不可或缺的角色,让句子之间环环相扣。引用名言佳句不仅能让论点更有说服力,更能提升作文的高度。举例而言,考生可以这么写:As the saying goes, “In the face of adversity, we have a choice. We can be bitter, or we can be better.”◇

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