李鵬老師從新概念看寫作（二）
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小編： 55從新概念英語看寫作用詞的多樣性
中國雅思考生在寫作中的誤區(qū)之一是為了向考官顯示自己單詞量大而故意選擇用一些難度很大的偏詞甚至怪詞。這樣做很多情況下不僅沒有起到提高寫作成績的作用，反而因?yàn)槭褂玫膯卧~難度太大或者這個(gè)單詞和文章其他部分反差太大而對寫作成績產(chǎn)生負(fù)面影響。其實(shí)要想達(dá)到顯示自己單詞量的目的，我們可以在思路上參考一下新概念英語的一些課文。
The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond. …To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand.
(NCE II. 7) 飛機(jī)晚點(diǎn)了，偵探們整個(gè)上午都在機(jī)場等候。他們在等一包來自南非的珍貴的鉆石。…讓他們驚訝的是這個(gè)珍貴的包裹裝滿了沙子和石頭。
英文單詞的使用強(qiáng)調(diào)“Diversity”即多樣性，要求同一段中表示相同的含義盡量多的用不同的詞，盡量避免重復(fù)用詞。上面這段選自新概念英語第二冊的課文中我們可以看到作者在第一句話和第二句話都用到了“等候”這個(gè)詞，但是在英文中分別用wait 和 expect 表示。另外，在表示“珍貴的”這個(gè)意思的時(shí)候在第二句和最后一句中分別用了valuable 和 precious這兩個(gè)詞。此外在新概念二冊第十課Not for Jazz這篇課文的開頭部分 We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living room. It has belonged to my family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently, it was damaged by a visitor. … … 這段文字中表示古鋼琴這個(gè)含義作者分別用了“old musical instrument, clavichord, it, the instrument, our clavichord”等五種說法。充分體現(xiàn)了英語用詞得多樣性。
新概念三冊中這樣的句子也并不少見，例如：新三第一課第一段中
Pumas are large catlike animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, ……, for the description given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar. 這段話中三句話分別用find, spot, 以及see表示“發(fā)現(xiàn)”的意思。
或者這篇文章的第二段，The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw a large cat…… The search proved difficult for…… The hunt went on for several weeks……這三句話表示“搜尋，尋找”用到了“hunt”與“search”兩個(gè)詞。
要在雅思作文中表現(xiàn)自己的單詞量，考生們應(yīng)該注意靈活使用這個(gè)規(guī)律。有些詞雖然看上去很專業(yè)，很大，但是如果反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的話也給人“原來你就會(huì)這一個(gè)詞啊!”的印象。例如表示全球變暖可以用global warming，下面這段話除了表現(xiàn)不出作者的單詞量外還顯得異常的?