不好说未来考试还会出现什么图画,但是有一点是肯定的,那就是只要还有图画描述这个段落考法,there be句型就是不可回避的。这种句型专门表达"某地方有某物",在描述段中出现的可能性很大。一般there be句型的结构是:There be 名词+地点。这个写法有个缺点,就是be动词过于单调,名词前面缺乏修饰。如果把它变成以下变形就好得多。
以目前我们的写作水平,当涉及到名词数量的时候,大多数同学只会写a lot of, many, much, more and more,其实表述数量的写法有很多,至少a large number of(很多)、a growing number of(越来越多)、a variety of(各式各样)、various kinds of(各式各样)都可以插在名词前面,充当修饰词,同样的意思,换了动词和量词,即使意思是一样的,表达的效果也不一样。
例如在描述2000年图画的时候,如果想表达"海里有很多鱼"、"海里有很多船"的意思时,不会写作就只能写There were a lot of fishes in the sea和There were a lot of boats in the sea. 但是会写量词就不一样了,你就可以写成:In 1900, there existed a variety of fishes in the sea也可以写成In 1900, there existed various kinds of fishes in the sea. 还可以写成there existed various kinds of fishes in the sea.作者: evaxiaofan 时间: 2010-12-29 09:17
2) either of them/neither of them/some..., while others...., some few.../one..., while the other...
1)either+名词or+名词+动词(或者...或者...)
2)Neither of them is confident.(你也不...我也不...)
3)None of them+动词(三者以上都不...)
4)Some+动词,while others+动词,some few doing(现在分词)(一些..., 另一些,还有几个...)
5)one+动词,while the other+动词(一个...而另一个...)
比如在多人图画描述中就可以用以上的结构,解决主语贫乏、总写people, some people, we, someone的问题,2005年的图画描述中,如果你想表达"三个儿子和一个女儿围着他们可怜的父亲,把他象足球一样踢来踢去,因为谁也不想照顾自己的父亲"这个意思的时候,就可以写成There stands three sons and a daughter in the picture above. Some of them are surrounding their father, while others kick him back and forth like a football, because none of them is willing to take care of him.
再比如2009年考得也是多人图画描述,如果你想表达"图画中的年轻人有的在打电脑游戏,有的在网上聊天,还有的在搜集信息"这个意思的时候,就可以套写some+动词,while others+动词,some few doing的结构,利用句式多变,解决描述单一的问题,这样写就好得多,Some are playing computer games, while others are chatting on line, some few searching for information. 如果图画中是双人或者双物,那么用both of them, neither of them, one, while the other的可能性就很大了,没有这几个词汇,主语就不好安排。
比如2006年图画描述的时候,如果想表达"一个年轻人把足球明星的名字写在脸上,而另一个年轻人为了贝克汉姆的发型就花了300块钱。"这个意思,就可以用One of them paints on his face the name of a football star, while the other pays as much as 300 RMB for Beckham's hairstyle.
再比如2007年的图画描述也出现过这样的问题,在表达"他们两个人都不自信"这个意思的时候,用中文结构套写英语,写成了Both of them are not confident.这个句子的意思其实是"并不是他们两个人自信",这样的写法绝逃不过老师的"法眼",其实这个句子很简单,"他们两个都不"其实是neither of them,只要写成Neither of them is confident就可以了。
再比如2008年的图画描述,图画中的两个年轻人都不怕困难,就可以写成but neither of them is afraid of difficulty. 他们肩并肩向前走,就可以写成both of them are walking forward, shoulder to shoulder. 如果是做完形填空,相信大家都能通过上下文猜出either的后面用or,或者neither of them的后面用动词单数形式,可是在写作的时候由于不注意搭配,却用不出这些搭配,很简单的东西,在写作考试中发挥不出来,这是值得注意的。
2000年"商业捕鱼",我见到过的一篇高分文章是这么写的:In the pictures above, we can see clearly that in 1900, there were a lot of fishes in the sea, but only one fishing boats. However, in 1955, there were a lot of fishing boats, but only one fish.在这个段落中,there be句型用了两次,而且由于没有量词储备,a lot of出现了两次,由此看来,这位同学有一定的英语基础,但是在句子结构选择和润色上基本没有受过什么训练。如果换个写法呢,还是there be句型,配上量词组合,再用so...that..句型,写法就不一样了:In the pictures above, in 1900, there existed a large number of fishes in the vast ocean. In 1995, however, there lies a growing number of fishing boats, and the number of fishes decreased so sharply that only one of them left.