1. 多总结归纳。
每当我们想写下我们第一反应的词汇或者表达法时,我们不如停下来想一想有没有什么其他的表达法,这样可能刚开始的时候比较慢,但是久而久之就会成为习惯,习惯去同义替换,习惯去多用句型。比如我们如果想表达“使某人或某物怎么样”,一般我们第一想到的就是make sb/sth+adj,但是仔细想还可以说equip sb with sth, endow sb with sth, render sth +adj。
2. 作文中间两个句子并列却没有任何关联词连接或者互为从属
比如我经常看到如下的句型:they have to..... they have to...., they have no....they have no...这样在语法上并没有错,而且出现一两次是可以的,但是如果经常出现的话其实不太符合书面语的习惯~请看下面一段话:
Medieval art looks much more alien, as it lacks this powerfully self-conscious creation of individuality. Even if it is difficult to grasp the motivation for the range of emotions expressed in paintings like Holbein’s, it is still possible to identify with these emotions as recognizably ‘modern’. In other words, when we look at paintings like The Ambassadors, we are seeing the emergence of modern identity and individuality.
每一句话都有内在的逻辑关系,没有简单并列。首先说中世纪的艺术看起来比较标新立异,是因为它缺少这种强有力的自我意识和个人独立感。即使要想抓住像Holbein那样的绘画所想表达的丰富的情感是很难的,我们仍然可以把这些情感打上“现代”这样一个标签。换句话说,当我们着眼于像ambassadors这样的画的时候,我们所看到的是现代个人特性的诞生。不难发现,这一段每一句话都有内在逻辑关系,作者用as, even if, in other words来把文意串起来。
3. 多用名词性结构
举个例子,比如我想表达“科技的进步使人们互相交流更加便利”,一般容易翻译为“The scientific progress makes it more convenient for people to communicate with each other”,但是也可以说“The scientific progress contributes to the facilitation of communication among people”。很多短语例如lead to, bring about虽然也可以接动名词结构,但是最正宗的还是名词,因为动名词也是动词的名词形式,那么为什么不直接接名词呢?下面这个例子可以参考;
Women could learn cultivation, decorum, and household skills, but formal expertise in applied subjects that could lead to public and professional visibility were frowned upon. 作者: Steven_Gao 时间: 2013-7-17 16:06:36