托福写作最易犯的10大错误

来源:网易新闻发布时间:2017-07-04

  作文一直是英语考试中让人头痛的部分,在托福写作有十大易犯的错误你都避免了么?下面小编就给大家分享一下这十大易犯的错误。

  01. “上网”真的是surf on the Internet?

  “上网”的正确说法是surf the Internet/Net/Web,on是多余的。

  请注意,是the Internet,the不能少,I一定要大写。

  【例】Many towns and cities have cybercafes where you cansurf the Internet/Net/Web.

  02. 你是不是写过on one hand?

  on one hand是不对的,应该是ontheone hand,the不能少。

  Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English说:Do not say 'on one hand'. Sayon the one hand.

  【例】On the one hand, if the body doesn't have enough cholesterol, we would not be able to survive. On the other hand, if the body has too much cholesterol, the excess begins to line the arteries.

  03. “开阔眼界”是broaden one's horizon?

  首先,horizon在这里一定要用复数horizons,说成broadenone's horizons和expandone's horizons都对。

  【例】Travelbroadens one's horizons.

  【例】Traveling has really helped toexpand her horizons.

  从这两个例句可以看出,“旅行”作主语时travel和traveling都对。

  04. 有关number和amount

  number修饰可数名词,amount修饰不可数名词,但很多人用错。

  【例】A substantial number of membershave called to complain.

  除此之外,有关单复数,fewer和less也经常被弄错,fewer修饰可数名词,less修饰不可数名词。例如less cars是不对的,因为less修饰不可数名词,而car是可数名词,只能用fewer修饰。

  【例】There arefewer carsparked outside than yesterday.

  05. As far as I concerned和As far as I am concern都不对

  应该是As far as Iamconcerned。

  【例】As far as I'm concernedthe officials incited the fight.

  06. 学知识 = learn knowledge?

  learn不能跟knowledge搭配。经常跟knowledge搭配的是以下动词:

  acquire/gain/obtain knowledge 学知识

  accumulate knowledge 积累知识

  absorb/assimilate knowledge 吸收知识

  【例】How can such a large quantity ofknowledge be acquired?

  07. working experience难道也有错?

  一般不说working experience,work experience才是地道英语。

  【例】He hasn't had enoughwork experiencefor the job.

  08. 可以用at first和at last列举观点吗?

  at first表示“起初”,“一开始”,有“事情在最初如何如何,但后来就变成了什么什么情形”的意思,并不能用来列举第一个观点。这些短语可以用来引出第一个观点:first of all/in the first place/first and foremost。

  此外,initially是at first的意思,也不能用来引出第一个观点——我至少跟3名母语为英语的人验证过。但是我见过不少的“大湿”和他们的著作说可以用initially引出第一个观点,这是托福写作界的一个经典谎言。

  同理,at last表示“最终”,“终于”,有“经过不少折腾,最后达到了某种目的”的含义,并不能用来列举最后一个观点。这些短语可以用来引出最后一个观点:last of all/in the last place/last but not least。

  【例】At firstI thought he was shy,but thenI discovered he was just not interested in other people.

  09. 其实并不存在extincted这个词

  XXX动物要灭绝了,不能说成XXX will extinct,因为extinct是形容词而不是动词,要说成XXX willbecome extinct。换句话说,不存在extincted这个extinct的“过去式”,只能说became extinct。

  【例】There is concern that the giant panda will soonbecome extinct.

  10. approach和shortcut——不能想当然

  an approach to do something和a shortcut to do something都是错的,应该是anapproach to doingsomething和ashortcut to doingsomething,这里的to均为介词。

  【例】Despite being not-for-profit, the company says it takes a business-likeapproach to helpingothers.

  希望以上内容能对各位有所帮助噢!

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