2 、simon ebook
如果說structure是壹篇作文的骨架,idea和vocabulary肯定就是肉肉啦。 積累壹些通用的或是針對話題特定的 idea 和相關vocab 是首先要解決的問題。
1、? 所用材料
① simon ebook ”Ideas for IELTS Topics”
② dominic 網站 vocabulary 部分
段落練習(就是提供了壹些idea)
Regulation of advertising
There is little doubt that there should be some regulation of advertising, but it is unclear who should be responsible for this and how the regulations should apply. On one level, in the free market, companies should be allowed to promote their products and services as they see fit. However, there are surely some instances when it would be inappropriate for there to be no restrictions on advertising. For example, tobacco and alcohol companies should not be allowed to buy advertising time on television and radio.
Dominic中的vocab頁有很多是口語中的,且不同的話題裏包含的內容形式不同。有些是詞匯+句子+範文,有些可能就只有詞匯。 所以詞匯和思路方面倒是以 simon 的電子書為主,dominic 網站為輔。
2、? 如何利用
①時間安排
這裏我把整個寫作復習階段(壹個月) 每天的時間安排 說壹下:
⑴ simon 電子書上的topic 1 個/ 天,簡單記下思路和用詞
⑵ 如果dominic 上有相應的話題,積累其詞匯句型等作為補充
⑶ 找出dominic 上相關話題的範文題目,自己寫
⑷ 對照dominic 的範文,改自己的文章
②以Advertising為例
Step1.? Simon電子書中“廣告”話題下有三個部分:advantages, disadvantages, opinions
比如disadvantages方面
”Negatives”
Advertising manipulates people
It aims to persuade people that buying a product will make them happier
Advertisers focus on selling a brand?image
They use glamorous, successful people
We now live in a?consumer culture
We are persuaded to follow the latest trend
We are encouraged to associate?certain brands with a higher status
Advertisers often aim?their marketing at children
Children can easily be influenced by advertisements.
Children put pressure on parents to buy them things
註: 在這裏我想強調壹句,我們 學習詞匯和思路並不是寫作的目的 ,因為 論點是否漂亮並不是劍橋雅思的評分標準 ,我考試的題目是crime相關,我的論證思路很簡單,讓步段講好處,轉折段講壞處,並且好壞處是很容易想到的弱智論點,考後我看了各類網上名師的範文感覺自己寫偏了,可是事實證明只要論點靠譜,structure才是拿分的關鍵)我們積累大量詞匯和思路只是為了在正式考試時短時間內有東西可以寫,不至於浪費太多的時間想素材。我的觀點是, idea 是基礎,structure 是本質。
Step2.? 補充積累dominic上關於advertising的詞匯用法
單詞包括:
Different forms of advertising(television commercial, radio spot, billboard, flyer, trailer…)
Adjectives to describe advertising(witty, persuasive, misleading, word-of-mouth…)
Other related words
段落包括:(更加細致的子話題討論)
Children and advertising
Forms of advertising
How advertising works
The regulation of advertising
以 the regulation of advertising 為例:
Regulation of advertising
There is little doubt that there should be some regulation of advertising, but it is unclear who should be responsible for this and how the regulations should apply. On one level, in the free market, companies should be allowed to promote their products and services as they see fit. // However, there are surely some instances when it would be inappropriate for there to be no restrictions on advertising. For example, tobacco and alcohol companies should not be allowed to buy advertising time on television and radio.
( 建議將 vocab 分為兩種,1. 通用類 比如there are surely some instances when… 2. 特定話題類 比如buyadvertising time on sth.)
Step3? 積累相關話題表達和思路之後,自己動筆寫
Step4? 寫完對比範文自己改
重中之重。 這裏的結構不是指該寫四段還是五段,而是壹種 PEE 的寫作邏輯 和如何保證 cohesion & coherence (官方評分標準中強調的連貫度)
1、? PEE( Point-explain-example)
這是dominic的詳細講解,簡單說來就是給出觀點(壹句話),解釋觀點(壹兩句話),給出壹個例子。
這不是死板的模式,可以根據具體情況靈活變通,關鍵就在於先明晰觀點再加以闡述,最好來個例子。
仍以Advertising為例:
題目: Consumers are faced with increasing numbers of advertisements from competing companies. To what extent do you think are consumers influenced by advertisements? What measures can be taken to protect them?
練習: Inundated with advertisements in daily life, consumers are influenced without any conscious.(總起句,表明同意的態度,更simple壹點比較好? 自改1 there is little doubt that consumers are?persuaded by adverts without any conscious)
This can be obviously demonstrated with the case of junk food targeting children and cigarettes for young people. (這應該算是example 應放在detail的後面)(自改1 detail--it is a common sight of attractive images on most of the adverts.?Example this is particularly evident in the case of junk food and cigarette targeting children or juveniles, who can hardly resist the temptation of mouthwatering hamburgers and fried chips on display and then buy them without thinking)?
Advertisements of these products which are actively unhealthy are persuasive by presenting some attract without a second thought.// Products endorsed by celebrities can also be memorable and influential.?(point-->similarly, advertising of products endorsed by celebrities could?also be misleading in some ways)
That is to say, if Miranda Kerr is using a brand of shampoo in a television commercial, countless number of girls will be likely to follow suit since most people tend to imitate the lifestyle of famous stars.(example)A further illustration is that when you are watching a movie in a theater, you would possibly have no idea that t t because you’ve already got familiar with their names.(三個方面果然比較多了…直接上example會不會不太好啊,自己的邏輯更傾向於example-explain分析原因,算了還是老實改改吧 details-->subsequently, there are also less obvious categories of?advertising, say billboards by the roadside, flyers on the streets. Example-->A further illustration is that when you are watching a movie?in a theater, you would possibly have no idea that the latest goods are also on display.)
分析範文
The first point to make is that advertising does make us spend money we do not need to.[總起, the general idea]main idea其實就是很simple的同不同意,其中根據get ideas出的挑壹個深入說// There are nowadays so many different ways companies promote their products and services, ranging from television commercials to simple flyers that we cannot escape it[detail, there were; -ing; so…that..]// If, for example, you watch a football match on television, you will see the logos of the tournament sponsors. Likewise, if you watch the latest blockbuster movie, very probably you will see a product placed in the film by some advertising agency.[example, if…you will; 例子用likewise連接; -ed]//The volume of this advertising means that we, as consumers, tend to be profoundly influenced by it and buy without thinking.[與general idea呼應, …means…] --> 每壹個小段的結構也是跟大essay是壹樣的:總分總
註:這個需要自己不斷寫改之後摸索出適合自己的模式,所以我無法概括地說哪壹種是普適的,但換湯不換藥,PEE 是萬模式之源。
2、? 連貫
Dominic網站我利用率最高的有三部分:
第壹、Vocabulary部分 IELTS vocabulary?
上文中提過,這是用來收集思路詞匯的
第二、Skills部分 IELTS writing task 2?
這壹部分最為詳細,各類寫作技巧,我花了兩天時間看完的,其中PEE和cohesion的觀點對我幫助非常非常大,建議大家仔細看。
第三、Sample部分 Sample IELTS essays?
這壹部分的題目主要用來練習,並用範文作為修改自己文章的根據
PEE講的其實就是段落中的連貫,壹篇文章中需要連貫之處有:壹個論點(PEE )中的連貫、論點間的連貫、段落間的連貫。 這裏我覺得講的理論性足夠了,但實用性還欠缺。其實就是需要自己總結出壹些通用的結構性連接性語言。我自己總結了壹些,不完全列舉如下:
提出point:The first point to make is that… There can be no doubt that…It could be argued that
引出example:A good illustration of this is…This is particularly the case…
引出下壹個point:There is also the consideration that…The impact on… should not be forgotten
同樣地,這需要自己從範文中積累,壹些很簡單的詞比如second, another point等等都是十分有用的,我上面列出的這些句子有些稍顯冗余,需要根據特定環境來選擇。 這些萬能的結構句被我稱作 skeleton,因為完全就是可以隨便貼肉上去的通用骨架。
這個主要就是在考前沖刺時的工作。我的總復習時長是壹個月,剛剛也提到simon電子書上是24個話題,每天練習壹個話題,剛好剩最後壹周的時間可以用來總結。
總結對象就是練習的文章,dominic上的範文題目大概有30 個。 那總結些什麽呢。
1、? 話題
相同話題的題目在思路和詞匯方面有***通之處, 我大致分出了 Advertising, Animal rights, Environment, Education, Government,
Technology, Employment, Health, Globalization, Crime 等話題 ,感覺雅思出題基本都是圍繞這些來的。
2、? 問題類型
同樣的問題類型的文章架構也是差不多的,比如Agree&Disagree的處理方法和Advantanges&Disadvantages的處理方法當然是有差別的, 我大致分出了同不同意型,優缺點型,雙邊討論型,原因 +解決型等等。
將30篇題目分出來就像這樣啦
3、? 連接詞-->做出屬於自己的模板
比如上場率最高的同不同意型
我考前弄的模板是這樣的(不完全截圖,因為太多了不能壹壹截下來)