SAT写作技巧：句子的可读性无比重要
<p> 很多学生在练习英文作文时，认为长句、难句或复杂句能够提升文章的语言质量，展示自己深厚的语言功底，并因此获得更高的分数。他们在备考复习时也花了很多精力在长句的练习上，考试时也会尽量使用长句。这种想法确实有一定的道理，因为很多考试如新托福的写作科目评分标准中确实有从语法或用词的多样性等角度考察语言质量的评分项目，考生如果能够熟练地运用各种句式写出精彩的长句，确实能给文章增色不少。</p><p> 然而一味地追求句子的长度有时反而会牺牲句子的可读性，特别是对一些基础一般的学生来说，有时生硬地追求长句反而破坏了句子的句法准确性。下面我们就来看一些例子，体会一些写得并不成功的长句和如何修改的建议：</p><p> 建议一：避免空洞的单词和词组</p><p> 1. 一些空洞的单词或词组更本不能为句子带来任何相关的或重要的信息，完全可以被删掉。比如下面的句子：</p><p> <span word="When">When</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="considered">considered</span>， <span word="young">young</span> <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="satisfying">satisfying</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>，<span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="opinion">opinion</span>.</p><p> 这句话当中的<span word="when">when</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="considered">considered</span>和<span word="in">in</span> <span word="my">my</span> <span word="opinion">opinion</span>都显得多余。完全可以去掉。改为：<span word="Young">Young</span> <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="satisfying">satisfying</span> <span word="lives">lives</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="parents">parents</span>.</p>
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