0年研究生入学考试英语作文点评及作文复习策略

0年研究生入学考试英语作文点评及作文复习策略
0年研究生入学考试英语作文点评及作文复习策略

09年的大小作文从总体上来说难度适中,区分度应该很好(所谓区分度,简单的说就是英语实力与考试分数的关系,区分度越好,两者正相关的联系越明显)。重视写作基本功,不出偏题怪题,也不出大家都关注都预测到的热点话题-----------这是研究生入学考试这门极端强调公信度,区分度的考试的一大特点,也是我们的考生在复习中应该特别注意的,以免把自己的精力投入到没有多大意义的所谓“应试技巧”上去。

大作文评价

一拿到大作文,很多考生都会觉得心理轻松,题目不难,关于电脑网络的话题,老生常谈的要求“描述图,阐述意义,并给出评价”,但心情轻松过后,就是一种失落,“为什么我重点背的话题,比如奥运,地震,和谐社会,牛奶(食品)安全等没有考,却考了这样一个可以出在1999年到2009年任何一年考试中的话题”,而偏偏这种平平无奇的题目是学生们平时复习备考中碰到过,但却很少有人真正用心关注的东西。之所以不用心关注,在于觉得简单,觉得容易写,于是也就没有真正的练过。殊不知,这正是考研出题人需要达到的目的--------当所有考生都可以下手时,也就不存在考试不公平的问题;当话题并非大热门时,也就根本上杜绝了那些水平不行,只靠考前猛背范文、押题,并且还相信自己运气不错的考生(相信有很多),完美的达到了考试的区分度要求。这一点,是备考2010年研究生入学考试的学生们应该首先注意的,在考生、出题人以及各考研辅导机构这组关系中,对于作文的题目,存在着一组博弈关系,押题和反押题,而且通常出题人处于优势,因为常见的,永恒的,深刻的话题不胜枚举,任意一个都可以画张

漫画来出题,但对于学生和辅导机构来说,押的题目不能过多,否则就失去了意义(这一点也是提醒考生要注意的,每年考试过后,都有很多机构跳出来叫喊,曰押中多少分,押中作文题目等,这其中太多鱼目混珠,当你把整本书都给学生说成重点时,押题也就失去了意义,当所押作文题目超过5个时,也就失去了押题的作用)。

因为题目并不新颖,学生也不太可能无话可说,于是这样的作文才是真正能考查出学生英语写作基本功的应试作文。对于今年的考题(以及考研绝大多数看图作文),我们不妨依然按照三段论的“八股”文来写,分别是第一段描述图画,用两到三句话;第二段,阐述意义段,用四到五句;第三段,联系现实并发表评论,用三到五句。在这三段中,真正能体现考生核心竞争力的应该是其中的第二段,因为第一段第三段是存在一些“四平八稳”的万能模板的,比如描述图画段中的“as can be seen …...”万能句型,以及描述图画的常见的形容词副词,比如vividly, thought-provoking, drastically, ironically等等;第三段,也有一些类似的套话和固定思维可以采用,例如不管图画是什么内容,我们总能联系到学校教育,好的东西就传承,坏的东西就批判,总能联系到社会,好的东西就赞扬讴歌,坏的东西就改正,总能联系到法律,好的东西立法保障,坏的东西立法修正等等。这些已经可以被看做是考生共享的知识-------当然阅卷人也知道,靠这些千篇一律的东西是很难吸引阅卷人注意力的,当然也很难得到高分,即使你的词汇多么华丽,语法结构多么复杂多遍,但“审美疲劳”的效应是确实存在的。于是问题简单了,第二段应该怎么写,应该怎样准备?我个人的感觉是,第二段内容上没有固定套式,但结构上却有,与其去押题背东西,不如

扎扎实实的掌握两到三种常见的核心句型,在第二段中巧妙使用,以达到不变应万变。我个人认为,第二段没有必要创新,结构上就采用常规的总分(总)的格式就行,关键是其中的“分”,一定要体现出层次感,而且既要整齐,又要体现出各层次的个性,比如我们为了体现严密的层次,可以使用,in the first place, in the second place, what’s more等过渡指示词,但其后的句子去要尽量的的体现出个性,也就是尽量不使用同一类句型。对于考研大作文,我个人认为,第二段阐述意义段,我们只需要分两到三层即可,也就是说,你要从两到三个角度去引申图画的现实含义,这也就意味着,你需要掌握两到三种适用范围很广的句型,在这里,我给出几个句型作为参考,学生们,不妨多练习一下1,It is …that…,这样的形式主语句型;2,Students, boys and girls, love movies,这样的”飘逸的”含有插入语的句式以及3,Xiao Ming works very hard, which is well known among us.这样的含有拖后的非限制性定语从句的句型。根据我的教课经验,这三种句型是万能的。

小作文评价

历年的考研小作文都有一个特点,那就是区分度不大,十分的作文,得到六分比较容易,但想得到九分就很难,这也是应用文------这种突出格式要求的文体必然带来的结果。对于常见的应用文格式,这里不想多说,学生们应该掌握的有信件(含各种商业私人信件),通知,留言条,布告等等。

今年的小作文是要学生对于塑料袋的使用状况给地方报纸的编辑写封信,典型的正式书信,话题普通,容易下手。我们可以采用三段论来写,第一段,

谈意图,介绍自己,用两句即可;第二段,提建议,分层次,用三到五句;第三段,谈希望,客套话,用两到三句话。不难看出,其中的第一段第三段又是可以考前靠突击搞定的,而且存在着万能的模板,区分度不好;仍然是第二段,可以很好的体现个性,考察出学生的写作基本功。在这里,我建议学生们可以模仿大作文第二段的练习方式。

备考注意事项和建议:

通过上面的分析,希望学生们对于今年的考研英语作文有一个大概的了解,关键是通过真题的规律的总结,在复习中能够采用针对其特点的策略。下面我来谈一些备考建议。

1:重视写作,因为写作“投入产出比”最好

在考研的各种题型中,写作占得分量仅次于阅读,共三十分。但是,学生们往往对写作有一种莫名的恐惧,以为高不可攀。这主要是因为他们对于写作缺乏了解。写作其实是蛮容易的。相对而言,阅读完型等题型考察学生全面的英语素质,比如词汇量,语法,文章结构,概括大意,推论等能力,这些东西很难在短期内得到大的改善;而写作则不然,通常写作用到的词汇不会超过四级大纲(全部使用中学词汇并得到不错分数的考生大有人在),应试作文由于它的篇幅的限制,又没有必要-----也不可能-------在文章里出现大量的长难句,对学生的英语基本功要求应该说是各种题型中最低的。只要练习得当,写作得到不错的分数(比如22分以上)是有保障的。

2:理性对待各种模板,培养应试的“模块”思维

对于市面上的各种各样的写作模板,学生们应该结合自身的特点有选择性的使用------对于有些学生,还是不使用最好。市面上的模板写作通常有两大特色:1)使用高级,专业,生僻,超纲词汇,有很多的模板中使用的词汇其实就是照抄GRE写作的范文中的那些“经典”词汇;2)频繁使用长难句和较复杂的语法现象,例如独立主格、倒装等。我们不能说这些方法本身有什么不好,但是请不要忘了,除了模板之外,考生还要在空隙中填上符合自己水平的句子,这一来很多人就会露馅,咱们都熟悉中国古代的打油诗,前工后拙,除了让人发笑之外,没有任何价值。很多基础薄弱的学生大量使用模板句型,这样的作文往往给人“精神分裂”的感觉。

虽然模板作文有缺陷,但我们却希望学生能够培养应试的“模块”思维,也就是不管内容怎样,但我的文章结构都一样,比如最重要的模块就是“总分”的模块,它适用于大小作文的各个段落,在“总分”模块中关键是“分”的整齐,但又要有个性,这里需要学生们掌握几种常见的“特殊”句型,多多练习即可。

3:重视汉译英练习,提高英语写作实力的捷径

绝大多数中国人写英语作文其实脑子里边先想到的是汉语,然后汉译英,水平高的人只不过是译文更漂亮而已,承认这一点没什么不好,反而有助于我们采用高效的写作练习来迅速提高写作实力。功利一点说,就是提高写作分数。对于考生来说,如果身边有高手或者老师帮忙批改作文的话,那么多写作文当然好;但如果不具备这个条件,你一样可以找到“更好”的老师。学生们首先找一些难度适中的双语材料(在这里我推荐新概念第三册,应付

所有写作考试都够了),先对着汉语练习汉译英,然后把自己的译文去和原文中的英语比较,凡是不一样的地方,就用红笔标出来,看哪种写法更好(通常你不得不承认,原文更好一些),然后模仿。汉译英的练习达到一定的量之后,学生的应试作文实力会有脱胎换骨的变化。

附上:考研大小作文范文

小作文

Dear Editor,?

Despite the fact that restrictions are made, the phenomenon of plastic bag use is still prevalent and pervasive in some areas, which is sounding an alarm to our environment. Therefore, I am writing this letter for the purpose of giving some suggestions to reverse the disturbing trend.

I would be grateful if you would take the following aspects into consideration. On the one hand, it is the obligation of the mass media to publicize the negative issue and arouse the public awareness. On the other hand, we should appeal to our government to make relevant rules and regulations to control the adverse phenomenon.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your attention to my proposals. And I shall feel obliged by a reply at your earliest convenience.?

Yours, sincerely

Li Ming

大作文

The past decade has witnessed an increasingly inseparable relationship between man and Internet. As is vividly depicted in the picture, within a stretching spider web many people are surfing on line, either to entertain themselves or to meet the work's needs. Actually on-line visiting has become a routine activity in our everyday life. However, it seems rather ironic to present people separated from each other by the spider web when they attempt to communicate

The metaphoric and impressive portrayal has subtly revealed the duality of the relationship between man and Internet. The spider web undoubtedly serves as a symbol of Internet, both connecting people and isolating them from each other. On the one hand, there is no denying that Internet is currently one of the most efficient media used for interpersonal communication. As a college student, I get on line everyday to discuss news with other people on BBS, to study English by registering for web courses, to chat freely through e-mails with my friends. Being a veteran on-line shopper, I frequently bargain with sellers to purchase books at much lower prices. But on the other hand, a good many people admit that they are too much addicted to Internet to maintain face-to-face contact with their friends and colleagues. Cyber-living resembles the experience of seeing disguised people behind a mask, maintaining distance between one another. Once indulged in the fictitious world, people feel reluctant to approach others and to concentrate on real life. That's why some people have lost the skill of direct contact and get alienated from others.

Therefore, it is necessary for us to use Internet in a reasonable way and restrain from addiction. After all, Internet is invented to connect you and me, and to bring conveniences to our life rather than set a barrier to keep people beyond reach.

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