很多烤鴨都喊雅思寫作難寫，事實(shí)上，大部分問題還是出在自己。今天就帶大家了解10個(gè)失分最嚴(yán)重的單詞/短語的濫用和正確用法，希望可以幫到大家。

雅思寫作：烤鴨們失分最嚴(yán)重的10個(gè)寫作錯(cuò)誤

1 At last

很多人在應(yīng)該用“finally”或 “l(fā)astly”的地方用“at last”。

“at last” 即使跟另外那兩個(gè)單詞一樣，可以被譯成中文的“最終”或“最后”，但它們還是有不一樣的用法。

我們?yōu)榱苏務(wù)撃骋粋€(gè)過了很長時(shí)間后才被完成的事情會(huì)用“at last”。通常，我們對完成事情的時(shí)間長度不滿意才用“at last”。

比如：我等了整整兩個(gè)小時(shí)，她十點(diǎn)半終于到了。

I waited for a full two hours. At last she arrived at half past ten.

我找了兩年工作，也參加了50多個(gè)面試。我兩周前終于被招聘了。

I looked for a job for two years and did over 50 interviews. At last, I got hired two weeks ago.

在以上兩句話，我們也可以用“finally”代替“at last”。

但以下的這些例子里，我們就只能用“finally”或 “l(fā)astly”,并不能用“at last”。

Firstly........... Secondly.............. Lastly/Finally

你要先吃飯，然后洗盤子，最后把它們擦干凈。

First you’ve got to eat, then wash the dishes and finally/lastly dry them.

最終，我對這件事情的最后一個(gè)觀點(diǎn)是。

Finally/Lastly, my last point on this subject is....

2 In a word

很多雅思考生以為“in a word”像“finally”和“l(fā)astly”一樣可以被用于文章的總結(jié)。事實(shí)上這個(gè)詞組不經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)在書面英語。這個(gè)詞組在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中出現(xiàn)最多的情況就是電視采訪上。

通常節(jié)目時(shí)間很有限，馬上就快要結(jié)束的時(shí)候，主持人就會(huì)問最后一個(gè)問題，然后為了提醒嘉賓時(shí)間很緊，就會(huì)加上“In a word”。

這樣嘉賓就知道他沒時(shí)間提供一個(gè)很完整很長的答案，得盡量直接用一個(gè)單詞,通?！皔es” or “no”回答。

例子：你打算明年退休嗎?

In a word, 不打算。

Do you plan to retire next year? In a word.

In a word, no.

在你看來，誰將贏得世界杯?

In a word, 德國.

In your opinion, who will win the World Cup?

In a word, Germany.

3 Weather/Pollution

在中文里好像不怎么分別【污染】與【天氣】那兩件事。那導(dǎo)致很多雅思考生在寫關(guān)于污染的作文時(shí)，錯(cuò)用weather(天氣)那個(gè)單詞。英語的weather是自然現(xiàn)象，只是自然現(xiàn)象，所以weather和pollution (污染)是兩回事。長期來看，嚴(yán)重的pollution當(dāng)然可以影響世界的weather。

可是當(dāng)被問到某一個(gè)地方的weather怎么樣時(shí)，英語母語人不會(huì)考慮到pollution。他會(huì)談到那邊的溫度，雨量，那邊下不下雪等。

例子：墨西哥城的天氣怎么樣?

我不太喜歡，夏天太熱并且空氣污染很嚴(yán)重。

How’s the weather in Mexico City?

I don’t really like it, it’s too hot in summer. Another thing I don’t like is the air pollution there.

跟以上話題有關(guān)的一個(gè)更常見的錯(cuò)誤是：把用于表達(dá)霧霾的意思的單詞用錯(cuò)了。

很多人都用“haze”,“mist”,“fog”那三個(gè)單詞中的某一個(gè)，但它們也只是自然現(xiàn)象，相當(dāng)于漢語的“霧氣”。

非自然的，由于污染產(chǎn)生的霧霾是：“smog”或“air pollution”。

4 Good to your health

一般來說介詞的正確使用對外語學(xué)生來講挺難掌握。在英語里，某人對另外一個(gè)人好是：“to be good to someone”。但某一個(gè)東西對其他東西好，比如對人的健康好，則是“to be good for something” (e.g. one’s health)。

例子：我真對我朋友好，每次一起吃飯我都讓給他們買單的榮幸。

I’m really good to my friends, whenever we eat together I always give them the honor of paying the bill.

你不知道每天吃三次巧克力冰淇淋對身體不好嗎?

是嗎?那從明天開始我把早飯換到巧克力蛋糕!

Don’t you know that eating chocolate ice-cream three times a day is bad for your health?

Really? Ok, starting tomorrow I’ll change to chocolate cake for breakfast.

5 Government

大多數(shù)時(shí)候，當(dāng)我們用英語談到政府時(shí)，除非我們把它做為形容詞(如：政府政策 government policies),我們還是前面用“the”,或者后面加個(gè)“s”。

如果我們談?wù)撐覀冏约簢业恼菓?yīng)該說“the government”,而當(dāng)我們指全世界的所有政府時(shí)要說“governments”。很多學(xué)生一直用“government”,那個(gè)“the”或“s”都不加。

雅思寫作不會(huì)要求你談到你自己國家的情況。所有課題都是關(guān)于很廣泛的在任何國家能發(fā)生的現(xiàn)象，因此應(yīng)該用的單詞是“governments”。

比如：可以做什么降低癌癥發(fā)病率?政府應(yīng)該在研究上花費(fèi)更多錢。

What can be done to decrease cancer rates? Governments should spend more money on research.

我認(rèn)為天氣不好時(shí)政府應(yīng)該允許學(xué)生放假。每當(dāng)溫度超出18度就該讓大家享受太陽，每當(dāng)在17度以下時(shí)，該讓我們躲避寒冷!

I think governments should give students holidays whenever the weather is bad. Every time the temperature goes over 18 degrees, let everyone enjoy the sunshine, every time it’s under 17 degrees let everyone hide from the cold!

6 economy/economic/economics

很多人說中文是最難學(xué)會(huì)的外語之一。

他們可能有道理，但中文有一些容易的地方。

比如學(xué)會(huì)一個(gè)名詞，你不用學(xué)相關(guān)的形容詞。

a country’s economy是一個(gè)國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)

an economic crisis是一個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)

以及an economics professor也是一位教經(jīng)濟(jì)的教授。

但同時(shí)，中文的這個(gè)特點(diǎn)也給學(xué)英語的中國人帶來很多困難。

一個(gè)中文單詞可以代表兩三個(gè)英語單詞的意思，它們也會(huì)聽起來很像，但這些英文單詞實(shí)際上有的是動(dòng)詞，有的是名詞，有的是形容詞，會(huì)不一樣。

最常見的錯(cuò)誤之一是【經(jīng)濟(jì)】。此外，【健康】(health/healthy)和【無聊】(bored/boring)也常常被混淆。

例子：你好像不在乎自然環(huán)境。

不在乎，只要經(jīng)濟(jì)繼續(xù)發(fā)展，我們可以造出更高的山，更長的河。

You don’t seem to care about the environment?

No I don’t, as long as the economy keeps developing, we can build taller mountains and longer rivers!

自從經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)開始我就找不到工作。

哇，那大概10年你都沒有上班了嗎?

我是指是九十年代的經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)!

Since the start of the economic crisis I haven’t been able to find work.

Wow, so you haven’t worked in around 10 years?

I mean the economic crisis in the 1990s!

你不上經(jīng)濟(jì)課嗎?

男朋友那么有錢，我干嘛學(xué)經(jīng)濟(jì)!

You’re not going to your economics class?

With a boyfriend that rich, why study economics?

7 White collars

英語的“a white collar”(白色的領(lǐng)子),就是你真正會(huì)穿的那種白色襯衫有的那個(gè)領(lǐng)子。而那些在辦公室上班的人，中文稱為【白領(lǐng)】的則應(yīng)該用英文“white collar workers”表達(dá)。

每當(dāng)我看到學(xué)生寫的類似這樣的句子：“white collars usually take public transport to work”，我就會(huì)不由自主地想象一大堆脫離了襯衫的白色衣領(lǐng)在地鐵站排隊(duì)的景象!

例子：原來我蠻喜歡做白領(lǐng)，然后公司的IT部門封鎖了淘寶。

At first I really liked white collar work, then the IT department blocked taobao!

8 to be used to/to get used to

“To be used to”是指已經(jīng)習(xí)慣。

如：“I′m used to the food here.”(我已經(jīng)習(xí)慣這邊的食物)。

“To get used to”是指變習(xí)慣的過程。

如：“It will take a few months to get used to the food there?！?將需要幾個(gè)月習(xí)慣那邊的食物)。

有一些學(xué)生是把那兩個(gè)詞組搞混了，還有很多人哪怕知道了它們的區(qū)別，也還是會(huì)用選動(dòng)詞的形式。

我曾經(jīng)看過類似：“He was get used to”/ “I will getting used to”/ “He must to get used to”/ “They are not be used to”等等錯(cuò)誤的表達(dá)。

例子：明天有空嗎?咱們十一點(diǎn)半一起吃早午飯吧?

我不習(xí)慣那么早起床!

Are you free tomorrow? Let’s meet for brunch at half eleven?

I’m not used to getting up so early!

你需要很長時(shí)間習(xí)慣泰國的食物嗎?

是的，那邊麥當(dāng)勞的漢堡不太一樣!

Did it take you a long time to get used to the food in Thailand?

Yes, the burgers in McDonald’s there are somewhat different.

9 even/even though/even if

這三個(gè)詞匯有細(xì)微的差別。

很多雅思考生經(jīng)常在應(yīng)該用“even though”或“even if”的時(shí)候用“even”。

一般來說，單獨(dú)的“even”是用于表達(dá)“連.....也....”，“甚至”的意思。

如：

他已經(jīng)做完作業(yè)嗎?

他甚至沒打開書包。

Has he finished his homework?

He hasn’t even opened his school bag!

我們想表達(dá)“即使”或“雖然”或“盡管”的意思時(shí)，通常用“even though”或“even if”。

我們選它們中的哪一個(gè)取決于事情的可能性。

在談?wù)撌聦?shí)情況或已經(jīng)發(fā)生的事情，我們用“even though”。

如：我即使剛吃完一整個(gè)比薩餅，我還是愿意吃提拉米蘇。

Even though I just ate a full pizza, I’m still willing to have tiramisu.

“Even if”就像本身的“if”一樣是用于談?wù)撘院罂赡軙?huì)發(fā)生的事情，以及我們想象的不可能的事情。

例子：

就算我死，也死得安心。

Then even if I die, I will die at ease.

10 A news

英語的“news”(新聞)是不可數(shù)名詞。

一個(gè)新聞或一個(gè)消息是“a news story”或“some news”。

例子：這些新聞都是關(guān)于一只會(huì)踢踏舞的狗。

These news stories are all about a dog that can tap dance.

This news is all about a dog that can tap dance.

雅思寫作滿分范文之私家車造成的環(huán)境污染問題

The rising levels of congestion and air pollution found in most of the world's cities can be attributed directly to the rapidly increasing number of private cars in use. In order to reverse this decline in the quality of life in cities, attempts must be made to encourage people to use their cars less and public transport more.Discuss possible ways to encourage the use of public transport.

世界上大多數(shù)城市日益嚴(yán)重的交通堵塞和空氣污染可以直接歸因于私家車的快速增加。為了扭轉(zhuǎn)城市生活質(zhì)量下降的趨勢，必須努力鼓勵(lì)人們少開車，多乘坐公共交通工具。

討論鼓勵(lì)使用公共交通工具的可能方法。

Model Answer:

Anyone who lives in a city is aware of the increasing number of cars on the road and the kinds of problems this creates: traffic jams, air pollution and longer commuting periods. As economies grow and access to cars spreads to increasing numbers of people, this trend is likely to worsen. The solution, it would seem, is for governrnment to encourage the use of public transport in urban areas, thus decreasing dependence on the car.

任何生活在城市的人都知道路上的汽車越來越多，以及由此產(chǎn)生的各種問題:交通堵塞、空氣污染和通勤時(shí)間延長。隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)的增長和越來越多的人擁有汽車，這一趨勢可能會(huì)惡化。看起來，解決辦法是政府鼓勵(lì)在城市地區(qū)使用公共交通，從而減少對汽車的依賴。

One way to stimulate public transport use is to make private car use more expensive and inconvenient. The introduction of tolls along urban motorways has been successfully employed in many cities. Other such measures are high-priced permits for parking in urban areas and the restriction of parking to a limited number of cars. Faced with high costs or no place to park, commuters would perhaps be more willing to abandon their cars in favour of buses or trains.

刺激公共交通使用的一個(gè)方法是提高私家車的使用成本和不便程度。城市高速公路收費(fèi)的引入在許多城市都取得了成功。其他這類措施包括在城市地區(qū)停車的高價(jià)許可證和將停車限制在一定數(shù)量的汽車。面對高成本或沒有停車的地方，通勤者可能更愿意放棄他們的汽車，而選擇公共汽車或火車。

There are also less punishing ways of spurring public transport use. The construction of free car parks at suburban train stations has proven successful in quite a number of countries. This allows commuters to drive part of the way, but take public transport into the central, most congested, urban areas.

刺激公共交通使用的懲罰措施也較少。郊區(qū)火車站免費(fèi)停車場的建設(shè)已在許多國家證明是成功的。這使得通勤者可以在一定程度上駕車，但乘坐公共交通工具進(jìn)入最擁堵的市中心城區(qū)。

Indeed, making public transport more comfortable and convenient should work to attract more commuters and decrease traffic congestion. Public transport that is convenient and comfortable retains its passengers, much like any business that satisfies its customers. The more commuters committed to taking public transport, the less congestion on city streets.

事實(shí)上，讓公共交通更舒適和方便應(yīng)該能吸引更多的通勤者，減少交通堵塞。便利舒適的公共交通留住了乘客，就像任何讓顧客滿意的企業(yè)一樣。乘坐公共交通的通勤者越多，城市街道上的擁堵就越少。

雅思寫作滿分范文之體育明星的薪酬問題

Successful sports professionals can earn a great deal more money than people in other important professions. Some people think this is fully justified while others think it is unfair.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

成功的體育專業(yè)人士可以比從事其他重要職業(yè)的人賺更多的錢。有些人認(rèn)為這是完全正當(dāng)?shù)?，而另一些人認(rèn)為這是不公平的。

討論這兩種觀點(diǎn)并給出你自己的觀點(diǎn)。

給出你的答案的原因，包括任何相關(guān)的例子，從你自己的知識或經(jīng)驗(yàn)。

雅思寫作滿分范文

As a result of constant media attention, sports professionals in my country have become stars and celebrities, and those at the top are paid huge salaries. Just like movie stars, they live extravagantlifestyles with huge houses and cars.

由于媒體的不斷關(guān)注，我國的體育專業(yè)人士已經(jīng)成為明星和名人，而那些處于頂端的人則獲得了巨額的薪水。就像電影明星一樣，他們生活奢侈，擁有巨大的房子和汽車。

Many people find their rewards unfair, especially when comparing these super salaries with those of top surgeons or research scientists, or even leading politicians who have the responsibilityof governing the country. However, sports salaries are not determined by considering the contribution to society a person makes, or the level of responsibility he or she holds. Instead, they reflect the public popularity of sport in general and the level of public support that successful stars can generate. So the notion of ‘fairness’ is not the issue.

許多人發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的報(bào)酬是不公平的，尤其是當(dāng)把這些高薪與頂級外科醫(yī)生或研究科學(xué)家，甚至是有責(zé)任治理國家的主要政治家的薪酬進(jìn)行比較時(shí)。然而，體育收入并不取決于一個(gè)人對社會(huì)的貢獻(xiàn)，或他或她所承擔(dān)的責(zé)任水平。相反，它們反映了體育運(yùn)動(dòng)在公眾中的普遍受歡迎程度，以及成功明星所能帶來的公眾支持程度。因此，“公平”的概念不是問題所在。

Those who feel that sports stars’ salaries are justified might argue that the number of professionals with real talent are very few, and the money is a recognition of the skills and dedication a person needs to be successful. Competition is constant and a player is tested every time they perform. in their relatively short career. The pressure from the media is intense and there is little privacy out of the spotlight. So all of thesefactors may justify the huge earnings.

那些認(rèn)為體育明星的薪水是合理的人可能會(huì)爭辯說，擁有真正才華的專業(yè)人士的數(shù)量非常少，而金錢是對一個(gè)人成功所需的技能和奉獻(xiàn)精神的認(rèn)可。競爭是持續(xù)的，玩家每次表現(xiàn)都會(huì)受到考驗(yàn)。在他們相對短暫的職業(yè)生涯中。來自媒體的壓力很大，在聚光燈下幾乎沒有隱私可言。因此，所有這些因素可能證明巨額收益是合理的。

Personally, I think that the amount of money such sports stars make is more justified than the huge earnings of movie stars, but at the same time, it indicatesthat our society places more value on sport than on more essential professions and achievements.

就我個(gè)人而言，我認(rèn)為這些體育明星賺的錢比電影明星的巨額收入更合理，但同時(shí)，它表明我們的社會(huì)更重視體育而不是更重要的職業(yè)和成就。

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