各个话题之间都有联系,在讨论时可以相互关联,这样考生就不怕没有思路了。
在雅思论文主体部分写作中,科技是使用频率最高的角度。绝大多数作文的话题都可以从科技发展给人们生活带来的影响这个角度来分析。
是否将动物用于科学实验:
Some scientists claim that experiments carried out on animals would be crucial for potential breakthroughs in treating some of the most-feared incurable diseases.
社会道德丧失:
Development of science and technology has given birth to materialism and capitalism which favour the research for economic growth and freedom of men. Consequently, no spiritual, moral, and traditional values are taken into account.
压力大的原因:
The rapid development of science and technology makes work today more demanding than it used to be.
亲情淡漠的原因:
The availability of a great variety of high-tech recreational facilities also diverts people from enjoying chats with the members of their families.
环保全球化的原因:
Developing countries lack sufficient numbers of qualified scientists and other skilled personnel to cope with the increasingly serious environmental problems, such as the ozone depletion, the marine pollution and the like.
如果说科技的发展是人类社会进步的助推器,那么经济就是影响社会前进的方向标。经济的强弱通常会导致某一现象的出现或某种结果的产生。比如在讨论什么是最伟大的发明时,考生可能会想到电话。那么如何来支持这一观点呢?试看下面的句子:
The development of the telephone created a new market for the employment of women. The position of telephone operators was most often filled by women, creating a new world of opportunities for female to struggle for the equal rights to male.
电话的发明使女性获得更多的工作机会,从而使得她们在经济上更加独立,这对于女性争取平等的权利起到了巨大的推动作用。
雅思大作文常会出一些有关科技发明或娱乐方式的利与弊话题。不论是写好处还是坏处,考生都可以从该发明或娱乐对人的身体和灵魂的影响入手,组织自己的分观点。比如电脑对身体的影响:
You don’t have to be a scientist to see that, due to overuse of the computer, a lot of kids get little exercise, which makes them obese.
Another common disadvantage is that playing too much on the computer can cause bad eyesight.
发明或娱乐对身体的影响主要表现在削弱视力和加重肥胖两个方面,而其对灵魂的影响则涉及以下多个方面。
高频率的信息切换影响孩子们的耐性:
There is no denying that with the advent of technology, our patience grows thin.
媒体中的暴力节目扭曲孩子们的灵魂:
Media violence affects children by increasing aggressiveness and anti-social behaviour, intensifying their fear of becoming victims, making them less sensitive to violence and to victims of violence, encouraging their appetite for more violence in entertainment and in real life.
对媒体过多的关注使孩子们变得孤僻而脱离现实生活:
For lack of face-to-face contact, modern children tend to be more introverted, unsocial, isolated and indifferent than those kids in the last century.
中国考生在讨论人们该不该做某件事情或某种行为的时候可以多从权利和平等这两个方面说服考官。
在写到动物的保护问题时,可以说“Animals are not created for humans any more than women are created for men, black for white.”。
在写到政府是否该花钱来发展武器时,可以说“There is no doubt that the advancement of military technologies is one of the greatest dangers to all human rights, including the most basic right to life itself.”。
在写到环境的重要性时,可以说“All human beings have the fundamental right to an environment adequate for their health and well-being.”。
在写到儿童是否应该对自己犯的罪负责时,可以说“When someone turns 18, he or she should be tried as an adult because they have adult rights. Children, however, do not have the same rights as adults do in some aspects. Then, if a five-year-old child is accused of killing, the proposal that he should be tried as an adult is absurd.”。
在写到对私有财产的尊重时,可以说“Respect for property is no less important than respect for person. Indeed, respect for property is one species of respect for person. Property is the symbol of personal independence. It is, therefore, an economic foundation of freedom. A society in which respect for property diminishes is one in which freedom diminishes.”。
有时候,一个现象或问题的出现是个人的努力或个人的疏忽,以及社会重视或政府的政策不恰当而导致的。
运动员是否应该拿高薪:
Athletes sweat and sacrifice physically and psychologically more than the average people, which can justify their high salary.
青少年犯罪的原因:
Young people’s inexperience and gullibility easily lead them into traps.(个人的原因)
The government failing to establish supporting systems to offer help to adolescents can explain this social issue.(政府的原因)
在男女平等的意义上使用个人和国家的分析角度也很有效:
Every woman is worthy to be respected, educated, and safe from exploitation. It is our responsibility and right to pray for, promote, and protect the human and divine rights of all. The world’s stability and prosperity depend on it.
The full and equal participation of women in all spheres of life is essential to social and economic development, the abolition of war, and the ultimate establishment of a united world.
文化和道德是雅思大作文中较难的两个话题,近年来对这两个话题考查的频率又很高。考生不妨也从这两个角度来准备一下主体段落的观点。
反对强势文化入侵:
Globalization might undermine cultural diversity. Multinational corporations promote a certain kind of consumerist culture, in which standard commodities, promoted by global marketing campaigns exploiting basic material desires, create similar lifestyles, which is called Coca-Colanization.
该不该撒谎:
The dishonest practice of telling lies will produce a perverse impact on one’s personality.
总之,在大作文主体段落的写作过程中,考生可以将以上的思路结合题目的特点进行综合应用,切忌生搬硬套。平时在读文章时也要多总结别人的观点角度,而后为己所用。这样定能逐渐培养灵活的思维,有利于考生在考试中才思泉涌,下笔有神。