抓住关键,以小见大
2014-07-28黄湘
黄湘
在高考英语读写任务中争取高分的关键是写作的语言表达以及对话题观点的见解。关于如何在考场中迅速联想与话题相关的观点,笔者建议在读写任务中学会“抓住关键,以小见大”,即抓住阅读材料中的关键词,对此进行放大并展开论述,快速联想相关的观点,因为“读写任务”的阅读材料与考生的写作任务一定有相关性,所以阅读的材料可作为写作的观点素材的来源。但为了避免照抄原文从而导致失分,建议不要照搬一个句子或观点,而是抓住一些与写作话题相关的关键词或词组,并进行展开或改写,成为我们自己的新观点。本文将以2014年广州一模读写任务为例,谈谈如何抓住关键词,发挥联想观点的能力。
写作要点如下:以约120个词就“节俭”的话题谈谈你的想法,内容包括:(1) 对你来说,节俭是什么?(2) 你认为节俭是否重要?为什么?(3) 就生活中如何做到节俭提一些建议。以下是写作指导建议:
第一步:抓住关键词,联想观点。
抓住阅读文章中与写作要点相关的关键词,如:
(Para. 1) never liked to waste money; living within my budget;
(Para. 2) throw away money on unnecessary things;
(Para. 3) deeply in debt; stressed about money;
(Para. 4) being smart with; enjoy ... to its fullest; love recycling, teaching ... about eco-friendly and responsible living
第二步:改写关键词,使之与原文不同。
写作要点(1)“对你来说,节俭是什么?” 可通过改写关键词waste, budget, unnecessary, to its fullest来完成:
I hold the opinion that thriftiness means taking our budget into consideration and making the best use of money, in which case we are able to avoid waste on unnecessary expenses.
写作要点(2)“你认为节俭是否重要?为什么?” 可通改写关键词deeply in debt;stressed about money,smart,eco-friendly, responsible完成:
Being thrifty is of great importance in our daily life. First, it enables us to set aside some money for future use. Second, it is wise/sensible of us to be economical so that we will not get into heavy debt or feel stressed about the financial problem. Furthermore, thriftiness allows us to live in harmony with our environment.
写作要点(3)“就生活中如何做到节俭提一些建议”,可通过改写关键词recycling, teaching, eco-friendly, responsible完成:
In order to do our part, we are encouraged to buy products that are environmentally friendly. We can also recycle or reuse waste in our daily life, and more importantly, shouldering our responsibility to raise peoples awareness of contributing their effort in this way.
观点的联想能力需要靠日常的培养和锻炼,学生还可以利用学习课文或平时阅读的机会,多注意积累一些话题的观点。积累时,只需要关注句子中的关键词或短语。……
