最重要的就是平常要多多的積累,很多考生在GRE的作文中拿高分,拿滿分,當(dāng)然他們不一定是全部都引用了名人名言,他們也有可能是通過自己的邏輯思維,博得滿堂彩。但是你閱讀那些非常之牛人的文章時,不難發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的文章只要引用了名人名言,這些名人名言就一定能夠讓整篇文章 “亮”起來,或者說讓整篇文章看起來很COOL!那么這些名人名言從哪里來呢?平常多看看《Fortune》、《Time》、《National Geographic》等雜志,快速瀏覽??吹胶玫氖吕?,好的語句,把它們摘錄下來,作為寫作文可以用的素材。只要看到漂亮的句子就記下來。時間長了,頭腦里的語料庫自然就形成了。這些語料一定是原汁原味的英語,“地道地輸入,寫作時才能地道地輸出”。 GRE滿分作文的牛人張寧說,他在作文第二段引用了《克林頓自傳》中的內(nèi)容;第三段引用了《美麗人生》的主人公約翰·那什的演講發(fā)言;第四段引用了布什在“哥倫比亞”號宇宙飛船失事后的悼詞演講。有英語老師講評說,文章如此銜接連貫、與眾不同,地道地“輸出美國人喜聞樂見的英語”,得高分正在意料之中。下面簡單列舉一些較好的名人名言。
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