例如:At this point in time,we should pull together for our goal. (現(xiàn)在我們應該為我們的目標團結一致)這句話中“At this point in time”表示“現(xiàn)在”,我們完全可以用now來代替。
In the majority of cases,he likes to ride bike to the office. (他通常喜歡騎單車到辦公室)。很簡單的一句話,完全可以寫成 He usually likes to ride bike to the office.
托福寫作經驗提出平時我們所說的用詞多樣化和地道并不是體現(xiàn)在這些時間副詞或者是完全可以簡化的啰嗦句型上,而是指實用性極強的詞如動詞和形容詞,比如:
Original:Solving trivial problems in the dorm will add your social experience and help you to understand other people's feelings and learn to be kind.
Revised: Solving trivial problems in the dorm will enrich your social experience and help you to understand other people's feelings and learn to be considerate.
add,kind表達的含義都比較寬泛。add可以指數(shù)量上的增加,也可以指程度的加強,對于“豐富經驗、增加知識”這個意思,用enrich會使表達更準確。kind從字面意義上講是“好的、善良的”,用kind來形容人無法具體地表現(xiàn)出一個人的性格特征到底怎樣,原句中是想表達“考慮周到、體貼入微”的特點,要準確表達這個含義應選擇considerate。