如何刻意提高英語寫作能力

提高口語和寫(xie) 作比較好的方式是場景積累(不孤立的積累詞和句，而是依托場景來積累表達), 這也是為(wei) 什麽(me) 在英語環境中，如果能走出華語舒適圈，英語能力會(hui) 進步比較快的原因。因為(wei) 某個(ge) 上課場景，或者某個(ge) 生活場景裏的內(nei) 容， 你會(hui) 反複遇到，練習(xi) ，鞏固。

而在非英語的大環境下，如果要通過場景練習(xi) 去提高寫(xie) 作或者口語能力的話，就需要自己去創造不同的場景了。 當然進步不會(hui) 像在英語環境中那麽(me) 的高效。畢竟遇到，練習(xi) ，鞏固這個(ge) 場景的頻度在非英語環境中還是會(hui) 低很多的。

那麽(me) 怎麽(me) 把場景練習(xi) 放到應試中？

其實應試本身是天然的場景練習(xi) 素材，因為(wei) 考試不管是口語還是寫(xie) 作都會(hui) 有一些特定的話題類型。而當我們(men) 了解了一些考試的話題後，針對性的積累這些話題會(hui) 用到的表達，對於(yu) 應試的幫助是很大的，而且帶來的提分穩定度也是比較高的。

不過要強調的是畢竟還是屬於(yu) 提高絕對能力的範疇，所以這種方式對於(yu) 短期衝(chong) 分的幫助是隨機的，短期的衝(chong) 分直接就題論題是最高效的。

當然，如果你不是馬上就要考試的，或者你想的也不是備考，就是提高能力，那麽(me) 下麵的方法是很合適的。

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# 語料

 

文章講的是現在孩子普遍相比於(yu) 以前在大人麵前沒有那麽(me) 拘束了，甚至有些會(hui) 做出老一輩覺得不合規矩的行為(wei) 。但是研究顯示這說明了現在的孩子生活在了一個(ge) 他們(men) 覺得安全的環境，因為(wei) 隻有在安全的環境下，在被尊重的環境下，孩子才敢表達真實的自我想法。 全文有很多內(nei) 容適合和parenting 有關(guan) 的題目。

Excerpts

We all know friends or relatives who would unequivocally say, “yes.” In their generation, they say, children knew their place and respected their elders. I certainly try to teach my kids about respect, and we talk ad nauseam about table manners and saying “please” and “thank you.” Still, the relationship many parents today have with their kids feels substantially different from parent-child relationships decades ago.

Much has been written about the shift in recent years toward more intensive, child-centered parenting, and one byproduct is that many parents today are less likely to bark out orders and punish their kids. They are more likely to empathize and engage in dialogue. Because of this, many children today feel more comfortable around adults, and they are more willing to challenge them and speak up when they feel the impulse.

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“It can manifest as kids being a bit more assertive and opinionated, and maybe even more argumentative, and I think that the challenge is to not interpret that as a bad thing, but as an important and necessary process,” said Emily Loeb,

這個(ge) 段落適合以下今昔對比的題目; 也適合類似現在做家長比較難了的話題。

考場題目

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Nowadays, young people (ages 12- 18) behave badly (for example, by being Impolite or unkind) more often than young people did fifty years ago.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is much easier for parents to raise children today than it was 50 years ago.

Excerpts

Children of authoritarian parents are at an increased risk for anxiety and depression, exhibit more disruptive behavior and are more likely than other kids to have low self-esteem, studies have found.

“The science says that over time, fearing your parents makes you less confident in yourself and more in need of external validation,”

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One of Dr. Loeb’s recent studies, which followed kids from ages 13 to 32, found that children whose parents were psychologically controlling were less academically successful and less liked by their peers in adolescence compared with kids whose parents were not psychologically controlling.

適合類似家長要不要管太多，太嚴(yan) 厲的題目

考場題目

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Parents must have strict rules if they want their children to be successful in life.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Parents today spend too much time trying to help determine the futures of their children; children should be allowed to make their own choices.

Some children prefer to socialize (get together and have fun) after school with very little involvement from parents or teachers; for example, they enjoy games or activities that they can organize and play safely without help from adults. Other children prefer to socialize after school by joining groups or participating in programs organized and monitored by adults. Which way of socializing after school do you think is most helpful for children's development? Why?

Excerpt

... I wanted to make sure that our contribution would have the maximum impact. But what kind of “impact” was I looking to maximize? I had no idea. There are all sorts of ways to use money to improve the state of the world, and they vary widely in cost and outcome. Should I donate to feed the needy where I live, in the San Francisco Bay Area? Or was it better, in a utilitarian sense, to feed the poor of Kenya, where my money would likely go further, and where people’s need for food might likely be more dire?

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And this was not even to consider the more practical questions: Even if I found the most effective use of my money, could I have any assurance that a particular charitable organization was taking care to spend my donation wisely? By this point readers familiar with this line of vexation might be screaming at their screens: GiveWell! I understand the enthusiasm — when I discovered GiveWell back in 2012, I felt like its founders had been reading my mind.

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For more than a decade, GiveWell has been investigating the central question in the philanthropic movement known as “effective altruism”: What is the best way to help other people?

考場題目

Some charitable organizations (groups that help people in need) allow people who give money to charity to choose how their donations will be used. (For example, people can decide whether their donated money is spent directly on goods and services for people in need or on advertising by the charity. If you were to give money to charity, would you prefer to choose how your donation is going to be used, or do you think it is more effective to leave that decision to the organization? Why?

Excerpt

A few of these districts have closed with very little notice, sending parents to find child care, as well as summon the wherewithal to supervise remote learning. Beyond the logistics, many parents are worried that with additional lost days of in-person school, their children will fall further behind.

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Ms. Morgan could leave her teenage daughter at home alone but was worried that she would get distracted by her phones or the internet instead of paying attention to school.

考場題目

Recently, some primary, middle, and high schools (students aged 6-18) have reduced the number of attendance days from five to four days a week. However, students spend 90 more minutes in school each day. In your view. is it beneficial or harmful to reduce the number of school days per week while extending the number of hours attended per day?

#表達

結構

in the short term... in the long term 的對比

e.g. In the short term, sure, kids might be better behaved. In the long term, children suffer.

This is not to say that  表示讓步

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e.g.This is not to say that children don’t need rules, limits or consequences — they certainly do. So-called “permissive” parenting can pose problems, too, and has been linked to child self-centeredness and poor impulse control.

詞句

副詞修飾，個(ge) 別時候可以讓表達簡潔些

e.g. One study found that teens whose parents used conditional regard reported feeling more resentful toward their parents and were less academically engaged and emotionally regulated compared with teens whose parents supported them unconditionally.

sow the seeds for... 為(wei) 什麽(me) ... 播下種子

e.g. Ultimately, what the research suggests is that harsh, strict parenting does not sow the seeds for healthy development...

take a toll 產(chan) 生嚴(yan) 重的不良影響

e.g. Battles in the classroom — over mask mandates and critical race theory — have also taken a toll, said Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second-biggest teachers’ union.