很多考生单纯的认为雅思作文字数不够是不要紧的,NO!字数不够也是要扣分。平时备考,很多人也会有写作写不满字数的现象,这个问题怎么办呢?信心的人会发现,我们做阅读的时候,里面会有很多的无意义词,什么是无意义词呢?其实就是那些连接词和议论文经常套用的小短语,它们不会影响整篇文章的总体意思,却可以提高文章的连贯性。如果我们学会使用这些小短语,作文字数凑不够的问题也就解决了。
1.Tosignalsequenceoraddition
Accordingly,actually,additionally,afterwards,again,also,and,another,aswaspreviouslystated,aswellas,atthesametime,besidesthis,consistentwiththis,correspondingly,equallyimportant,finally,further,furthermore,inaddition,inalikemanner,inthefirstplace,inthesameway,including,initially,last,likewise,moreimportantly,moreover,next,originally,overall,primarily,similarly,tobeginwith,too,whatismore.
2.Tosignaltime
After,afterward,aslongas,atfirst,atlast,atlength,atthesametime,before,concurrently,currently,during,finally,following,immediately,inthefuture,inthemeantime,lastbutnotleast,later,meanwhile,next,once,presently,rarely,simultaneously,sometimes,subsequently,then,thistime,until,untilthen,whenever,while.
3.Toshowresults
Accordingly,asaresult,consequently,forthisreason,hence,inotherwords,inthatcase,itfollowsthat,itisevidentthat,otherwise,owingto,resultingfromthis,soitcanbeseenthat,thatbeingthecase,thereforethisimplies,thissuggeststhat,thus,underthesecircumstances.
4.Tointroduceevidence/support/reasons
Contradictorytothis,contrarily,insupportofthis,itfollows,thisisclearbecause,theevidencefor···is,thereasonsfor···are,thisissupportedby,toaffirmthis,toattesttothis,tocorroborate,toexplain,tofurtherconfirm,tofurtherverify,tolist,tosubstantiatethis,insubstantiation.
5.Tosignalrepetition,summary,orconclusion
Accordingly,allinall,alltogether,asafinalpoint,asaresult,asIhavenoted,asindicatedearlier,asmentioned,aspreviouslystated,aswehaveseen,briefly,byandlarge,consequently,finally,giventhesefacts,hence,inbrief,inconclusion,inotherwords,inshort,insummary,tosumup,insummation,onthewhole,overall,since,so,summingup,then,therefore,thus,thuswecanseethat,toconclude,torecapitulate,torepeat,toreview.
6.Tointroducecausesoreffects
Accordingly,asaresult,because,consequently,dueto,forasmuchas,forthatreason,hence,inasmuchas,inthat,inviewof,onaccountof,owing,since,then,therefore,thus,tonarrowthefocus,afterall,fromthisperspective,fromthispointofview,giventhiscontext,infact,inorderto,inotherwords,inparticular,inthiscase,inthiscontext,indeed,particularly,putanotherway,specifically,thatis,thisisparticularlytruewhen,undercertain,circumstances,uptoapoint,withthisinmind.
7.Tocontrast
Afterall,although,alternately,andyet,atthesametime,bethatasitmay,contrastingly,conversely,despite,dissimilarly,eventhough,forallthat,however,incontrast,incontrasttothis,inoppositiontothis,inreality,inspiteofthis,inconsistentwiththisisthat,instead,meanwhile,nevertheless,nonetheless,notwithstanding,onthecontrary,ontheonehand,ontheotherhand,otherwise,paradoxically,ratherthan,regardlessof,still,though,whereas,wheninfact,yet.
8.Tocompare
Also,analogousto,anothersimilarissueis,atthesametime,bythesametoken,equally,incomparison,inlikemanner,insimilarfashion,inthesameway,likewise,similarly.
9.Toclarify
Inotherwords,thatis,thatistosay,thismeansthat,toclarify,toelaborate,toexplain,toparaphrase,toputitanotherway.
10.Toshowpurpose
Inorderto,inthehopethat,forthepurpose,withthisend,totheendthat,withthisobjective
11.Todismiss
Allthesame,atanyrate,eitherway,inanyevent,ineithercase,whateverhappens.
12.Tosignalconcession
Admittedly,albeit,althoughitistruethatcertainly,evenso,granted,itmayappearthat,knowingthis,naturally,ofcourse,thisisonlythecasewhen,whilethisistrue,whileitmayseemthat.
13.Tosignifyacondition
Grantingthat,intheeventof,ontheconditionthat,providingthat,solongas
14.Toproveexamples
Asanillustration,bywayofexample,forexample,forinstance,inparticular,insupportofthis,notably,todemonstrate,toelaborate,toexemplify,tohighlight,toillustrate,specifically,thatis.
15.Toreference
Concerningthis,consideringthis,withrespectto,withregardsto
16.Toemphasize
Aboveall,asamatteroffact,certainly,chiefly,especially,importantly,inanycase,inparticular,indeed,itmustbeemphasized,that,mainly,mostly,notably,obviously,ofcourse,particularly,primarily,specifically,truly,undoubtedly.
当然这里还要提醒雅思考生们需要注意的是,必须理解这些词的用法而不能机械的带入到雅思写作的句子中,否则反而会显得非常突兀,影响全文整体的感觉。希望同学们在练习雅思写作的过程中,尝试着使用这些词,会感觉受益匪浅。