1. 多数四级考生在口语选词方面存在的问题
1) 可供“调遣”的词汇量贫乏,用词大部分局限于中学词汇。比如,一提到“重要的”,大多数同学首先会想到“important”这个单词,那么如果提升一下,便可以想到它的如下同义词:significant, vital, crucial, critical, etc
2) 表达相近意义时,常重复用同一个词,导致用词单调。若表达“大的”的概念,则可以使用如下同义词。例如,big =great, large, huge, vast, titanic, enormous, etc.
3) 口语中若需要多次表达同一词义时,常出现某一单词反复使用。若以同义词,近义词等替换,则可以避免重复使用同一个单词。例如,适应… = adapt to, adjust to, make…fit, be accustomed to
2. 四级口语选词的基本原则
1) 尽量用四级范围内的积极、活跃和常用的词或词组。
2) 尽量用表达最贴切,最生动和最有力的词或短语。
3) 尽量用最符合所说题目和话题的词或表达。
3. 实例欣赏
题目:What’s your favorite gift you’ve ever received?
原文: I never forget the very exciting day when my mother bought me a computer as a birthday present, which interested me so that I indulged myself in searching a lot of useful information I had expected, and enjoyed a lot of pleasing classic music. That night I was sleepless, feeling that the whole world belonged to me.
n exceedingly替换very
n thrilling替换exciting
n sth. exert a tremendous fascination on sb替换sb. be interested in sth.
n google替换search
n an army of替换a lot of
提升后:I never forget the exceedingly thrilling day when my mother bought me a computer as a birthday present, which exerted a tremendous fascination on me so that I indulged myself in googling an army of useful information I had expected, and enjoyed a sea of melodious classic music. That night I was sleepless, feeling that the whole world belonged to me.