众所周知,在
托福口语中,paraphrase(改述)是一项非常重要的技能,尤其是在task3到6中。但是,在近期托福口语授课的过程中,小编发现,很多人在这一过程中存在很多问题。接下来小编讨论一下针对如何改述给出一些建议。
一 哪些地方需要进行paraphrase?
(1) 例子。也就是说教授举出的例子中一些重要或关键的动词或者形容词、副词词组。
For example, people in small towns began to adopt behaviors, clothes, and speech that were popular in big cities or in other parts of the country.
Paraphrasing:
People in small towns started to act, dress and speak in the same way as the people in big cities.
(2) 就是你能很容易找到同义词组的地方。
Americans in small towns and rural communities now had the ability to travel with ease to nearby cities.
Paraphrasing: can travel easily to nearby cities.
二 哪些地方不需要paraphrasing呢?
一些重要的concept or terms
Common national culture the automobile radio
而且大家注意不要走极端,有些同学过于在乎考虑每一句话都要paraphrasing,末尾根本都说不完。你就是按照教授原话说出来也总比你说不完好啊。所以,大家不要过犹不及啊,going too far is as bad as not going far enough. 掌握一个原则:说的时候顺其自然,能在1秒钟内反映出来的就paraphrasing, 否则就按照原话来。
三 如何进行paraphrasing
(1)找同意词或词组,或者找反义词组,然后前面加一个not.
(2)变化句式
Special education teachers are employed by school boards to assist students who are having such difficulties.
Paraphrase: school boards hire special education experts to help students with such difficulties.