写作六大秘籍推荐之三

大家在写作的时候，有的同学习惯使用一些例如 ugly as sin, pretty as a picture之类的词汇。在这里，建议大家不要使用这类词汇。因为在使用这些词汇的时候，会给读者一种陈词滥调，平淡无味的感觉，更有可能使读者误会你本身的意思。尤其是在SAT写作考试当中使用,。以下列出的词汇，请大家尽量不要在写作中使用。

下面，让我们通过几个例子来证明；

例1 I was shaking in my boots before the interview, but I was happy as a lark when the personnel manager offered me the job.

Improved: I was terrified before the interview, but I was ecstatic when the personnel manager offered me the job.

例2 Whether the author really believed what he wrote was the sixty-four dollar question.

Improved: whether the author really believed what he wrote was difficult to determine from the answers he gave the interviewer.

练习题

把下面的句子重新改写

1. I tried to start my car, but the battery was dead as a doornail.

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2. Ms. Lim is a one-in-a-million teacher.

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3. Every time I have to make a presentation in class, my stomach gets tied up in knots.

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参考答案

1. I tried to start my car, but the battery was not charged.

2. Ms. Lim always seems genuinely interested in what her students have to say.

3. Every time I have to make a presentation in class, my hands get clammy, my stomach hurts, and my voice comes out as a squeak.

SAT