PTE写作这一项相比雅思确实要简单许多,很多从雅思转考PTE的同学因为不错的基础都能轻松砍下PTE写作65分,但很多没考过雅思的同学对PTE写作仍然存在误区,尤其是SWT这道题。
很多同学因为存在对SWT这道题考察能力的误解,认为SWT考的就是一个概括文章段落的内容,就像我们学语文写的梗概一样。但其实SWT考察的并非仅仅是概括内容的能力,它更要求内容精炼,逻辑准确,重点信息明确,并且是一个句子。
啥叫一个句子,很多同学很容易就按照中文的结构去理解,就是一个句号,分句用逗号隔开,这就叫一个句子。但在英语的语法结构中,一个句子可以用多套主谓宾,但分句必需用连接词连接起来,这样才算是一个语法结构正确的一个句子。
来看看Pearson官方对SWT这个题型有着怎样具体的要求。
Pearson官方也要求大家多练习复合句和复杂句,分句与分句之间用连接词连接起来,什么是连接词呢?and,but,because,although这些都是连接词。
但有些词要慎用,甚至是禁用。譬如therefore就是严格禁用的,因为它不是连接词,写文章时要用到therefore的时候,therefore后面通常要跟一个逗号。However做“然而”讲的时候也不是连接词,后面也要用逗号隔开,所以当选择转折关系的时候,however这个词也是禁用的。
十个规则不如一个例子,下面我们来举几个常用连接词的使用范例。
I didn't come because it was raining.
I will call you as soon as he gets home.
I will come to see you and talk about my plan.
He waited there until police came.
You will have a big trouble once you break the lease.
You must think carefully before you say something.
I really want to help but I don't know how to do.
以上是比较常用的连接词的简单例子,大家可以举一反三。下面我们来看一道SWT的例子:
整个三段都在讲Inequality, 所以段落中心词或主语应该是inequality。而主要内容就是过去和现在的对比,所以主干可以确定。
文章第一段讲不平等以前是由阶级和地理位置共同决定,现在只和地理位置由关。所以很多人移民了。第二段讲要解决不平等就要帮助发展中国家,废话。第三段开头实际重复了第一段内容,属于无效消息,可以删减。
Inequality 第一段和第三段提到了两点,所以可以用并列定语从句which and which 来连结。而且这里的定语从句只是补充关系,所以需要用非限定性定语从句。
下面请看墨尔本文波PTE的答案:
Inequality, which was less obvious a century ago and which used to be determined in equal measures by class and location, is currently preponderantly determined by location only, so many individuals from developing countries have migrated to other developed countries to ameliorate their economic standing and as a result, government cannot alleviate the pressure of migration on their societies until global inequality is reduced.
总而言之,SWT是一道需要强语法能力,阅读理解能力和概括能力的题目,大家需要通过大量的练习去提高自己的能力,多给文波的老师发作业也是提高自己的最佳途径之一。Anyways,有问题,问文波就对啦!