想要清楚的表達，有講出文法正確的句子就夠了嗎？面對托福口說，很多人常常不知道如何準備、考試頻頻卡關。在托福的整合口說題中，同學需要整合題目音檔中的資訊，並說出摘要。下面我會用同學說的句子，具體地讓你了解什麼是貧乏的句子，以及如何善用「動詞」讓句子更加分、更生動。

一、減少單調的 be 動詞

  • First, paper was from China, and the print was from Germany. And they are examples of diffusion. (x)
  • First, paper was invented in China, and the printing techniques were used in Germany. They both support the concept of diffusion. (o)

二、用動詞讓句子細節更有力

  • Everything was great at the dinner, until the main dish with garlic, which the professor is not a fan of. (x)
  • Everything was great at the dinner, except that the main dish contained garlic, which the professor is not a fan of. (o)
  • Citizens are happy to take the metro, which not only saves money but also leads to a decline of the carbon emission. (x)
  • Many citizens are happy to take the metro, which not only saves money but also helps reduce carbon emissions. (o)

三、減少空泛的 there is/are 句

  • In one year, there was more rain so there were more plants. (x)
  • In one year, since the rainfall increased, the number of plants rose. (o)
  • There are still some arguments not favorable in the situation. (x)
  • Some unfavorable arguments still persist in the situation. (o)

動詞是一個句子的靈魂，掌握這 3 個要點後，你的句子就會更傳神，也更能打動托福考官囉！

原文發表於：創勝文教電子報 202404 / 01 期・Apr 3