不知道有多少考生会这样回答考官的问题:
诸如此类的还有:
Why do you like your home?
It's comfortable;
Why do you like the pair of shoes?
They are comfortable;
Why do you always stay in your room?
It's comfortable.
……
相信不用我多说,考生们自己也能够感受到,对于这种回答,考官一定能够听得懂,但是总给人的感觉就是差点意思,或者更甚点说,有点土。
其实convenient 和comfortable本身都是不错的词语,但是反复的使用总给人一种非常廉价的感觉,接下来我们就分析分析。
Convenient
其实方便无非就是省时间,省精力,所以从这个角度出发,我们完全可以用labour-saving 来替换,举个例子:
Why do you like living in a city?
Well, how can I put it, you know, it's quite time-saving. Well, this is due to the fact that probably my home could be a stone's throw away from a subway station or whatever. To be specific, normally 5 minutes' walk can take me there. So really, city life is my cup of tea.
额,挺省时间的吧。因为我家可能离地铁站之类的就很近,确切说通常5分钟就到了。讲真,还蛮喜欢城市生活的。
Interesting
看书interesting,电视interesting,上课interesting,然后考官觉得你这孩子一点都不interesting....那咋办?建议换成intriguing 有趣的,如intriguing books, intriguing movie, intriguing class....
Good
Good本身无罪,但是每次很多学生一说到这个词感觉没脸见人。那怎么办呢?其实有一个很常见的方法,组合词法,比如good-temper,good-humoured,举个例子;The teacher has a good temper. 换成 a good-tempered teacher; The boy has a good humour. 换成:a good-humoured boy. 显然会比单纯使用good要好太多了。
其实在英语的学习中,平时多注意这样的词汇积累可以帮助我们快速的扩充词汇库,同时也可以提升自己对于英语使用的能力,一石二鸟,希望这部分的内容能够对同学有所帮助。