关于雅思写作“套句”这件事
(以问句的形式复述核心问题)+ The traditional theory/average people hold(s) that (观点1=你所反对的观点) + Nevertheless, combined with my experience and some scientific evidence (the viewpoint of some researchers/experts), we could draw a totally different conclusion that + (观点2=你支持的观点)
比如像这样的一个Topic:
Some people believe that it is more important for buildings to serve its practical purpose than to look beautiful. So architects need not worry about constructing buildings as works of art. However, some others hold the opposite opinion. Discuss both viewpoints and give your own opinion. (2005年12月17日)
貌似就可以用“模板”在两分钟内写出以下开头:
Is it more important for a building to look beautiful just like a work of art or simply to serve its purpose as a place for living? Average people may hold that a building’s practical purpose carries more weight than its appearance . Nevertheless, combined with my experience and the viewpoints of some experts, we could draw a totally different conclusion that it is the beautiful appearance of a building that plays a more significant role.
看上去很不错是不是?但问题是,如果它真的那么好的话,为什么还是有学生在好不容易把我的模板背得滚瓜烂熟之后还是只能得一个5分呢?这是我当时非常想不通的一个问题,anyway,尽管效果各异,但当时我在日常教学当中还是坚持保留”快速模板”这个单元,直到2007年我来到新东方……
当我作为一个新人来到新东方的时候,发现新东方的老师基本上都是非常不屑模板套句这类东西的。当时新东方对外普遍的说法是“新东方的雅思教学早就过了那种背机经抄模板的原始时代”了。的确,到北京去培训和全国各个新东方分部教雅思写作的同行交流的时候,大家也几乎众口一词:“用模板就好比一个上身穿Armani西装的人下半身就穿着一条山寨版的Arnani短裤”,是和一个考生的整体语言水平不协调的,因此在实际使用过程中,往往会适得其反,即本来不用模板还能得一个6分的,用了模板以后反而只能拿个5分。