三、assume及claim使用不够准确

　　我们知道, think, assume, claim是议论文中常用引出观点的动词。在实际作文中,同学们往往认为几个词的意思是一样的,完全可以代换,所以拿过来就用。甚至还有同学把consider也拿过来与之混用。我们首先还是从定义来看这几个词的不同：

　　Think： to have opinion or belief about sth.

　　翻译为“认为”,通常接宾语从句来表达比较确定的观点。

　　Assume： to think or accept that sth is true but without having proof of it.

　　翻译为“假设、假定”,是否有事实依据是不确定的。

　　Claim： to say sth is true although it has not been proved and other people may not believe it.

　　翻译为“声称”,用这个词往往意味着不赞同紧跟其后的观点,所以很少用作‘I claim that…

　　Scientist are claiming a breakthrough in the fight against cancer, but in fact, …。

　　所以‘It is claimed that’通常翻译为“有报道称。。。”。和‘it is reported that ’的区别在于后者翻译为“据报道”,往往代表着作者赞同报告的内容,

　　Consider： to think about sth carefully, especially in order to make a decision

　　翻译为“考虑”,一般不用作引出观点,看个例子：

　　We are considering buying a new car.

　　所以,千万不要在托福写作的第一段(观点表达段)就因为用词把握不准而导致对整篇文章的低分印象。

　　四、表“建议”的词汇后面忘记用虚拟从句

　　这是摘自学生托福作文中的一个病句：

　　I suggest he continues his study instead of working after graduation from high school.

　　因为‘suggest’翻译为“建议”,所以后面的从句应该用虚拟语气,黑体部分应该改为“(should) continue”

　　所以考生一定要牢记以下常见表“建议”的词汇,而且要记住这些词接从句时要用虚拟语气：

　　Recommend, suggest, advise

　　五、such as与for example的混用

　　我们知道,在表示举例子的时候,such as与like是完全等同的,如：Wild flowers such as/like orchids and primroses are becoming rare.

　　但是同学们对于Such as、for example的把握还是不够准确。我们都知道,后者接句子前者接词语表示举例子。于是就有了下面的写法：

　　There is a similar word in many languages, such as in French and Italian.

　　这里的such as改为for example为好,因为“in French and Italian”其实是“there is a similar word in French and Italian”的简化,所以要用for example来引出例证。再来看几个类似的例子：

　　It is possible to combine computer science with other subjects, for example physics.

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