勤用精彩小词 雅思写作亦放光彩
朗阁海外考试研究中心
每次课堂中，若问到学生关于对写作的感受，听到最多的就是语法和词汇的问题；大多数学生都认为只要词汇用的高级、有难度，就一定能够得到很高的分数。其实，这只是一个误区。在很多高分甚至是满分的作文中，我们都会发现整篇文章都没有一个生词，所以，问题的关键应该是在于如何灵活地运用这些我们非常熟悉的小词，如何让它们在作文中发挥大作用。在下文中，朗阁海外考试研究中心将给大家列举一些在雅思和托福写作中可以用得很精彩的小词以及它们的具体运用。
1. 社会生活类
Skip：The poor tend to smoke more and skip breakfast, two factors which have major stress effects on the body.
Better of：People of the lower end of the social economic status have stress levels in their bodies that worth 3 times higher than those who are better off.
Reputation：Contrary to fears about the violent reputation of some games, there is no firm proof that playing them has a negative impact on children's behavior.
Contribution: Video games have a positive contribution for education.
Tough: The findings are likely to surprise supporters of tougher regulation of computer games.
Midlife review：People need opportunities to make a "midlife review" to adjust to the later stages of employed life, and to plan for the transition to retirement.
Update：Others can do voluntary work more effectively if they canupdate their skills and knowledge.
2. 科技、媒体类
Access：Innovative technology has transformed how we access and share information, changed the way businesses and institutions operate, and made the world smaller by giving us instant access to people and resources everywhere.
Farewell：Farewell to the out-of-date guidebook and the grubby newspaper.
-like：A paper-like device that can store hundreds of novels, update the news while you browse the headlines.
Screen: Young people today enjoy more and more digital connections, more screen time than ever before.
Come a long way：Trains have come a long way from their grim beginnings.
Driving：New technological products will be the driving force to make work and life easi
