“凌波微步”大概是眾多武功招術(shù)之中最瀟灑出塵、最令人心馳神往的了。其流暢灑脫的輕功步法，構(gòu)成了其核心和精髓。在多年從事雅思寫作研究的過程中，總結(jié)出來，其實(shí)練習(xí)雅思寫作，就好比修煉絕世武功;而流暢的語言，正如金庸筆下大理世子段譽(yù)的那一招“凌波微步”，于輕靈瀟灑之中，贏得考官的青睞。

很多準(zhǔn)備參加雅思考試的同學(xué)卻往往不通此法，在練習(xí)雅思寫作的時(shí)候，時(shí)常糾結(jié)于如何把句子寫得更“拽”，于是各種復(fù)雜的“大詞”和長難句輪番上陣;然而不幸的是，在他們苦思冥想如何把句子“秀”得更漂亮的同時(shí)，卻往往因?yàn)檎Z法功底不強(qiáng)而出現(xiàn)諸多錯(cuò)誤，甚至忽略了句子的實(shí)際表意功能，使文章難懂、費(fèi)解、錯(cuò)誤百出。這就好像一個(gè)武功平平的莽夫，總喜歡依靠蠻力取勝;殊不知，高手出招，往往是勝于無形的。

而這樣動(dòng)輒“求長、求難”的寫作，大概是近年來很多考生的一個(gè)共同誤區(qū)!大家總錯(cuò)誤地認(rèn)為，雅思寫作用詞要越“大”越好，句型要越長越復(fù)雜越好。其實(shí)不然!一味地追求“大、長、難”不但不能使文章增色，搞不好還會(huì)適得其反，特別是那些基礎(chǔ)相對薄弱的考生，“大、長、難”務(wù)必慎用!

中國人有句古話叫“尺有所短，寸有所長”。同樣地，小詞、短句，有時(shí)候也會(huì)有震撼人心的力量。

下面我們來看《IELTS PLUS》里的一段例文：

Avoiding pollution can be a full-time job. Try not to inhale traffic fumes; keep away from chemical plants and building-sites; wear a mask when cycling. It is enough to make you want to stay at home. But that，

according to a growing body of scientific evidence， would also be a bad idea.

Research shows that levels of pollutants such as hazardous gases， particulate matter and

other chemical“nasties”are usually higher indoors than out， even in the most polluted cities.

Since the average American spends 18 hours indoors for every hour outside， it looks as though

many environmentalists may be attacking the wrong target.

沒有矯揉造作的長難句型，沒有生澀難懂的復(fù)雜詞匯，通讀全文，我們感覺到的是一種自然天成的清晰和流暢，這才是我們所追求的理想作文，才是我們所修煉的上乘武功。

這樣清新流暢的語言風(fēng)格，在考官范文中也比比皆是：Many people find their rewards unfair， especially when comparing these super

salaries with those of top surgeons or research scientist， or even leading

politicians who have the responsibility of governing the country. However，

sports salaries are not determined by considering the contribution to society

a person makes or the level of responsibility he or she holds. Instead，

they reflect the public popularity of sport in general and the level of public

support that successful stars can generate. So the notion of ‘fairness’

is not the issue. ——(《劍橋雅思6》)

長句(Many people find ……responsibility of governing the country.)短句(So the notion of ‘fairness’ is not the issue.)相得益彰，大詞(responsibility)小詞(so)交相呼應(yīng)，邏輯關(guān)系(comparing， however， instead)清晰明確，是考生們學(xué)習(xí)效仿的絕佳素材。

雅思寫作之“要?jiǎng)?wù)”在于文章的可讀性，也就是讓讀者更清晰明了地理解你文章的內(nèi)容。而復(fù)雜的長難句和生硬的“大詞”，勢必會(huì)阻礙文章語言的流暢性和閱卷者思路的延續(xù)性，從而造成閱讀障礙。而且，頻繁使用長句大詞無疑增加了出現(xiàn)語法錯(cuò)誤和拼寫失誤的概率，從而導(dǎo)致失分。

語言是一門藝術(shù)，寫作是創(chuàng)造藝術(shù)并享受藝術(shù)的過程。反復(fù)雕琢固然是美，卻不及自然天成的美那樣流暢自如。因此我們要敢于“砍掉”那些過于冗繁的長句和大詞，就像雕塑家砍掉“傷美”的維納斯的手臂!因此，恰當(dāng)準(zhǔn)確地使用“小詞”“短句”，從而確保語言流暢清新，才是廣大中國雅思考生急需掌握的“四兩撥千斤”的絕妙武功，才是雅思寫作中的“凌波微步”!