2016年考研英语已于12月27日下午17点整正式落下帷幕。尽管还是无一例外的几家欢喜几家愁的局面,我们还是要冷静下来,对已经结束的考试进行分析和整理。特别是对于预计在2017考研的同学们,对于往年真题的分析是至关重要的。本文中跨考教育英语教研室张帅老师就为考生详细解析今年的小作文,希望对2017考生的备考有所帮助。
2016年英语二的小作文是对建议信的考察,这是继2011年第二次出现对于建议信的考察。所以,如果同学们在前期的作文课上认真听讲,并且把之前的应用文类型及范文好好分析整理并记诵的话,这次考试是完全可以拿到高分的。
言归正传,我们先来分析一下这次小作文的题目要求。Suppose you won a translation contest and your friend Jack wrote an email to congratulate you, and ask advice on translation. Write him a reply to
1)thank him;
2)give your advice.
You should write neatly on the ANWSER SHEET. Do not sign you own name at the end of the letter, use “Li Ming ” instead. Do not write the address .
通过题目要求,我们知道这是一篇建议信,或者说是感谢加建议的形式。说到这里,我想有些同学已经开始有似曾相识的感觉了了,因为其实这篇文章完全就是2011年写给表弟的祝贺加建议的偷换写作,如果我们把2011年的小作文真题范文好好看过的话。至少,这篇小作文在模式上是不成问题的。
小作文的写作模式比较固定,依然三段式。不过在具体写作之前,我们还是要先解决格式的问题。首先是称呼,我们之前有说过,称呼要看题目要求,也就是搞明白写给谁的。一般有三种情况,写给不认识的机构或是个人,用To whom it may concern, 或是Dear sir or madam; 写给认识但是不熟的人,用Dear Mr./Ms.(Micheal) Wang , 或是Mr./Ms 后跟头衔如Dear Mr. President;写给亲戚朋友,直呼其名,如Dear Michael。这里是你的一个朋友写给你,所以,应该是比较亲密熟悉的关系,所以可以采取第三种,使用Dear Jack 。结束语,采用公共信件和私人信件都可以的Sincerely Yours, 即可。署名一定是Liming。
然后是正文,第一段两句即可,第一句寒暄或是交代事由,这里因为是两种信件的叠加,所以直接在第一段写感谢就行了。比如说You cannot imagine how excited I feel when I won the national translation test held in this week. So I am also impulsed to write this email to express my heartfelt thanks to you for your congratulations, and more for your help during my preparation on this contest.
第二段根据题目要求要写出你对于翻译的几条,三个为好。建议可以从以下几个方面写:如何培养翻译能力或是能否提供一些实用的参考书等建议;写建议之前,因为过度的问题。可以先有一个过渡句:Besides, considering your advice asking in last letter,I want to give some suggestions here for your reference and hope they may help you in some ways. 建议的话,套用一些句型:如:To begin with, I think it would be better if you watch some video lectures on translation or read some related books which explain the principles and methods of translation in detail.(建议一); At the same time, you must bear in your mind that practice is also of significances, and you should look for some passages to practice your learned skills. (建议二);In the end, there is no doubt that not only is it useful for you to know your own language, but also essential to have a grasp of the cultural background of the target language. (建议三) .
第三段其实就按照常规写法,因为是写给朋友,所以语气可以轻松自然,如:Thanks for your congratulation again and I really hope my recommendations will provide some assistances for your future translation learning.
总之,今年小作文题目比较简单,且和往年的相似度极高,只要按照格式要求来写,控制好字数,写明原因,没有明显语法和拼写错误,拿到7分及7分以上是比较容易得。最后,希望2016年的同学都能达成自己的愿望,考上理想中的学校。