本文仅通过四个表达浅议地道表达在雅思写作中的使用。 “Popular” 雅思写作大作文题目都是社会热点话题，所以考生在作文中经常使用
“popular” (流行的)这个词。可是这个词在考官眼中已经俗套了，而且也无法传达真实有效的信息，也不符合Mark
Griffins在*教程6-7.5分书中所提到的，能够理解 “detailed
reasoning”。那么，传神达意又地道准确的表述是怎样的？以最近非常火的韩国热门歌曲“江南style”为例，我们一起来看一下native-speakers所写的句子。 例1：By
now, Gangnam Style has become part of the pop culture lexicon. The
infectious song by South Korean singer Psy broke the Guinness world
record for most likes on YouTube. (‘Gangnam style? Not in N. Korea’,
Los Angeles Times, published on 12 Oct
2012) 在这段话中，popular的含义用的一个非常形象的形容词infectious来表述。一首歌是具有“传染性”的，就生动的描述其“受欢迎程度”。 例2：It
(the video for Psys track Gangnam Style) is a colourful, over-the-top,
hilarious pastiche of commercial pop videos and sees Psy debut his now
internationally famous horse riding dance. (‘Gangnam Style the UKs
first K-pop number one’, BBC online news “newbeats”, 1
Oct) 与*个例子不同，这里使用了副词和形容词的搭配，“在国际范围内知名的”这种具体的解释说明，来表述出这首歌是非常受欢迎的。不同词性搭配的手法在写作中也是非常好的表达方式。 例3：Gangnam
Style, a novelty song by the South Korean rapper Psy, is the global pop
sensation of 2012. (South Korea: a rough guide to Gangnam style, The
Telegraph, 7
Oct) 本例中，使用抽象名词sensation来表达这首歌是广为传颂的。抽象名词也是学术性文章中必不可少的表达方式。 “Exposure” 例4：It
found that 2% of Europeans suffer severely disturbed sleep because of
noise pollution and 15% can suffer severe annoyance. Chronic exposure to
loud traffic noise causes 3% of tinnitus cases, in which people
constantly hear a noise in their ears. 例5: Some people may point out
that too much exposure to advertising imposes a lot of pressure on
children as well as their parents. 例6：The report raises concerns about
how this increasing amount of time spent with media is affecting us --
and specifically, how it is affecting youth. Heavy media exposure could
have long-term effects on our bodies and brains that we dont
realize. 例5和例6都是媒体类的写作素材，说明过多的接触广告等媒体信息对青少年的身心影响。 例7：The American
Medical Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs concluded in a 1997
report that given the “particular uncertainty…regarding the long-term
health effects of low-dose pesticide exposures,” it is “prudent” for
adults and children to limit their exposure and to “consider the use of
the least toxic chemical pesticides or non-chemical
alternatives.” 例7说明了过多的接触和使用杀虫剂等化学制品，对青少年的影响的确是存在的。*应该通过限制孩子接触到杀虫剂的方式，降低化学制品对孩子的危害。 “embrace” “embrace”是非常地道的表达，不仅仅是中国学生熟悉的“拥抱”含义。殊不知还有其他含义。在社会类和教育类题目的写作中，考生经常使用“获得，有”这个概念。通过接受大学教育，学生得到了理论知识和实践技能。做免费义工，学生能够得到人生阅历。大多的表达都是停留在“gain
theoretical knowledge”或“acquire vast amounts of working
experience”。而“embrace”就是很传神的表达。 例8：Sales of carbonated sodas have been
declining for the last decade, as American consumers have embraced new
choices of beverages and, more recently, become more aware of how much
sugar they
contain. 例8是一个非常好的素材用于健康类话题中，美国人意识到了饮料中的含糖量，且有了更多的选择，所以碳酸饮料的销量下降。 例9：Along
with theoretical knowledge, today’s working world requires its
workforce to embrace practical skills and soft skills as well. It is
believed that the Malaysian workforce, locally and overseas, possesses
such
skills. 在例9中，“要求其劳动力掌握实践技能”的表达中，就用到了embrace。非常简洁地道。 在写作实践中，embrace还可以表示“accept”的含义。在社会类和教育类话题中常见的表达“接受改变/现实/新事物”等，都可以使用。请见下面native
speakers的文段。 例10：Graduates of the Westerly High School Class of 2012
are urged to embrace change and share knowledge 例11：Human development
has always been driven by knowledge, and by our capacity to impart this
knowledge, cumulatively, to succeeding generations. But as the pool of
knowledge continually expands, and demand for access to it increases,
the traditional means of sharing it are strained. UNESCO estimates that,
by 2025, there will be an additional 80 million students seeking higher
education. The way things are going, there is simply no way we will be
able to give them all an on-campus education. To match this demand,
Universities should embrace the move toward online
learning. 例11是一段非常好的素材，用于教育类的文章。 “tight” 这两种表达在语法角度而言都无可厚非，可从语言地道的层面来看，就略有差池。请看下面的例子： 例12：
All media in North Korea are tightly controlled by the countrys
propaganda network. 例13：Western Australias emerging unconventional gas
sector, which undertakes a practice known as fracking, will be subject
to Australias toughest disclosure laws and to be more tightly regulated.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore says it is important to
establish strict laws while the industry is still young.【
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