雅思考官詳解詞彙語法難點

  下面是小編整理的一些關於雅思詞彙語法難點,以供大家學習參考。

  1. fall 還是reduce?

  These two words are the opposites of 'rise' and 'raise':

  它們是rise和raise的反義詞:

  something falls e.g. the price fell

  somebody reduces something e.g. the company reduced the price

  You will probably use 'fall' to describe numbers on a graph or chart for IELTS Writing Task 1:

  在雅思短作文中,你可以用fall來描述圖表裡的數字。

  In 2008, the number of customers fell. verb, past

  這裡的fall是動詞,過去時。

  There was a sharp fall in Internet usage. noun

  這裡的fall是名詞。

  'Reduce' and 'reduction' are probably more useful for Writing Task 2:

  reduce和reduction在長作文中更有用:

  We need to reduce the amount of pollution from exhaust fumes. verb

  reduce,動詞。

  Recycling leads to a reduction in waste. noun

  reduction,名詞。

  2. before還是ago?

  Don't say:

  不要說:

  I came to Manchester before two weeks.

  Do say:

  要說:

  I came to Manchester two weeks ago.I came to Manchester two weeks ago.

  Use "past time + ago"

  ago用於一般過去時,例如:

  10 years ago, a long time ago, a few weeks ago, a couple of days ago

  Use "before + action / event"

  before用於動作或事件前,例如:

  before you left, before we start, before lunch

  3. because還是because of?

  Compare these two sentences:

  比較下列兩個句子:

  I stayed at home because the weather was bad.

  I stayed at home because of the bad weather.

  The important difference is the use of the word 'was' in the first sentence. After 'because', you need a subject and a verb e.g. the weather was. After 'because of', we don't use a verb, only a noun, nouns or noun phrase.

  重要的區別在於第一句裡使用了word。Because後面需要加主語和動詞例如the weather was。Because of 後面不需要動詞,只要一個或多個名詞,又或者名詞片語就可以了。