每次課堂中，若問到學生關于對寫作的感受，聽到最多的就是語法和詞匯的問題;大多數學生都認為只要詞匯用的高級、有難度，就一定能夠得到很高的分數。其實，這只是一個誤區(qū)。在很多高分甚至是滿分的作文中，我們都會發(fā)現整篇文章都沒有一個生詞，所以，問題的關鍵應該是在于如何靈活地運用這些我們非常熟悉的小詞，如何讓它們在作文中發(fā)揮大作用。在下文中，朗閣海外考試研究中心將給大家列舉一些在雅思和托福寫作中可以用得很精彩的小詞以及它們的具體運用。

1. 社會生活類

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、媒體類

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Farewell：Farewell to the out-of-date guidebook and the grubby newspaper.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 easier and entertaining.

3. 教育類

Struggle：It’s even a struggle to keep up with the minimum requirement of two hours sport a week.

Fare：Graduates fared better when they came to filling out job applications and reading newspapers.

Advance：The survey shows that more women and minorities are looking to advance their careers with an advanced degree.

Pick up：More people are willing to attend school during a slowdown and hope things will pick up after graduation.

Pretend：As children play pretend, they try to explore the relationship between family members, friends, and learn more about how people interact.

sharpen：Universities should not only be a place where students learn academic knowledge, but provide courses to sharpen theircompetitiveness.

類似上面這樣的小詞，在作文中的使用是非常頻繁的，換句話說，構成一篇文章，在詞匯的運用上，主要還是靠這些小詞起大作用。小詞匯，往往給人以更加自然、流暢的感覺，不會因為某個高級詞的錯誤使用反而讓這句話變得很突兀。所以，朗閣海外考試研究中心建議要準備雅思或托?？荚嚨耐瑢W應該要轉變一下傳統(tǒng)的單詞積累方式，不要一味地從字典A開始背誦到Z，因為大部分單詞都很少會出現在寫作中。同國內考試不同，雅思和托福的寫作并不是希望看到多么華麗的詞匯，而是一篇語言表達自然、流暢的文章。

獲取小詞的渠道

那么，在哪里可以獲取精彩的小詞呢?

1. 普通的在線版國外報紙

報紙是最常見的地道小詞來源體，特別是報紙中Comment一欄中，更是有大量豐富的小詞。

2. 國外官網媒體的Blog

同國內主流媒體一樣，blog也早成為一種信息、觀點的發(fā)布平臺。

3. 國內較好的英語學習網站

這類網站中如putclub.com及時更新信息，在所發(fā)布的音頻文件中，都可以找到對于我們寫作非常有幫助的素材。

當然，最簡單的方法就是在課堂中逐步積累起自己的小詞詞庫!