1、雅思写作单句练习 第一组 10词内单句1. Some students earn some extra cash from part-time jobs. 学生们可以通过兼职工作赚到一些零用钱。核心结构:A earn some extra money from B A从B处赚得零用钱注:extra cash=pocket-money 2. Industrial particulates are mortally detrimental to ones physique. 工业悬浮颗粒对人的身体有致命伤害。核心结:A be mortally detrimental to B A对B有致命危害3.
2、 Some parents feel hemmed-in by their daily routines. 很多父母感觉他们被工作束缚住了。核心结构:A feel hemmed-in by B A感觉受到B的牵制(束缚) 4. Give-and-take is common in any relationship. 付出与给予是人类社会中的一种普遍关系。核心结构:A be common in any relationship A是人类社会中的一种普遍关系5. Youngsters are given to making mistakes. 年轻人一定会犯错误。核心结构:A be given t
3、o doing A一定会(做)。6. Scientific developments have been fast and furious. 科技发展业已一日千里。核心结构:A be fast and furious A一日千里。7. In the abstract, women are more easy-going. 从理论上来说,女性更加和蔼。核心结构:in the abstract 从理论上来说8. A violent area is always the locus of poverty. 一个充斥着暴力的地区总是贫困地区。核心结构:locus 地点9. It is too mora
4、listic to condemn new lifestyles. 谴责新的生活方式未免有些上纲上线。核心结构:1. it is moralistic to do (做某事)显得上纲上线。2. condemn 谴责10. The paranormal can be rarely explained. 超自然现象很难得到解释。核心结构:1. A can be rarely explained A很难得到解释。2. paranormal 超自然的/ 超自然事物 11. Retirees are always unprepared for the oncoming boredom. 核心结构:退休者
5、对于即将到来的枯燥生活总是毫无准备。1. A be unprepared for B A对于B毫无准备。2. oncoming 即将到来的12. Massacres are often done by those unprepossessing loners. 大屠杀的实行者总是那些不为人所注意的孤独者。核心结构:unprepossessing 不为人所注意(关注)的13. The suggestion is weighted against average students. 这个建议不利于一般学生。核心结构:A be weighted against B A不利于B注:A be weigh
6、ted against B 所表示的“不利结果”是深思熟虑后得出来的。14. Conservative people are rather wedded to traditions.保守的人总是遵循传统。核心结构:A be wedded to B A遵循B“遵循”的其它表达方式:follow/ observe/ adhere to/ stick to/ abide by 15. The reason is not valid. 这个理由站不住脚。核心结构:valid 站得住脚的 16. The upshot would be win-win.结果将是双赢的。核心结构:1. upshot 结果
7、2. win-win 双赢的17. The criticism is trenchant indeed. 这个批评的确是一针见血.核心结构:trenchant 一针见血的18. Trials and tribulations always lead us to success.历练与苦难总是会引导我们走向成功。核心结构:trials and tribulations 历练与苦难19. It is nothing but a piece of excuse. 这不过是一个借口。核心结构:A be nothing but B A不过是B而已。20. Fairness is the keystone
8、 of legislation.公平是立法的基础。核心结构:keystone 基础21. Dying patients are not loath to end their lives. 垂死的病人情愿结束他们的生命。核心结构:A be not loath to do A情愿(做某事)注:A be loath to do A勉强(做某事)22. I obsess over those disabled children. 我非常关注那些残疾儿童。核心结构:A obsess over B A关注B“关注”的其它结构:A be preoccupied with B/ A concentrate o
9、n B/ A be engrossed in B(通常指对于工作与学业的关注)/ A be dedicated to B(通常翻译为A致力于B)23. We must bring perpetrators to justice.我们必须将违法者绳之以法。核心结构:A bring B to justice A将B绳之以法。24. I cannot tolerate the permissiveness in education. 我无法容忍在教育当中出现的纵容行为。核心结构:permissiveness 纵容行为25. In the face of a plurality of cultures
10、, I feel befuddled. 面对各种各样的文化概念,我感觉头晕目眩。核心结构:1. in the face of 面对2. a plurality of 各种各样的3. befuddled 头晕目眩(文气用法,通常指对概念与观点的茫然、不知所措)26. Torrents of youngsters flood into universities in frenzy.如潮水一般的年轻人疯狂的涌入大学。核心结构:1. A flood into B A涌入B 2. in frenzy 疯狂的(副词结构)27. Teachers tend to be magisterial.教师们总会有些
11、专横跋扈。核心结构:1. A tend to do A倾向于(做)2. magisterial 专横跋扈的、权威的(反语或幽默说法)28. When put in public eyes, the problem is magnified.在公众的眼中,问题总会被放大。核心结构:1. A put B in public eyes A将B置于公众视线当中。2. magnify 放大(动词)29. Offstage, celebrities do not behave differently from commoners.在日常生活中,名人与普通人的表现并无不同。核心结构:offstage 在台下
12、、在日常生活中(副词结构)注:offstage的原意是演员为上场前的状态。其实,人生也是一场戏。在台上、在公众面前,人总是会尽量表示出自己优雅、博学、幽默的一面(社会属性),虽然很少有人真正具备这些素质。在台下,我们总是会回归自己的真实属性(自然属性)。难怪先古哲学家苏格拉底讲“人类的全部知识都是隐藏人类自身局限性与愚蠢的知识,我们很少能够解释真实的生活。”多么cynical(犬儒主义的、秉持怀疑论的)的一个哲人啊!30. The rupture between two generations is caused by communication failure.两代人之间的隔阂是有沟通不畅造
13、成的。核心结构:rupture 隔阂注:rupture的原意是“断裂”。它最早被借用表示抽象关系还是在哲学专著论道德的谱系中。记得在4年前,北大的一些文学博士曾经拿周星驰的电影风格说事,讲他的电影是后现代主义风格。他们英文论文中曾有一个句子“His works mark the rupture between industrial and surrealistic works.”(他的作品标志着工业电影与超现实主义电影的断裂)。后来据星星自己讲“我就是想拍电影,没想成什么后现代主义大师。”31. Much of pressure is self-inflicted.很多的压力都是自己强加的。核
14、心结构:self-inflicted自己强加的32. Many of trendsetters were not pioneers in their childhood.很多先驱者在他们的童年期并不是领袖。核心结构:trendsetter先驱者注:trend本意为趋势,setter可理解为创造者。可谓“时势造英雄、英雄造时势”。33. Trepidation is usually caused by inferiority complex. 恐慌感总是由自卑造成的。核心结构:1. trepidation 恐慌2. inferiority complex 自卑感(情结)注:complex的形容词
15、意为复杂的,名词为情结(心理学词汇)。复杂就是纠结、情结也是纠结。就是没事和自己较劲!34. It is hard for us to figure out the definition on an infant prodigy.我们很难得出天才儿童的定义。核心结构:1. figure out 得出2. infant prodigy 天才儿童注:中国古代有个名篇叫伤仲永,不知大家看过没有?文中的protagonist(主人公)小小年纪就可以写poem(诗),也许还能写acrostics(藏头、尾诗)。我小的时候只勉强写过几首doggerel(打油诗、歪诗)。35. No measures ar
16、e infallible.方法没有绝对无误的。核心结构:infallible 绝对无误的。36. Ones childhood and adulthood are inextricable.一个人的童年期与成年期是不能分割的。核心结构:inextricable 不能分割的37. Some youngsters may commit crimes without rhyme or reason.一些年轻人会无缘无故的犯罪。核心结构:without rhyme or reason无缘无故地(副词结构)38. Human society develops invariably to a better
17、 state.人类社会总是向好的方向发展。核心结构:1. invariably总是2. a better state 一个好的状态注:大家看过The Day After Tomorrow吗?最近几年气候怪异,地球总发脾气。希望大家能够热爱地球,少用纸巾(facial tissue)、多用手绢(handkerchief)。注意环境保护(environmental protection)。否则说不定世界末日(Armageddon)很快就来了。39. Rampant hackers are proud of attacking PCs skillfully.猖獗的黑客以能够娴熟的攻击个人电脑为骄傲。
18、核心结构:1. rampant hacker猖獗的黑客2. A be proud of B A以B为荣注:很多的网络犯罪(cyber-crimes)不以为耻、反以为荣(see a crime as a pride)。不过,大家还是要小心被“烧香”。40. In an extended family, sibling rivalry is rather obvious.在一个大家庭中,兄弟姐妹间的对立是很明显的。核心结构:1. extended family大家庭2. sibling rivalry 兄弟姐妹间的对立注:不知大家是生长在大家庭(extended families由三代或三代以上的
19、人所组成的家庭。看过我爱我家没有?对!就是这种!太准确了!)还是小家庭(nuclear families由两代人组成的家庭)中?不过肯定不是丁克家庭(Dink,由两个冷酷的上班族所组成的无小孩家庭。)就对了。41. Many of traditional beliefs are erased by new ones.很多的传统观念因新观念的出现而消失了。核心结构:erase擦除42. While inveighing against the phenomenon, we must figure out solutions.在抱怨这种现象的时候,我们必须得出解决方法。核心结构:inveigh a
20、gainst 抱怨、批评(有亵渎意味)43. Some inveterate liars are born and brought up in violent families.很多有撒谎习惯的人都生长在暴力家庭中。核心结构:inveterate liar 习惯撒谎的人注:大家看过皮诺曹(Pinocchio)的故事吗?44. Modern buildings are always pale in comparison to ancient ones.与传统建筑相比,现代建筑显得那么苍白。核心结构:in comparison to A 与A相比45. Large rambling buildin
21、gs are piled in cities. 高大的、杂乱的建筑被堆砌在城市当中。核心结构:rambling杂乱的注:东京和上海没有什么区别。京都和北京有很大区别。小日本对于传统建筑的保护还是很有一套的。46. A series of ramifications are bound to be found.核心结构:一系列的后果定会接踵而来。1. a series of 一系列的2. ramification 后果3. be bound to do 一定会 47. Ones idiosyncrasies always developed from his childhood.一个人的嗜好总是
22、从他的童年期发展而来的。核心结构:idiosyncrasy 嗜好注:朱军的童年嗜好一定是看悲剧片。他的艺术人生就是一个典型。非把嘉宾、观众(电视里、电视外)弄哭。非把美好的回忆弄成悲剧、赚足眼泪!太没教养!导演、策划、主持人一起没教养!48. Ones socialization may be encumbered by a multitude of factors.一个人融入社会的过程可能会受到很多因素的制约。核心结构:1. encumber 阻碍2. a multitude of 很多的“很多的”其它结构:multifarious/ various/ a variety of / mult
23、ifarious 49. Violent crimes are especially rambunctious in under-developed areas.在贫困地区,暴力犯罪尤其猖獗。核心结构:rambunctious 猖獗的注:美国有个纽约(又叫Big Apple),它由曼哈顿(Manhattan)、布鲁克林(Brooklyn)、皇后区(Queens)、布郎克斯(Bronx)和斯塔滕岛(Staten Island)五个区(Five Boroughs)组成。其中的布鲁克林就曾经是一个暴力犯罪rambunctious地区。50. Ones savoir-faire is of vital
24、 importance to his success.对于一个人的成功而言,社会能力至关重要。核心结构:1. savoir-fair 社会能力2. A be of vital importance to B A对B至关重要。 第二组 10-20词单句In developed areas, neither does the number of population decline nor inclines drastically. 在发达地区,人口数量既没有答复下降,也没有答复上升。核心结构:drastically大幅度地2. The values, lifestyles, and behavi
25、oral ways of rich youngsters have chilling echoes of their poor peers.富裕阶层年人的价值观、生活方式与行为方式与那些来自贫困阶层的同龄人相比与很大的不同。核心结构:A have chilling echoes of B A与B有很大不同。3. Feeling dispirited with reality, many of youngsters prefer escapism.对于现实感到绝望,很多年轻人现在都选择了逃避主意。核心结构:1. A feel dispirited with B A对B没有信心。2. A pref
26、er B A 选择B3. escapism 逃避主义注:中国的诗歌文学大体上是“失败者文学”。在众多佳篇中,陶渊明的“采菊东篱下,悠然见南山”很好的解释了避世主义思想。4. Choosing to be self-employed and unemployed has become the ways for youngsters to keep away from office politics.选择自由职业或失业已经成为了年轻人远离办公室政治的手段核心结构:office politics办公室政治5. In a trainee-led class, students may be dismi
27、ssive of their teachers orders and, therefore, make teaching activities out of order.在一个以受训者为引导的课堂当中,学生们可能会对教师的命令不理不睬,并使得教学活动失去秩序。核心结构:1. A be dismissive of B A对B不理睬2. A make B out of order A使得B失去秩序6. Against sticky Muzak, passengers are becoming drowsy in stuffy compartments and, more ridiculously,
28、 never fall asleep successfully.听着索然无味的背景音乐,乘客们在不透气的车厢里变得昏昏欲睡。更荒唐的是,他们从未成功入睡。核心结构:Muzak 背景音乐7. Public interest in charitable undertaking is in danger of petering out.核心结构:1. A be in danger of BA处于B的危险之中2. peter out消失8. Food, medical facilities, and teaching staff are always under-resourced in remote
29、 areas. 在偏远地区,食物、医疗设施以及教学人员总是数量不足。核心结构:under-resourced 供应不足的9. In face of the deterioration of public morality, we should abnegate ourselves first and any commentaries without actions are superfluous.面对公众道德沦丧现象的时候,我们应该首先自律。任何没有行动的评论都是多余的。核心结构:1. abnegate自律2. commentary评论3. superfluous 多余的10. While a
30、ttacking those supine journalists, we must be firstly aware that being loyal to governments is the precondition for them to survive.在攻击那些懒惰的记者的同时,我们必须首先意识到对于政府的忠诚是记者们生存的前提。核心结构:1. supine journalist懒惰的记者2. be aware that 意识到3. A be loyal to BA对B忠诚4. precondition 前提注:前提的表达方式: premise/ prerequisite/ pre
31、condition 11. After the artistic disciplining like dancing or performing, ones deportment will become obviously graceful.在学习了类似舞蹈和表演这样的艺术课程后,一个人的气质会明显变得优雅。核心结构:deportment 气质、举止、仪态12. Frequent edifying conversations can well enlighten children.经常性的启迪性对话可以很好的启蒙儿童。核心结构:edifying 具有启迪性的13. Dancing agains
32、t strong rhythm, youngsters are pulsating with excitement in pubs.伴随着强劲的节奏,年轻人们在酒吧里发狂的跳动。核心结构:pulsate跳动14. In the course of urbanization, thousands acres of farming lands have become factories on the periphery of cities.在城市化过程中,数千顷城市周边的农用地已经成为了工厂。核心结构:1. urbanization城市化2. periphery周边的、外围的15. The age
33、d, especially those from empty-nest families, are in eager need for reassurance.老年人,尤其是那些来自于空巢家庭的老年人,急需安慰核心结构:1. empty-nest family空巢家庭2. A be in eager need for B A急需B3. reassurance保证、安慰注:“空巢家庭”对于我们是一个较新的概念,它通常指代无子女家庭。无子女有三种状态,一种是老龄化的DINK家庭,第二种是因为子女外出求学、组建新的家庭、或工作而造成的、最后一种则是由丧子造成的。以目前的情况看,中国未来的空巢家庭会越
34、来越多。也许政府应该鼓励、组织空巢家庭间的聚会以缓解留守老人的孤独感(the sense of loneliness)和空虚感(the sense of emptiness)。16. The saddest episodes in ones tormented life really teach a person a lot.在饱受风霜的生活中,最悲惨的生活片断往往会教会一个人很多。核心结构:1. episode片段2. tormented受折磨的17. According to my own experience, ones success is extraneous to his educ
35、ational level.根据我的个人经验,一个人的成功往往与他的受教育水平毫不相关。核心结构:A be extraneous to BA与B毫不相关18. Not pessimistically, violent crimes cannot be exterminated in urban areas as long as social gaps are not bridged.不悲观的来说,只要社会差距不被弥合,城市地区的暴力犯罪就不会被根除。核心结构:1. pessimistically 悲观地(副词)2. exterminate根除注:根除的表达方式eradicate/ root o
36、ut/ exterminate 19. Extramural activities, if well-organized, are decisive for students successful socialization. 假如组织得当,校外活动对于孩子的社会化进程将起到关键作用。核心结构:extramural activity 校外活动20. When feeling scandalized by domestic violence, I feel necessary to probe into the root causes to this phenomenon.在对家庭暴力感到极度反
37、感的共识,我感觉有必要深入分析一下这种现象的根本原因。核心结构:1. A feel scandalized by B A对B感到极度反感2. A probe into B A深入分析B21. The measure of educating highly-intelligent children separately may suffocate average students aspiration for their successful life.单独教育高智商儿童的方式可能会扼杀普通学生对于成功生活的渴望。核心结构:A suffocate BA使B窒息、A扼杀B22. Looking i
38、nto the recent cases of campus massacres, we can find that the attacks were always premeditated.深入研究最近的校园流血事件,我们可以发现最近的一系列袭击都是有预谋的。核心结构:premeditate预谋(动词)23. Being mentally immature and sociably inexperienced, many of youngsters are easy to be deceived by subterfuges.由于心理上的不成熟和社会经验的缺乏,一些年轻人很容易被假话欺骗。核
39、心结构:1. mentally immature 心理上不成熟的2. A be deceived by BA被B蒙骗3. subterfuge 假话、借口24. In the vicinity of urban areas, the public facilities like medical and teaching organizations are still short of well-trained professionals.在城市周边地区,医院及教学机构等公众设施仍然缺乏训练有素的专业人才。核心结构:1. A be in the vicinity of BA在B的周边2. A b
40、e short of B A缺少B25. The vicissitudes of communication ways are gradually making the aged marginalized and generation gaps widened.交流方式的变迁正在使得老年人边缘化、代沟加深。核心结构:1. vicissitude 变迁2. marginalized 被边缘化的注:落日余晖下(in the afterglow),我们总会看到一些老人百无聊赖的(in ennui)坐在小区的某个阴凉处( shady places)、茫然的(blindly)注视着过往的行人(passe
41、rs-by)。他们不主动与行人交流、也不奢望行人停下来与他们交流,因为主流社会与“被边缘化社会”之间几乎没有交集。26. Many of youngsters are proud of telling ribald jokes and regard it as a sign of maturity.一些年轻人以讲下流笑话为骄傲,因为他们认为这是一种成熟的象征。核心结构:ribald joke 下流笑话注:这些孩子也许是受到了他们父辈或父辈朋友的影响。社交酒局还是少带孩子去为好。社会虽然并不干净,但还是得让孩子心灵纯洁一阵儿。27. The results of campus poll will
42、 be skewed since the voters are always well skimmed off and those average ones are excluded on purpose.校园选举的结果总是不公正的,因为投票者总是经过精挑细选的。那些普通学生总是被故意排斥在外。核心结构:1. campus poll 校园选举2. skew 歪斜的3. skim off 优中选优4. on purpose 故意(副词结构)28. It is inhuman to tame wild animals and cage them in zoos permanently.驯服野生动物
43、并将他们永久关在动物园力的做法是不人道的。核心结构:1. It is inhuman to (do)做是不人道的2. tame 驯服3. cage 笼子(名词)、关住(动词)4. permanently 永久性的、终身性的29. Although in the habit of being obsequious, pets may attack their owners all of a sudden.核心结构:虽然习惯于献媚,但宠物有可能突然袭击他们的主人。1. A be in the habit of doing A有做的习惯2. obsequious 献媚的3. all of a sud
44、den 忽然地(副词结构、通常置于句尾)30. The generality of office ladies have had the idea of returning to their families and being house-wives.核心结构:绝大多数的职业女性都曾经有过回归家庭、安心当家庭主妇的想法。1. the generality of 绝大多数的31. Urbanization, although seeming to be an irreversible result of population growth, is caused by both gentrifi
45、cation and industrialization in fact. 城市化现象,虽然看起来是人口增长的必然结果,事实上是由士绅化与工业化所造成的。核心结构:1. an irreversible result 一个不可逆转(必然)的结果2. gentrification 士绅化3. industrialization 工业化注:最近4年,中国的房地产发展在价格上、区域上、概念炒作上都到达了令人瞠目结舌的地步。城市中心的住宅不断翻新、价格也是一路高歌猛进。有钱阶层占据了城市的心脏位置,以前在这里居住的人可以得到一些补偿费,然后他们搬到了城市的周边地区。那么城市周边地区的人怎么办?往乡村搬!
46、这就是士绅阶层对城市化进程所施加的影响。32. Driven by envy and vanity, the idea of making money by fair means or foul will naturally germinate in a poor girls mind.受到嫉妒心与虚荣心的驱使,不择手段赚钱的想法会很自然的在贫穷女孩的头脑中萌芽。核心结构:1. A be driven by B A被B驱使2. envy and vanity 嫉妒心与虚荣心3. by fair means or foul 不择手段地(副词结构)4. germinate 萌芽33. The phenomenon of gerontocracy has existed for millennia because the young are accustomed to following the aged.因为年轻人习惯于跟从老年人,所以老年政权现象得以存在了几个世纪的时间。核心结构:1. gerontocracy 老年政权2. A be accustomed to (doing) A习惯于做