雅思寫作高頻詞匯:社會類

眾所周知,中國考生的雅思考試成績非常不盡如人意,其中寫作在中國雅思考生聽、說、讀、寫四個單項中平均成績最低。中國考生如何有效提高寫作水平?那就讓我們共同來參看一下雅思寫作的評分標準——

與其他單項一樣,雅思寫作也采取九分制,每半分一個等級,考官主要從四個方面給考生打分:內容(Content)、組織結構(Organisation)、詞匯(Vocabulary)和語法(Grammar)。其中有兩項Content和Vocabulary,完全可以憑借有條理,有安排的復習內容來慢慢充實。這樣,在考試時便不至于無話可講,或是不會使用恰當?shù)脑~匯。

小編為您分門別類總結的這一系列“雅思寫作高頻詞匯”內容,其例句來自權威教授的學術課堂,或是原汁原味的原聲作品。希望大家能在學習這些例句的過程中,不僅對這些高頻詞匯有所認知,也能靈活運用。

1. urbanization - n. 都市化;文雅化

The second great reform era is the Progressive Era, a great response to urbanization, industrialization and immigration, as it had never quite happened before.
第二個時期是進步時期,對于城市化的大力響應,工業(yè)化和移民入境,這是之前從未有過的。(《耶魯公開課 - 美國內戰(zhàn)與重建》課程節(jié)選)

2. centralization - n. 集中化;中央集權管理

That is they don't want--or more broadly they don't want centralization of power in the government.
那意味著,他們不希望-或更廣泛地說,他們不希望權力全部集中在政府手中。(《耶魯公開課 - 金融市場》課程節(jié)選)

3. imbalance - n. [醫(yī)]不平衡;不安定

This connection he has established between justice in the city and justice in the soul, what are the therapies or strategies for solving injustice in the soul ? or imbalance of some kind in the soul?
他在城市中的正義,靈魂中的正義間,建立了這個關連,有哪些療法或策略,可用于解決靈魂中的不公,或靈魂中的某種不平衡?(《耶魯公開課 - 政治哲學導論》課程節(jié)選)

4. in the long run - 長遠

If we do justice and if we respect rights, society as a whole will be better off in the long run.
如果我們秉持公正,尊重權利,從長遠看,社會整體會發(fā)展得更好。(《耶魯公開課 - 公正》課程節(jié)選)

5. infrastructure - n. 基礎設施;公共建設;下部構造

Of course, but before we set up a marketing and distribution infrastructure, we should finish optimizing the manufacturing process.
當然,但建立銷售和分銷基礎設施前,我們得先完善好制作工藝。(《生活大爆炸》第2季 第18集)

6. booming - adj. 興旺的,繁榮的;大受歡迎的

And the service sector economy in India is booming and finally even the industry sector has done a little better.
其第三產(chǎn)業(yè)開始高速發(fā)展,最后連第二產(chǎn)業(yè),也蓬勃發(fā)展起來。(《普林斯頓公開課 - 國際座談會》課程節(jié)選)

7. tertiary industry - 第三產(chǎn)業(yè)

The writer points out the modern industries and the tertiary industries are two concepts which are connected with each other but also have obvious distinctions.
筆者指出,現(xiàn)代服務業(yè)與第三產(chǎn)業(yè)應當是相互關聯(lián)而又有著顯著區(qū)別的兩個概念,交叉部分之外各有保留。(《Journal of Shandong Institute of Business and Technology》 2008-03)

8. tranquility - n. 寧靜;平靜

Poetry, in Frost, is action, not a matter, as Wordsworth would say, of emotion recollected in tranquility.
就像華茲華斯說的詩歌對于弗羅斯特是動作不是事情,不是寧靜時收集的情緒。(《耶魯公開課 - 現(xiàn)代詩歌》課程節(jié)選)

9. revenue - n. 稅收,國家的收入;收益

The revenue, we're generating over a million dollars a month in revenue, and well more, and that way covers our expenses and we're not even doing anything cool yet.
現(xiàn)在,每個月的營業(yè)收入,都超過100萬,或許更多,這大大超過了開支,我們什么都沒做就已經(jīng)收到了豐厚的回報。(《斯坦福公開課 - 扎克伯格談Facebook創(chuàng)業(yè)過程》課程節(jié)選)

10. commercialization - n. 商品化,商業(yè)化

This commercialization is at odds with the idea of parkour as being a discipline of great simplicity, elegance, and subtlety.
這些商業(yè)化元素與跑酷作為一項簡約、高雅、巧妙運動的理念有所出入。(Parkour: This Is the Way 來源:)