商務(wù)英語BEC中級備考專題之短作文篇

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BEC中級短作文一般考查考生寫memos, notes和e-mails 的能力,字?jǐn)?shù)在40-50字之間。給分標(biāo)準(zhǔn):目標(biāo)完成情況,詞匯量大小,用詞的準(zhǔn)確性,語法結(jié)構(gòu),組織語言是否合適,結(jié)構(gòu)是否準(zhǔn)確,文章是否為一個整體,給讀者的印象是否好等。
    這類短作文的內(nèi)容與商務(wù)背景中的日常工作相關(guān),作文本身很小,但是要求在有限的字?jǐn)?shù)內(nèi)把要點涵蓋清楚,句子結(jié)構(gòu)要干凈緊湊。用以下一篇短作文為例:
    You have been informed that next Wednesday your company's computer system will be closed down so that improvements can be made.
    Write an email to all staff in your department:
    ♦ saying what time on Wednesday the system will be closed down
    ♦ suggesting how staff should prepare for this
    ♦ saying how the system will be better after the improvements
    Write 40--50 words
    BEC 給出了幾個版本的作文樣文,按照評定等級,可以得高分的作文如下:
    I want to inform you that the computer system will be closed next Wednesday at 12 o'clock. The system will be down for at least two hours, please make sure that you have saved all your documents. The whole system will ran on a new server which is faster.
    看到過很多同學(xué)這道題目的作文,總體而言是句子啰嗦,比如這里面的說:the system will be closed + 具體時間,很清楚,有些同學(xué)的是:the system will be closed on the day of that day. 這里面的問題就很明顯,使用了中文的風(fēng)格,影響了英文的思路。
    所以作文,尤其是短作文,在了解主題任務(wù)的基礎(chǔ)上,一定要把自己的句子組織成英文,按照英文的組句方式來寫,然后回頭看看,自己寫得是不是很明確,如果你是讀者,你覺得自己是否獲得了想知道的信息?背范文、背框架是否有用?答案是肯定的,任何方式,都有有用的一面,但是范文背完了,框架也背完了,然后呢,是不是要用自己的句子了?組織語言還是要用自己的英文的,平時的積累和考試的思路指引想結(jié)合,才能無往而不勝