雅思写作常考话题:因果关系的表达

发布时间:2017-10-29分类:雅思考试

  雅思写作考试中,因果关系的表达常常难倒很多考生,本文中,新东方在线刘美娟老师精选雅思常考话题,将雅思写作中因果关系表达的干货做了详尽整理,希望对大家备考雅思有帮助。

  雅思大作文中有一类题目是因果关系类,具体包括三小类:cause and effect、cause and solution、problem and solution。这三小类问题也可以穿起来,即针对某个topic的cause—effect (即problem) – solution。

  无论哪种题目,写明因果关系很重要。关于因果关系的表达同学们都很熟悉,无非是BS(because / so),而且大家也一定很清楚的知道BS在英语中,用了前者就不能用后者的道理。例如:

  ü Because further education has become more accessible for a wider range of people, an increasing number of people have degrees.

  ü Further education has become more accessible for a wider range of people, so an increasing number of people have degrees.

  但是除了BS之外,还有很多其它表示因果关系的表达,具体如下:

  Because系列(表原因):

  1. because of : because后接的是一个句子(主谓宾);because of 后一般直接跟名词。例如:

  ü Because of the increasing number of machine—and as we noted before, machines magnify human effort—then anyone using a machine can get a higher wage than anyone not using a machine.

  2. as / since(除了“因为“外,还有”自从”的意思,使用时要注意避免歧义)

  ü Hours spent on commuting, traffic jams, and fights for parking should diminish, sinceworkers make fewer journeys or work staggered hours.

  ü Unfortunately, as the number of people living in the city increases, so do the different problems associated with population growth. (注意此句中的so不表示“所以”,而是“…也…”的意思)

  3. thanks to(positive situations通常适用于结果好的时候)

  ü Thanks to new technology, it's easier than ever to work remotely.

  due to (negative situations通常使用与结果不好的时候)

  owing to / attributable to /on account of.

  ü Due to /… / On account ofextreme weather conditions, damage to property occurs.

  4. 当原因需要的表达较多时,我们还可以把以上表达改写为原因状语从句,使用thanks to the fact that / due to the fact that /owing to the fact that或者on the grounds that ,,,

  ü Will we live longer merely due to the fact that / on the grounds that technology, if implemented properly, will take stress away from our lives

  5. caused by /result from也表原因

  ü Many car accidents were resulted from / caused bya lack of guardrails