标点符号在雅思写作中的妙用（下）

2 、分号——并列、递进、比较

* For many enviromentalists, the world seems to be getting worse. They have developped a hit-list of our main fears: that natural resources are running out; that the population is ever growing, leaving less and less to eat; that species are becoming extinct in vast numbers, and that the planet’s air and water are becoming ever more polluted.

上面句子中从二句开始，整段结构用标点可浓缩为 “ ： …;…;…and…” 。 如果中学生来写，会不会又时间就想到了“ for example, first,…in additon…last but not least ”呢？ 很明显，例子中用到的分号不但起到了简单的并列作用，更因为其结构紧凑齐整，给人以紧迫感，更好地突出了“ main fears ”。再看一个例子：

Some corpora attempt to cover the language as a whole, taking extracts from many kinds of text; others are extremely selective, providing a collection of material that deals only with a particular linguistic feature.

本例中的分号 =while, meanwhile, in the mean time… 等连接前后形成鲜明对比的一些连接词。在写作中完全可以用这样一个小小的标点来实现连接词的多样化啊。

学以致用：

& It is now accepted that young women should find work on leaving school; indeed to rely totally on their parents’ financial support is no longre an option in many families. ( 引自剑桥全真题范文 )

3 、括号——解释说明、信息插入

Other substances were then introduced: including fillers, such as woodlflour, a*estos or cotton, which increase strength and moisture resistance , catalysts (substances to speed up the reaction between two chemicals without joining to either) and hexa, a compound of ammonia and formaldehyde which supplied the additonal formaldehyde necessary to form a thermosetting resion.

本例中标注黑体的部分均起到了解释说明前面的中心名词的作用。不难看出，括号很直观的告诉读者，括号内部的内容为解释说明或插入的作用。这样括号是不是起到了突出层次感、使结构更清晰的作用了呢？！

学以致用：

& In general, students in country A spent slightly more than those in country B(US$5000 and US$ 4500 respectively). ( 引自范文房挺老师 )

总之，因为雅思全真题解析中的阅读文章都是原汁原味的英文文章，同学们可以通过这些文章学习标点符号的妙用，并把它们用在写作中。这样就可以利用标点符号和连接词让你的作文更有 native Speaker 作文的自然、顺理成章感觉，不光对雅思作文，对任何作文都会有很大的提升的。