雅思主题词指什么?
就是大作文题目中需要讨论的主题,这个主题在考试的时候会被细化成若干小问题。 例如:The government should spend money on arts and humanities. To what extent do you agree or disagree? 这里面的the government应该是指政府支出(budget),arts应该是文化领域(culture),humanities是人文学领域(humanities),agree和disagree是意见表达的主题词汇。
再如:In the last decade, the number of cars has increased rapidly in China while the number of bikes has decreased dramatically. Do you think this is a positive or negative development? 这道题讨论的对象是汽车数量的增多(rise)以及自行车数量的减少(decline),思考的角度是可以有positive 的比如环保,或者可以有negative的比如交通拥挤。
注意有时候题目中的动词也是有意义的。 例如:If someone steals your car, you may be prepared to use violence in order to get it back. Do you agree with this view? 这里的steal用盗贼的意思来理解就可以,而get it back显然是在谈论回赠以牙还牙,那么这个话题肯定就带上了消极色彩。
有些同学容易混淆主题词和关键词。 首先,关键(key)指的是对答题有帮助的字词;其次,它是定语。换句话说,被修饰的词一定是中心词。 例:The key point is that we need more funding for education. A key factor is that we have to make good decisions now if we want to succeed later. 重点(focus)则是说做题时可以略读,其意义并不重要。
最后,提醒一下,不是所有的话题都有明确的主题词的,有的话题需要自己总结。 例如:如今中国很多年轻人更多关注国外生活而非本国。你怎么看这个问题? What's your opinion about Chinese young people paying more attention to life overseas than their own country? 这题明显不需要讨论agree或disagree的问题,所以theme word是缺少的。