科技话题和媒体话题是托福作文的经常考试话题
许多考生似乎对这两类话题中的专有词汇表达不太了解。
所以今天我和科冲托福作文老师刘云龙一起来学习这个话题的写作方法。
可以使用哪些有用的表达?
希望大家有收获!记得:我们不仅要背这些词汇,而且还要思考这些表达该如何更准确的使用,尽力造句吧!
Science & Technology科技类词汇表达
信息时代:the information age/era
变革了个人的生活方式:
revolutionize/transform individual’s life style
超过了传统交流方式的界限break the boundaries of traditional communication
现代技术,如电动轮椅,自动门和电梯等极大的便利了残疾人士的生活。Modern technology like electric wheelchairs, automatic doors and elevators has substantially increased the self-sufficiency of many disabled people.
科技如何便利我们的工作?
提高效率:augment/boost/enhance efficiency
办公软件:office software(Power Point, Prezi, Excel, Keynote)
电脑制图:computer-generated graphics
文字处理程序:word-processing program
制图软件:drawing software(Photoshop, Adobe, AutoCAD)
科技如何改善我们的医疗?
生物技术:biotechnology
克隆:clone
攻克医疗难题:attack medical problems (leukemia, aids, coronary heart disease)
用激光治疗近视:use laser to treat myopia operation
器官移植:organ transplant¥
延长寿命prolong life-span
eg.
A large number of once fatal illnesses can be cured by modern drugs and surgery.
It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases.
科技如何提高宇宙技术
Astronomy
登月:manned landing on the Moon
载人飞船:manned spacecraft
通讯卫星:telecommunication satellite
气象卫星:meteorological satellite
科技如何发展互联网技术
Internet:
网络发展:the proliferation of the internet
互联网使用的普及:the widespread use of the internet
虚拟世界:the virtual world
脱离现实:be detached from reality
网络银行:online-banking
网上阅读:online reading
电子交易:e-commerce transaction platform
e-store ebay amazon
远程学习:Distance Learning
Media媒体类词汇表达
报道新闻的机构: news outlets
新闻界: the press
印刷媒体:the print media
电子媒体:the electronic media
充斥着…: be awash with/ be inundated with/ be saturated with sth
过多的暴力与色情内容:excessive/gratuitous violent and
pornographic contents
有误导性的: misleading/ misrepresented/ distorted
诈骗性的:fraudulent
虚假的:false/ bogus
捏造的:fabricated
记者: journalist/newsman/ reviewer / reporter/ blogger/
correspondent
(消息)在网络上传开:go viral
追星族:groupies/ teenybopper
好奇心 curiosity
对...的报道 coverage
详细的报道… report sth in graphic detail
有新闻价值的 newsworthy
信息量大的 informative
传播信息 disseminate information
娱乐性强的 entertaining
商业化的 commercialized
评价过高的: overrated
审查:censorship (n) censor (v)
监督: scrutinize
侵犯隐私: violate/intrude on/ infringe on someone’s privacy
毁坏某人的名誉:tarnish/sully/smear/ besmirch one’s reputation
揭露事实: expose/ reveal the truth/facts
澄清事实:clarify the facts
夸大事实:blow things out of portion/ exaggerate
掩盖丑闻:cover up/gloss over/ whitewash scandals
完全与世隔绝: entirely cut off from the outside
影响公众的意见: sway the public’s opinion
媒体炒作:media hype
电视,收音机或互联网上的广告:commercial
小广告:flyer
广告牌:billboard
海报:poster
有奖竞猜节目:quiz show
真人秀:reality show
情景喜剧:sitcom
肥皂剧:soap opera
综艺节目:variety show
时事:current affairs
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