Global Watch from an IELTS Perspective

雅思寫作篇

社交網(wǎng)站

【時事聚焦】

通過社交服務(wù)網(wǎng)站我們與朋友保持了更加直接的聯(lián)系，建立大交際圈，其提供的尋找用戶的工具幫助用戶尋到失去了聯(lián)絡(luò)的朋友們。但同時個人的隱私也很輕易地被他人所獲知，因而個人信息安全保障措施還需要改善。近期，關(guān)于人們通過社交網(wǎng)站關(guān)注前任，情傷更難痊愈的研究引起了人們的廣泛關(guān)注。

Face book users risk psychological damage spying on ex lovers

As many as half of Face book users are risking psychological damage from using the site to spy on ex lovers, according to new research.

Two of the most cited reasons for accessing Face book are to keep in touch with others and to surreptitiously monitor them - with between a third and half of users using it to check up on ex-partners.

With close to a billion users, it means hundreds of millions may be finding it more difficult to get over a broken romance.

Psychologist Dr Tara Marshall said in the past, such spying and keeping tabs with what your ex was up to was challenging.

You could try and pry information from his or her friends, telephone, or drop by their place, but it was usually unlikely you would turn up much useful information.

This made it easy for people to distance themselves from the relationship and move on - an emotionally healthy breakup.

But as long as you remain 'friends' with your ex on Facebook, they are now able to keep up with everything you are doing.

While satisfying a certain curiosity factor, it seems likely that it would make it far more difficult to actually emotionally distance yourself from your past relationship.

In a survey of 464 participants, most of whom were undergraduate students, she found people who remain Face book friends with an ex-partner will experience poorer breakup adjustment and personal growth relative to those who do not.

The findings suggest continued online exposure to an ex-romantic partner may inhibit post-breakup recovery.

Notably, frequent monitoring of an ex-partner's Face book page and list of friends was associated with greater distress.

Dr Brenda Wiederhold, editor of Cyber psychology, Behavior and Social Networking which published the research, added: "This study sees again virtual life mirroring real life.

"Just as real life contact with ex-partners may inhibit growth, healing, and well-being, so may virtual contact."

（本文摘自China Daily）

這篇文章報道了根據(jù)一項最新研究，有多達半數(shù)的Face book用戶使用該網(wǎng)站查看前情人的消息，這可能導(dǎo)致使用者的心理受創(chuàng)，讓我們一起來看一下其中有哪些內(nèi)容可以幫助我們應(yīng)對雅思大作文。

首先，朗閣海外考試研究中心分析認為，這篇文章中使用了論證力比較強的引用論證方法，使文章非常有說服力。在這些引證中，作者通過引用研究的內(nèi)容和結(jié)果，及專家的評論使自己的觀點更加有說服力。同時，也運用舉例子做了充分的例證。很多同學(xué)常常困惑如何才能使文章做到有理有據(jù)，引用和舉例就是其中非常好用的一種方法，可以運用到雅思大作文中。

我們來看一道雅思大作文的真題。

The development of technology changes the way people connect with each other.

In which ways does the development of technology change the types of relationships among people?

Does it have positive or negative effects on the relationships?

我們可以將報道中的論證方法運用此題目中：

引用：

l       As many as half of Face book users are risking psychological damage from using the site to spy on ex lovers, according to new research.

根據(jù)一項最新研究，有多達半數(shù)的Face book用戶使用該網(wǎng)站查看前情人的消息，這可能導(dǎo)致使用者的心理受創(chuàng)。

句中的according to a new research這個引用句型

同樣的句型還有：

According to the latest survey done by a group of researchers,

The investigation shows that

* The findings suggest continued online exposure to an ex-romantic partner may inhibit post-breakup recovery.

研究結(jié)果顯示，在網(wǎng)上持續(xù)接觸前任的信息可能有阻分手后的恢復(fù)。

* Psychologist Dr Tara Marshall said in the past, such spying and keeping tabs with what your ex was up to was challenging. You could try and pry information from his or her friends, telephone, or drop by their place, but it was usually unlikely you would turn up much useful information.

   心理學(xué)家塔拉-馬歇爾博士說，過去，像是暗中監(jiān)視或者密切注意前情人這種事很難辦到。過去，你可以試著通過你或者前情人的朋友、電話，或者順便拜訪住處，探聽前情人的消息，不過通常得不到太多有用的信息。

舉例：

l       In a survey of 464 participants, most of whom were undergraduate students, she found people who remain Face book friends with an ex-partner will experience poorer breakup adjustment and personal growth relative to those who do not.

馬歇爾在調(diào)查中發(fā)現(xiàn)，與前情人還是Facebook好友的受訪者，其分手后的調(diào)整過程與個人成長，不如不保持好友關(guān)系的受訪者順利。共有464名受訪者參與調(diào)查，其中多數(shù)是生。

因果：

l       Two of the most cited reasons for accessing Face book are to keep in touch with others and to surreptitiously monitor them - with between a third and half of users using it to check up on ex-partners.

   用戶使用Face book網(wǎng)站的兩大原因是與他人保持聯(lián)系與暗中關(guān)注他們，其中有三分之一到一半的用戶登錄Face book查看前情人的消息。

【7分詞匯提煉】

headache            令人頭痛的事

head-way             進展

conflict with…       與…相沖突

major cause        主要原因

be replaced by… 被…所取代

curb…                  限制…

dilemma               進退兩難

energy-saving      節(jié)能的

potential market   潛在市場

in view of              考慮到

provide convenience for …       為…提供便利

marketable products          暢銷產(chǎn)品

jump into our sight             映入眼簾

high-tech products             高科技產(chǎn)品