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Task2议论文是很多考生感到头疼的题目。在40分钟内完成一篇不低于250个字的文章即使对英语专业的考生也是一个很大的考验。考官建议字数在270左右是比较合理的，因为这既不浪费太多时间，也较合理的满足了Task 2的字数要求。如果文章字数达不到最低要求，你的作文肯定会被扣分。有人认为Task 2写的越多越好，这实际上是一种误解。因为写的越多，出现的错误就越多，反而会影响到得分。要写出一篇优秀的文章，考生必须具备：1. 丰富的词汇表达；2. 多样化的句型结构；3. 充分的论据；4. 完整的文章结构。很多考生认为，我只要多背几个经典的句子，多背背别人写的范文就一定能拿高分。实际上，如果你这样做了，你很可能得分很低，甚至会得零分。2002年有很多得1分，2分的考生，原因是他们背了别人写的范文。雅思考试说明中规定，如果发现考生作文雷同，则按作弊处理。其实如果自己写的话，每个考生都可以最低得5分。我给考生的忠告是，不要背别人写的范文。也不要使用大家都会用的表达方式。本文除了提供了常用的写作模式外，给考生提供了大量的句子表达，每个表达都有自己的特点和精彩之处。考生可以根据自己的情况，选择适合自己的表达。另外，考生需要了解考官对一篇优秀文章的要求是什么。以下内容大多来自雅思考官的原话，考生可以听听考官的要求和建议。


I General Introduction of Task Two.

1. In task two, you have to write a 250-word essay on a topic of general interest. You have to give an opinion about the question and present a written argument. You have 40 minutes in which to do this. Task two is assessed on 1. Arguments, ideas and evidence refers to how well you answer the question by giving relevant ideas, and how well you discuss or present your ideas; 2. Communicative quality refers to how well you have structured the essay and how easy it is to read. This includes use of sentence connectors; 3. Vocabulary and sentence structure refers to how many mistakes you make in sentence structure and word use.

II Layout of an essay

When you write your essay you should use standard, general layout. That is to say, it should have three distinct sections, as outlined below.
第一段：
The purpose of this section is to introduce the topic and present your own opinion
第二三段：
The purpose of this section is to explain your opinion
第四段：
The purpose of this section is to briefly summarize your opinion
NOTE：中国的考生要特别注意中文和英文写作风格之间的不同。中文中，一般先论证再给出观点，这同英文正好相反。在英文中，你应该在引文中先提出观点，在正文中进行论证，然后在结论中重申自己的观点。

III Analyzing the question

Your ideas are important, and can make a big difference to the quality of the essay. However, without analyzing the title, it is very difficult to think of good, relevant ideas, you should therefore spend one or two minutes thinking carefully about the title. People often fail to do as well as they should do in the essay writing because they didn’t think question before beginning to write the essay. Remember that a few minutes spent planning the essay could potentially improve your score in the essay writing by one band.

IV Three Styles of Task Two

1)
讨论某物或现象的利与弊（advantages and disadvantages of sth）。

2)
寻找某种社会现象的原因并提出建议（find out the causes for a social phenomenon and provide some solutions）。

3)
观点讨论（argumentation） 涉及科技与生活、社会生活、电视与媒体、旅游、家庭、服装、食品、体育、教育、GOV等热点话题，在task 2中占80%以上。

V Common mistakes made by IELTS candidates

1、文章没有一个规范的结构。
2、遗漏题目中的问题，或对问题没有认真的分析。
3、没有对自己的ideas 进行进一点的解释。

在这一点上，很多考生感觉写文章时没有话可以说。一个段落的形成通常首先要有一个主题句（topic sentence），和一些支持句（supporting sentences）。支持句可以是一些具体的例子，假设，名人名言，谚语，和具体数字。如果一个段落可以找到合适的例子，那将很有说服力。所以，例子是一个段落的关键。对于谚语和名人名言，考生不需要花太多的时间背诵，因为你可能背下100个谚语，但在写作当中却毫无用处。所以，谚语和名人名言是可遇而不可求的。下面是由雅思考官提供的一些例子。



Examples: Nuclear power is far too dangerous. Therefore, countries should ban its use and concentrate, instead, on developing alternative sources of energy such as hydroelectric power, wind power and solar energy. What about your opinion?
Topic sentence: One of the main benefits of nuclear power is that it  doesn’t use natural resources such as coal, gas and oil.

Supporting sentences: It helps to protect that environment because fuel such as coal and oil produces waste gases that pollute the atmosphere. It also ensures a reliable supply of electricity for many generations to come.

Topic sentence: Dealing with nuclear waste is a big problem.

Supporting sentences: Nuclear waste is very dangerous, and takes many years before it becomes safe. Even if it is buried, if anything happens, such as an earthquake, the damage to the environment could be very serious. Nuclear waste also has to be transported to the place where it is to be stored. If anything happens whilst it is being transported, an accident, for example, the results could be very serious.

4、开头太臃肿，废话太多

一篇文章的开头仅起到介绍主题和展示自己观点的作用，不需要写的太多，一般40个字左右较为合理。有些范文的开头太长，这只会浪费你的时间和笔墨，而考官可能根本不看你的开头。这是考官给考生的忠告。下面是一个不好的例子，尽管文字优美，但不符合雅思写作的要求。
Nuclear power is a relatively recent discovery in the field of physics. Yet it has proven to be a very popular to be a very popular method of producing electricity, and is used widely by many countries worldwide for this purpose. Using a minimum of natural resources, it is capable of producing vast amounts of electricity at a cost far lower than traditional methods have thus far been able to achieve. However, it has many disadvantages, namely, it is highly dangerous. In fact, as I shall argue, it is far too dangerous to be used as a method of producing electricity. （共101个字）