對于托福 寫作來說，長句可能會出現(xiàn)更多的錯誤，考生如果一味最求復(fù)雜的句子和高難的語法來爭取高分，有可能會得不償失。其實(shí)，一篇簡單有力的托福 作文，可能更能讓評卷老師眼前一亮。
一、選擇比較實(shí)際實(shí)用的單詞，不用空洞的詞匯
1. 一些空洞的單詞或詞組根本不能為句子帶來任何相關(guān)的或重要的信息，完全可以被刪掉。比如下面的句子：
When all things are considered, young adults of today live more satisfying lives than those of their parents, in my opinion.
這句話當(dāng)中的“when all things are considered”和“in my opinion“都顯得多余。完全可以去掉。改為：
Young adults of today live more satisfying lives than their parents.
2. 有些空洞和繁瑣的表達(dá)方式可以進(jìn)行替換，例如：
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Due to the fact that our grandparents were under an obligation to help their parents, they did not have the options that young people have at this point in time.
“due to the fact that”就是一個很典型的繁瑣的表達(dá)方式的例子，可以替換，簡化為下面的表達(dá)方式：
Because our grandparents were obligated to help their parents, they did not have the options that young people have now.
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二、盡量減少重復(fù)，不要太啰嗦
1. 盡量避免重復(fù)使用同樣的詞匯?；蛘哂械臅r候雖然詞匯沒有重復(fù)，但意思卻有重復(fù)。這時候可以做一些簡化的工作。例如下面這個例子：
The farm my grandfather grew up on was large in size.
large 對一個farm來說就是size方面的large，所以in size可以去掉，改為：
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更簡潔的表達(dá)方式為：
My grandfather grew up on a large farm.
2. 有時一個詞組可以用一個更簡單的單詞來替換，例如：
My grandfather has said over and over again that he had to work on his parents” farm.
這里的over and over again就可以改為repeatedly，顯得更為簡潔：
My grandfather has said repeatedly that he had to work on his parents” farm.
三、相關(guān)語法要選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)谋磉_(dá)方式
選擇合適的語法結(jié)構(gòu)可以使句子意思的表達(dá)更為精確和簡練。雖然語法的多樣性也很重要，但選擇最恰當(dāng)?shù)恼Z法結(jié)構(gòu)仍然是更為重要的考慮因素。以下，朗閣海外考試研究中心將推薦幾種考生們在考慮選擇何種語法結(jié)構(gòu)時可以參考的原則：
1. 一個句子的主語和謂語動詞應(yīng)該能夠反映句子中的最重要的意思。例如：. 易優(yōu)作文投稿、作文評價系統(tǒng)，http://www.zequeka.cn/jiaoshoulanmu/
The situation that resulted in my grandfather”s not being able to study engineering was that his father needed help on the farm.
從意思上來分析，上面這句話需要表達(dá)的重要的概念是“grandfather”s not being able to study”，而在表達(dá)這個概念時，原句用的主語是situation，謂語動詞是was，不能強(qiáng)調(diào)需要表達(dá)的重點(diǎn)概念，可以改為下面這句話：
My grandfather couldn”t study engineering because his father needed help on the farm.
