雅思考官詳解詞彙語法難點

　　下面是小編整理的一些關於雅思詞彙語法難點，以供大家學習參考。

　　1. fall 還是reduce?

　　These two words are the opposites of 'rise' and 'raise':

　　它們是rise和raise的反義詞：

　　something falls e.g. the price fell

　　somebody reduces something e.g. the company reduced the price

　　You will probably use 'fall' to describe numbers on a graph or chart for IELTS Writing Task 1:

　　在雅思短作文中，你可以用fall來描述圖表裡的數字。

　　In 2008, the number of customers fell. verb, past

　　這裡的fall是動詞，過去時。

　　There was a sharp fall in Internet usage. noun

　　這裡的fall是名詞。

　　'Reduce' and 'reduction' are probably more useful for Writing Task 2:

　　reduce和reduction在長作文中更有用：

　　We need to reduce the amount of pollution from exhaust fumes. verb

　　reduce，動詞。

　　Recycling leads to a reduction in waste. noun

　　reduction，名詞。

　　2. before還是ago?

　　Don't say:

　　不要說：

　　I came to Manchester before two weeks.

　　Do say:

　　要說：

　　I came to Manchester two weeks ago.I came to Manchester two weeks ago.

　　Use "past time + ago"

　　ago用於一般過去時，例如：

　　10 years ago, a long time ago, a few weeks ago, a couple of days ago

　　Use "before + action / event"

　　before用於動作或事件前，例如：

　　before you left, before we start, before lunch

　　3. because還是because of?

　　Compare these two sentences:

　　比較下列兩個句子：

　　I stayed at home because the weather was bad.

　　I stayed at home because of the bad weather.

　　The important difference is the use of the word 'was' in the first sentence. After 'because', you need a subject and a verb e.g. the weather was. After 'because of', we don't use a verb, only a noun, nouns or noun phrase.

　　重要的區別在於第一句裡使用了word。Because後面需要加主語和動詞例如the weather was。Because of 後面不需要動詞，只要一個或多個名詞，又或者名詞片語就可以了。