詞匯妙用法一：同義詞/近義詞 &同義詞鏈

　　【真題實例】 Can you tell me something about your student life?

　　【答題思路】雖然這是一個簡單到不能再簡單的問題，但我們也不能放棄妙用詞匯的一次機會。從積極的意義上講，學(xué)生生活一定是exciting,interesting, colorful, impressive, stimulating,fascinating的代名詞。問題是：我們是否能在自己的回答中把這么多的同義詞/近義詞加以利用。

　　【參考答案】 Well, my student life has so many interesting and exciting things totalk about. First, I have made a lot of wonderful friends at school, and weshare many hobbies, duties and personal opinions. Then, there are a variety ofcolorful events on campus – almost every student joins a club, takes part in asocial activity, or becomes a member of some organization. These events are notonly fascinating for young people who like to explore the world, but are alsostimulating in terms of developing our thinking skills and lifestyles.

　　該回答從兩個層面描述學(xué)校生活的精彩：一是結(jié)識了很多好朋友;二是有各種各樣的校園活動。其間點綴的六個同義詞/近義詞組成了一條既結(jié)實、又豐富的同義詞鏈。

　　詞匯妙用法二：三大詞性之間的“零換乘”

　　【真題實例】 How can a company encourage its employees?

　　【答題思路】 公司鼓勵員工的方式有很多，《劍六》中專門有一篇閱讀文章，叫Motivating Employees under AdverseConditions，有興趣的考生可以參考一下。其實光動詞encourage和motivate，就含有不少詞性變換的生機：encourage →encouragement → encouraging; motivate → motivation →motivational。能把這兩串詞匯用好，就已經(jīng)非常令人刮目相看了。

　　【參考答案】 For employees to really perform well, a company should think abouthow to encourage them at the workplace. For example, encouragement can come inthe form of a big reward for those high achievers, so that they are motivated towork harder in the future. Also, even a public letter of recognition and praiseis very encouraging. Sometimes, this kind of motivation can go a longer way thanfinancial incentives. Finally, promoting a good worker to a higher position withgreater responsibilities is an effective motivational exercise.

　　三種不同的鼓勵員工的方法在這里被一一道明：第*是豐厚的物質(zhì)獎勵(a big reward);第二是公開的表揚信(a public letter ofrecognition and praise);第三是職位的晉升(promoting to a higherposition)。其間展示的是encourage和motivate這兩大動詞及其名詞、形容詞之間毫無障礙的自由切換。