比较类雅思写作问题思路扩展方法

朗阁海外考试研究中心  路莎

    在雅思大作文写作中，考生头疼的内容不外乎语言和思路两部分。本文中，朗阁雅思培训中心的将以2014年的雅思写作真题为例，对不同话题的问题进行思路扩展。首先，我们将讲解比较类话题的答题思路。此类问题的难点在于思路的复杂程度。如何让自己的行文思路看起来比其他考生要学校等级，是追求7分以上同学需要解决的问题。

一、比较类问题答题思路及特点
问题类型：
Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
答题思路：
    此类问题要求考生从正反两方面对同一观点进行综合分析，并进行比较，从而得出该观点是好处大于坏处，还是坏处多于好处。在解答此类问题时，我们建议考生采用2:1的写作手法，即认为多的那一方面写2点，少的一方面写1点。

很多考生会采用一种比较简单的写作手法，即直接论述题目中所提观点的好处和坏处。虽然这种写法容易掌握，但很难取得。冲击还需要考生进行更为复杂的思考。因为，在比较的过程当中，如果考生选择好处大于坏处，通常这个缺陷是可以被克服的。也就是说，考生不仅要说出它有什么坏处，还要给相应的解决方案。这样的写作思路不仅使文章的逻辑看起来更加完整，而且可以减轻字数对考生的压力。

    而如果选择坏处多，那么好处的选择就要格外注意，即不能使好处看起来更为重要。较好这种观点带来的好处是可以通过其它方式取得的。这样一来，它的坏处就显得非常重要。比如，“Do the advantages of watching TV outweigh its disadvantages?” 如果考生选择看电视坏处比较多，那么它的好处较好不要是开阔人们的视野、进步人们在相关领域的兴趣，因为这样的好处是人们渴望得到的。我们可以选择看电视能够让人们放松，但由于放松的方式有很多，这样看电视的好处就被弱化了。

二、写作思路及范文详解
    下面，我们就以2014年4月的雅思写作真题为例，对这类问题的答题思路进行细致讲解。

In most countries, with the widespread of the use of Internet, people have more freedom to choose to work and study at home instead of travelling to work or college. Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

    面对此类问题，考生不需要立刻做出选择。比较明智的做法是尽可能多的罗列出这种观点的优点和缺点，然后比较它们更有利于自己的写作。

人们选择在家工作的好处：
? 方便，省时
? 免于外界的打扰，更容易全身心的投入到工作当中
? 能够更好的协调工作和家庭的关系，方便照顾家人

人们选择在家工作的坏处：
? 没有太多和他人交流的机会

    根据比较，我们会发现在家工作的好处比较多，坏处相对较少，所以如果我们认为“在家工作的好处比坏处多”这一点，写作的难度会比较低。此外，选择在家工作的坏处之一就是切断了自己与外界的联系，那么如何克服这一点呢？我们的解决方案是多参加和同学或同事的聚会，或主动约朋友出来相聚，自己创造和别人沟通交流的机会。总之，在家工作的坏处是可以被克服的，但它的好处给我们带来的是实实在在的福利。

    下面，是针对这篇文章的一篇范文。通过这篇文章，希望考生可以真切的体会到此类问题的思路构成过程。

Thanks to the technical development, especially the appearance of Internet, increasing number of people prefer to work and study at home, rather than traveling to work or college. Two benefits brought by working or studying at home convince me to strongly insist that its merits do outweigh its drawbacks.

To begin with, working and studying at home is able to save our time and makes our life more convenient. It is not uncommon phenomenon that people are waiting for the bus or subway in a long queue and not a few people are late for work or class due to the traffic jam. So, if we can choose to work and study at home, it is not necessary for us to take hours on the way to companies and schools. Besides, working and studying at home gives us a more flexible timetable. We do not have to wake up at 6 o’clock in the morning to arrive in the company on time. We are able to decide when we start and stop the work, based on our physical and psychological conditions. The same thing occurs to study as well. We will not see any students falling asleep in the class any more. Therefore, our working and studying efficiency will be highly improved.

What’s more, our family connection will be enhanced by working and studying at home. Resulting from the heavy social and living pressure, a lot of parents have to leave their children alone at home and go to work, which makes them spend little time with their children. That is the reason why many parents do not understand their kids very well. If those parents can work at home, they can handle their work and spend more time with their children at the same time. By doing this, parents can know more about their children and exchange emotions and ideas with each other. Then, distance among family members will be shortened and the family relationship could be strengthened.

On the other hand, working and studying at home blames for blocking people’s channel to communicate with others. It may possible lead people to feel isolated and lonely. However, I think we can avoid such consequence with suitable approaches. One solution to it is that people can actively take part in the party held by their classmates or colleagues. As another key, people can make a call to their friends to have a dinner and share each others’ experiences as well. 

To my conclusion, those two benefits of working and studying at home are obvious and make us live more comfortable with flexible timetable and close personal relationship. And the so called limitation of doing that can be overcome by several methods. Therefore, I strongly believe that the advantages of working and studying at home are far more than the disadvantages of it.

    在这篇范文中，作者提出了两点好处，并加以细致的论述。而在缺点的论述部分，作者并没有花太多的时间在缺点的产生原因上面，而是解释了如何克服这个缺点。这样既不走题，也可以突出在家工作学习的好处，各位考生可以适当借鉴。除此之外，这篇范文中的中心句可以很好的表达每一段的核心大意，这也是各位考生需要学习的重点之一。