北京环球教育雅思写作词汇硬核方案——名师分享

2020-05-13 17:16:39编辑：景景

　　写这篇稿的时候是北京时间2020年04月21日。打开CNN的网页，看到了一个很“爆炸”的新闻，但是和咱们的雅思词汇累积没什么直接关系。并且这个新闻我也不敢写，所以我就选了一篇我们可以共同探讨又无伤大雅的文章。

　　文章标题“60million Europeans could suffer furloughs, layoffs or wage cuts”, ByCharles Riley 2020-04-19。因为这篇文章里面涉及一些数据，所以请大家注意文章发表的时间。

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　　The consulting firm warns in a report published Monday that the EU unemployment rate could soar from around 6% to more than 11% and remain elevated for years if the disease is not quickly contained.

　　1、Soar这个词相信大家并不陌生，译成“急剧增加”。尽管是个动词但是本身就带有副词的意思，所以通常不再搭配副词使用。本句中的soar from around 6% to more than 11%，这个用法在小作文动态图写作中可谓是非常重要。不仅仅是这个用法准确地表达了数据的变化状态，更重要的是还有估读数据的表达around 6% 和more than 11%，这两个估读表达在数据型图表，尤其是线图描述的时候也是非常好用的。

　　2、后面这个remain elevated 就是一个系表结构，译为保持高位。

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　　McKinsey estimates that one in four jobs across the European Union and the United Kingdom are at risk of a reduction in hours or pay, temporary furloughs or permanent layoffs. Professions that do not require close contact with others, including accountants and architects, are considered low risk, along with those that provide essential services such as police.

　　1、分享几个和就业相关的词汇。Reduction in hours or pay，工时和薪资方面的减少。这主要是指一些时薪的从业者，简单地说就是他们会面临活少了，钱少了的境地。Temporary furloughs，临时的遣散，无薪的停工。这些人更惨一点，因为不是活少了，是活没了。Permanent layoffs，这就是彻底的失业了。因为疫情期间一些中小规模的公司会面临破产，所以导致失业人口的上升也不足为奇。这些词汇在雅思大作文写作“就业类”话题中都可以用到。

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　　Some 55 million workers are employed in high risk professions, including retail cashiers, cooks, construction workers, hotel staff and actors. Roughly 80% of jobs considered at risk are held by people who do not have a college degree, with employees of smaller companies in particular danger.

　　1、Roughly一个副词，其实就是大约，意思就是about, around，在估读数据的时候时常用到。

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　　Under a scenario in which Europe fails to contain the virus within three months and is forced to continue social distancing measures through the summer, the EU unemployment rate will peak at 11.2% in 2021, with a full recovery unlikely until 2024.

　　1、句中的peak at为动词用法，译成“达到峰值”。其实peak一词也可以用作名词，译成“峰值”。例如原文这句话也可以写成：The EU unemployment rate will arrive at its peak at 11.2% in 2021.

　　2、Recovery 名词，恢复。可以指“经济的”“就业的”恢复。在小作文写作中recovery 和rebound 都经常会出现，译成数据方面的恢复，回弹等。而且这个rebound也可以当做动词使用。例如: The employment rate in the EU will rebound to above 80% in 2022 if the virus can be contained at the end of this year. （看句子，别看数据。数据我瞎写的。）此外，喜欢篮球的小伙伴们肯定知道rebound也有篮板球的意思。

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　　The US labor market is already getting slammed by the pandemic, with around 22 million people, or roughly 13.5% of the labor force, filing initial jobless claims since March 14. The country's unemployment rate, which climbed to 4.4% in March, from a historic low of 3.5% in February, is expected to hit double-digits in April.

　　1、第二句的数据描写和数据型小作文的写法一模一样。里面出现的几个重点词汇，大家一定要记住。Climb to, a historic low, hit double-digits。其实后面这个double-digits用的并不多。给大家举一个例子。例如大家在描写一个静态图，五个国家的失业率问题，数据如下：