3. 关于There be+sb.+doing sth句式
此句式意为"有某人在做某事"。我们的考生在写作的时候,经常会在there be sb/sth之后添加动作来修饰物体和人的动作表现,但是往往也因此就出现了很多错误。例如:
(1) There are a great deal of people go abroad every year.
正解:There are a great deal of people going abroad every year.
(2) There are some people suggest that we demolish old building in cities.
正解:There are some people suggesting that we demolish old buildings in cities.
在there be句式中,表示"有某人在做某事"时,后面的动作要变化成动名词形式,这是基本的语法常识。
4. 时态问题
众所周知,英语中的时态是由动词的变位来体现的,在雅思作文中,如果时态出现问题,那么考生的语法错误面积就会通篇暴露在考官面前,因为作文的每句话中,几乎都离不开动词,因此,对时态的把握是极其重要的。在there be句型中,be已经是谓语动词,所以,此句型的时态是通过对be动词的变化来体现的。简单列举分析如下:
(1) There will be thousands of football fans in London next month.(一般将来时)
(2) There is going to be a film in our school this weekend.(一般将来时)
(3) There is to be a concert at the Albert Hall tonight(一般将来时)
(4) There have been a lot of accidents round here.(现在完成时)
(5) There has been some awful weather lately.(现在完成时)
(6) He told me that there had been an argument between them.(过去完成时)
(7) There will have been a definite result before Friday.(将来完成时)
小结:考生要对时态非常敏感,否则会因为语法的错误面积太大而失去了作文的整体质量,高分必定难以保证。
不要盲目追求所谓语法的高级程度和华丽,要重实用性、重准确度。笔者认为,中国考生的语法储备量是极大的,我国的语法教育十分的系统甚至过细和繁琐,所以问题就变成了,不是需要不停地补充新的语法知识,而是要把现有的语法知识顺畅输出、细心使用。一旦语法过关了,我们在取得雅思高分的路上就去掉了一个极大的障碍。