名師淺談:新託福寫作用詞地道之名詞化

A 謂語動詞的賓語部分

原句：I do not know either what she meant or what he intends.

名詞化：I do not know either her meaning or his intentions.

　　B 結合被動形式

原句：If people decide without enough persuasive information，...

名詞化：If a decision is made without enough persuasive information，...

C 取代諸如從句中“the fact that”的用法

原句：The fact that I denied what he accused me of impressed the jury.

名詞化：My denial of his accusations impressed the jury.

更好的名詞化：a. When I denied his accusations， I impressed the jury.

　b. In denying his accusations， I impressed the jury.

D 名詞化部分用在there is/are的後面

原句：We demand that the government stop taxing entertainment.

名詞化：There is a demand for an end to taxation on entertainment.

原句：The floods considerably eroded the land.

名詞化：There was considerable erosion of the land from the floods.

然而，有些時候，在我們的思維方式中認為理所應當使用“名詞化”時，老外認為是沒有必要的。比如：

　A 名詞化部分跟在動詞後面

原句(名詞化“宂餘”)：The police conducted an investigation into the matter.

改後：The police investigated the matter.

　B 名詞化部分作為主語

原句：Our discussion is concerned with a tax cut.

改後：We discussed a tax cut.

　C 連續進行名詞化

原句：a. First， she reviewed the evolution of the dorsal fin.

b. There was a first a review of the evolution of the dorsal fin.

改後：First， she reviewed how the dorsal fin evolved.

D 連接部分名詞化

原句：Their cessation of hostilities was because of their personnel losses.

改後：They ceased hostilities because they lost personnel.

原句：The instability of the motor housing did not preclude the completion of the field trials.

改後：Even though the motor housing was unstable， the research staff completed the field trials.

以上這些情況是我們中國學生很常見的名詞化缺失或名詞化濫用的`例子。對於新託福寫作來説，在保證基本的語言語法不出錯的基礎上，如果能更多地正確使用名詞化，文章不但更地道，也更易取得高分。當然，熟練掌握名詞化不是一蹴而就的事情，平時需要多積累，多運用。