【写作技巧】学会精简自己的托福独立写作
在很多时候，我们总会以为托福写作字数不够，所以很努力的在为句子扩充内容。但是，这是你有没有想过，如果在整个文章内容，有了太多的冗余，整篇文章也会乏然无味。所以，在学会写作的同时，我们也要学会文章内用词的精简。
建议一： 避免空洞的单词和词组
1. 如果一些短语根本不能为文章带来信息，那么完全可以被删掉。比如下面的句子：
When all things are considered, oung adults of today live more satisfying lives than those of their parents, in my opinion.
这句话当中的“when all things are considered”和“in my opinion“都显得多余。完全可以去掉。改为：
Young adults of today live more satisfying lives than their parents.
2. 有些空洞和繁琐的表达方式可以进行替换，例如：
Due to the fact that our grandparents were under an obligation to help their parents， they did not have the options that young people have at this point in time.
“due to the fact that”就是一个很典型的繁琐的表达方式的例子，可以替换，简化为下面的表达方式：
Because our grandparents were obligated to help their parents, they did not have the options that young people have now.
建议二： 在文章中避免重复的内容
尽量避免重复使用同样的词汇。或者有的时候虽然词汇没有重复，但意思却有重复。这时候可以做一些简化。有时一个词组可以用一个更简单的单词来替换。
建议三：选择最恰当的语法结构
选择合适的语法结构可以使句子意思的表达更为精确和简练。虽然语法的多样性也很重要，但选择最恰当的语法结构仍然是更为重要的考虑因素。
例如下面这句话：
My grandfather didn't have time to stand around doing nothing with his school friends.
Stand around doing nothing其实可以用一个动词来表达，即loiter:
My grandfather didn't have time to loiter with his school friends.
有时两句话的信息经过组合完全可以用一句话来简练地表达，例如：
Profits from the farm were not large. Sometimes they were too small to meet the expenses of running a farm. They were not sufficient to pay for a university degree.
两句话的信息可以合并为下面这句更为简洁的句子：
Profits from the farm were sometimes too small to meet operational expenses， let alone pay for a university degree.
总之，托福作文简洁是头一条的准则，在努力扩充自己作文内容的同时，也请不要忘记看看自己的用词用句是否精准明确，长短句的搭配是否合理。
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