? 先找轉(zhuǎn)折 But, there is a big but.

But是一個(gè)轉(zhuǎn)折詞，同樣表示轉(zhuǎn)折的詞語(yǔ)還有：However, though, while, still, whereas, nevertheless, yet, on the other hand等等。

轉(zhuǎn)折詞可以幫我們省半句話。如果大家看過非誠(chéng)勿擾之類的節(jié)目，一定會(huì)記得女生無(wú)情拒絕的臺(tái)詞：“我覺得你人不錯(cuò)，性格也很好，工作穩(wěn)定，但是……”然后，就沒有然后了。其實(shí)在英語(yǔ)的閱讀中，"But"也有完全相同的功能。

比如這樣一句話：

By far the most popular and most consumed drink in the world is water, but it may come as no surprise that the second most popular beverage is tea.

同學(xué)們有沒有看到這個(gè)大大的But？看到它的時(shí)候，果斷記住，前面一半的句子，都不重要。這就意味著在考試的時(shí)候，你可以完全無(wú)視前半句話，因?yàn)樗静皇强键c(diǎn)所在。

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Although tea was originally grown only in certain parts of Asia – in countries such as China, Burma and India - it is now a key export product in more than 50 countries around the globe.

這里有一個(gè)小小的插入語(yǔ)，先放一邊，Although是雖然的意思，所以這句話的前半句，直到插入語(yǔ)結(jié)束，都不重要。都不重要。都不重要。重要的事情說三遍。

這樣一來，實(shí)際考試需要閱讀的部分就大大地縮短了。

? 再剪修飾 Clauses are often worthless.

語(yǔ)法相對(duì)扎實(shí)的同學(xué)會(huì)知道，英語(yǔ)的語(yǔ)句，尤其是書面語(yǔ)中，會(huì)有大量的從句。從句很多時(shí)候起到的是修飾作用，其本身會(huì)對(duì)信息的某一個(gè)要點(diǎn)進(jìn)行細(xì)節(jié)的補(bǔ)充。因此，在PTE的考試中，基本可以奉行一個(gè)原則：從句的修飾部分，都可以無(wú)視。比如這句話：

Countries that grow tea, however, need to have the right tropical climate, which includes up to 200 centimetres of rainfall per year to encourage fast growth, and temperatures that range from ten to 35 degrees centigrade.

整句話的后半部分，是由which引導(dǎo)的修飾性從句，對(duì)整體的意思不會(huì)有任何影響，可以無(wú)視。我們?cè)賮硪痪洌?/span>

By far the most popular and most consumed drink in the world is water, but it may come as no surprise that the second most popular beverage is tea.

這句話中，that起到的是替代賓語(yǔ)的作用，因此前面的套句部分可以完全無(wú)視。

? 最后剝栗子 There is no such thing as such...

Such as在英語(yǔ)里是一個(gè)舉例用的連接詞，相似的還有for example, for instance等等。舉例的實(shí)際意義在于用實(shí)據(jù)來說明證明觀點(diǎn)。不過在PTE考試時(shí)，請(qǐng)抱著“栗子是什么？好吃嗎？”的態(tài)度來面對(duì)Summarize written text，所有出現(xiàn)的栗子，哦不，是例子，都不重要。好了，閑話少說，我們來剝栗子：

They also need to have quite specific geographical features, such as high altitudes to promote the flavour and taste of the tea, and land that can offer plenty of shade in the form of other trees and vegetation to keep the plants cool and fresh.

雖然很長(zhǎng)，但是兩只栗子，很輕松地被我們剝了出去。我們來繼續(xù)做采栗子的小姑娘：

There is green tea, jasmine tea, earl grey tea, peppermint tea, tea to help you sleep, tea to promote healing and tea to relieve stress; but above all, tea is a social drink that seems to suit the palates and consumption habits of human beings in general.

好了，前面這一堆關(guān)于茶的栗子，都可以被迅速地清理出去

? 使用 , and/ , because/ , but 之類的連接詞聯(lián)系兩句話。

? 使用 ；直接聯(lián)系兩句話。

以上這兩種寫作的方式都有一定的危險(xiǎn)性，畢竟如果被抽查到的話，考官很難對(duì)這樣的句型給出滿分的評(píng)價(jià)。

? 使用從句來鏈接：這個(gè)方式本身沒有問題，只是在內(nèi)容比較多的時(shí)候，容易產(chǎn)生語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤，尤其是當(dāng)使用which/that指代的時(shí)候，單復(fù)數(shù)的問題，以及使用if/when的時(shí)候，過去現(xiàn)在時(shí)態(tài)的問題。

另外，這幾種寫法一般會(huì)導(dǎo)致字?jǐn)?shù)較多，尤其在文中要點(diǎn)比較多的時(shí)候，容易造成字?jǐn)?shù)上的壓力。這里，我們給大家分享一個(gè)更為簡(jiǎn)潔有效的方法：使用介詞。

例子1：

如果我們有這樣一句話，括號(hào)里的部分是我們希望補(bǔ)充的內(nèi)容： Starting a company takes hard work. ( + Most people have little money for this.)

? 79分精煉寫法：Starting a company with little money takes hard work.  

這里我們并不需要再用一句新的句子來承載含義，只需要簡(jiǎn)短地一句話，with little money，說明意思就可以了。

例子2

Setting up a business requires not only good ideas but also determination and skill. ( + The business is starting from nothing. The skill is about influencing people.)

? 79分精煉寫法：Setting up a business from nothing requires not only good ideas but also determination and skill to influence people.

追求替換詞句的同學(xué)，也可以使用from zero來代替原文中的from nothing。

例子3

Despite the risk, he had encouragement. (The risk was in his decision to set up a new business. His wife encouraged him.)

? 79分精煉寫法：Despite the risk in his decision to set up a new business, he had encourage from his wife.

可以說介詞是英語(yǔ)的靈魂，通過它我們可以任何地補(bǔ)充信息。在這里，我們只要確保介詞后面跟的基本是名詞形態(tài)，那么從PTE的語(yǔ)法上來說就不會(huì)有太大的問題。

例子4

最后一個(gè)例題，大家可以自己想一想，練練手，別急著看答案~

People who set up companies take big risks, but they often gain significant rewards. ( + People invest their own money in these companies. The rewards are a result of their effort.)

? 79分精煉寫法1：People who set up companies with investment take big risks, but they often gain significant rewards for their effort.

? 79分精煉寫法2：Investors who set up companies take big risks, but they often gain significant rewards for their effort.