大家好，我是SK2的Rosa，
今天我們來練習換字吧！大家都知道換字很重要，但是通常沒辦法很隨意的變換字或是句型，今天我們以下面這題為例，練習paraphrase，當你可以練到自由變換字和句型，就成功囉！
首先，為什麼要學會換字（paraphrase）呢？TOEFL Official Guide裡面有寫5分的高分作文，必須符合以下這點， It displays consistent facility in the use of language, demonstrating syntactic variety, appropriate word choice, and idiomaticity, although it may have minor lexical or grammatical errors.
也就是ETS要看你是否能夠在文章裡面展現些許變化的能力。所以變換字以及變換句型是重要的，目的是讓評分官知道你單字量和句型不少。
以這題為例，
Do you prefer a job with high salary but easy to lose or a stable job with lower salary?
假如我選的理由分別是money, challenges, reputation，我們可以先用以下最簡單的句型套入三個理由。建議同學先印出來這篇文章，練習寫寫看，再看我的解釋會更有幫助，並且把句子唸出來內化句型。
I focus on ＿＿＿＿, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can provide me with ＿＿＿＿＿.
像這樣，
1. I focus on money, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can provide me with more money.
2. I focus on challenges, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can provide me with more challenges.
3. I focus on reputation, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can provide me with higher reputation.
接著，我們再來練習換動詞，
I focus on money, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can provide me with more money.
I ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ challenges, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can ＿＿＿＿＿ me more challenges.
I ＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿ reputation, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can ＿＿＿＿＿ me higher reputation.
想得到可以放什麼動詞嗎？
focus on的相似詞有 care about, place emphasis on, be concerned about, 等，而provide...with可以替換成give..., offer, 等。
注意！這些片語是慣用語，所以要用的話就要用對喔！可以記住三種你最常用的動詞、句型，然後考試時內化，就不用花時間去想句型了，也不會冒著寫錯的風險。
如此一來，就變成了以下這三句話，
I focus on money, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can provide me with more money.
I care about challenges, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can give me more challenges.
I place emphasis on reputation, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can offer me higher reputation.
這樣其實已經夠有變化了，不過我們還可以藉由增減字來改變一下三句話。
所謂的增減字，顧名思義即增加或是減少一個字換字或是換句型，譬如：
a job with higher salary but easy to lose
= choosing a job with higher salary but easy to lose（增加字）
= a job with higher salary but higher risk（減少字）
此外，也可以用剛剛的方法—變換動詞，譬如：
choose= select= pick
因此，綜合運用以上兩種方法—增減字以及變換動詞，三句話就會變成
I focus on money, and a job with higher salary but easy to lose can provide me with more money.
I care about challenges, and choosing a job with higher salary but easy to lose can give me more challenges.
I place emphasis on reputation, and selecting a job with higher salary but easy to lose can offer me higher reputation.
如此一來，三個主題句就有足夠的變化了。
迷思：此時，你可能會想，這三句話的邏輯是否會太像？而且理由本身（money, challenges, reputation）難道不用變換字嗎？
一、邏輯一致是好的，讓讀者能夠更簡單地看懂你的論點。第二、理由的概念在主題句裡面重複能夠加強讀者的印象，在例子裡面換字即可。
因此，我們做個小總結，
換字的兩種方法：
一、找動詞或是轉折詞的同義字，例如：focus on變成care about，Therefore變成Thus,
二、增減字，例如：在a job with higher salary but easy to lose前面多加個動詞choosing
換字很重要，但是確實需要時間練習，並且內化自己熟悉的用詞遣字。祝同學寫作都能夠獲得高分！更重要的是，透過練習作文的過程中，對於英文寫作越來越有心得，也更有信心。
Cheers,
SK2 Rosa ^_____^
