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讓我們用以下的句子來看看這些小技巧吧
【孩子們心理不太成熟，以至於不能夠區分正確和錯誤的。】
❌Children are so immature psychologically that they can't distinguish between right and wrong.
⭕Children are so immature psychologically that they cannot distinguish between right and wrong.
✨Tip 1✨
在寫作中，一般不使用縮寫。在規範性寫作中，一定要避免縮寫，這是美國大學學術寫作的基本要求。因此，can't、don't、doesn't、won't應該替換成cannot、can not、do not、does not、will not。
【在遊戲過程中，孩子們可以鍛煉兩種不同的核心能力：計畫和管理資源的能力以及雙手眼協調能力。】
❌When playing video games, children could develop 2 crucial skills: planning and resource management skills and hand-eye coordination.
⭕When playing video games, children could develop two crucial skills: planning and resource management skills and hand-eye coordination.
✨Tip 2✨
在英語寫作中，1-10的數位需要“寫出來”，而且阿拉伯數字不能用在句子的開頭。
【學生獲得來自他們教授的鼓勵有很多種形式。】
❌Encouragement that students receive from their professors can take a lot of forms.
⭕Encouragement that students receive from their professors can take many forms.
✨Tip 3✨
在寫作中，a lot of / lots of表示為“許多”，較為不正式，通常使用much / many表示。
【人們對於學前教育對孩子學術成績和個人發展的影響十分關注。】
❌Great attention has been paid to the influence of pre-school education on a child's academic achievements and personal development.
⭕Parents are paying growing attention to the influence of pre-school education on a child's academic achievements and personal development.
✨Tip 4✨
在寫作中，用“主動語態”代替“被動語態”。
【儘管被監禁，曼德拉從未停止過種族平等運動的抗爭】
❌Mandela never stopped campaigning for racial equality, despite the fact he was incarcerated.
⭕Mandela never stopped campaigning for racial equality, despite of his incarceration.
✨Tip 5✨
在寫作中，刪除不必要的詞，如fact，包括：owing to the fact that..., in spite of the fact that..., call your attention to the fact that..., I was unaware of the fact that...等。
【熱情使我堅持自己的信念，並督促我完成艱難的任務。】
❌Passion is the thing that holds my belief and propels me to finish the difficult task.
⭕Passion is the essential power that holds my belief and propels me to finish the difficult task.
✨Tip 6✨
thing的使用使得語言過於抽象、含糊，因此需要換成具體的“實義”名詞。
【這些路幾乎不能通行。但是，我們最終還是到達了營地。】
❌The roads were almost impossible. However, we at last succeeded in reaching camp.
⭕The roads were almost impossible. At last, however, we succeeded in reaching camp.
✨Tip 7✨
However意義相當於nevertheless，在句子或從句中通常不在句首出現。
eg. In Smith's view, however, since egotism was a stronger motivating force than altruism, the spirit of beneficence and reciprocity could not be relied on to take a weight of the complex society.
【如果學生沒有被給予清晰的建議，就會疑惑進而不知道如何是好。】
❌If a student is not given clear advice, he/she may become confused and he/she may even not know what to do.
⭕If students are not given clear advice, they may become confused and they may even not know what to do.
✨Tip 8✨
在寫作中，一旦牽涉到“男女有別”的句子，最好的處理方式是把主語換成複數形式，提高整句句子的可讀性。
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