新托福寫作應該如何提高?作為一門國外類的考試的一部分，寫作時候的用詞表達就非常重要。恰當而富有特色的表達往往能夠增加詞匯的鮮活力。我們常常在看老外的文章時會發現，他們的一篇文章用，名詞出現的概率相當的高。不僅如此，對名詞喜愛的程度更是到了把動詞都要名詞化，而且經常性的使用抽象名詞，因此在寫作時，如果能夠投其所好，自然能夠得到加分。

簡單說，名詞化即是動詞或形容詞被用作名詞的現象。比如動詞轉成名詞：discovery->discovery, move->movement, refuse->refusal,又比如形容詞轉成名詞：careless->carelessness, difficult->difficulty, intense->intensity.那么什么情況下，我們需要進行名詞化呢?

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的后面

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，在我們的新托福寫作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后面

原句(名詞化"冗余")：The police conducted an investigation into the matter.

改后：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.

改后：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.

改后：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.

改后：They ceased hostilities because they lost personnel.

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

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

因為中國的傳統習慣是在組句中以動詞為主，因此在新托福寫作的過程中，如何轉到地道的表達對大家來說可能是一件比較困難的一件事，不過任何事情只要做了，就有可能發生。相信同學們勤加苦練必然能有所收獲。