1. 盡量避免重復使用同樣的詞匯。或者有的時候雖然詞匯沒有重復，但意思卻有重復。這時候可以做一些簡化的工作。例如下面這個例子：

　　The farm my grandfather grew up on was large in size.

　　large 對一個farm來說就是size方面的large，所以in size可以去掉，改為：

　　The farm my grandfather grew up on was large.

　　更簡潔的表達方式為：

　　My grandfather grew up on a large farm.

　　2. 有時一個詞組可以用一個更簡單的單詞來替換，例如：

　　My grandfather has said over and over again that he had to work on his parents’ farm.

　　這里的over and over again就可以改為repeatedly，顯得更為簡潔：

　　My grandfather has said repeatedly that he had to work on his parents’ farm.

3. 把從句改為短語或單詞。例如：

　　Dairy cows were raised on the farm, which was located100 kilometers from the nearest university and was in an area that was remote.

　　簡介的表達方式為：

　　The dairy farm was located in a remote area, 100 kilometers to the nearest university.

　　4. 僅在需要強調賓語而不是主語的時候，才使用被動語態。例如：

　　In the fall, not only did the cows have to be milked, but also the hay was mowed and stacked by my grandfather’s family.

　　本句不夠簡潔的原因是本句的重心應該是“忙碌的家庭-my grandfather’s family”，而使用了被動語態后，仿佛重心變成了cows和hay。下面的表達方式是主動語態，相對來說更簡潔一些：

　　In the fall, my grandfather’s family not only milked the cow but also mowed and stacked the hay.

　　5. 用更為精確的一個動詞來代替動詞短語，例如下面這句話：

　　My grandfather didn’t have time to stand around doing nothing with his school friends.

　　Stand around doing nothing其實可以用一個動詞來表達，即loiter：

　　My grandfather didn’t have time to loiter with his school friends.www.Examw.com

　　6. 有時兩句話的信息經過組合完全可以用一句話來簡練地表達，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.

　　兩句話的信息可以合并為下面這句更為簡潔的句子：

　　Profits from the farm were sometimes too small to meet operational expenses, let alone pay for a university degree.

　　簡單并不代表沒有難度，一篇好的托福作文，必須邏輯清晰、詞匯和句式運用恰當。如果考生對長句沒有太大的把握，那么不妨拆成更有把握的短句，一樣能獲得高分。