對很多中國托福考生來說，寫作文等于“中譯英”。

在英語水平還未達到一定高度之前，考生們的英文寫作通常都會受習慣的思維方式和中文句式的影響，最終寫成了不土不洋的中式英語，結果就是讓考官們一頭霧水，老師們哭笑不得。

【案例1】

原文：Environmental protection has more and more gotten the attention of the countries around the world, and the best way of environmental protection has become the focus of the debate。

修改：Environmental protection has drawn increasing attention of the countries around the world, and people have been debating about the best way to protect the environment。

解析：

(1)“受到越來越多的關注”原文用has more and more gotten the attention，是典型的中文直譯，不符合英文的行文習慣，應改成has drawn increasing attention。

(2)has become the focus of the debate即“成為討論的焦點”，但更地道的英文表達可以人為主語，如：...people have been debating about the best way to protect the environment。

【案例2】

原文：Gradually improved public awareness of environmental protection and insufficient environmental protection measures have been very difficult to reverse the trend of ecological and environmental degradation。

修改：Although more people have become aware of environmental problems and have taken measures to protect the environment, the trend of ecological and environmental degradation is hard to be reversed。

解析：原句英文脫胎于中文句式“……的措施很難逆轉生態(tài)環(huán)境惡化的趨勢”，但直譯出來的英文卻是典型的Chinglish。修改版本調整了整句話的句式，把原本過長的主語變成了狀語從句，并用the trend做主句的主語，讓句式更平衡，表達更西化。

在托福寫作備考時，要特別注意英語表達和漢語表達的差別，不要盲目照搬中文的句式。只有多多輸入優(yōu)質的英語原文，并留心比較中文與英文的行文思路和表達上的差異，才能有效避免中式英文。