雅思讀寫佳句－be likely to

不管是不是要考雅思，想要把英文作文／學術寫作搞定，需要大量閱讀之外，還必須從文章中選擇適合自己程度的句型，登記在佳句本上。而這些佳句必須被經常拿出來複習，並且要嘗試用在適合的作文段落裏（不能為了用某個句型而硬要用，這樣經常會因為不自然反而被扣分）。

希望讓自己英文可以保持進步的同學，一週真的至少要精讀一篇像這樣的文章＋搜集句型才行。這些文章裏出現的句型，很多都是我在上課時教的，上過課的同學來讀這些文章應該會感覺到相當熟悉，是很好的複習。

今天跟大家介紹一句看似簡單，但不管在雅思裏或生活中都非常常用到的句子。
 
People are/were much more likely to ....
 

​在這篇新聞中有出現這個句子多次：
People (are被省) less likely to move than in 1970s in England and Wales

例如：
People in England and Wales were much more likely to move home in the 1970s than in the first decade of the 2000s.

換個句子寫寫看（也在文章裏）：
People now just move less than they did in the 1970s.
 
詳細內文寫法：
In the 1970s, 55% of people moved address across the course of a decade, and in the 2000s that had fallen to 45%.
 
以上三部曲在雅思小作文很常出現。「先見林，再見樹」。「先描述大方向，再講細節與數字」。這樣的邏輯連貫性不是只出現在雅思。人生中有很多事情的思路我覺得都是這樣。


然後文章後又出現一次，只是這次是相反的，用的是more likely的相反意less likely:
In terms of the labour market and economy, it suggests that people are less likely to risk uprooting to move to a new job or to new areas.
 
Be likely to這句在文法班裏我會教，我們每堂課都會教幾句佳句並且示範如何使用，學生回家後必須在我們發的「佳句本」裏練習造句，每四堂我們就會把佳句本收回來改後再發還同學。不會造句的學生可以先上網路上找看看用到be likely to的句型，找到後抄寫下來。這算是打掉重練的中級動作。以下是我在可信賴的網站上找到的句型：

Studies show that people who eat too much meat are 20 percent more likely to develop cancer.

People who engage in more physical activity are less likely to develop coronary heart disease.
 
People who are more active are less likely to be overweight or obese.
Smokers are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression.

Men are more likely to smoke cigarettes to control their emotions than women

Some people are more likely than others to get hooked quickly on cigarettes.

People with mental illness are 70 percent more likely to smoke cigarettes than people without mental illness.
 
Younger Americans are less likely to believe in God of the Bible.

Married people are more likely than the unmarried to get timely diagnosis and treatment for malignant skin cancer.
 
同學可以設定從每一篇好文裏至少要取出二三個句子（切記這些動作是在精不在多，雅思大作文也只不過需要寫二十句話。抄了一大堆但都不是很會用，那這一切都是白費力氣），抄下來後一定要模仿造句，但模仿的程度請不要太過劇烈，有些同學會一口氣把佳句裏的主詞、動詞、補語或受格全部換光光，整個句子已經完全不像佳句了。。。那就不是佳句的用意了啊。所以請同學務必一步一腳印，踏實一點，老實一點的練習。有一天你會發現你不知不覺自然地用出這些句型，那時的成就感，內心的顆顆顆只有你自己知道了。