不少同学托福 写作中觉得复杂句可以提升作文的质量，展示自己“地道”的英文，获得高分。这种想法有一定的道理，原因是新托福 写作的评分标准中确实有从语法或用词的多样性等角度考察语言质量的评分项目，但有时生硬地追求长句、复杂句反而破坏句子的准确性。下面，我们就来谈谈如何使你的托福写作言简意赅，用简洁的语言写出漂亮的句子。
建议一： 避免空洞的单词和词组
1. 一些空洞的单词或词组根本不能为句子带来任何相关的或重要的信息，完全可以被删掉。比如下面的句子：
When all things are considered, young adults of today live more satisfying lives than those of their parents, in my opinion.
这句话当中的“when all things are considered”和“in my opinion“都显得多余。完全可以去掉。改为：
Young adults of today live more satisfying lives than their parents.
2. 有些空洞和繁琐的表达方式可以进行替换，例如：
Due to the fact that our grandparents were under an obligation to help their parents, they did not have the options that young people have at this point in time.
“due to the fact that”就是一个很典型的繁琐的表达方式的例子，可以替换，简化为下面的表达方式：
Because our grandparents were obligated to help their parents, they di
