看下面這段 Band 6 作文：

❌ Education is very important. Students need to study really hard. Teachers must be absolutely professional. Schools should be very well-funded.

四個強調詞——沒有一個告訴讀者「多」是多少、「真的」程度多深。Lexical Resource 卡在 6.5。

為什麼空強調詞傷分

Band 7 的 Lexical Resource 要 less common items 跟 flexibility and precision。Very + 普通形容詞 完全相反：常見字 + 沒精度。

而且 native speaker 的學術寫作很少用 very——它太口語。

空強調詞 → 具體形容詞替換清單

| ❌ 空強調 | ✅ 具體形容詞（同義升級） | |---------|----------------------| | very important | crucial / vital / essential | | very big | enormous / vast / substantial | | very small | minute / negligible / trivial | | very good | excellent / outstanding / first-rate | | very bad | dreadful / appalling / dire | | very tired | exhausted / drained | | very hot | scorching / sweltering | | very cold | freezing / bitter | | very happy | delighted / thrilled | | very sad | devastated / heartbroken | | really fast | rapid / swift | | really slow | sluggish | | really hard | gruelling / arduous | | really easy | effortless / straightforward | | absolutely necessary | indispensable / non-negotiable | | absolutely sure | certain / convinced | | absolutely impossible | unattainable / out of reach | | extremely interesting | fascinating / captivating | | extremely difficult | formidable / daunting |

❌ Bad / ✅ Better 對照

| ❌ Band 6 | ✅ Band 7+ | |---------|-----------| | Climate change is a very important problem. | Climate change is a pressing problem. | | The exam was really hard. | The exam was gruelling. | | It is absolutely necessary to act now. | Action is non-negotiable at this stage. | | The results were very surprising. | The results were startling. |

「Very」的學術替代

如果想保留強調功能但又不想用 very：

| 強度 | 替代詞 | |------|------| | 中性升級 | particularly, notably, markedly | | 學術強化 | strikingly, considerably, substantially | | 統計類 | significantly, disproportionately | | 程度副詞 | highly, deeply, intensely |

範例：

❌ Air pollution is very serious in Asian cities. ✅ Air pollution is particularly serious in Asian cities. ✅ Air pollution is markedly worse in Asian cities than in European ones.

不是所有 very 都要刪

口語化作文（Task 1 私人書信、Task 2 比較輕的題目）裡 very 偶爾用沒問題。但不要連用三次以上——那一定要換。

Quick Rewrite Drill

刪掉每句的空強調詞，換具體形容詞：

  1. The teacher is very nice.
  2. The book was really interesting.
  3. It is absolutely impossible to finish on time.
  4. Pollution is very bad in this city.
  5. Learning English is very important for my future.
  6. The traffic is really heavy in the morning.

Answer Key

| # | ✅ 重寫 | |---|--------| | 1 | The teacher is supportive / engaging / patient. (依語境選具體形容詞) | | 2 | The book was gripping / absorbing / thought-provoking. | | 3 | Finishing on time is unattainable / out of reach. | | 4 | Air pollution in this city has reached dangerous / dire levels. | | 5 | English fluency is crucial / indispensable for my future career. | | 6 | Morning traffic is gridlocked / suffocating. |

進階練習

把這個句子升級三次（弱 → 中 → 強）：

The film was very good.

| 版本 | 範例 | |------|------| | 弱升級 | The film was enjoyable. | | 中升級 | The film was outstanding. | | 強升級 | The film was a tour de force of modern cinema. |

一句總結

每一個 very 都可以刪掉或替換。寫完後 Ctrl+F 搜 "very, really, absolutely"——出現幾次就換幾次。

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