如何让雅思作文简洁漂亮?这是需要考生认真思考的问题。不管是使用长难句或是简单句，考生都要掌握一个度，用对的方法备考才会取胜。
雅思写作是学术性的写作。有英语学习经验的同学，一看到学术性几个字，恐怕立刻想到的就是长难句：各种不同性质的从句在同一个句子里面纠缠不清，让我们这些看句子的人也是辗转徘徊，大有大脑不过热誓不罢休之势。有的同学可能会很喜欢这种感觉，觉得写出一个这么“高级”的句子来充分体现了作者的语法功底和驾驭文字的能力。
诚然，复杂句，长难句是非常考验写作者的语法功底的; 可是，这些句子的作用也仅限于考验而已。想要单纯通过长难句来在雅思写作中取得好的分数，基本上是不可能任务。
写作的目的，在于交流。因此，追溯复杂句产生的根源，我们应该能找到促使其产生和发展的交流需要。那么，我们就应该明白，除非是为了表达清楚意思，否则长难句是非常没有必要的。但是，我们每每写出来的长难句，却与之背道而驰。
事实上，从句的使用都是有条件的，不同的从句有不同的功能。名词性从句是对名词性成分的具体说明，而且往往是不得已而为之，因为英语中的名词是很多的，名词不能表达的概念能有多少呢? 定语从句用于修饰，跟定语的作用一样。要注意的是，定语是“限定语”，首要作用是划出范围。因此，定语从句首要的作用也是区别中心词与其他概念，其次才是补充说明。状语从句是用来修饰动作或整个句子，有时间地点程度等等多种，但总是离不开具体描述这个中心。只有真正掌握了不同句子的不同作用，才能驾驭这些句型，真正实现“交流”的目的，达到理想的写作效果。
因此，在雅思写作中不是使用越多的长难句就会更有几率获得高分。接下来就为大家提出一些让雅思作文“简洁漂亮”的建议，可供参考。
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：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 did not have the options that young people have now。
建议二：避免重复
1. 尽量避免重复使用同样的词汇，或者有的时候虽然词汇没有重复，但意思却有重复，这时候可以做一些简化的工作。
例如下面这个例子：The farm my grandfather grew up on was large in size。
large对一个farm来说就是size方面的large，所以in size可以去掉，改为：
The farm my grandfather grew up on was large。
更简洁的表达方式为：
My grandfather grew up on a large farm。
2. 有时一个词组可以用一个更简单的单词来替换。
例如：My grandfather has said over and over again that he had to work on his parents' farm.
这里的over and over again就可以改为repeatedly，显得更为简洁：
My grandfather has said repeatedly that he had to work on his parents' farm.
建议三：选择最恰当的语法结构
选择合适的语法结构可以使句子意思的表达更为精确和简练。虽然语法的多样性也很重要，但选择最恰当的语法结构仍然是更为重要的考虑因素。
以下原则是在考虑选择何种语法结构时可以参考的原则：
1. 一个句子的主语和谓语动词应该能够反映句子中的最重要的意思。
例如：The situation that resulted in my grandfather's not being able to study engineering was that his father needed help on the farm。
从意思上来分析，上面这句话需要表达的重要的概念是“grandfather's not being able to study”，而在表达这个概念时，原句用的主语是situation，谓语动词是was，不能强调需要表达的重点概念，可以改为下面这句话：
My grandfather couldn't study engineering because his father needed help onthe farm.
2. 避免频繁使用“there be”结构
例如下面的句子：There were 25 cows on the farm that my grandfather had to milk every day. It was hard work for my grandfather.
可以改为：
My grandfather worked hard. He had to milk 25 cows on the farm everyday.
更简洁的句式为：
My grandfather worked hard milking 25 cows daily.
3. 把从句改为短语或单词。
例如：Dairy cows were raised on the farm, which was located 100 kilometers from the nearest university and was in an area that was remote.
简介的表达方式为：
The dairy farm was located in a remote area, 100 kilometers to the nearestuniversity.
4. 仅在需要强调宾语而不是主语的时候，才使用被动语态。
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.
本句不够简洁的原因是本句的重心应该是“忙碌的家庭-my grandfather's family”，而使用了被动语态，仿佛重心变成了cows和hay。
下面的表达方式是主动语态，相对来说更简洁一些：
In the fall, my grandfather's family not only milked the cow but also mowed and stacked the hay.
5. 用更为精确的一个动词来代替动词短语。
例如：My grandfather didn't have time to stand around doing nothing with his school friends.
Stand around doing nothing其实可以用一个动词来表达，即loiter：
My grandfather didn't have time to loiter with his school friends.
6. 有时两句话的信息经过组合完全可以用一句话来简练地表达。
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 auniversity degree.
两句话的信息可以合并为下面这句更为简洁的句子：
Profits from the farm were sometimes too small to meet operational expenses, let alone pay for a university degree.
以上就是如何让雅思作文简洁漂亮的详细介绍，在了解之后，考生要不断练习，一定会取得进步。希望考生能够取得满意的雅思成绩，更多雅思备考经验我们将会陆续为大家更新，欢迎咨询我们的热线电话400-890-6000。
