IELTS受験でおさえておくべきベーシックかつ重要なテーマのひとつ、ComparisonとContrast（類似・比較と対比・相違）をここでまとめてみましょう。

• ・The new model of car is very similar to the old one.
• ・Her political opinions are identical to mine.
• ・My friend and I enjoy doing many of the same things. In that respect, we have a lot in common.

• ・The contrast in weather between the north and the south of the country is very noticeable.
• ・There is a distinction between being interested in politics and joining a political party.
• ・Asia covers a huge area. By way of contrast, Europe is very small.
• ・Some political parties have such similar manifestoes that they are difficult to tell apart.
• ・There seem to be a large discrepancy between the number of people employed in sevice industries, and those employed in the primary sector.
• ・British and Australian people share the same language, but in other respects they are as different as chalk and cheese.

ライティングのTask1では特に、複数のデータの比較対照をしながら分析するスキルが要求されます。必ず出てくる表現だけに、できる限り洗練された表現をする事でプラスアルファのスコアを期待できるポイントでもあります。

上記例文の中でも、以下は私が個人的に「試験に使ってみたい」と思われる、高得点を狙う為の表現です。是非ご参考にして下さい。

• ・a (considerable) discrepancy between A and B
• ・as different as chalk and cheese
• ・A is identical to B
• ・in that respect/many respects,
• ・By way of contrast
• ・be hard to tell apart
• ・as opposed to
• ・in contrast to