在雅思阅读考试文章中，词根前缀、后缀，确实在单词意义的推断和确定上扮演着很重要角色，但是，仍然有不少特例。

在此提醒各位雅思考生：

雅思阅读文章中，有时两个单词貌似只添加了一些小部分，但其实两者意义关联性很弱，甚至两个单词意义是不同方向的。

以下是典型的案例：

这就需要大家在阅读中遇到以上的词语必须警醒，不要“望文生义”。　　

我们还发现同学们在使用worth, worthy和worthwhile这几个同源词时，经常因为各自的词性没分清而导致其搭配内容的形式出现混淆，在此，以举例的方式为大家说明下：

worth (adj. / prep. / n.) 值得… …的；价值… …的；价值

The question is worth thinking over.

The comics industry(动漫产业)is worth over 5.3 billon yuan.

Your suggestion is worth our consideration.

To be a genius(天才)is worth the high personal cost.

If the antique(古董)is not in good condition, it will not be worth anything.

After his relentless insults(无情的辱骂), I know the true worth of his relationship.

be of … worth 有… …价值的

Higher education/Advanced education(高等教育)is of great worth to your future life.

worthy (adj.) 值得的、有价值的

(作表语、定语)不用于表金钱，而是表示某事、某物值得做，或适合做

be worthy of + n./pron.

be worthy of + being done = be worthy to be done

be worthy to do

The new proposal is worthy of our consideration.

The new proposal is worthy of being considered.

The new proposal is worthy to be considered.

worthwhile (adj.) 有价值的

It be worthwhile (for sb.) to do 值得(某人)做某事

It be worthwhile doing

It is worthwhile to consider the proposal.

It is worthwhile reading the fiction.

雅思备考过程中，烤鸭们不要对细节性单词不以为然，有时略一疏忽可能就错失了分数。