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托福独立写作
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大误
区
审题切勿忽略关键词
在托福独立写作的过程中，有太多的学生会把注意力集中在句
子和词汇的表现中，而忽
视了托福写作的重点环节。其实，托福考试的本质只是考察学生
的语言表达能力，是否能将
一个话题准确连贯的进行表达。而这时，如果你忽视托福独立
的写作环节，那么即使在好的
词汇和句型，也许最后也是很难冲刺到高分了。那么，以下
环节中我们就用一些实例为大家
详解一些托福写作的审题误区吧。
审题误区
NO.1
忽略关键词
同学们考写作考了这么多年，大多数出题的形式都已烂熟于心，看到题目之后觉得熟悉
于是兴冲冲提笔就写，其实，这种看似”熟练”的表象下藏着巨大的隐患
--
同学们很有可能
因为看得太快而忽略某个决定题目意思的关键词。例如：
例
1
：
Do you agree or disagree
with the following statement? Advertising is the
only main cause for
people
’
s unhealthy eating
habits.
看到这个题目，同学们立刻会开始想，有没有
other
reasons for unhealthy
habits
，
想出三条如：
1.
People
’
s
tight schedules do not allow them to
eat at regular hours; 2. Sometimes people
are eager to lose weight or
to keep fit so that they go on
“
endless
diets
”
;
3.
Bearing heavy burden both
physically and mentally, some consider eating
constantly
as
their
most
effective
stress
reliever.
综上所述，
advertising
is
not
the
only cause.
这个写法看起来非常完备，但其实犯了一个不起眼却严重的错误
--<
/p>
题目不是要我们证明
it is not the only
cause
，而是要我们去证明
it is
not the only main cause
。多一个”
main
”
，意思是很不一样的。如果我们只需要证明
it is not the only
cause
，那么找出
other <
/p>
causes
即可即例
1
中的写法。但是，如果我们要证明
it
is
not
the only main
cause
，就需要证明
other
causes that we mentioned are also main
causes
，这就需要在每一段中
加上一些专门的说明。或者，更简单的办法是去证明
advertising is
not even a cause,
直接在每段的末尾
加上
advertising
与该段所论述的
< br>unhealthy
eating
habit
无关的论
述即可。
If it is not
a cause,
how can it be the
onlymain cause?
这样一来，就不用通过证明还有其他
main
cause
来反驳了，事实上，证明
某种
cause
是
main
cause
还是挺有难度的，因此笔
者推荐同学们用后一种方式进行论述。因此，文章还是
disagree
，而三段的主题句分别应该是：
1
、
< br>1. People
’
s
tight schedules do not allow them to
eat at regular hours, and it is obvious
that
they are
too busy to be
influenced by
advertising; 2. Sometimes
people are
eager to lose weight or to
keep fit so that they go on
“
endless
diets
”
, and
this
is more like a result of
human nature, the pursuit of beauty, but not
advertising;
3.
Bearing
heavy
burden
both
physically
and
mentally,
some
consider
eating
constantly
as
their
most
effective
stress
reliever,
and
it
is
quite
clear
that no advertising
encourages them to do so.
例
2
：
Do
you agree or disagree with the following
statement? Colleges and
universities should offer more
preparation for student before they start
working.
看到这个题目，很多同学会可能会这样写：
Agree. 1.
Students should take
mores
pecializedcourses(
专业课
)in
order
to
be
knowledgeable
and
skillful
enough
for
their
future careers(
接着开始论述
being
knowledgeable and
skillful
的重要性
);
ipating
in
internships
helps
students
to
have
a
clearer
picture
of
their
vocational
development
in
the
future(
接着开始论述
，如果没有实过习，在工作的时
候是多么地
feel so
unprepared); 3. Attending
more club activities is an effective way to
improve
social skills,
which are crucial for success both in life and at
work(
接着开
始论述
good
social
skills
对职业和生活的帮助
).
如果不看括号里的内容，
仅看主题句，
这篇文章是没有
任
何问题的。然而，括号中的论述从严格意义上来讲，是不能支持”
more
”这个关键词的。举
个简单的例子：
”我们需要钱”和”我们需要更多钱”在证明的时候重点是不一样的。如果证
明”我们需要钱”
，应该详细
阐述钱的”不可或缺性”
，比如生活、学习、教育都需要钱
;
但是如果证明”我们需要更
多钱”
，
重点则应该放在”
钱不够”
的论述上，
证明在学习、
生活、
教
育方面的预算都很紧张。
同样地，上面的题目中仅仅证明
Kno
wledge
for careers, field
experience and social skills are
important
是不够的，
事实上，
这些根本不需要证明，
需要证明的事情是
gr
aduates
today
are not well
prepared in the
three
aspects.
因此这篇文章应该是一篇”抱怨型”的文章
，详细地去论述学校工作的
不足。参考思路如下：
Agree.
1. Many students
today
complain that they cannot learn practical skills
and up-to-date
information, for some of their teachers
are not qualified enough to teach
specialized courses; 2. Since many
students are not allowed enough time to
participate in internship
programs before graduation, they know very little
about what their future
jobs like; 3. Joining clubs is possible for every
college student, yet not
every club provide is capable of offering enough
opportunities for students
to practice their social skills.