你同意不同意? 你赞成不赞成? 托福常见题型. TOEFL Topics

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托福作文本185考古题, 有一半以上是属于辩论题. 两种相对的观点做比较. 举例如下--

>钱该花在哪里?

What is more important when spending money?

甲--发展电脑科技
乙--花在基本需要

1--太空探测月球
2--地球上的基本需要

甲--为学生买电脑
乙--为图书馆买书

Which would you prefer?

>你同意那一种看法
1--自己学习
2--有老师教

甲--中学男女合校
乙--男女分校

1--强調学生多读文史
2--科学数学

甲--自己自修
乙--与同学们在一起读书

1--讓孩子们在城市长大
2--在乡下长大比较好比

甲--大学里建商业研究中心

乙--建农业中心

1--度假

2--买车

甲--买房

乙--创业

1--艺术家对社会贡献大

2--科学家对社会贡献大案

甲--同学们的影响大

乙--父母亲的影响大

1--儿童该多读书

2--儿童该多游戏

甲--独自旅游

乙--有伴同游

1--早起早干活

2--晚起夜生活

甲--休闲在户外

乙--休闲在家里

1--住老式平房

2--住新建大楼

甲--学生住校舍

乙--学生住民房

1--看书比较好

2--看电视较好

甲--企业雇人终生职较好

乙--采用非终生职较好比

A frequent TOEFL topic type

托福常见题材型//建筑

It has been announced that a large shopping center may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

--a large shopping center

--a large factory

--a new restaurant

--a new movie theater

--a new high school

--a new university

--a military base

--a new hospital

Another tipical TOEFL writing topic

托福常见题材型>>人性特质

What are some important qualities of a good supervisor or boss? Use specific details and examples to explain why these qualities are important.

--a good boss

--a good neighbor

--a good friend

--a good co-worker

--a good room-mate

--a good parent

--a good class-mate

--a good son or daughter

--a good teacher

想象

假使...

If...

Imagine...

If you could..., what would you....

If you could invent something new, wht product would you develop? Use specific details to explain why...

If you could invent...

If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what...

If you were an employer,...

If you could travel back in time,...

If you could ask a famous person one question,...

If you could meet a famous entertainer or athelet,...

If you were asked to send one thing representing your country,...

Imagine you have the opportunity to visit a foreign country,...

Imagine you have received some land to use as you wish...

Imagine that you are preparing for a trip for a year...

媒体与名人--English Composition--Celebrities and Media

IELTS task 2 雅思作文
Writing topic 真题

Are famous people treated unfairly by the media? Should they be given more privacy, or the price of their fame an invasion into their private lives?


Outline 大纲

Thesis主题--most celebrities thrive on media-made fame
Structure结构--4 paragraphs
Content内容--
1. It is not as it seems.
2. Famous people are talents like shinning stars.
3. Famous people enjoy being seen in the spotlight.
4. All is fair with celebrities in journalism.


Sample essay 样稿
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英文原作


The victim image of a celebrity is often not as it seems. I am inclined to think that celebrities looking for fame sometimes join forces with the media outlets to make everybody happy. To say that famous people are treated unfairely is to misunderstand celebrity behavior. Most likely, they are inviting it. Journalists-turn-paparazzis need to give the audience what they want in order to survive in the gossip world.

Celebrities are stars ready to shine to be seen. The rise of international celebrities in acting and popular music, in particular, is due in large part to the massive scale of the media industries, enabling celebrities to be viewed more often and in more places. Exposure of private lives to the public, intentionally or otherwise, is characteristic of the Hollywood obsession for fame, and then for money. And, with the possible exception of drugs, nothing is more habit-forming than money.

Privacy is a luxury most celebrities cannot afford. The last thing they would like to do is allow their names to be ignored and not to be heard anymore, like fading starlets. The reason is simple. A modest man or woman may be admired only when the public ever hear of him or her. They would rather pay a price of losing privacy for fame than be out of spotlight. The media outlets serve to boost the image of willing celebrities who must thrive on fame or infamy or both to be able to continue living in galaxies.

Such is my observation of celebrity hehavior which the media outlets put in the center of public attention along with important global issues. I believe that all is fair and well that ends well. Movie stars, singing stars as well as sports stars and political stars, once becoming public celebrities, are considered as public properties and must live public lives. It is as if driving on Sunset Boulevard, celebrities must know that is the street to stars.

Influence of Advertising 英文作文论商业广告English Essay

IELTS writing task 2 雅思作文真题

Advertising influences people's behavior in a negative way. Do you agree or disagree?


TOEFL TWE 托福作文真题
Test of Written English

Some people say that advertising encourages us to buy things we really do not need. Others say that advertisements tell us about new products that will improve our lives. Which viewpoint do you agree with? Use reasons and examples to support your answer.


Outline 大纲
Thesis主题--advertising does more good than harm
Structure结构--4 paragraphs
Content内容--

1. advertising is important to market functioning 广告有市场功能
2. negative influence 负面影响
3. good things about advertising 正面影响
4. Viewpoint: I don't agree that advertising is negative influence 个人观点，不同意广告的负面影响说法


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Seeing only negative points about advertising is as if looking a few trees without seeing an entire forest behind, which is the power of advertisements. There is no denying the influence of advertising on people's behavior, so much so that an average person may come across hundreds of advertisements almost everyday. Advertising provides useful information to potential consumers selecting new products or services. To buy or not to buy is the choice of customers. Advertising is not to blame. In my view, there are more good things about modern advertising than meets the eye.

That some people say advertising does more harm than good should come as no surprise. There is a feeling about the public perception of advertising increasingly becoming negative. Indeed, some advertisements prove too good to be true, or too persuasive to be ignored. Often, consumers are motivated to purchase products or services they really do not need. That could mean false information making goods more expensive. What is really bothering is same advertisements being repeated every 10 minutes or so. And this, I believe, is a boredom with which few, if any, can put up.

No doubt, the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising rather than the real needs of society in which they are sold. Usually this is a result of impulsive buying. As a general rule, advertisements tell the public about new things that may improve people's lives, ranging from food to clothes to tourism to medical care. Advertising promotes consumerism, which in turn pushes production, which creates more jobs. The cycle is virtuous. In fact, it works so magically that even governments and non-profit orgaizations are also resorting to advertising as a means to to inform people against flu attacks or HIV infections, to name only a few.

Many advertisements are entertaining, in addition to being mostly helpful and informative. It seems to me some are good to the point of being poetic. Many a time I have enjoyed advertisements immensely, thinking what an art it is of human intelligence good enough to get money through the sights and sounds of the mass media. It is out of my mind that some such advertisements could be harmful, expecially to small children. Anyway, those obvious negative effects may be controled and be forgiven because advertising has become a reality as well as a necessity in modern society.

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IELTS Topic

类似考古题，七月雅思，又来一个。

比较二种观点。

Some people think that advertising is helpful and informative, while others think that advertising can provide false information and will make goods more expensive. Discuss both views.

科学家和艺术家Contributions of Scientists and Artists:English Essay

托福雅思作文考试，没有标准答案，只有答案标准。

TOEFL TWE 托福作文
Test of Written English

Writing topic--真题

It is generally agreed that society benefits from the work of its members. Compare the contributions of artists to society with the contributions of scientists to society. Which type of contribution do you think is valued more by your society? Give specific reasons to support your answer.



Outline:大纲
Thesis主题--our society benefits from both scientists and artists
Structure结构--4 paragraphs
Content内容--focusing on thesis
1.起 our society benefits from scientists and artists in different ways
2.承 the contributions of artists
3.转 the contributions of scientists
4.合 the scientists are valued more in our materialistic society


Sample essay
Created by Mr. Jeenn Lee Hsieh
www.toefl-ieltswriting.blogspot.com
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样稿原作

It is hard to imagine our modern world would be like without the contributions of artists and scientists to society now and in the past. Arts of various forms have made emotional sense of mankind by providing spiritual beauty in harmony with nature. Science, in comparison, has discovered in part the truth about nature, bringing about many inventions changing the world into a different one.

Thanks to great masters of arts such as Michael Angelo, Vicente Van Gogh or Pablo Picasso, etc., our society has inherited valuable insights into the hearts of human beings. The contributions of artists to society since known history have been mainly spiritual. Since arts imitate life and nature, artists are holding mirrors to the inner nature where lies the meaning of life. The work of artists is subjective and idealistic as compared with the work of scientists, being objective and materialistic.

Scientists since ancient Greece to the 20th-century discovery of DNA have been engaged in searching for truth. Such crucial discoveries as the earth going around the sun by Galileo, the principle of gravity by Newton, the evolution of species by Darwin, and so on, have paved the way for modern science and technology we see today. As a result, communications are faster, labor less strenous, and life more enjoyable. No doubt, more discoveries are coming, bringing more benefits to society.

That the contributions of scientists are valued more today than those of artists is easy to understand. Ours is a materialistic society. Perhaps, there is also beauty about science. According to Albert Einstein, all great scientists are always artists. This statement could have been confirmed by Leonardo da Vinci. Or, by other masters in scienece or arts or both. Great minds think alike.

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English Essay about Childhood-Adulthood 托福谈成年未成年

TOEFL TWE
Test of Written English

Writing topic

People recognize a difference between children and adults. What events--experiences or ceremonies--make a child an adult? Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer.


Outline 大纲

Thesis主题--the difference between childhood and adulthood is measured by age and mentality
Structure结构--4 paragraphs, focusing on thesis
Content内容--reasons and examples supporting thesis

1.起 ages are celebrated by ceremonies in life, and mental maturity through experiences
2.承 ceremonies mark stages of life
3.转 experiences quide childhood to adulthood
4.合the state of mind always allows childhood to stay in adulthood


Sample essay: 样稿

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Original writing: 原作



Age is a period of time as well as a state of mind. It is physically recognizable between children and adults. But that is more than we can say for immature minds and mature minds. There are ceremonies such as birthdays and baptism to mark physical life from stage to stage, while it takes experiences in experiments characterized by confusion in no-longer childhood and not-yet adulthood. This confusing period of prolonged adolescence witnesses a child becoming a man or a woman.

Teenagers are adolecents clearly marked in ages from 13 to 19, apparently time enough to find their way to adulthood. It happens to be the most difficult, if not the most important stage of life, being a transitional period for physical changes which are to leave childhood behind. During this prolonged period, it is generally agreed that girls tend to advance physically faster than boys into adulthood because of biological differences. That transformation is, of course, easier to tell than what is less obvious: maturity.

The immature minds of adults-to-be show a lack of experiences in being responsible for themselves and for others around them. Maturity grows up along with responsibility. The carefree childhood seemingly has to disappear, giving way for adulthood to enter into life. When the time comes, young minds become ready to face an adult life on their own, independent of the protection of their parents. That is, the child turns into the adult.

In fact, childhood never dies in adulthood. It just fades away. This is particularly true of the period of adolescence moving from the stage of childhood to the stage of adulthood. Now crying like children, now dreaming to conquer the complexity of life like grown-ups. In later stages of life as a journey, being sometimes childish in adulthood does nothing wrong to maturity. Human beings grow old. But it does not mean having to lose innocence altogether.