托福写作185题库独立范文及解析：第121题

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　　Some people trust their first impressions about a person’s character because they believe these judgments are generally correct. Other people do not judge a person’s character quickly because they believe first impressions are often wrong. Compare these two attitudes. Which attitude do you agree with? Support your choice with specific examples.

　　Any opinion is, in fact, a judgment. Regardless, we must be able to decide whom to spend our time with and whom we’d rather avoid. In my opinion, this type of judgment is best applied after meeting and interacting with a person. First impressions are not always accurate impressions.

　　There are more people in the world than anyone could possibly get to know. It is frustrating to waste time meeting someone, only to confirm your suspicions and find out that your first impression was correct the whole time. Moreover, you didn’t like this person to begin with. So is it a waste of time getting to know people you probably won’t like? Maybe, but I believe that it is not the best attitude to take.

　　It’s better to spend time getting to know people before judging them. I know that We all have bad days and sometimes we don’t leave the right first impression. I wouldn’t want to lose a job or a potential friendship simply based on this. I think everyone deserves the chance to make a second, and hopefully better, impression. There is always more to people than meets the eye. If we don’t give someone a chance, we may be missing out on meeting a life-long friend.

　　满分要素剖析

　　一、语言表达

　　1. Regardless, we must be able to decide whom to spend our time with and whom we’d rather avoid. 这句话有两个宾语从句并列使用，第一个是whom to spend our time with，第二个是whom we’d rather avoid，这里的whom都在从句中作宾语。这里的Regardless翻译为不管怎样，相当于Anyway, 或Nonetheless，是个副词，但regardless还有形容词的用法。还有一种惯用法为regardless of 后面加名词或代词，意思一样。那么这句话还可以改写为Regardless of anything, we must be able to decide whom to spend our time with and whom we’d rather avoid.由此也可以看出后面强调部分的重要性。

　　2. It is frustrating to waste time meeting someone, only to confirm your suspicions and find out that your first impression was correct the whole time.这句话又是采用了It作形式主语，表达的原型是To waste time meeting someone, only to confirm your suspicions and find out that your first impression was correct the whole time is frustrating. 是个主系表结构，主语为不定式的并列，还伴有宾语从句，因此导致主语过长，不适合放在最前面，为了避免在句式上有头重脚轻的现象出现，使用了常见的形式主语it的用法。这样写的好处是，读者可以很快的发现这句话的态度，因为is frustrating放在了前面，那么读者在阅读时就会带着这样的一种负面态度继续往下浏览，因为前后所说的在态度上是一致的，果然之后立即出现了waste time这个负面态度的词汇。之后的句子只要读者略扫一眼就明白了作者的意思。之后的confirm your suspicions也是相当正式的表达，意思是确认某事使某人不在怀疑，用一般的表达可以替换为make you not suspicious, 但显然这样的写法没有原文更高级一些。

　　3. It’s better to spend time getting to know people before judging them.这句话原型为To spend time getting to know people before judging them is better.

　　4. I wouldn’t want to lose a job or a potential friendship simply based on this. I think everyone deserves the chance to make a second, and hopefully better, impression. 这里的based on this是在修饰friendship，在语法上是过去分词作定语，也可以用定语从句替换为which is based on this, 这里由于避免重复的出现冗长的定从，所以进行了省略，显得更加简练，另外分词的使用会使文章提升档次。

　　二、逻辑结构

　　本文依据是否根据第一印象来判断一个人这一话题进行了较为简洁但有逻辑的论证。作者在第一段提出人们不应该凭借第一印象来判断一个人，这种判断一般都缺乏准确性，所以建议要和彼此相互共事接触后才能进行评价与判断。这里已经亮出了作者的中心论点。第二段一直在叙述为什么很多人靠第一眼印象来judge别人，可以分为两个部分，第一个部分说因为我们没有太多时间去认识每一个人，第二个部分说我们不喜欢和这个人开始深交。这两种情况都导致了我们靠第一眼印象判断别人。最后一句话反驳了这些论述，告诉我们这是错误的。本段作者插入一个看似与论点不相关但是很重要的深层次的讨论，这种讨论确实是很多人担心的，比如大多数时候我们不喜欢去耽误时间来了解别人，但作者本人给出的回应是Maybe, but I believe that it is not the best attitude to take. 那么在第三段作者就按理说该解释什么是正确的态度attitude，果然在这一段就提出了比较好的做法，即It’s better to spend time getting to know people before judging them.因为如果不这样做，可能会和非常值得交的朋友失之交臂。像第二段的出现是一种非常负责任的写法，因为作者提出了很多人的这种concern. 可见作者的考虑是多么周到。

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