2015年2月1日！
2月1日托福独立写作真题：
Do you agree or disagree: Movies and television have more negative than positive effects on young people behave.
解析：
这道题目是一道对比类的题目，这种题目在考试中占有很大的比例，也希望各位考生在今后的备考中多多注意这类题型。
两者对比类的题目在寻找思路时，一般从利弊角度来考虑，选择a的话，寻找a的好处，或者b的弊端。 这道题目其实更简单化了，本身的题目就是在问电视、电影的正面和负面影响，所以解题角度并不难。
同意和不同意都可以写，比如同意电视的负面影响更大，我们可以写电视的暴力内容对年轻人的影响，长时间看电视对年轻人的健康、学习、交流能力的影响，等等都可以来写。
如果不同意，认为电视的正面影响更多，我们就可以围绕电视的两大功能--educate&entertain来写。
范文：
The fact that many teenagers love to watch television has become a huge concern for parents and educators. Although some people claim that televisions actually can be conducive to young people, serving as a reliable source of information as well as a main approach to reduce stress, I believe that the negative effects outweigh its benefits.
First of all, television can expose teenagers to violence and intense images that can be detrimental to their emotional well-being. The increasing scenes of violence and pornography inevitably cause imitation among teenagers. Since they were in that particular stage of life, anything they are exposed to would generate serious impact in their mind. Not realizing the severe consequences of the aggressive behavior could generate, kids, especially young ones, may play kicking, punching and slapping for fun, but end up with doing this as a habit, thus gradually becoming annoying and not welcomed by others. Children are vulnerable and their minds absorb so much, so exposing them to violence, bad language or nudity can really damage them in the future. According to a recent survey conducted by Chinese Adolescent Delinquency Association, after polling hundreds of young criminals aged 12 to18, most respondents claimed that they copied violent behavior learnt from television shows or movies. Thus to some extent, the media is responsible for some problematic teenagers’ behavior.
Additionally, television can also affects young people’s physical and mental health. Since the invention of television in 1926, television has brought billions of minutes of programming to living rooms all over the world, and it’s almost too easy to be a couch potato for hours with the amount of television available today. Sitting in front of television, staring on the screen for like 6 hours straight, with their mouth being stuffed with snack, can definitely lead to a poor sight, sore shoulders, stiff neck and obesity. As seen from a report issued by Educational Association, the number of students in middle school wearing glasses has shot up to 56%, 3 times higher than a decade ago. Also, television functioning as a main source of entertainment, like a magnet, draws upon people’ s attention, young people in particular, hence hugely reducing their outdoor activities. Though watching Ellen Show can let those teenagers have a good laugh and relax, even tearing up bits, it shows that after all 8 hours school study, watching entertaining programs does little positive impact on health. Physical activities, like bike riding, which is helping the respiratory system and make the skeleton stronger and improve co-ordination should be something that young people to do for the sake of maintaining healthy.
Lastly, the trend that young people alienate themselves from communicating with their family members should also be attributed to the popularity of television. Thus, gradually, the family relationship can be negatively affected. Though some people may claim that watching TV can be an activity that most families of today use to bond with each other, actually a typical scene in modern family is that 7 fifth grade boy looking at Super Spider in his room after school locked in the room, totally into this movie, without even noticing the knock from his mom on the door. What is more, they probably will have problems in interacting with others as they grow up, since TV time take up the activities that they are supposed to hang out with friends. So, in this respect, young people can behave more introverted.
In a nutshell, watching television and movies can exert negative effects on youth’s emotional development, health and communicating ability.
(编辑：Sally)