2016年9月24日
2016年9月24日
| Topic 议题：1hree ways to control the population of tamarisk trees | ||
| Reading | Listening | |
| Thesis 总论点 | The reading points out three ways to curtail the population tamarisk trees. | Refute the three explanations mentioned in reading passage. |
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Sub-point 1 分论点1 |
The first method is burning. | Tamarisk tress will be burned down; however these trees’ seeds will still be spread into the river and flow to someplace where they can establish their population. |
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Sub-point2 分论点2 |
The second way is planting native trees. | Tamarisk will salinize the soil, which makes the soil unsuitable for native trees to grow. Thus the native trees are unable to thrive quickly enough to block sunlight necessary for the growth of tamarisk. |
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Sub-point 3 分论点3 |
The third method is introducing its natural predator beetles. | Beetles are unsuccessful for they will not eat Tamarisk the whole year around. In some months, the beetles will consume a lot of tamarisk, while in other periods they will eat less or stop eating. |
范文实例：
Sample answer:
The reading and listening discuss about how to control the population of tamarisk trees. The reading points out three ways to curtail the population of tamarisk trees. Whereas, the professor totally refutes the three points presented in the passage.
Firstly, the professor rebuts the reading’s first method of using burning. He points out that Tamarisk tress will be burned down; however these trees’ seeds will still be spread into the river and flow to someplace where they can establish their population.
According to the reading material, planting native trees can be another effective way to decrease tamarisk trees. The professor mentions that Tamarisk will salinize the soil, which makes the soil unsuitable for native trees to grow. Thus the native trees are unable to thrive quickly enough to block sunlight necessary for the growth of tamarisk.
At last, reading material point out that introducing natural predator beetles can stop the spreading of tamarisk. However, the professor explains that Beetles are unsuccessful in that they will not eat tamarisk the whole year around. In some months, the beetles will consume a lot of tamarisk, while in other periods they will eat less or stop eating.
2016年9月24日托福独立写作真题：
| 作文题目： | Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Your job has more effect on your happiness than your social life does. |
| 题型类别: | 事实类 |
| 写作思路： |
很多同学看到这个独立写作的题目觉得很难。之所以觉得难，其实是因为这是一个抽象类的话题，同时同学们因为没有什么工作经验，同时平时也不会听父母比较work和social life对于自身的happiness的影响，所以觉得思路打不开，觉得没什么理由可以写。 那么从在有限的时间里好写的角度来看，大家选择disagree会比较容易写。 work会影响到一个人是否过得快乐。例如，工作可以带来金钱，保证好的物质生活；工作可以带来成就感等。（可以举例说明） social life也会极大的影响我们的生活。当今社会有很多人只关注工作，不关心自己的家庭，到头来妻离子散，或者孩子非常叛逆，处处唱反调，这样会让一个人一辈子不幸福。 所以说，对于一个人的happiness来说，work和social life都是非常重要，不能说谁比谁更加重要，因为这是因人而异，也是从不同的人生阶段来定的。我们不能直接就make a judgment. 从以上的思路来写这篇文章是比较容易展开的，同时内容和结构上都比较清晰。 当然我们也可以选择agree的角度。（详见写作指导） |
| 写作指导： |
Main point： agree Reason1. Jobs bring a confidence. 在每个人的生命中，建立自信心、实现个人价值的两个很重要的部分是学习和工作。尤其是工作， 我们一毕业就投入到工作中。工作占据了我们大部分的时间、精力。我们会不断努力，争取在工作中表现的更好，获得更多的肯定，取得更大的成功，这样我们会变得更加自信、更加开心。如果失业了、降职了我们就会很不开心，所以工作在很大程度上影响着我们的幸福感。（Once we graduate from college or university, we are ready to find jobs and utilize our knowledge and skill in that. When we are hired, we should be at work most of the day. We strive fiercely for success; yet, we are destined to encounter numerous obstacles. Eventually, after all these, the result which we gain can make us happier more than anything else can do, because it is a sign of our competency.） Reason2. Good job brings more interesting social life.工作丰富我们的social life，体现在以下方面。第一，我们在工作中也会认识很多工作上的伙伴，有些兴许是与我们志同道合的partner，他们让我们的social life更加的colorful. 第二，工作能够让我们有更多可支配的资金，足以让我们维持现有的social relationship的同时，结交新的朋友。例如，；即便公司没有组织旅游，有了钱，我们也可以带上家人来一场说走就走的旅行。 Reason3.让步。 当然, 也会有一些不同的声音告诉我们social life 对我们的happiness的影响非常大。试想如果一个人处理不好他与家人、朋友之间的关系，他有什么幸福可言呢？确实如果，不过，大部分人还是因为工作上的缘故，例如工资比较低，负担不起高额的学费，一家人住在很小的房子里争执不断等影响了happiness。所以还是工作对我们幸福感关系更大。 |
2016年9月24日托福写作范文
There is no denying that happiness originates in the acts of meeting people's various needs. Nowadays some people claim that happiness is more affected by the job they owned than their social life. This is a popular misunderstanding. As far as I am concerned, social life and jobs have the equal role in making people feel happy, because they can respectively satisfy people's different needs.
On the one hand, a decent and well-paid job can provide us with a large amount of money, which could fulfill our material needs and improve our living standards. For example, with adequate financial resources we can live in a spacious and well-decorated house with six bedrooms and eight restrooms. We can travel around the world and visit the Forbidden City inChina, the Liberty Statue inAmericaand the Big Ben inBritain. In addition, such a good deal of money enables us to keep fit by having nutritious diet and mineral water transferred from the water source. Meanwhile, we can hire a personal doctor around the clock in case of any emergence of disease. We do not have to wait for a long time by standing in the long and crowed lines of patients in hospitals. All these things will definitely make us feel happy.
On the other hand, the important role of social life in helping us attain happiness can not be ignored. Confucius, one of the greatest philosophers and educators inChina, once remarked that it is a pleasant thing to meet with a friend from afar, which indicates that friendship is another source of happiness. Participation in social activities will enlarge our social circle and make us make acquaintance with more people. For example, if you are a bookworm, you can take part in readers' association where you will encounter a lot people who share a common interest. Chatting and talking with them will help form a deep friendship and make you have a better mood. The reason underlying the above example is that your need of communicating with others is met by participating in social life.
In conclusion, since happiness depends on the fulfillment of one's need, social life and jobs combines together to make us happy. It is an exaggeration to say that your job has more effects on happiness than your social life.