2018年1月28日托福写作真题回忆与解析

权威点评

本次考试中出现一些专业名词，如marsupials,语速适中，信息层次不是特别清楚，难度：中偏难。

综合写作

话题分类

人文科学

考题回忆

总论点

reading material： there were evidences indicating that Europeans have reached Australia.

阅读部分

1. Maps drawn by Europeans in 1505 had already included Australia.

2. Books describe characteristics of marsupials only found in Australia.

3. Some articles, such as keys, found in Australia were dated back to 1500.

听力部分

1. The shape of related area was not exactly the same as Australia. The mapmakers just got some hearsay by which they finished the map.

2. There were also marsupials in the US which Europeans already reached, and chances are that Europeans took marsupials to other places.

3. Technology used to date the soil was not accurate then which cannot be regarded as convincing evidence.

解题思路

本文从逻辑上分为“事件真伪”类，即阅读认为“欧洲人1500年就已经到达了澳大利亚”，听力认为阅读提供的证据不够有说服力，从细节入手反驳了阅读中的分论点。相关TPO材料推荐TPO 28 the journey of Peary to North Pole; TPO 44 silver coin.

参考范文

The reading passage argues that there were evidences indicating that Europeans have reached Australia. However in the lecture, the professor holds a completely different view that all these evidences were unconvincing, and provides three specific reasons.

Firstly, the reading passage says that Maps drawn by Europeans in 1505 had already included Australia. However, the lecture points out that The shape of related area was not exactly the same as Australia. That is because The mapmakers just got some hearsay by which they finished the map.

Secondly, the reading passage claims that Books describe characteristics of marsupials only found in Australia. By contrast, the lecture refutes the idea of the reading passage completely. There were also marsupials in the US which Europeans already reached, and chances are that Europeans took marsupials to other places.

Thirdly, the reading passage suggests that Some articles, such as keys, found in Australia were dated back to 1500. On the contrary, the lecture argues against the reading passage. Technology used to date the soil was not accurate then which cannot be regarded as convincing evidence.

独立写作

话题分类

教育

考题回忆

Which one of the following areas should governments fund in order to improve children’s educational quality:

1) Hiring more teachers so that there are fewer students in one class;

2) Providing preschool education;

3) Providing additional training for teachers so they know more methods to teach.

解题思路

本周两场考试都是“三选一”题型，

“三选一”题型的问法通常就是：如下选项哪一个最好（或者是哪一个最不好）选项有A、B、C。假设我们的总观点是：”我认为A最好“，那么分论点可以论述:A好理由1；A好理由2，......当然，还可以补充说明：B和C为什么不够好。

还可以有另外一种结构，即采用分情况讨论的方法。教育是国之重器，但是不同的国家经济状况不同，能够拿出的资金也不一样，因此能够投资的方向也不同。这道题可以分“发达国家”和“落后国家”两种分类进行讨论。

对于发达国家，政府可选择提供preschool education，这需要消耗大量资金；对于落后国家，政府可以在不投入大量资金的情况下训练老师，让他们能够具备更高素质来教育学生。

参考范文

This is a skeptical age, but although our faith in many of the things in which our forefathers fervently believed has weakened, our confidence in the benefits of education remains the same as theirs. So as long as the issue that which area should governments fund to improve teaching quality is involved, people tend to show positive attitude towards preschool education. However, I, with more discretion, insist that we can ill afford to determine this matter once and for all, since countries with different background should be taken into account.

Without doubt, by no means are we supposed to neglect the fact that in some cases preschool education plays an important role in strengthening the teaching quality, especially when we take develop nations into account. Considering that education system remains several parts including preschool education, basic education, higher education and continuing education，establishing such a huge system needs a huge amount of money. In addition, it’s a truth universally acknowledged that the education a person receives in childhood is the foundation of his future academic and career life，and therefore laying great emphasis on preschool education will yield profound profits. Examples abound in this world among which the experience of the US government is a case in point. The budget on education of the US, one of the wealthiest countries，tops the world. Every President of the US allocates 10% of K-12 education budget on kindergarten, which effectively relieve the teaching pressure of primary school and substantially improve the teaching quality of K12.

To my certain knowledge though investment on preschool education boosts the teaching quality, it’s irrational for us to take it for granted that it’s correct under all circumstances, particularly for those undeveloped countries. To be specific, there’s no denying that governments of undeveloped nations have limited budgets, as a result of which policy makers have to strike a balance between expenditure and effect. If governments of undeveloped countries allocate proper budgets on training teachers, the chances are that students are able to receive better education and governments do not have to spend too much money. Sudan is a case in point. As poorest nation in the north Africa, Sudan is still facing such problems: famine, soaring unemployment rate, and obsolete infrastructures. Obviously, Sudan government cannot afford the whopping expenditure of establishing well-rounded preschool education. In order to enhance education in whole, training teachers is an affordable Band-Aid solution.

Based on the aforementioned analysis, we can come to a conclusion safely that the answer to this question depends on the specific situation of countries. For developed countries, investing on preschool education is a wise choice. However, when undeveloped nations are involved, governments are supposed to fund on training teachers。