2016年5月7日托福写作机经-长春新东方

2016-05-09 10:37

来源：新东方

作者：新东方

　　综合写作

　　关于Ophir这个古老城市是否是位于南亚

Topic 议题whether Ophir was an old kingdom located on South Asia
	Reading	Listening
Thesis 总论点	The location was in South Asia	Against
Sub-point1 分论点1	The origin of products like rare woods found in Ophir was only in South Asia.	Maybe Ophir was a trade center, and products from South Asia were transported to there, waiting to be sold.
Sub-point2 分论点2	It took a year and half to travel from Ophir to the Mediterranean area by ship, which is the same as the time that it took from South Asia to Mediterranean area.	The navigation and shipment technologies 3000 years ago were primitive and ships often got lost, which made the voyage at that time much longer than now.
Sub-point 3 分论点3	There were similar words that were both used in Ophir and South Asia.	The similarity of some words cannot prove the connection. For example, England and native Australia coincidently use the same word “dog”, but they did not have any connection at that time.

　　Sample answer:

　　The reading and listeningboth talk about the location of Ophir. However, the professor contradicts theidea raised in the reading that kingdom Ophir was located in the South Asia.

　　Firstly, the reading saysthat the origin of products like rare woods found in Ophir was only in SouthAsia. Whereas, the professor argues that there were many trading centers at anancient time. Maybe Ophir was only one of them, and products from South Asiawere transported to there, waiting to be sold. The rare woods may come fromother places, in order to carry conveniences for merchants to bring them tosome other places.

　　Moreover, the reading claims thattime spent on shipping from Ophir to the Mediterranean area can prove itslocation on South Asia. On the contrary, the lecture opposes that navigationand shipment technology 3000 years ago were primitive, and ships often gotlost, which made the voyage at that time much longer than now. Therefore, it isnormally for a city nearby to get to the Arabian Peninsula for such a longtime.

　　Finally, the reading statesthat there were similar words that were both used in Ophir and South Asia.Contrarily, the listening argues that the similarity of some words cannot provethe connection. For example, England and native Australia coincidently use thesame word “dog”, but they did not have any connection at that time.

　　独立写作

作文题目：	Which do you prefer with the same rate of pay, an interesting and challenging job with less vacation or a job with more vacation time but less fun?
题型类别:	利弊类
题材类别：	二选一
相关旧题：	类似2009.02.27
写作思路：	有挑战性但假期少的工作，还是无趣但假期多的工作?这个题的难点是假定工资是一样的，所以不能像以前的老题那样，从高薪带来好的生活质量方面讨论。如果选择有挑战性但假期少的工作的文章就要去论证：a.有挑战性比无的好, b.假期少也是有一定好处的
写作指导：	1、首先人们在完成自己感兴趣而又具挑战性的工作时更有幸福感。一方面，当一个人努力完成了一项挑战性的有趣工作后，会有强烈的成就感，这会让他感到快乐。另一方面，在他迎接挑战的过程中他自己的不懈努力被他人目睹，他人的赞扬和认可会让他充满自豪感和喜悦。再者，能做自己感兴趣的工作无疑比无聊的工作更让人心情畅快。 2、其次，这样的工作让自己的能力得到磨炼和提升。无聊简单的工作无法让人吸收新鲜事务提高技能，而面对棘手但自己又感兴趣的难题时，人会努力尝试去攻克，这可以让人学到新知识并同时收获创造性想法。同时，不断克服困难也是对自己意志的磨炼，更能经受以后的考验。 3、最后，假期过多其实会让人更无聊，甚至丧志。有人认为假期少就等同于生活乐趣少，这是错误的想法。“子非鱼，焉知鱼之乐”。工作着是美丽的，能在自己喜欢的岗位，本身就是一种乐趣享受。很多时候人不是怕忙，而是怕闲下来，工作通过有建设地利用了时间，使人心满意足，再也没有无聊之感。
词汇拓展：	self-approval n. 自我肯定;自我认可　　undertake v.从事，担任　　go through v. 经历　　unremitting adj.不懈的; 始终不懈　　perseverance n.不懈努力　　self-promotion n.自我提升　　temper one's will v. 磨炼人的意志　　lose determination v.丧志　　muddle along v. 得过且过　　You are not a fish; how do you know what constitutes the enjoyment of fishes? 子非鱼，安知鱼之乐