大家好，我是Rosa，這幾天剛好有點空檔，以下是針對J2 TOEFL 3/15,3/16機經裡獨立寫作紅字題的審題想點參考答案。
需要J2 TOEFL機經的版友，可以到J2 TOEFL社團下載3/15,3/16的小範圍機經。
1. For a business to be successful, more money must be put in advertising. 20130125NA
keyword: successful business=> advertising
Agree:
a.
In order to be successful, a business should have a strong brand name, which is
often built up through advertising. For
example, McDonalds racked up $963
million in ad spend last year. As a result, it is one of the strongest brands
in the world. That is, even toddlers are able to recognize that big yellow 'M,'
and the word itself is synonymous with fast food and burgers.
b. Loyal consumers play an indispensable
role in successful businesses. Therefore, businesses should definitely invest
more money in advertising. Take
Apple for an instance. Due to good advertising, Apple sends a strong message to
people who lead a busy lifestyle, enjoy a good social status, and earn good
salary. Hence, as a well-know saying goes, "Once an Apple user, there is
simply no going back." In other words, loyal consumers usually adore Apple
products and purchase iPhones, iPads, and Macbooks.
c. When a business wishes to be successful,
it should also make its products well-known. That is, advertising can educate
the customers on product usages through repeat exposure. For instance, FarEastone, a famous local telecommunication
company, spends millions of NT dollars on TV advertising. Furthermore, the ads
place emphasis on being able to reach family members who live far away for free.
Thus, when people want to talk to their families living abroad, they
immediately think of the products FarEastone offer.
2. Technology designed
to make people’s lives
simpler actually often turns out to make people’s lives more
complicated. 20100926CN
Agree:
a. Technology actually
deprives people nowadays of their free time. For example, in the
past, after work, people can enjoy all their free time. On the other hand, in
modern society, after work, people are often harassed continuously by their
bosses through line, whatsapp, Facebook, etc.
b. Technology creates more misunderstandings. For instance, before
people used to meet face to face and talk directly about their problems. As a
result, every emotion and movement is crystal clear. On the contrary, nowadays
people mostly use line or other apps to communicate, usually only sending one
or two cute emotion icons to express their mood. Thus, by using technology,
people might easily misunderstand the real intention of their friends and
family.
c. People tend to rely too much on technology, resulting
in more complicated problems. Take my own experience as an example.
In the past, I don't use computers or cell phones much. Therefore, when my
laptop breaks down, I do not sweat. However, nowadays, I literally freak out
when my mobile goes dead because I depend too much on these modern
technological devices.
Disagree:
a. Technology makes our
lives much more convenient.
舉科技幫忙節省時間的例子。
b. Technology solves a
lot of our daily problems.
迷路時可以直接看google map，很快抵達目的地。
c. Technology makes it
easier to stay in touch with others.
透過科技，與朋友隨時保持連絡，更新近況。
3. Which way do you
think is the best for a student to make new friends. a. joining a sports team,
b. participate in community activities, c. traveling. 20120505NA
Keyword: student => make
new friends
可以想一下，學生有什麼特性？etc.
lazy, poor, bored?
容易交新朋友可能的情境？長時間相處、革命感情、共同興趣、輕鬆氣氛？
三選一的題目類型近期相當熱門，卻往往是同學比較無從著手的，此題型有兩種解題思維：
其一、選擇任一個，試著讓另外兩者的優勢也包含在裡面。
其二、選擇任一個，試著講其他兩者沒有的優點。
joining a sports team:
a. It is evidently the best for students to make new
acquaintances through participating in a sports team because they tend to have
more common interests. To be more specific, it would be much
easier for them to start small talks. For example, when students go
volunteering, they meet all kinds of people with a variety of interests. Hence,
usually they do not know what to say. On the other hand, when students meet
other team members who like sports just as much as they do, they can easily
chat about their favorite basketball player, the recent result of HBL, etc.
b. Students tend to make
new friends easier by taking part in a sports team because they share a more
specific consensus. That is, they want to defeat the other team. Take the
basketball team of Song Shan Senior High for an instance. The students often
have prep talks from their coach before they play basketball. They also give
each other high fives when team mates score. Apparently, they share a strong
bond together.
c. When students join a sports team, they often spend
more time together. As a result, it is easier to make new
friends. For instance, when students go traveling, most of the time they talk
to their companions, and seldom interact with strangers. Even when they do,
they do not spend long periods of time together. Now, with sports activity, it
is a whole different matter. Clearly, students practice for long hours after
school each day with their team mates. Therefore, they have got immeasurable
amount of time to interact and make new friends.
4. Should the government support artists or should the
artists support
themselves? 20121116NA
Keyword: government=>support
artists
想點：artist需要什麼？他們可以為政府帶來什麼？可以自己取得資源還是由政府給？
政府支持有甚麼好處壞處？自己自足有甚麼好處壞處？
Opinion: government should
support artists
a. art
displays the characteristic of a society. Therefore, the
government should support artists. For example, a Taiwanese painter, Huang
Yon-Tsan, is good at drawing paintings
of the hectic lifestyle in Taipei. That is to say, through
his art, people get a glimpse of peoples' daily routine in modern Taiwanese society. Furthermore, Picasso
depicted a society which placed emphasis on leisure and on sitting around
drinking tea with beautiful women.
Through his art, people can imagine what life was like at that period in France.
b. Art can provide citizens with entertainment. As a result,
the
government should sponsor artists. For instance, after a
long week of work, people often go to art exhibitions and discuss various
pieces of great work together with family and friends. To be more specific, art
help lift the mood of people and give them a lot of pleasure. Apparently, as
far as the government is concerned, supporting artists can bring crucial
benefits to its people.
c. When artists support themselves, they might spend all
their
time earning a living,
instead of improving their works. Take my personal experience as an example. My cousin is
an extremely talented artist. However, he worked day and night in restaurants
trying to make ends meet. Eventually, he did not have time for painting and
gave up.
5. Although science and technology will continue to improve,
the most
significant improvement for
the quality of people's lives have already taken place. 20120922CN = 20110311NA
Keyword: quality of people's
lives=> most significant improvement
Disagree: 講三個仍然有許多進步空間的面向，三個理由盡量要不一樣。
a. As medical science continue improving, the quality of people's lives will
improve significantly. For instance, although there are a
lot of medicine targeted for rare diseases nowadays, there are still numerous
illnesses which remain incurable to this very day, such as AIDS, cancer, etc.
Just imagine what the world would be like if there are accessible treatment for
each kind of STD.
b. Telecommunication
will also serve an indispensable role in making people's lives much better than
nowadays. For
example, twenty years ago, people seriously couldn't imagine the fact that
almost every person plays with a smart phone on public transportation nowadays.
Yet undeniably, there are still a lot of room for improvement when it comes to
the speed and quality of telecommunication devices. Indeed, in the future,
people might be able to accomplish much more issues through high quality
devices.
c. In the near future,
cheap sustainable energy will surely take people to a whole different era. Take
solar energy for an example. Solar energy not only is infinite, it is also
free. Due to these two features, scientists have paid a great deal of attention
to it these recent years. Once people figure out how to concentrate the energy
in a much more cost-effective approach, it would save up a lot of daily
expenses on transportation and maintenance bills.
Agree: 可以想一個你覺得徹底改變生活的科技發展，如網路。然後在以下三個中間段落分別從不同面向去分析，譬如：改變人們日常生活的行為、影響人與人互動的關係、改變我們看待自己的方式等等。
審題時，請先抓好關鍵字，試著從Who出發？對象是誰？有什麼特性？關心的是什麼？再去看What？現在要做甚麼決定？依照人物的特性去思考他可能有的行為和判斷。
想點時，請盡量從不同面向去寫。同學常在獨立寫作裡面犯的毛病是三個點想得太類似。這樣重疊性太高，說服力就不強。
假如你覺得審題想點好難，這是正常的。那麼，我會建議你先試著寫出concept
map，也就是你的觀點、三個支持的理由、以及簡單例子的keyword，再下筆。如果卡住的話，不妨上網google題目找找其他網友寫的作文，試著分析對方觀點的好壞，比較一下自己與對方理由的好壞。
最終，托福要考的是你獨立批判以及表達自我觀點的能力。這是需要練習的。別忘了現在努力練的審題與想點能力會再將來出國念研究所、交換學生時發揮相當大的幫助！大家加油喔！祝這周末要考試的同學順利，平常心，好好發揮實力！:D
