再来就是独立写作部分: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:It is better to take the most difficult or challenging classes in college or at university even if it means that you probably will not get top grades(marks) in them. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 其实【20180303】和这道题就有些相似,只是将选老师改为了选课程。 Challenging对应the one you have never learned from before; top grades对应the one you used to sign up。 那我们先来看看20180303这道题: 【20180303】If you are going to graduate from the university and have to choose the final course, which professor will you choose. The one you used to sign up for courses or the one you have never learned from before 观点:the one never learned from before 1.从self的角度 (1)make acquaintance with新的professor,扩大自己的交际圈,更好地建立人脉social relationships (2)体验不同的上课风格,experience multiple ways of teaching 2.从professor的角度 (1)保持新鲜感feeling of freshness,每次可以见到新的学生,从学生那获得更多的灵感inspiration 3.让步 对方观点:the one used to sign up 对方前提条件:professor更熟悉,沟通上没有障碍 反驳: (1)虽然之前的professor更熟悉,但是一般professor不会为难学生,只要沟通都会有回应 (2)一直把自己限制在熟悉的人和物之内,习惯comfort zone,会更难成长
再回到20200618这道题上,破题思路可以按照前一道进行修改: 【20200618】Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:It is better to take the most difficult or challenging classes in college or at university even if it means that you probably will not get top grades(marks) in them. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. 观点:challenging classes 1.从self的角度 (1)走出舒适圈comfort zone,让自己更能面对困难,更好地锻炼毅力和问题处理能力perseverance and problem-solving skills (2)体验不同的上课风格,experience multiple ways of teaching 2.从course的角度 (1)课程设置应该多样化,如果一直简单,也很难让学生学到有用的知识 (2)challenging并不代表完成不了,而且difficult的程度是因人而异的 3.让步 对方观点:不应该选 对方前提条件:很难获得高分get high scores 反驳: (1)虽然得高分难,但是分数不是一切,个人的锻炼也很重要 (2)challenge也是一种motivation,可以让学生更加努力学习
其实,这道题的素材不算新,是我们熟悉的教育类选课素材。 TOEFL独立写作中有很多和“课程(course)”相关的考题,比如这些: 【20150509】Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: All university students should be required to take history courses no matter what their field of study is.
【20150110】Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:All university students should be required to take basic science courses even if science is not a part of their field of study.
【20160123】Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Schools should set extra the course of video games for children at the age of five to eight years old.
【20171029】Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: A university is considering requiring students to take public speaking class, no matter what field they study.
【20181104】A government spend money on all adults after 25-year-old on a training course for the most up-to-date skills at workplace. Do you think it is effective? Why or why not?
【20170924】High school graduates usually have two months’ break before they go to college or university. The high school now requires all the graduates to do one of the following to take full advantage of this break. 1. Students need to attend classes to complete university-level courses that have direct connection to their majors of study. 2. Students need to join a team led by their teacher to visit museums or historical sites and write a paper about it. Which one do you think is more beneficial for students? Why?
【20170114】As a student of university that has a long break between university semesters, the university requires all students to do one of the following for one month during the break: 1. Students must take a course on the subject that has no direct connection to their majors of study. 2. Students must volunteer to work in the university s city or their hometowns to improve some aspects of life of the city or their hometowns.
【20190224】A university recognized first year students have poor study skills in its university. Some in the university believe the best way to address this is to ask all first year students have to course on study skills. Others don’t agree with this requirement. What is your opinion?
【20191214】All the university students should be asked to take at least one course about the culture of a country other than their own.