第一章 托福写作简介
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1. Movies: serious or entertaining?
严肃电影还是娱乐电影?
2. Is relating well to others more important than studying
hard?
搞好人际关系比努力学习更重要吗?
3. Do grades encourage students to learn?
分数鼓励学生学习吗?
4. Is daily homework necessary for students?
学生有必要每天都做家庭作业吗?
5. Is the ability to write well more important than that of
speaking?
写作能力比口语能力更重要吗?
6. What can help you to succeed?
什么能帮助你走向成功?
7. Is it more important to work quickly with risks making mistakes
than to work slowly with everything correct?
冒着犯错误的风险高速地工作比确保万无一失地缓慢工作更重要吗?
8. Is it essential for young people to have the ability to plan and
organize?
年轻人必须具备组织管理才能吗?
9. Shouldn’t people pay for public transportation?
人们应该免费搭乘公共交通工具吗?
10. Land: for human needs or for endangered animals?
土地用于人类需求还是濒危动物?
11. Should the government focus more on preserving natural
environment and less on economic development?
政府应当更加注重环保,并减少对经济发展的重视程度吗?
12. Should people work in the same company or for the same employer
for their whole life?
人们应在同一家公司或为同一个雇主效力终生吗?
13. Should young people try different jobs before they decide on
their long-term job or career?
年轻人应当在决定长期从事的职业之前先尝试做不同的工作吗?
14. Is it advisable for teenage children to take part-time
jobs?
十几岁的孩子做兼职工作可取吗?
15. Are some scientists responsible for the negative impacts made
by their discoveries?
有些科学家应对其科学发现所产生的负面影响负责吗?
16. Is advertising the main cause of unhealthy eating habits?
广告是导致不健康饮食习惯的主要原因吗?
17. Does playing sports teach us about life?
体育运动教给人们人生的道理吗?
18. Are environmental issues too complex to be handled by the
individual?
由于环境问题过于复杂,个人是无法应对的吗?
19. The most important things for governments to do to improve
health care
政府为改善医疗保健需做的最重要的工作
20. The only way the government can conserve energy
政府保护能源的唯一途径
21. Were people friendlier in the past than they are today?
过去的人们比现在的人们更友好吗?
22. Is visiting museums the best way to learn about a
country?
了解一个国家最好的方法就是参观博物馆吗?
23. Choosing a subject that interests you or one preparing you for
a better job or career?
选择一门你感兴趣的学科还是选择职业倾向性强的学科?
24. Is traveling in a group led by a tour guide the best way to
travel?
跟团旅行是最好的旅行方式吗?
25. Should the government focus its budget more on young children’s
education rather than on universities?
政府应将更多预算投入到青少年教育上而非高等教育上吗?
26. A large company or a small one, which do you want to work
for?
就职于大公司还是小公司?
27. Making friends with intelligent people or with humorous
people?
与聪明人交朋友还是与幽默的人交朋友?
28. Letting a friend make a mistake is better than saying or doing
something that may destroy your friendship?
让一个朋友犯错误胜过说一些可能伤害友情的话或做一些可能伤害友情的事?
29. Advice: from friends older than you or from those of your
age?
建议:采纳来自年长朋友的还是同龄朋友的?
30. Do some people like to spend time alone when relaxing?
放松的时候,有些人喜欢独处?
31. Are students more influenced by their teachers than by their
friends?
学生受老师的影响比受朋友的影响更多吗?
32. Should the most important education for students be conducted
in the classroom, but not out of the classroom?
对学生最重要的教育是在教室里进行的,而不是教室外?
33. Is knowledge gained through study more important than the
ability to be creative?
通过学习收获的知识比创新能力更重要?
34. Finishing a project completely then to another one or doing two
or several projects at a time?
先彻底完成一个项目再转向另一个项目,还是同时进行两个或两个以上的项目?
35. Solving questions using our own knowledge and experience or
asking other people for advice?
利用自己的知识和经验还是询问他人的建议来解决问题?
36. Is it a good method to give the same grade to all the members
who do the same project together?
每个组员都获得相同的分数是评价他们的好办法吗?
37. Is it better to select broad subjects than specialize in a
specific subject?
选择宽泛的学科比专注于一门学科更好?
38. Should drivers pay a certain amount of fees in order to be
permitted to drive out in traffic busy time?
司机应该缴纳一定的费用以获得在交通高峰时段驾驶的许可吗?
39. Is the extended family less important than it was before?
大家庭没有过去重要了吗?
40. Will people reduce car use in 20 years?
20年后,人们会减少对汽车的使用吗?
41. Spending money on something that lasts for a long time, or
something that provides a short-term pleasure?
把钱花在保存时间较长的物品上还是短期享受上?
42. Is it difficult for people to know whom to believe or who is
telling the truth because of so many sources of information
information?
由于太多的信息资源,人们已经很难分辨谁是可以信任的,谁说的是真话?
43. Do people benefit more from traveling in their own country than
in a foreign country?
比起国外游,人们更得益于国内游?
44. Choosing a job: one with more vacation time, or one with high
paying but less vacation time?
选择何种工作:较多假期的工作,还是高薪但假期短的工作?
45. Has technology made children less creative than they were in
the past?
科技是否使孩子们不如以前那么有创造力了?
46. Should governments spend more money in support of arts than in
support of athletics?
政府应该投入更多资金支持艺术,而不是竞技体育?
47. Is one’s working more important than being with one’s
family?
工作比与家人共处更重要吗?
48. Won’t students use printed books any more in 20 years?
20年以后,学生将不再使用纸质图书?
49. Is physical exercise more important for older people than
younger people?
比起年轻人,体育锻炼对老年人更重要?
50. Could people learn more from watching television than reading
books?
比起读书,人们可以从看电视中学到更多的东西?
51. Should people be taught how to manage money at an early
age?
人们应该在很小的时候就学习如何理财吗?
52. Should teachers be paid according to their students’
performance?
教师应根据他们学生的表现优劣拿工资吗?
53. Be more like others or be different from everyone else?
更从众还是与众不同?
54. Does technology make people’s lives simpler rather than more
complicated?
技术使人们的生活变得更加简单而不是更加复杂吗?
55. Should people live in a city or a country all their lives
instead of moving to another place?
人们应该终生住在同一座城市或者同一个国家,而不应搬迁到其他地方去吗?
56. Does telephone have greater influence on people’s lives than
TV?
电话对人们生活的影响大于电视吗?
57. Is it more important to have rules about the types of clothing
that people wear at work or at school?
设立规定以限制人们工作或上学时的着装类型有必要吗?
58. Are most business people motivated only by the desire for
money?
大多数企业家只受金钱欲的驱使吗?
59. Is it desirable to know events from all over the world?
了解全世界发生的事件有必要吗?
60. Children should not be allowed to play computer games?
不应该允许孩子们玩电脑游戏吗?
61. People buy things not because they need them, but because
others buy them?
人们买东西并非因为需要,而是由于别人也买?
62. Is university education the most important factor in a person’s
success?
大学教育是个人成功的最重要因素吗?
63. Shouldn’t people be permitted to use mobile phones on public
transportation vehicles?
应当禁止人们在公共交通工具上使用手机吗?
64. Should students in all fields be required to take basic science
courses?
应该要求所有专业的学生都学习基础科学课程吗?
65. The most important investment for a big company
对大公司来说最重要的投资
66. Are people now easier to become educated than in the
past?
现在,人们接受教育比过去容易吗?
67. Choosing friends that have fun with or that help you when you
need them?
选择能与你一起玩乐的朋友还是选择能在你需要时给予帮助的朋友?
68. Should children play and study rather than learn how to do
household chores?
孩子们应该好好学习、开心玩耍,而不必学做家务?
69. People would be happier with fewer possessions?
所得较少的人会更幸福?
70. Should people buy things that are made in their own
country?
人们应该购买国产商品吗?
71. Is it impossible to succeed if one cannot accept criticism in
teamwork?
在团队协作中,如果一个人无法接受批评,就不可能成功?
72. Should all teachers be required to take courses every five
years to update their knowledge?
应该要求教师每5年进修相应课程以更新其知识储备吗?
73. Should high school students take a course on basic
economics?
中学生应该学习基础经济学课程吗?
74. The best way to teach children about responsibility
教会孩子何谓责任的最好方法
75. Watching a movie: in a cinema or at home?
看电影:去电影院还是在家?
76. Does an effective leader try to make others feel that they are
part of decision-making?
一位高效的领导者总是让下属感觉他们也加入到了决策制定的过程之中吗?
77. Should parents reward their children with money for the high
grades?
家长应该对孩子的高分给予金钱形式的奖励吗?
78. Will people feel happier when they finish a challenging or
difficult work?
人们在完成有挑战性或艰难工作时幸福感更强烈吗?
79. Should parents help to determine the future of their
children?
父母应当帮助决定孩子的未来吗?
80. A job with low salary and more security or one with high salary
but easier to lose?
选择工资低但稳定的工作还是工资高但容易失去的工作?
81. Are younger school children (age 5 -10) required to study art
and music?
应该要求5至10岁的已入学儿童学习美术和音乐吗?
82. Which are more interesting, movies and TV programs made in your
own country or ones made in other
countries?
哪些更有趣:国产的电影电视节目还是国外的电影电视节目?
83. What should movies and televisions show the audience?
电视或电影应该向观众传达些什么?
84. Shouldn’t teachers show their political or social views to
students in the class?
教师不应该在课堂上把自己的政治或社会观念传达给学生吗?
85. Helping students gain self-confidence or teaching specific
knowledge?
帮助学生获得自信还是教授他们基本知识?
86. Should teachers be paid at least as much as lawyers, doctors,
and business leaders are paid?
教师的工资至少要和律师、医生和企业家一样高?
87. Should university students be required to take at least one
course that teaches them the culture of a country
rather than their own?
大学生应该选修至少一门有关其他国家文化的课程?
88. Do most of the advertisements make products appear better than
they really are?
大多数广告都美化了商品吗?
89. Working 3 days a week with long hours or working 5 days a week
with short hours?
每周工作3天、每天工作时间较长,还是每周工作5天、每天工作时间较短?
90. Can people take care of their family members better when they
live in big cities than in the countryside?
与在农村居住相比,人们在大城市居住可以更好地照顾自己的家人吗?
91. Is it better for children to choose jobs similar to their
parents’?
孩子选择与父母相同的工作更好吗?
92. In order to achieve happiness for yourself, you have to try to
make other people happy?
为了获得个人幸福,你必须使他人幸福?
93. Should people have hobbies and do physical activities different
from their work?
人们应该拥有与自己工作截然不同的爱好或进行与自己工作截然不同的体育运动吗?
94. Should advertisements targeting children aged between 2 and 5
be banned?
应该禁止针对2到5岁儿童的广告吗?
95. Do what you already do well or try new things?
轻车熟路还是勇于创新?
96. A big party with many people or a small party just with
family?
举办很多人参加的大型聚会还是只有家人参加的小型聚会?
97. To remain happy and optimistic when you fail is more important
than success?
在失败时保持乐观比成功本身更重要?
98. Should university students in all fields be required to take
history courses?
应该要求所有专业的大学生都选修历史课吗?
99. Should a person make an important decision alone?
人们应该独自作出重要决定吗?
100. Is the ability to cooperate well with others more important
today than it was in the past?
如今,与他人良好合作的能力比过去更重要了吗?
101. Will people spend less time on cooking food in 20 years?
20年以后,人们用在做饭上的时间会变得更少吗?
102. Should governments spend more money on developing Internet
access instead of public transportation?
政府应该将更多资金投入到互联网建设而不是公共交通建设之中吗?
103. We only do what we like to do rather than what we should
do?
我们只做我们喜欢做的而不做应该做的吗?
104. Students who can keep their own rooms organized are more
likely to succeed?
将自己的房间整理得井然有序的学生更有可能成功吗?
105. Should children only play sports for fun rather than in
competitions or contests?
孩子们参加体育活动应该仅仅以玩耍为目的而不应以比赛为目的吗?
106. People who are interested in different things cannot be
friends?
兴趣不同的人很难成为朋友吗?
107. People holding different views cannot achieve success as a
team?
持有不同观点的人组成的团队无法取得成功吗?
108. Challenging plans or practical plans?
选择挑战性的计划还是实际的计划?
109. There’s no need for the government to help those who can help
themselves?
政府没有必要帮助那些可以自救的人吗?
110. Does the way a person is dressed indicate his character or
personality?
一个人的着装风格是其性格或个性的体现吗?
111. Should students spend a year on traveling or working before
they go to colleges or universities?
在上大学之前,学生应该用一年时间旅行或工作吗?
112. Solving problems using personal knowledge and experience or
asking for others’ advice?
运用自己的知识和经验还是询问他人的建议来解决问题?
113. Today’s parents do not understand their children as well as
parents did 50 years ago?
当今的父母不如50年前的父母理解自己的孩子?
114. Should the government support scientific research that does
not have any practical use?
政府应该支持那些无任何实际用途的科学研究吗?
115. Are newspapers and magazines the best ways to learn about a
foreign country?
报纸和杂志是了解外国的最佳途径吗?
116. Do professional athletes deserve high salaries?
职业运动员理应得到高薪吗?
117. The advantages and disadvantages of moving to a new city or a
new country
搬到另一座城市或另一个国家居住的利与弊
118. Is it important for families to have meals together
regularly?
家人经常聚餐很重要吗?
119. Are our lives better than our grandparents’ lives when they
were young?
我们现在的日子比祖父母小时候的日子要好吗?
120. Should schools ask students to evaluate their teachers?
学校应该让学生评价他们的老师吗?
121. Planning or not planning for your leisure time?
对闲暇时间计划与否?
122. Should people read only those books that deal with real
matters?
人们应该只阅读那些描写真人真事的书籍吗?
123. Only people who earn a lot of money are successful?
只有有钱人才是成功的?
124. Items made by hand or items by machine, which do you
prefer?
你喜欢手工制品还是机器制品?
125. Complain in writing or in person?
书面投诉还是当面投诉?
126. Why is music important to many people?
音乐为什么对很多人非常重要?
127. Buy a house or a business?
买房子,还是买企业?
128. Living in university housing or an apartment in the
community?
住在大学宿舍还是社区公寓?
129. Living in places that have the same climate all year long, or
in areas where the climate changes several times a year?
住在气候终年不变的地方,还是住在气候一年数变的地方?
130. Which famous person from history would you like to meet?
你希望遇到历史上的哪位名人?
131. Have telephone and email made communication between people
less personal?
电话和电子邮件使得人们之间的沟通缺少人情味儿了?
132. Should children begin learning a foreign language as soon as
they start school?
孩子是否应该一上学就开始学外语?
133. Hire an inexperienced worker with a lower salary or an
experienced one with a higher salary?
雇用无经验低薪酬的员工还是有经验高薪酬的员工?
134. Are games equally important for adults and children?
游戏对成年人和儿童来说一样重要吗?
135. What makes a good son or daughter?
好儿子或好女儿需具备哪些重要素质?
136. Which do you prefer, getting up early or late?
你喜欢早起还是晚起?
137. Travel alone or with a companion?
单独旅行还是结伴旅行?
138. Do we need “Never, never give up”?
我们是否需要 “永不,永不放弃”?
139. Is progress always good?
进步总是好事吗?
140. A transportation vehicle that has changed people’s lives
一种改变人类生活的交通工具
141. Live performance or television broadcast, which is more
enjoyable?
现场表演和电视转播哪个更精彩?
142. Do you like a new high school to be built in your
community?
你赞成在你的社区建一所新的高中吗?
143. Should people sometimes do things that they do not enjoy
doing?
人们有时应该做自己不喜欢做的事情吗?
144. The advantages and disadvantages of my city
我的城市的优点与缺点
145. The causes of people’s longevity today
现代人长寿的原因
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