托福作文素材 (500字)
句型：（debate型的题目）
When faced with the decision of A or B(When it comes to…..), quite a few would claim that A, but others, in contrast, deem B as the premier choice .Nevertheless, in my part, I prefer A rather than B as my inclination. Among countless factors which influence the choice, these are three conspicuous aspects as follows.
The foremost reason for my agreement without reservation is that___________. Naturally___________.It can be given a concrete example__________.
Another subtle explanation rests on the fact that_____. Obviously _____________.Take the case of a thing that____________. The third convincing reason I would like to mention is that ________________. This demonstrates the undeniable fact that__________________.
Of course, choosing B also has advantages to some extent,_______________此处论述B的1-2优点___________.But if all these factors are contemplated, the advantages of A carry more weight than those of B. From what has been discussed above, we may finally draw the conclusion that_____________.
（statement型的题目）
现象描写＋Although many disagree with the title statement, I believe
that……（转换成debate）
素材分类：
ADVERTISEMENT
现象描写：Widespread and influential, advertisement plays an important role in modern society
145. promote things useful or useless
Useless: Few of us can be rational enough not to be lured by the huge price tags with “sales” on them?frenetic shopping?stock up piles of items that they will not be in need of in the foreseeable future Companies focus their attention on stars and make the best use of their fame; celebrities have been paid a considerable sum of money?both the stars and the sellers benefit from the commercial game, regardless of what the consumers obtained; A majority part of the merchants, which are inferior, are in the disguise of appealing appearances? it’s confusing for ordinary
consumers to distinguish the unqualified ones from the millions of products in front of them;
82. Advertisement tells about a country?
Agree (景色；文化；经济)
Advertisements about travel frequently provide us many
opportunities to watch all kinds of unusual beautiful places we may never have thought of before;
Advertisements vary from country to country depending on the
country’s particular conventions?show plenty of cultural heritages boasted in a country; eg: the articles used in a Chinese wedding reflect their way of thinking, an appreciation of harmony, and a peculiar taste for wedding clothes;
Commercial advertisements unveil many direct and useful
messages like major commodities, service level, living conditions
BUILD (都同意建 wholeheartedly support)
工厂 factory
娱乐场所：restaurant; shopping center; movie theater;
教育场所：high school; university;
05. factory
优点：
1.
unemployment rate drop significantly?improve the living standard. one side: tax collected from a factory is a source of
revenue?spend on infrastructures and
development?more workers will be needed;
another side: potentially attract business investments from the surrounding neighbors;
缺点：
But? modern technologies made technology intensive and
brought pollution to the minimum; But?society needs to evolve
16. 25.26娱乐场所
优点：
Create jobs+ attract investment
缺点：
(streets are narrow),
30.113教育场所：
The basic prerequisite of success for any community is the education of its citizens.
1. far away?cause traffic problem in the route during the school days?a risk of accidents causing by these overcrowded traffic
2. 对高中来说：
The skills taught in high school including high-level reading and writing, advanced math and analysis are important to every citizen, no matter what profession they later choose. Even if they are manual workers, the ability to critically analyze problems will make them more highly skilled workers;
对大学来说：
Opportunity to specialize?obtain more choices and higher
salaries
对两者来说：
Go to the library at leisure time
3. unemployed youth has nothing to do?commit crimes, use drugs, engage in prostitution
CHARACTERISTICS & QUALITIES
上级：boss；parents
同级：friend； co-worker； neighbor；roommate
下级：son or daughter
上级：
1. “Example is better than precept”
父母：All children tend to unconsciously copy the habits of his parents? immediately quit smoking
老板：A boss should have a serious and professional attitude that sets an example for all of the employees in the workplace?never late in the morning and leaves earlier than the rest
Will not let some members do many things while others only do
a few
父母：environment is crucial in a child’s growth?happy family?more optimistic view of the world
老板：treat them like family members
共同：not rush to criticize; Instead, figure out the reasons behind
the wrong deed 同级：
1. 邻居，室友：means be mindful of others’ rights
Avoid unnecessary intrusions into others’ personal matters Won’t play loud music late at night or get drunk and fight in public
同事：means have team spirit
Put the needs of the company before their own needs
Eg: realizes the fact that if one’s work is left not done in
time, it may hold up everyone else?use
uncompensated overtime to finish a project before
deadline
2. Be a sympathetic listener, comfort others when they are miserable
Change his own schedule to accommodate another’s emergency? form a friendly and harmonious relationship among them
3. positive attitude may create a pleasant environment? when we are working under the great stress of work, what we need most is not a delicious meal but merely a few good jokes to relax our nerve cells.
下级：son or daughter
1. not spend too much money on useless items
listen to the right advices from parents
2. instead of taking money from their parents, try to give
3. not put them in the old houses where old parents are trying to pass the remaining days of their lives, should go home to accompany them so they can the joys of being with their children
(if so busy, we can at least)
Keep in touch with them by telephone, letter and e-mail, not
making them feel lonely.
71.高薪短假还是低薪长假
低薪长假
Be able to afford the necessities of life, such as a modest home, enough food to nourish us and keep us in good health as well as education for my children.
2. A more reliable friend
上面照顾父母的例子
Life is limited. 用外面的世界很精彩的句子
59.快节奏生活还是慢节奏
慢节奏
1. 2. 3.
allows me to appreciate the good things in my life. In the past I would only think about the things I would have to get accomplished next. This anticipation did not allow me to concentrate on the moment.
EDUCATION:
学习的重要性：（基础教育，高级教育）
01. 上大学的好处
107. 高校教育面向全体？yes
166. 变成熟需要经历什么
在哪里学（成长）：
20. 城市vs农村
168．出国的好
77. 男女同校 vs 分校
学什么：
75. 137. 什么都学 vs specialize （可以说文理科都重要都学） 125. 124. 理科与文科的重要性
38. 历史的重要性
76. 需要尽早学外语？
128. 体育重要性 130. 体育好与坏
60. game 的好处 136.游戏只有赢了才有趣吗 148.游戏可以给人生什么启迪
112. 学习 vs 玩
96.减压的最好方法 答：跳舞?用运动的好加上music的好 150. 电视不好吗？
134. 做家务的重要性
怎么学：
14. 17. 自己学习的优劣
39. 73. 157. 167.科技对学习的帮助。 Vs 传统学校
2. 4. 61.108. 听父母意见，书上知识 vs 实践 （实践的重要性） 116.learn by experience
23. 学生阶段做兼职可取吗
68. 作业的必要性
175. 讨论 vs 纯听课
影响：
133. 童年的重要性
66. 114. 同伴影响大于父母？
172. 学校给新生提供的东西
72. 分数鼓励学生
102. 学生评估鼓励老师
34. 雇用员工终身制好吗？
97.老师的工资应根据how much 学生学来定吗？
143. 长假期 vs 短假期
01. 上大学的好处
Before attending college, students have a limited opportunity to specialize. After obtaining a specific college degree a job applicant can be competitive for previously unavailable jobs. For example, applicants with computer science degrees would not only be qualified for jobs in high-tech companies, they would also be well prepared for any job with computer skills as a prerequisite. By offering more choices, degree holders are more likely to find a job that suit their particular needs and interests.
2.
Eg: a degree in biology could allow a student to find a job in a lab, a first step on the road to a career in scientific research. The same major could also be used to apply to medical school, and a career as a doctor. Both of these avenues would be unavailable without taking the first step of an undergraduate degree in biology
107. 高校教育面向全体？yes
相反声音：limited educational resources are used in the most
effective ways
1用01的句子
2 Everyone in the world should have the same right to acquire knowledge no matter what his intellectual ability or financial status is
3. The basic prerequisite of success for any community is the education of its citizens.--> if everyone is highly educated, the society will be able to develop at a great speed
166. 变成熟需要经历什么
Children are small, weak, have to depend on adults Adults are big, strong, more independent
But body’s changes are not enough, should with two major experiences in education and social activities.
Master the rules of language?express themselves, understand the ideas of others
Reading comprehension?absorb knowledge through reading in the rest of their lives
Mathematics, logics? the ability to analysis
用team work的例子（看后面）
20.
Level of education is higher lots of interesting places to visit(zoo, museum, gallery, concert)
learn to play the piano, painting, dancing, to name a few, which are impossible in the country different in culture, business, finance and other human activities?enlarge the view of the world
the world is no longer a separated one in which each part of can afford to be independent?be truly global citizens?more splendid future in his life and career
168. 出国学习好处 Some schools are known to be the best in a particular field. Eg: Harvard law
同上面的第3点
face the barrier of communication, lack of money, lonely? become more independent, resourceful person, sympathetic to other people
77.
Or will become a handicap for them to communicate in the future Males learn carefulness from females; females learn braveness; Want to be well-acted before the girls
75. 137.
A solid fundamental knowledge base is essential to their future development in the society?provide a systematic education
Meet the request
相反声音：energy and time are limited. Only when focus on one,
can ensure him to become proficient in the subject
建议：introducing some optional courses within the limitation of a big syllabus.
If allowed, take as many as possible
125. 124. 38.
文科的重要性（music，art）
1. the world we live in is also a spiritual world(not only material world)?art and music are an integral part of a complete human being eg: a piece of music brings us different feelings such as calm, happy, sad or sorrow
2. allow them to take a break between those mentally demanding courses such as math and physics
eg: Albert Einstein, also an excellent violinist, admit music can refresh his mind
3. can get inspirations from the arts?can help with their career pursuit
eg: many buildings that were designed by architects were influenced by some form of art
理科的重要性（science and mathematics）
Our society is developing at a high speed?no one can deny the fact that all of these results come directly from scientific discoveries
Eg: new findings of treatment of certain diseases can save lives of many people. There still exists some fatal diseases that threaten people’s lives. All this depend on the development of medical science 历史的重要性
Everything that is happening today stems from the past. History offers the only extensive evidential base for the contemplation and analysis of how societies function
History teaching by example is one phrase that describes this use of a study of the past—a study not only of certifiable heroes, but also of more ordinary people who provide lessons in courage, diligence, or constructive protest.
Histories that tell the national story, emphasizing distinctive features of the national experience, are meant to drive home an understanding of national values and a commitment to national loyalty.
结尾：history and literature can be seen as a link to the past, whereas science and mathematics can be viewed as a link to the future. In this sense, no one is more relevant than the other because each field produces insights that the other has no way of grasping.
76.尽早学外语
Easier & more quickly & without a foreign accent
Language is not only a tool, but also part of culture. If we want to be proficient….
Globalization and communications among different countries?catch up the worldwide trend
128. 130.
体育的好处：
1. exercise is known to be an excellent appetite and weight controller.
Eg: increases blood circulation & burns the excess fat?keep body fit
2. learn about team work, includes cooperation, respect of others,
ability to make correct decisions with consideration of opinions of different people?often used in everyday situation
build up self-confidence and how to face defeat bravely?become a happier, better adjusted children in real life 可以附加上：3.
allow them to take a break between those mentally demanding courses such as math and physics
体育的坏处：
1. 2. 60.游戏的好处： (直接转换成说体育的好) puzzles, crosswords, strategy games)
Develop critical thinking learn about team work, includes cooperation, respect of others, ability to make correct decisions with consideration of opinions of different people?often used in everyday situation
136. 游戏只有赢才有趣？ 148. 游戏对人生的启迪
Lease a person from the heavy pressure + physical games的优
点 + mental games的优点 + team work
问启迪时用能用team work
2. At the beginning, opponent is a more mature player than you are Later, you grasp the basic skills of a certain game, which enable you to play better and better.
启迪：hard work, never give up spirit
3. confirm your confidence as a learning-capable being
get rid of the feeling of exhaustion
归类：游戏的好处
150. 电视的好与坏 书
1.can expose children to a wide variety of useful information?more concerned about the world around them, whether in terms of environmental issue, political issues, or culture issues--> discover where their interests lie
Eg: if a child sees documentary on space exploration may develop a passion for it and continue studying it later in life
2. are detrimental to a child’s development.
Cartoons?offer useless information
Violent?desensitize themselves to the world around them, become antisocial, violent adults
134. 家务的好处 书268
Keep things tidy & instruct them on how to stay organized?be able to achieve task more easily
Learn insistence
14. 17.
With a teacher
1. when you are a beginner to a new subject, it demands sharp altering of minds and a gradual accumulation of new information 比喻：come to an unknown city, even have a detailed map, we definitely need a tour guide
2. where to begin with, what we should do, and which reference we
should choose
3. if study by oneself, must be strong-minded enough to keep on compete
4.
184.自己学还是组团学习
先自己学再组团学
1.effective (根据自己speed)
2. make you think independently and have your own opinions
3.再debate? think thoroughly, differences in people’s thinking
gives rise to many solutions to the same issue
39. 73. 157. 167.科技对学习的帮助
对学生来说:
in the past, might have to spend a whole hour in searching for a single book with relevant information. Yet, with a computer, students can search for an entire page of links with a search engine such as Yahoo
we can concentrate on scientific research rather than wasting time on data analyzing and calculating, for computers are much more
efficient in dealing with these strenuous job.
Customize learning process according to their own interests and capabilities. Most lectures assume that all the students are learning at the same pace and at the same level of understanding, which is hardly ever true?can accelerate studying speed and go on to the further topics that interest him(computer has the ability to accommodate individual differences in learning speed )
对学校,老师来说：
Is now possible to buy e-books, dictionaries and encyclopedias for a computer. a computer encyclopedia takes up no space and also costs much less than buying the entire series on paper
Easier to prepare the instructional materials Information changes everyday, newest information Necessary to have basic computer skills to attain a high paying position in a company. Have a chance to use computer
2. 4. 61.108. 听父母意见，书上知识 vs 实践 （实践的重要性） 选择：自己
1. in the era of rapid social and technological changes leading to increasing life complexity and psychological displacement, the
good decision in parents’ time would be out of data
2. all to often we observe some parents tend to pursue their cherished but failed dream by forcing their children to develop in a prearranged direction, without considering the children’s intension?personal decision like choose a career, we are the best judge, no one can understand a person better than himself? disobey, fight with 做决定：People should be responsible for their own behaviors and determine their lives one day. If right?gain confidence; if wrong?teach the child to live with the consequences of a wrong decision and also to ponder future choices more carefully.
实践：experience is the best teacher
Not everything is contained in books, like how to deal with personal finance, how to cope with current social trends
Eg: when we try to learn to swim, merely a detailed manual of swimming skills, even abundantly filled with illustrations, is at most useless. We have to jump into the water and then gain the knowledge with experience.
结尾：parents had better told the kids about their opinions, worries and experiences as friends, but leave much more room for kids to
think and decide.
116.哪种学习方法最好？reading，listening or doing
实践
1. 2. ）
3. people always have such an experience: they can memorize sth when picking up a book and forget it when putting down the book. Knowledge cannot become yours until you practice it.
23.学生阶段做兼职可取吗
Agree
Chemistry is abstract, boring, difficult. When one takes part time job in lab, he might discover how important it is for saving people’s lives?renewed vigor? what was an abstract academic pursuit becomes a concrete and interesting goal with a real relationship to the student’s life
68. 作业的必要性
We forget things quickly; is the bases of success in exams
?make the crucial decisions of whether to begin new learning objectives or revise previously discussed lessons
3
补充：homework is sth to guide, not to drive
Proper amount & leave enough freedom to the students
175. 讨论 vs 纯听课
讨论：
1. Most lectures assume that all the students are learning at the same
pace and at the same level of understanding, which is hardly ever true. They differ from each other in regards to reading, writing, comprehension?student-centered education is an important form of feedback for a teacher to know the weak point of students?mutual understand helps teacher adjust the way of teaching.
2. student: passive position?participate in the process
teacher: teaching becomes joyful, not dull any longer
prerequisite is to control behaviors of students well, otherwise, result in chaos?low efficiency
影响：
133. 童年的重要性
Our world views have been structures from very early
stage of our childhood, mainly through our daily experiences
2 Human beings are superior to any other animals on the
Earth because of their vigorous ability to learn. Psychology teaches us that training and self-training can dramatically alter
one’s characteristics and the ability to learn, which may eventually alter his life
3. Eg: Einstein was taken for an idiot by his teacher when he
was a child. Even though every thankful man would have known exactly that he was really a genius
66. 114. 同伴影响大于父母？
Agree
Seek immediate help from classmate while
Teachers? not available at the moment
Parents?conceal sth to his parents when
describing his conduct at school, ofen
limit to those good points
Similar age, easier to communicate with their generation than with their parents
172. 学校给新生提供的东西
Provide adequate information, like where the library, post office, laundry is, how to choose courses
Start a welcoming committee
like basketball..
Show themselves; totally involved with the traditions and culture of the new school
105.在学校住还是出去住
University
Cafeteria? students are so preoccupied with their studies that they do not have time to cook a nutritious meal
Not worry about getting up early to rush for a bus to attend one’s class
2. Can visit each other as often as they need to
Improve their communication skills and to live with others harmoniously (prepare themselves for future)
The older students can be of a big help to the new ones. It is easier to find topics to chat because of students who have same goals and interests (eg: fail in lecture)
72. 分数鼓励学生
Universities all over the world take test results as the most efficient and fairest way to give admission to new students, to offer fellowship, and to decide whether to grant a student graduation
2 No stress, no motivation
Devote more time on study and develop a “never give up” spirit Will not only benefit their study, but also teach them a truth that everyone needs constant learning and hard working in order to be useful to this society.
102. 学生评估老师对老师的促进
Agree
Everyone needs an occasional evaluation to ensure they are doing their job correctly. In the case of a teacher, the students will give the most important evaluation? If there is no pressure from evaluation, a teacher might be prone to do a less than perfect job.
an important form of feedback for a teacher to know the weak point of himself?mutual understand helps teacher adjust the way of teaching.
If there was a public summary of which teacher scored the highest on his evaluations, students would be allowed to take courses based on it? excel their studies, achieve better grades
34.雇用员工终身制好吗？
Disagree
(用压力是鼓励的句子)
A tenure-system promotes laziness, inefficiency and low-quality work because it fails to offer incentives for good work, and fails to offer compelling deterrents against bad work.
Employees are the back bone of every organization
Eg: all the new multinationals like Microsoft, H.P, they are achieving stunning annual growth and profits because their policy is to bring the best in and keep hiring new employees.
3.
Personality conflicts
97. should teachers be paid according to how much their students learn
Disagree
1. students’ learning results depend on individual students’ intellectual abilities and the time and energy that they put into learning
if…., teachers may ignore students who have learning difficulties
2. if…, some teachers will start to teach their students only what they need to get high test scores. This means that students will miss out on a lot of education that can’t be measured by test
143. 长假期 vs 短假期
Long
Knowledge always has connection, during vocation, we forget the information
Takes us quite a time to get used to the study environment whenever we come back to school from holidays
Travel far to several different interesting places
Take a painting course
Lab to do research, using the knowledge they gained in class which is beneficial for their future careers as well as saving some extra money
外面的世界很精彩：
168. 出国学习
118.生活是change好还是稳定好
31.是常搬家好还是稳定好
146.休闲时是出门玩还是在家玩
92.季节变换的好处
归类?
118.31
开头：in modern society, the world is changing in every minute. If we do not change, how can we keep pace with the world?
Life is limited for every one of us, so why not take advantage of our life as much as we could, traveling to different parts of the world to experience different cultures and customs, to meet different people, and to enjoy different views and scenic spots. Change? though you would have confronted much more trouble and difficulties, but if I haven’t tasted the bitterness, then how can I appreciate the sweetness? Different experiences may help me develop a profound insight into life itself, and then I could really get to understand the real happiness of life, and really appreciate the life that I have! (搬家换成place即可)
146. 出门玩
Outdoor leisure activities help us appreciate the sights of
nature, which is not available in our ordinary routines, or indoor activities.
Eg: spring is the time of the year when the world starts to awaken from its winter slumber. The trees and flowers bloom, birds return from their migrations and there is a general sense of gaiety in the air.
(用上面的例子)
Plenty of oxygen sunshine contribute to health
92.季节变换的好处
用146 spring的例子＋ also, Christmas seemed so sad without the joy that snow brings
I find the process of nature very beautiful, appreciate living in…
Broaden the range of our pastimes
Some sports require summer weather like swimming, others require winter weather, like skiing or ice-skating.
Allow one’s body to adjust to the changes of climate, one build their immune system and is healthier overall
玩耍：
44.独自旅行还是一帮人旅行
74.最好的旅游方式是一帮人跟着一个导游吗
110.喜欢独自一人还是和朋友在一起
111.喜欢一两个朋友还是一大帮朋友
117.喜欢和自己相像的朋友还是和自己不同的朋友
99.自己选择室友还是学校分配
旅行：
Tour guide的作用：more convinient
This is particularly important when traveling in a foreign country where a language barrier prevents interaction with the locals and isolation can be a problem. His knowledge of the foreign culture and places of interest provide travelers with a greater appreciation of their trip.
多人的好：
1. I have seen wonderful places and things could make me incredibly happy. However, the true happiness come only at the time when I could share my experiences with my friends.
2.
Hotel, restaurant(taste more kinds of food)
朋友：
1. 2. 3. a friend will cheer me up, take my mind off whatever negative things happened
99.答：学校分配
1.
Pick some candidates from the list supplied by the university? connect with them
2. this situation could be a very happy one, it could also be disastrous(has no idea of the qualities necessary to be a good roommate)
3. it is boring to room with somebody who is just the same as me
社会问题（交通拥挤，环境污染， 动物灭绝）
19.政府投资建高速公路还是public transportation
29.人类活动对地球的伤害
37.progress 总是好的吗