一.具體的例子
Topic: Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The students in university should not do any part-time jobs.
Position: Disagree
Reason: Doing part-time jobs can intensify our social ability.
Exemplification: Take myself for example. When I was a fresh man,I found it really hard to get along with people around me. Then I was advised to take a job as a waiter in the restaurant during which I had chances to communicate with different customers, making them satisfied with my “smile” service. After a year, I myself can realize that I have become more outgoing and understanding.
寫一個很具體例子的時候同學們要注意幾個問題:
1、不要寫得特別長,寫太多就變成了記敘文,而我們的托福獨立寫作是議論文體;
2、這種例子一定要和說理分析性的內(nèi)容結合在一起才能夠支撐起來一個主體段。
二.假設性的例子
假設性的例子有兩點好處。其一就是別人不會懷疑我們寫的這個例子的真實性,二就是假設性的例子其實是analytic example,這種伴隨著分析的例子其實要更符合托福獨立寫作的風格,更能夠體現(xiàn)一個學生的分析能力與水平,畢竟議論文的特點就是分析和證明。
Topic:Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Land needs to be used to meet human need rather than to protect endangered animals.
Position:Protect endangered animals
Reason: Another important reason to protect endangered animals is that the delicate ecological balance of an area might be irreparably harmed by their extinction.
Exemplification: For example, if humans chop down forests and use the land to grow corn, they might simultaneously destroy the habitats of a kind of bird that eats locusts. The next year because the locust population can grow unchecked, locusts might destroy the entire nearby corn crop. Not only do the birds lose their homes, but humans are also harmed. The ecological balance of many natural habitats is still not well understood and humans interfere in it at their peril.
上一個例子,考生能夠感受到假設性的例子的威力。整段文章篇幅短,例子少,但是卻非常有效地證明了段首的觀點即保護生態(tài)平衡的重要性。所以,文章不一定要寫很多,但是一定要寫好,永遠不要忘了,獨立寫作的靈魂和核心就是去證明一個觀點的合理性和說服力,所以你用的手段很重要。