新TOEFL独立写作的审题和布局方法

　　托福独立写作的审题和布局方法。在上篇中笔者就托福写作的审题原则和注意事项做了详细的分析，在接下来的内容中，专家将继续和大家探讨一些审题的步骤以及谋篇布局的建议。

　　一、审题的“精确性”

　　在上篇中，笔者已经介绍了部分考题中的“绝对性”的应对措施，而根据专家对于过去2年独立写作考题的分析，发现有90%以上的题目属于“支持/反对”型：

　　2011.01.30

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

　　Because the change of the society is so rapidly, people are less happy orless satisfied with their life than people did in the past time.

　　而剩下的则是由“对比论述型”构成的：

　　2011.03.13

　　Some people think children should spend most of their time in studying andplaying while others think they should help their parents with the householdchores. What’s your opinion?

　　在审题时，考生必须首先把题目通读1-3遍，彻底把握题目主旨后，方可进行段落布局。在这里，笔者结合自己的经验给考生们一些建议：首先，判断题目是否包含“绝对”含义的词，若有，则按照上篇讲过的建议布局，若没有，则对于同意或者反对的理由进行快速的brainstorming, 然后根据分论点的数量及论点的可延展性来敲定立场：

　　Some people think that human needs for farmland, housing, and industry aremore important than saving land for endangered animals. Do you agree or disagreewith this point of view? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples tosupport your answer.

　　Disagree:

　　1) Endangered animals are valuable because of their limited quantities

　　2) Environment balance

　　3) Endangered animals sometimes stand for the country, so they are morevaluable than farmlands

　　Agree:

　　1) life quality is the top priority

　　2) endangered animals can be raised in the zoos