托福独立写作:如何快速确定论点(傅老师)

托福独立写作:如何快速确定论点(傅老师)
托福独立写作:如何快速确定论点(傅老师)

在学习了托福写作考试的满分要求和研读官方范文之后,本周的写作课我们正式进入到实战阶段。(作者:傅文薰莘美教育专注于美国高中留学)根据我长时间的教学经验和观察,初学独立写作的同学们主要表现出以下几个弱点:

1. 思维跳跃,导致文章层次感和整体感差

2. 举例泛泛,缺少细节

3. 词汇和句式不够丰富

今天我们就来针对第一个问题,探讨一些解决办法。一般拿到一个独立写作的作文命题,同学们多少对这个题目都有自己的观点,也就是有话可说。而写作的第一步就是确定一个中心和两到三个论点。我们以官指题库的一道题为例:

It has been said, “Not every thing that is learned is contained in books.”Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

题目要求比较从书本上学到的知识和从经验中学到的知识,并谈谈自己认为哪一个更重要。有同学马上说经验学习更重要,于是我请他说一些论点来支持他所选

的一方。这位同学想了想,说:论点就是When you fall in danger , you can not apply the knowledge or skill that you learned from book immediately. ( 当你陷入危险的时候,你不可能马上用到书本上学到的知识或技能。)这个想法不错,

也有可能是同学看到这道题之后的第一反应。但是这句话所表明的是一个具体情况(陷入危险的时候),所以它在作文里更应该被用作一个含有细节的论据,而不能作为论点放在某一主体段的句首。那么,如果我们在寻找论点时,想起来的却是一些具体情况或事例,应该如何应对呢?从这个事例中提炼出一个论点!

如上例,学生想表达的意思也许就是Knowledge learned through direct experience is more practical than theories from books. (通过经验直接学到的

知识比书本上的理论要更实用)。然后再用假设的方法,说明遇到危险时是一个很好的实例。在强调用例子支持观点的同时,也不要忽略从实例中提取有概括性的论点句,做到文章的脉络鲜明,每一段都具有层次感。

另外有一些题目会令初学的同学找不到足够的论点。比如这个题:

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Universities should give the same amount of money to their students’ sports activities as they give to their university libraries. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion. (大学应该给体育活动和图书馆相等的投资,你是否同意此观点并说出理由和细节)

遇到同意与否的观点题,我们尽量采取倾向一边的写法,使得中心鲜明,论点充分。

拿到这个题目,有喜爱运动的男同学立即说:当然是支持投资sports activities.

原因是这会使学生有更多的锻炼机会。好,这个论点做到了简洁,概括。但是还有其他的理由来支持体育一方吗?同学们想不出来了。其实在托福考试中这是一个比较常见的话题:资金分配问题。遇到这样的题,我们往往有一些常见的思路:比如,我们可以先从某一项事业本身说起:开展体育活动本身需要大量的资金,因为要买器材,维修,建造场地等等。然后扩展到这项事业对相关人员的好处,这道题就可以如同学所说,体育活动让学生有更多机会锻炼,有益身体健康。最后一个论点可以再把受益人的范围扩大,谈谈发展体育运动给大学带来的好处,比如吸引学生,带来很好的声誉。这样,三个论点就自然的形成了递进的关系,层层深入,若再加上词汇和语句的雕琢,文章就不怕没有层次,组

织混乱了。同学们可以试试看,如果是支持建造library,是否也能按照上面的方法,轻松的找出论点呢?

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