IETLS Writing(1)之思考素材
#EnglishWriting  #skill 


Maybe English is lovely.

Skill:

key: TM STREEC $

  • Technology & Efficiency(效率)
  • Mind(头脑) & Soul(精神)
  • Society & Crime
  • Time & Space
  • Rights & Responsibilities
  • Environment & Health
  • Employment(就业) & Competition(竞争)
  • Culture & Population
  • Money & Fun

PS:以上18条思路线索几乎已经涵盖了社会生活里所有常见方面,而且最大的好处是可以帮我们把抽象的话题迅速具体化,从而避免了在考场里想素材只能靠“运气”的尴尬局面。下面举例说明:

1, Many people are optimistic about the 21st century and see it as an opportunity to make positive changes to the world. To what extent do you agree or disagree with their optimism? What changes would you like to be made in the new century?

21世纪在technology,efficiency,rights,money,fun等方面明显取得了积极的进展;而21世纪在soul(压力大),crime,environment,employment,competition,population等方面存在令人担心的状况。素材确定,如此空洞的话题,立刻就具体化了。

2,Some people believe that there should be fixed punishments for each type of crime.Others,however,argue that the circumstances of an individual crime, and the motivation for committing it, should always be taken into account when deciding on the punishment. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

固定量刑的好处有:efficiency(提高司法效率),crime(有效控制犯罪), money(减少司法过程legal proceedings的费用)等。量刑时充分考虑罪犯处境和犯罪动机的好处则可以有:soul(更人道),society(有利于社会和谐),rights(罪犯也是公民,公民理应得到尊重)等。

3,In some countries the average weight of people is increasing and their levels of health and fitness are decreasing. What do you think are the causes of these problems and what measures should be taken to solve them?

肥胖人数激增的原因可以从technology(特别是office and factory automation办公室与厂房中的自动化),time(公众的leisure time休闲时间的增多),health(lack of health consciousness健康意识的缺乏与addiction to junk food 依赖垃圾食品等),money & fun(人们用于食品的消费增加,但缺乏运动,看电视的时间过长)等方面都可以言之有据。相应的,解决办法就有鼓励大家少吃多运动(encourage people to exercise regularly and avoid highcalorie diets)以及减少对于technology的依赖等。

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