2017年托福写作热门素材运用讲解二十三

2017年托福写作热门素材运用讲解二十三

　　托福写作素材模板：科技和职业

　　素材段落

　　People from different occupations have benefited from the advancement of modern technology. For example, the electronic calculator has liberated accountants from complex and repetitive calculations that are time-consuming and exhausting. CT-scans and B-type ultrasound scans often aid doctors in diagnosing illnesses for patients which may even include fatal diseases. The advent of computers and the Internet has provided easy and ready access for people to search for relative information in a short period of time. Before computer technology became readily accessible, anybody wanting information had to rely on searching through countless books and periodicals to find the information they were looking for.

　　单词和词组

　　liberate … from … 解放、释放

　　=free/release/emancipate … from …

　　✎ liberate students from intense academic pressure

　　aid in … 在…方面帮助

　　=assist, help

　　✎ with the aid/assistance/help of

　　话题词汇

　　最新发明 latest invention

　　技术发展 technological development/progress

　　阻碍进步 hinder/impede progress

　　提高质量 enhance/improve the quality of

　　提高生产力 boost productivity

　　发射通讯卫星 launch a communications satellite

　　有效的通信手段 effective means of communication