托福考试2010年7月10日预测机经独立写作提纲

　据我看过的竹子老师6-7月预测机经的20套北美题中，在独立写作题目中已经中了3个了，包括6月26号的题目。以下是我针对这20个题目写的提纲，希望能对7月10日考托福的同学有所启发和帮助。

 

　　2010.6.12-2010.7.10 预测机经提纲

 

　　1. 2008.8.16 NA

 

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

 

　　Most business people are motivated only by the desire for more money.

 

　　V1. Money indeed is an important factor that motivates people to do business. Money can provide many benefits-more opportunities, higher status in society, and the ability to travel and enjoy better food, housing, health care, and entertainment. Several studies indicate that wealthier people live longer. In short, money fulfills highly desirable wants. Once beyond a certain threshold, money has little or no effect on happiness. Many wealthy people have experienced this and are not any more happy than middle-class people. In fact, some wealthy people are downright unhappy.

 

　　V2. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, people are also motivated by many other factors like love, esteem, and self-actualization other than material payback.

 

　　2.1 The need to be respected and to have self-esteem drives business people to do charity.

 

　　2.2 The need to realize one’s full potential leads business people to continue trying.

 

　　2. 2008.10.25 NA

 

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

 

　　Students who can keep their own rooms organized are more likely to succeed.

 

　　Agree:

 

　　V1. Keeping room in order reflects students’ custom and attitudes towards details, which is often the key of success.

 

　　V2. Keeping room organized can actual help students perform better in study and work. Improve study efficiency: for one thing, keeping their rooms organized can guarantee a pleasant environment, which makes people feel happy. For another, keeping all things in order, students will save plenty of time spent in finding things to do other meaningful things.

 

　　V3. Admittedly, to be successful requires more than a good habit. However, being organized and systematic in personal life means responsibility of individual, and this is the first step to any undertakings.

 

　　3. 2008.12.5 NA

 

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

 

　　Sports teach us lessons about life.

 

　　Agree:

 

　　V1. Sports can teach people the importance of persistence

 

　　V2. Sports that require teamwork teach people how to cooperate and compete with others.

 

　　(Basketball/football….)

 

　　V3. Playing sports can teach us how to face lose and win and how to keep confidence in failure.

 

　　4. 2009.4.3 NA

 

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

 

　　The best way to improve education is to raise teachers’ salaries.

 

　　V1. Raising teachers’ salaries does improving the quality of education.

 

　　1.1 Increasing teachers’ salaries will attract more talented people to education.

 

　　1.2 It can also create healthy competition among current teachers and boost their enthusiasm.

 

　　V2. However, it is an overstatement to argue that it is the best way to better education. There are still various approaches to boost the development of education.

 

　　2.1 Money can be spent on improving educational facilities, such as library, teaching building, laboratory, and so on.

 

　　2.2 Another effective way is to enhance teaching standard in various ways, such as providing teachers with some training programs, opportunities for further study, and introducing some advanced teaching methods.

 

　　5. 2009 .1.17 NA

 

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

 

　　Advertising is the most important cause of unhealthy eating habits.

 

　　另寻他因

 

　　V1. Advertisements, to a certain degree, indeed seduce people to eat some unhealthy food by exaggerating the appearance and nutrition of the junk food. (fast food: McDonald’s, Pizza, Potato chips, bottled juice)

 

　　V2. However, advertising should not be the main reason of people’s unhealthy eating habits. Other factors play no less important roles in the developing of deleterious diet.

 

　　2.1 Low self-control

 

　　2.2 Fast paced life and pressure,

 

　　2.3 Lack of proper public education

 

　　6. 2008.5.16 NA

 

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

 

　　Telephone has greater influence on people's lives than TV.

 

　　Equally important

 

　　V1. The influence of telephone

 

　　1.1The telephone shortens the distance between people.

 

　　1.2Using telephones, people nowadays work with much higher efficiency.

 

　　V2. The influence of television

 

　　2.1 Provides people with amounts of latest information

 

　　2.2 Recreational facility.

 

　　7. 2009.2.21 NA

 

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

 

　　Newspapers and magazines are the best ways to learn about a foreign country.

 

　　V1. Newspapers and magazines are useful ways to learn about a foreign country.

 

　　V2. However, it does not follow that they are the best ways. Other methods play no less important roles in helping people to learn about a foreign country.

 

　　2.1Visiting museums

 

　　2.2 Travel or study abroad

 

　　8. 2009.2.27 NA

 

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:

 

　　A job with more vacation time but a low salary is better than a job with a high salary but less vacation time.

 

　　Agree:

 

　　V1. Spend time with family and friends

 

　　V2. More vacation provides more time for recreation. Relaxation and avocations are essential elements of a happy life.

 

　　Disagree:

 

　　V1. Money can provide many benefits, such as higher status in society, better food, housing, and health care.

 

　　V2. With more money people can enjoy their shorter vacation with higher quality, and thus enjoy more fun.