2021年4月21日托福獨立寫作真題范文 | 大學生專業(yè)選擇

2021年4月21日 

托福獨立寫作

【考場題目回憶】：

Many students starting university must choose a major (main field of study at university), and parents of these students often give them advice about which major to choose. Some parents tell students to choose the major that most interests the students. Other parents tell students that it is best to choose a major that will lead to a job with a high salary, even if that major may not be the one that most interests the students.

Which approach do you believe is better and why?

【Introduction】

To pursue the interest or to make money, that may be a question for high school graduates who are going to college. If I were a parent, I would certainly hope my children choose an area that will lead to a lucrative career.

【本段解析】：

簡單快速的開頭段落節(jié)約時間。同時注意在引出自己的觀點的時候，虛擬一個符合題目情境的身份，是常用的寫作手法。

【Body】

Prior to the elaboration of my position, we should be clear that it is between children’s interest and the prospective salary that we make a choice; other factors that also decide the choice, such as children’s aptitude, should be favorable to making either choice. With this precondition clarified, we are ready to proceed and see why pursuing a lucrative career may be better than pursuing the personal interest. And the first reason is that the general and probably the major purpose of higher education — for both the government that establishes the system and the people who are to receive tertiary education — is to foster workforce with productivity that can be converted to economic value. 

接下來討論高等教育的意義：起碼在中國，高等教育的趨勢以及部分現(xiàn)實是它不是精英化的教育，而是趨向于普遍化教育，是為國 家培養(yǎng)大量的較高質(zhì)量的勞動力（優(yōu)先實現(xiàn)的肯定是可以轉(zhuǎn)化成經(jīng)濟價值的生產(chǎn)力）。

【Body】

The second reason is that for most individuals—average people—a good salary is down-to-earth.

接下來討論錢財對于個人的意義很實際，而興趣這種精神追求是較高等的追求，相比較而言，可以緩一緩放一放，可以等經(jīng)濟作為基礎實現(xiàn)之后再去追求。這個段落里，通過舉例論證是很方便的。

【Body】

We certainly understand that interest matters to a certain extent; following the personal interest however may be the idealists’ Utopian pursuit. 

接下來討論追求興趣從大道理方面的意義，而且肯定是有意義的。同時要轉(zhuǎn)折說明，追求理想畢竟其實還是理想主義的還是不夠?qū)嶋H的。這個段落里，甚至可以直接用舉例來論證，把道理放在“栗子”里講。

老師給出一個示范：

When my cousin was deciding his major, the whole family were opposed to his idealistic pursuit for his personal interest—History.This young and na?ve individual had a seemingly compelling reason to insist on his choice, and that he would live a meaningful life and would otherwise feel regret for life for giving up on his interest. However, the first two years in college saw his change of mind, which was unfortunately late, as he realized that the study of history may mean something as an interest but lead to nowhere as a major at least for average people, like him, who need a good salary that can pay the many bills.

【Conclusion】

The long-existing conundrum may continue bothering some parents and students; and only a few people have the good fortune to make their interest a career that pays well. For the majority of people who cannot have it both ways, it is advisable that they be pragmatic.

【本段解析】：

結(jié)尾段落也要節(jié)約時間。注意：不需要出現(xiàn)沒有必要的細節(jié)。