2017年托福写作方法与模版八

　　托福写作素材模板：《老人与海》

　　素材段落

　　It is said that to pick up a book is like exploring an unknown world. The well-known novel written by Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, definitely depicts a different perspective for understanding the meaning of life. Life is not always about happiness and success. Sometimes, failures and disappointments befall us. The strong characteristic of the main character, a fisherman named Santiago, is the great perseverance that he displays in the story. Despite all his efforts and sacrifices, he was doomed to suffer an inevitable failure. However, the old man did not bow to his destiny and he transcended the difficulties that failed to ultimately crush him. Just like sentence in the novel states, ‘A man can be destroyed, but not defeated.’ This story about the indomitable spirit of man shows us one man’s courageous attitude towards life.

　　单词和词组

　　be doomed to 注定

　　✎ be doomed to failure/fail

　　bow to 屈服、顺从

　　✎ bow to some form of pressure

　　indomitable 不屈不挠的

　　=determined

　　✎ indomitable courage/spirit

　　话题词汇

　　古典文学 classical literature

　　大众文学 popular literature

　　强烈推荐 highly recommend

　　使人感动的故事 moving/touching story

　　有见解的 insightful

　　引人深思的 thought­provoking

　　培养创造性思维 develop creative mind

　　适用考题

　　✎ It is better to relax by watching a movie or reading a book than by doing physical exercise.