托福写作题目考试日期：

　　2017年10月21日

　　新托福写作题目

　　Task 2

　　Independent writing

　　题目

　　古今对比类：students are more interested in politics than they were in the past.

　　Do you agree or disagree with the statement: studentsnowadays are more interested in politics than in the past.

　　写作思路

　　本次综合写作以及独立写作难度中等。

　　同意：1.现在的课程设置使政治成为必修课，所以学生们会更热衷于了解政治以帮助他们在学习中取得好成绩;2.现在网络发达，学生们可以时刻了解到各种政治新闻;3.政治变的和学生的未来生活工作越来越密切相关。

　　Key sentences:

　　1.Politics has become an integral part in students ‘study.

　　2.students can be timely informed of all kinds of politics news because of the advanced Internet.

　　3.Politics is closely related to their future life and study.

　　key words & phrase

　　bring sth.in its train, have sth. at your fingertip, on the horizon, in harmony with, out of tune with sb., a double-edged sword, marry sth. with sth. .

　　新托福独立写作解题步骤

　　步骤一：判断题型

　　该题是时间对比题。那么我们需要找到过去和现在在哪几个方面发生了变化，并且这几个方面的变化会影响学生是否对政治感兴趣。

　　步骤二：头脑风暴

　　找到题干中的关键词是“interested in politics”。思考“学生对政治是否感兴趣取决于哪些要素?”

　　答案：1.学生是否能够便捷地获取政治相关的信息?2.学生是否能够理解政治涉及到的相关内容?3.学生的日常生活是否受到政治影响?

　　步骤三：确定分论点

　　分论点一：随着科技的发展，人们获取信息的途径增多，学生有更多更便捷的途径可以获取政治方面的信息。

　　分论点二：随着经济的发展及社会对教育的重视，现在学生总体受教育水平提升，这使他们能够更好地理解政治涉及到的各个方面。如学生需要了解本国的外交政策，需要对该国及其他国家的历史、经济等方面有较好的认知，才能深刻理解本国的外交政策。

　　分论点三：一方面，随着政府各项政策不断细化及完善，学生生活的很多方面都会受到政策的影响，如免费义务教育等。另一方面，各国民主化进程不断提升，学生可以有更多方式参与的国家的政治生活中。

　　新托福独立写作范文：

　　The freedom of expression is a fundamental right enshrined in Constitution, including people’s political opinions. In fact, people in democratic countries are encouraged to participate in politics, especially votes. Today,even the young generation, students, also show more interest in politics than in the past.

　　In the first place, teachers today play a more important role in helping students to form their political opinions than before. Nowadays, it is free for teachers to express their political opinions in the class and many of them would like to share their thoughts with students. Teachers can organize group discussion on political issues by which they expect to inspire students to think, develop critical thinking, improve communication and negotiation skills, and learn to tolerate people holding different or even opposite perspectives. For example, when the government banned the free plastic bags in supermarkets, my nephew’s teacher used to lead them to discuss the pros, like reducing white pollution, and cons, like increasing the sales of plastic rubbish bags. But in the past, teachers were merely encouraged to focus on students’ academic study due to the pressure of standard tests.

　　In the second place, thanks to the propaganda of mass media and the connection of Internet, it is easier for students to acquire information on politics, to openly discuss politics and even to take part in political events. Actually, politicians are clear how important it is for their party to win support from young generation who will become their determined backers or bitter opponents in the following decades. Thus, there is propaganda of various forms targeting students, such as speeches on campus, slogans on billboards and discussion on Internet. Students, captured by politicians’ points and the bombast of media, will join the discussion and events. Take the presidential election as an instance. Most candidates would arrange their visit to universities where they give speeches and explain the policies they will follow, especially those closely related to students’ interests. Also, politicians are adept in how to lead opinions on social media, like Facebook and Twitter. However, students in the past had limited access to political information and no platform to have their voice heard.

　　To sum up, it is obvious that students are more interested in politics than before because of teachers’ guidance and power of propaganda.