8.20、21托福真题解析
8月20/21托福真题解析点评
8.20、21日的托福考试不知大家考的怎么样？天道名师贾青帆、曲凯琨老师为大家解析口语和写作考题，希望对童鞋们有所帮助。
口语
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Task1
Describe a custom or tradition from the past that is no longer common but that you wish still popular today. Give specific reasons why you wish that still popular.
解析：同学们可以随便编一个传统，反正考官不了解中国文化，比如以前春节放firework, 现在不让放了，那么希望这传统回归是因为there will be better festival atmosphere , 外面的鞭炮吵闹声让人get excited, 而现在太过boring.
第二个理由brings us more exhilaration and joy. 稍微形容下： watch the flaming rockets exploding above our heads
Task2
Do you prefer to watch educational TV programs or entertainment programs?
解析：娱乐节目会比较好说，第一个理由是release my pressure, 先说自己平时学习压力大，再说看些比如 talk show or comedy show 来unwind
第二个理由说educational programs are too boring for me. 举一些自己配老爸看discovery 的例子，自己会 doze off or fiddle with my cellphone , kinda a waste of my time
8月21日
Task1
Which of the following period do you think is the most difficult on: Childhood, teen period, and adulthood.
解析：不用和其他两个比较，直接挑一个说压力如何大，比如青少年学习压力大，经常stay up late studying , get up early for school , 各种paper 各种exam。还有不够mature enough to deal with the troubles in their lives, 比如容易和父母吵架，不服老师管教，不会处理感情的问题之类的
Task2
Do you agree or disagree: if you want to run a successful business, being outgoing and friendly is very important.
解析：性格对business的影响可以说 help expand social circle. 比如大学时候性格好可以交到各个专业的同学，毕业后start own business 时候可以提供帮助. 第二个可以help build working relationship, 比如更好地和员工交流，员工更愿意和你聊自己的问题，和说出他的建议，更好地合作完成任务。
写作
8月20日
8月20日的题目是：
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Taking a lot of time to make an important decision is often considered as a bad quality for a person. However, some people think that it is a good quality for a person.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
这是一道二选一类题目。这是一道新题，之前从来没有出现在真实的考试中但是和2011年8月28日在北美考区出现的题目非常相似：
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Patience is usually not a good strategy. We should take action now rather than later.
对于这个题目，如果认为Taking a lot of time to make an important decision is often considered as a bad quality for a person，我们可以有如下的分论点：
1. 不利于把握机会。
?如果花费很长时间做决定，就有可能延误时机，从而导致丧失最好的时机来进行行动，丧失不可复得的机会和机遇。
2. 效率低下。
?如果花费很长时间做决定，就会导致推后开始行动的时间，从而拖后任务完成的时间，延长整个工作的所耗费的时间，导致效率较低。
对于这个题目，如果认为it is a good quality for a person to take a lot of time to make an important decision，我们可以有如下的分论点：
1. 做更恰当的决定。
?如果人们花费很长时间做决定，就可以将决定所涉及的各个方面都考虑到，想的更全面，避免短时间做决定的考虑不周，有助于做出更加恰当的确定。
2. 有助于提高任务完成的效率。
?如果花费比较长的时间做决定，考虑比较充分，这样就可以避免在之后执行实施决定的时候因为考虑不周所出现的修改调整计划或者因为计划不周出现失误耽误时间所造成的效率低下。
8月21日
8月21日的题目是：
Some people believe that spending more time far away from the people we are about, because it will help us realize how important they are to us. Others believe that spending as much time as possible with people can develop the relationship.
Which one do you prefer?
这是一道二选一类题目。这是一道新题，之前从来没有出现在真实的考试中。出了考场，好多小伙伴就在调侃这个题目是在讨论异地恋…其实可以按照异地恋的感受来写啊。所以是不是有这种经历的童鞋更加容易写好呢？
对于这个题目，如果认为spending as much time as possible with people can develop the relationship，我们可以有如下的分论点：
1. 增加交流。
?花多一点时间在一起可以共同做一些事情，有共同的兴趣爱好，有共同的谈论话题，增加沟通交流的机会，从而增进感情。如果长期不在一起，就会慢慢缺乏共同语言，变得无话可聊，就会变的疏远。
2. 提供帮助。
?花多一点时间在一起，对方有困难就可以及时提供帮助，从而增进感情。如果离得远，就没有办法及时为对方提供帮忙，长久下去，感情会变淡。
对于这个题目，如果认为spending more time far away from the people we are about, because it will help us realize how important they are to us，我们可以有如下的分论点：
1. 避免争论。
?在一起的时间多了，大家接触的多，就容易产生一些日常生活当中的小矛盾和争论，会伤害感情。不在一起就可以避免这种小口角，有利于感情的维护。
2. 重视对方。
?在一起的时间多了，就会对对方对自己的付出和陪伴习惯，习以为常之后就会忽视对方的存在和付出，不利于加深感情。如果不在一起，就会感受到缺失对方的难过，从而更加重视对方的存在，更加珍惜之间的关系。
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