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2010年2月22日托福考试机经分享112分

  如题, 这个我的一战也是最后一战, 2月22号在成都信息工程学院考的。
  话不多说直接进入正题:
  reading  listening   speaking  writing   total 
      30      29      23        30      112
  本来是想周六或者周日再添加一下自己的心得的, 不过今晚上宿舍的哥们在看我的团长我的团, 搞得我的作文实在是写不下去了 想了一下还是到这里来和大家分享我的经验吧, 毕竟和一群有远大志向的人在一起我总是觉得很快乐的。
  先介绍一下背景吧:
  在一个垃圾211 大学,大一的时候英语底子算是一个中等, 不过大一整整一年算是被自己荒废了,没有目标, 不知道自己该干些什么。
  大二的时候醒悟了,于是开始狂背英语单词, 狂练英语听力,一眨眼一年半过去。在这一年半里也取得了不小的成就, 先是四级 645, 接着是六级 655, 再接着是英语竞赛全国一等奖, 再接着就是 托福112.......
  我并不是想炫耀自己, 而是想告诉大家, 这是人人都可以做到的, 只要你肯用功! 恒心和毅力 并不是每个人都有的, 尽管很多人都不以为然,但是这也正式为什么他们永远都只能再底层打滚的原因。 我相信下定决心要考TOEFL的人 都是已经准备好要付出的, 所以不要怕苦, 胜利的心情永远OUTWEIGH THE PAINS。
  我的托福准备过程可以说只有1个寒假, 也可以说有一年半!
  为什么这么说呢,因为上文我已经提及了, 我一年半之前开始从基础着手--单词和听力!
考四级的时候我已经把一本800多页的星火六级背完了,托福红宝也快完了, 导致的结果是 四级考试我没有一个不认识的单词!所以 645 不足为奇!
  考六级的时候我已经把GRE 红包背得差不多了, 自然拿下CET6 也不是问题。对于TOEFL 来说,这些单词量并不意味着我可以认识所有在TOEFL 中认识的词汇,但是我相信这些词汇量已经可以让我有能力分析出不认识单词的大意, 常常是89不离10的。 整个备考TOEFL 的过程中,我从来没有觉得有什么压力, 因为在这里我想再一次强调:词汇是重中之重, 基础的基础, 不用细想就能知道, 只有词汇量有一定的功底,才会在听说读写这四个方面有质的飞跃。
  其次我想强调一下听力, 我练习听力的方式很简单:每天听两个小时, 几乎是雷打不动! 我的听力材料是VOA, 不是慢速, 是常速。一般来说我会每天听5段新闻。具体听每一段的时候, 第一遍和第二遍先自己听(当然才开始的时候不可能全部听懂, 不过你也可以倒回去再听你听不懂的, 如果实在是听不懂就放弃这一小段, 然后继续听后面的)。 然后把TRANSCRIPT拿出来读(就是听力的文本),把不懂的不知道的看懂,读懂! 有不认识的单词不要放过, 一定要记下来, 因为这也是一个重要的吸取单词的渠道。(通过这么长一段时间的练习, 我发现VOA新闻播报的常用词汇也就差不多1000多个左右, 这些词汇很经典很重要,因为大家可以想一想, 美国的新闻播报人员会常用的词汇会垃圾吗?)。 言归正传, 读完文本后, 再将这段新闻听一遍, 这一遍就应该没有什么大问题了。当你听完5段新闻以后, 选一段出来 边听边写!!!! 这个为重中之重!
  最后再次强调最重要的一点, 那就是要坚持! 单词一天不背你就会忘记花了两天功夫背下来的单词, 划不来啊! 听力也是只有量的积累达到一定程度之后才会有质的飞跃!(毫不夸张的说, 照我的方法连续练习一个月, 你就会感觉到自己已经不是从前的那个你了!呵呵)
另外,我并不是要每个人都去听VOA, 听什么不重要, 关键是听的方法--精听练习!(即边听边写)
  然后再介绍一下我是怎么用1个月的时间(寒假)来准备TOEFL 的吧:
  首先声明, 这个方法适合于英语底子较强的人, 即SO CALLED 牛人。
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  首先备考资料:
  1) OG 不用说了吧, 必备。 不过我这里想强调的是OG 不是用来做题的, 而是用来熟悉整个TOEFL 考试的, 所以大家要尽早看。我看OG 的时候正好也快期末考试了, 所以看了大概一个星期的时间。 还有, OG 是最后需要回归的东西, 后面我会讲到很多其他的书, 不过....就我的理解而言有的DEVIATED。 所以很多人做完OG 后觉得太简单了,就把它丢一边, 这种做法不可取啊!
  2) LONGMAN 说起这本书还有个故事, 我本来没有买这本书的, 是我的一个同学买了, 后来我给全部复印了来做的, 给我复印那个人花了至少三个小时, 估计他手都快断了吧, 呵呵。 LONGMAN 就如TAISHA 上很多人所说, 很简单, 适合于底子不太好的人, 也是有浅到难的一本过渡书吧。 不过它的阅读和听力可以做做看, 还是比较不错的, 对于培养信心很有帮助,尤其在前期的时候, 试想你刚以上手就给打击到NADIR POINT 了, 你还怎么继续呢? 不过在这里我需要提醒做LONGMAN 的人, 它的最大缺点在于它的口语和写作: 不是说它的材料不怎么样, 而是说它给的方法很模板化, 而且我认为严重偏离的ETS 的出题意向。 它的方法给我的感觉就是在归纳重点, 但是事实上我们是要根据给出的QUESTION 来答题的, 如何针对问题答题才是关键,而不是一味的一厢情愿的去吧所有重点归纳一下,到头来分数却不高。一来你不可能记下所有的重点, 二来就算你记下来了你也说不完, 三来就算你说了一些要点, 但很有可能与题无关! 所以读题很重要。 我就差点上当了呵呵。
  3)后来我又是怎么REALIZE这个的呢? 当然要归功于 DELTA 啦! DELTA 我不想多说, 两个字--必备! 除OG 外我感觉它最靠谱, 尤其是听力, 它的听力材料可谓经典。 尽管比真题短1-3分钟的样子, 出的题也比较简单, 但是它的材料真的很实用, 囊括了各个学科,各种大学校园里会遇到的情况, 而且语速也算是与真题接近(可能有点慢)。口语和写作, 我还是建议大家可以听听听力材料。 不要过于依赖它的口语和写作。 (我在后面我单独讲口语和写作的)。
  4)BARRON, 名不虚传的BARRON, 我在做它第一套测试题的时候, 不瞒大家, 受了打击的。 这也是我第一次上机操作,(回到家的第二天下午), 当时做阅读的时候就感觉很不适应, 和在书上做完全不一样, 听力就更不用说了,很久没有这种飘的感觉了! 呵呵。 不过做下来效果却不错, 阅读错了3 个, 听力错了6个(纯属运气吧)。 我建议大家避开这套题,因为这套题价值不大, 出得没有水准, 就拿听力来说吧,感觉它考的就不是听力,快不说,材料还么难, 读起来有时候都要绕几个弯, 何必呢!ETS 根本就不会这也考! 剩下的六套可以做一下,都比第一套简单, 考前可以做,就当是给自己身体一个考前适应吧。
  5)高分120。 我只用了写作和听力, 写作看了几页,但就是因为看的这几页成就了我WRITING 30的奇迹。后面我详细讲。 听力我也只是听了2套, 前两套, 都错了2 个。给我的感觉是听的不难, 可是出的题嘛....有点迷惑性, 像ETS 的策略 呵呵!
  今天暂时到这里吧, 明天或者周末有时间的时候我会奉上我的WRITING 精髓!
  第二次更新:
  本来今晚是要写一篇AW 作文的, 可是看见这么多的同胞们都想看看后续的“废话”。 实在是不想扫了大家的兴, 所以今晚放弃AW 了, 为了大家我豁出去了 呵呵。
  我接着昨天的讲,资料我说得差不多了, 不过漏掉了一个JJ。因为我自认为自己是个有实力的人,所以从来都没有去看过。 但是从我的成绩上来看, 我后悔了, 因为我突然意思到JJ 有一个很重要的资源被我给REFUSE 掉了--口语! 现在仔细分析起来, JJ 口语的前两道题可谓是最后价值的的口语复习题,原因很SIMPLE, 它直接来源于ETS。我也不便多做评论,我的口语不高,不过有一个道理确是真理---口语是需要练习的,大家没事经常说说总是有好处的。

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  资料讲得差不多了, 我来具体分析一下TOEFL 的 READING, LISTENING, SPEAKING AND WRITING。
  READING:
  阅读首先词汇是基础(我有点啰嗦)。TOEFL 的阅读都是些学术性的文章, 但是深度却是属于肤浅一级的,我们到哪里去找这一类的文章呢? 我向大家推荐一本书:21 CENTURY 的各年度汇总版。 这种书中它把文章都已经分类好了, 有TECHNOLOGY, POLITICS,NEWSLETTER, MUSIC......文章不难,属于介绍性的, 多读些这些文章对大家是有好处的,但是不要依赖它, 做题才是关键。(我只读过其中几篇文章,感觉跟TOEFL 文章能挂上钩, 阅读不太好的同学可以试试看, 但是阅读能力已经很好的同学可以不用读它, 不过吃饭,或者无聊的时候读个一两篇消遣一下也好啊。)
我并没有对阅读下过多的功夫,把几本书的阅读该做的都做了,仅此而已。
但是我想分享一下我考试时候的阅读:我考完以后感觉最糟糕的就是阅读,干扰太大了,而且我的加试在阅读, 我在做最后一篇加试的时候已经有人开始SPEAKING 了,我那个郁闷啊! 不过还好自己心态调整及时。 给大家一个小经验: 我在做阅读的时候网速很慢,点NEXT的时候要等一会才会有反应(当然并不是所有时候),更离谱的是有的时候要等接近30秒时间。大多数人都会在这个时候大骂ETS 垃圾设备, 不过我却建议大家暗自窃喜, 因为这个时间是个BONUS! 为什么呢? 因为段时间你有更多的时间去看阅读文章(建议看自己不懂或重要的地方),而且还不计入你20分钟的阅读时间。当然这只是一个小窍门,旁门左道而已。
考完阅读我觉得我最多得个28分, 却没想到有30分。前辈们说的对啊,不要自己以为自己会怎样,结果出来自然会说明一切。故CONCLUSION: 一定要调整好心态,如果这个时候心情受影响,下面的还考不考了?
  LISTENING:
  昨天我已经讲了我是怎样练听力的了,大家可能试试, 如果你坚持几天有效果,那么你可以一直坚持下去,等待听力的蜕变就OK了。如果你此时已经有了适合自己的方法, 建议不要更改了,毕竟因人而异嘛。
关于OG, LONGMAN,DELTA,BARRON上的听力,大家不要做完题就算了,再看一遍文本,再去听一遍! 我最后复习的时候每天大概5个小时的听力! 听力我不详细讲了,TAISHA上太多太多的听力资源,估计我们这一辈子都听不完,不要挑剔听力,要用心去听才重要。
(另:我这里有我自己下的接近5个G 的VOA 听力,不知道大家想不想要, 我可以传一部分上来,都是带文本的)
  SPEAKING:
  我其实是没有资格讲口语的啦,23分算是个中下吧(三个FAIR)。 我就在这里给大家讲讲我自己就这个分数总结出来的教训:
  考完试我觉得我口语考得非常之好,仅次于我的WRITING 了, 我给自己估计了个27分, 不过结果却差点让我晕过去呵呵。
  第一二题, 我试靠旁门左道啦, 由于我的加试在阅读,我在中间休息的时候集中精神收集来自四面八方的声音,结果两个题被我猜得89不离10了。然后就在草稿纸上写下来,说的时候就很流利了。
  后面几个题感觉也很HIGH,读也读懂了,听也听懂了,说也说完了, 总之就觉得很完美。我分析了一下,分数低的原因在于:
  1) 用词过于简单。成绩上给我的评价就是VOCABULARY IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED。所以我想大家还是要稍微用两三个中高阶词汇来壮壮门面。
  2)连词用的过少。 连词在表达里面是非常重要的,包括在写作里面,它就相当于关节,把零散的骨头给连接起来。熟练的运用连词会让你的表达更加的清晰。
  另外再说几点注意事项: FIRST,语速切忌过快, 昨天还在和同学说呢, 走都没学会就想飞了? 没有任何人能在说的很快的情况下把每个单词都清楚的发出来, 这个很容易给评分人造成不好的印象,分数自然不高。中间休息的时候一定要记得提醒自己勒住!~ SECOND: 一定要HIGH 起来,不要说的死气沉沉的,一来影响自己情绪,而来影响评分人情绪。 这个看起来和第一点矛盾,但是是有差别的,大家细细琢磨。 最后嘛,千万不要含羞啊,不要以为其他人会笑话你。面子重要还是分数重要啊?大胆的自信的说出来,其他人比你好不了多少。

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  WRITING:
  先介绍一下我的考试的WRITING吧:
  INTEGRATED: 写了260多个字,不多,不过我认为每一点都很到位。不过可惜的是,我实在是不记得自己写的啥了。或许有补偿的办法:考试前写过一篇类似的,从思路,写作方式,到整体结构都应该和我考试时写的大同小异,我要花时间找找,然后传在这里,给大家讲一讲。
INDEPENDENT:写了472 个字(记得很清楚 呵呵)。同样很遗憾,实在时记不起自己写过什么了,但是当时写这篇文章的状态和考前冲刺时的状态一模一样,思想源源不断,根本不愁没有写的。所以我考前冲刺写的文章应该是有价值的。
  然后该到.....该讲讲怎样写作了
  这里我要详细讲,相信大家也很期望吧, 呵呵不要着急。讲之前,我想征求一下大家的意见, 我有几种方式:
  1 我介绍一下我的准备过程,及怎样才能将一个TOPIC 一步一步的展开,最后成为一篇文章。
  2 我自己在准备的时候写过N篇练习文,大家是要我全部上传呢? 还是挑几篇我认为有代表性的给大家好好剖析一下?
  3 我可以帮大家分析几个TOPIC,通过我的分析我相信能帮大家打开思路,这是我认为准备TOEFL作文最重要也是最另很多人头疼的东西了,N 多次看见有人说写作些不出来东西,其实这些都是中国过于集中式思维教育的结果,发散式的思维是写一篇好文章的基础(包括GRE作文)。通过对TOPIC展开,我相信大家在这方面会有进步的。
  最后我不想过于的说太多我的想法,用法,句法,毕竟说太多会让大家有迷惑性,我想告诉大家一种思维方式和模式,然后大家就可以创造出自己独有的源源不断的写作内容了。(我需要一些时间整理自己的文章,请大家耐心等待,我会以最快速度完成的,明天又是一天满课...哎!) 以上三种方式大家认为如何? 如果有更好的意见请及时回馈,毕竟我没有太多的时间啊, 呵呵。

 

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  第三次更新:
  今天提前一个半小时从图书馆回来,给大家更新至WRITING 部分,希望对大家有所帮助:
  今天我先跳过INTEGRATED 部分,因为这一部分对大多数人来说不是多大的问题,当然后面我也会讲一讲一些注意事项。
  INDEPENDENT 部分是大多数人的难题,原因是因为很多人都找不到话说,这个问题在我身上也出现过,我刚开始准备写作的时候基本上要用45分钟左右才能写完一篇文章(字数300左右徘徊)。一直到考前20天左右我都还有这个毛病。更有的时候是东西在自己的脑子里,可是就是不知道怎样把它写出来,一个句子翻来覆去的写,结果时间就这么浪费掉了。相信这个是大多数人的通病吧。
  为了引出我的内容,首先我来讲讲模板问题:
  我认为背模板不要背得很详细,那样对思想的禁锢很大。对以后自己思路的形成不利。但是我不能说我没有模板,我的模板就是:
  开头: TOPIC SENTENCE, 开门见山,没有必要太磨叽(也可以通过一两句话来引出自己的TS)。 但是TS 在第一段,我建议,一定要出现。这样会让阅读人很容易进入状态找到突破口。当然也可以不用非要在第一段亮出自己的TS,不过这种情况下要对阅卷人形成好的印象需要非常好的ORGANIZATION。第一段也可以摆出自己每段的分论点,也可以不用(如果你觉得第一段有分论点,而每段开头又有分论点会造成重复的话,可以选择不用)。
  然后:紧接着THREE/TWO 段分论点,用来支持自己的TS。
  最后:再次扣回主题(避免单一的重复第一段)。
  也许很多人都会想我在说废话,但是这个的的确确就是我唯一的模板。(不信的话请阅读我上传的文章,没有任何一篇不是按照这个思路来的,但是每一篇都不用固定的网上那种模板写出来的)。请大家认真想一想,这个是作文的主导思想!!
  刚才说的是结构问题,现在来谈谈语言。在语言上我从来都没有背过任何一个句型,全部是自己的语言组织起来的!这可能在某一个层面上揭示出一个问题,TOEFL 作文不需要太高深需要人思考很久才能看懂的句子!所以大家慎用在GRE 上背来的超长,超难的句子。另外我在语言上对自己有唯一的一个要求,那就是要用得NATIVE 即AMERICAN STYLE。这个其实我也不好说,因为是一种久而久之的感觉吧。我的建议是不要在自己的脑子里想出一串自己以为很妙的中文句子,然后翻译出来。这个做法导致的结果是90%情况下你翻译出来的句子是“四不像”,既没有中国的韵味,也不符合美国人的阅读习惯。可想而知,阅读人是不会APPRECIATE这样的句子的。大家尽量用英文去想,慢慢练习。

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  NOW,讲讲怎样讲打开自己的思维:
  这个完全归功于高分120。 这本书我从图书馆借的,已经还了,所以具体它讲的什么我忘了,可是我却永远忘不了我体会出来的精髓!其实严格的说我就看了5页,用了1个小时,这5页是作者就一个TOPIC 用了十个不同的段落去写。(而我们却为了写一个而发愁)。看我以后,我仔细分析了一下,作者说的话都是当初在我脑子里有的话,只是我急于找一个PERFECT POINT 去展开,而把它们全部PASS 掉了,可是那个作者确确实实将我PASS掉的东西写出了10段不同而且又都很不错的SUPPORTING PARAGRAPH。(相信很多人有这种体会吧,脑子里有东西,却总是在犹豫自己到底要不要写?)
  于是我的所得:思想有多远,你就写多远,跟着自己的思想走!(当然要于自己的TS 有关) 请大家花个几分钟好好体会一下这句话,这并不是我所能传授的一种很CONCRETE 的东西,这句话太ABSTRACT 了,我并不奢望大家都能一下子有所感觉,但是希望大家在练习的时候会对这句话有更多的体会。 我也是在不断的练习中慢慢深化这个理念的。
  用这个思想我来给大家一个EXAMPLE 吧:
  TOPIC: Pets should be treated as family members
  首先确定自己的立场,大概估计一下自己在那一方面的话比较多,正、反、还是中立。选好后刻在你脑子里,免得偏题。
  我的立场: Yes, they should be treated as family memebers.
  很明显选择这个立场就是要选择PETS 对我们有利的地方,不然的话谁要它啊!于是不停的问自己,PETS 对我们有什么好处呢? 首先PETS 都有什么样的呢? 第一个出现在我脑子里的是狗。那么狗对我们有什么好处呢? 人类最忠实的朋友。但是怎么继续呢?养过狗的人体会深刻,可以把自己和狗的相处讲出来,没养过的难道就不能编一段自己与狗相处的日子吗? 于是我编了一段:小的时候家里养的狗是我的唯一玩伴,给我带来了快乐。狗还有什么好处呢?大家还在什么情况下听过狗呢? 导盲犬听过吧,它们具体工作是什么呢? 这下你有得写了吧,这个可以写上几大段都不重复,导盲犬帮助盲人领路,于是盲人可以自己出巡不用请个小保姆照顾,它们知道车来了要停,走盲道,甚至有的狗可以帮人开门! 不管它们能否做这些事,写上去再说(当然不要太离谱,它们可不会飞)。再想想平时什么地方狗多呢? 公园里啊! 老年人大清早出来散狗,晚上吃完饭还要散,说明什么呢? 说明他们在精神上对狗有依赖性啊,儿女外出打工,工作,一年难得回来几回,狗自然而然可以担当这个DUTY了,甚至还有些老人没有儿女,于是它们把自己的PETS 当成自己的儿女了。有些地方还有什么狗的各种各样的比赛,这些比赛得奖了是对家庭的一种荣誉,没得奖大家也在一起HAPPY 了一下啊......等等等等。大家要不停的问自己,出现了思想,不要觉得太肤浅而PASS掉,多联想一下,思路不是你一开始分析TOPIC 的时候就完成的,有的时候你在写的时候,思路会源源不断的涌出,这个时候说明你初得要领了。

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  现在奉上我写的一篇关于这个TOPIC的文章:
  Pets are universal all over the world. People in different countries have pets. I have been wondering why it is so common for us to have pets? Well, they are apparently our friends. Sometimes they are great helpers. And to some people, they are important family members.
  Pets can be friends with which we can live and spend time. I used to have a pet dog when I was very young. It’s the only friend I have because Mom and Dad used to be too busy with their work to spend time with me. The only way that I could have fun was to play with my pet. We used to race, swim, and even sleep together. It has a unique position in my childhood memory, because it made my earlier years so much fun instead of being lonely and miserable.
  Pets are not merely animals that serve the purpose of ** fun for us as someone would think. Instead they have their position in this society that is irreplaceable. They are important helpers to the disabled. For example, some dogs can lead the way for the blind. They know which would be the safe path to go, and they know when to stop if a car passes by. They have made the lives of the blind much easier because these people can go outside themselves. Besides leading the way, some pets can even open the door for people who could not stand up right to do it. I can’t imagine what their life would be without these aid pets.
  Pets can also serve as a psychological comfort for the old. It’s quite common to see the old walk their dogs in nearby parks early in the morning and evening. These people need someone to be with all the time. But their children have their own lives and it’s not possible for them to be with their parents all the time. Therefore this duty is taken by these pets. Some old people who don’t have any children even treat these pets as their children.
  Pets are different than other wild animals,. They play a more important role in our lives in some way. They make us happy and help us. So if we decide to have a pet in our family, we should also be prepared to treat it as a family member in return for the benefits it brings us.
  读过这篇文章会发现,并没有什么闪光句型或者词语,文采一般,但是我考试时的作文也不会比这个高到那里去。这个是我刚有体会时早期的写作,大家初步分析,并试着自己就一个TOPIC 分析分析看。呆会我会再来再给大家分析几个TOPIC,并附上我的写作。大家千万不要试着模仿我的用词用句,就像我说的,都很简单,每个人都会,关键看看文章的思路和思想。 如文章有不妥之处,大家敬请指出,我们共同进步。

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  最后一次更新:
  我刚才快要疯掉了,写了一个多小时的更新结果没有保存全没了,现在又只有重新来了。现在有点力不从心了。已经很晚了,我暂时把我认为可以的几篇文章发上来,大家可以看看。还是那句话,看思想!
  TOPIC:it is more important to work at a job that you enjoy than it is to earn a lot of money
  I disagree with the statement that it is more important to work at a job that you enjoy than it is to earn a lot of money. ** a lot of money means having more opportunities. Therefore it is more beneficial to me than simply taking a job that I enjoy.
  At this current situation where we are suffering from this global economic downturn, what concerns me the most is whether or not I can live through this hard time, whether or not I will be able to support my family. Therefore I definitely want a job that I can make more money because it meets my most urgent requirement. Enjoyment would be negligible when compared with livelihood.
  a lot of money will also lead to more happiness than the joy you get from taking a job you like. For example, if I am a millionaire, not only can I provide my families a decent living, but also I can have excess money so that I can donate to the poorer people. I think the overall happiness of the poor getting aid would overmount the happy feeling I myself get. In this sense, taking a job that I enjoy rather than a job with a decent pay would be a little more selfish.
  Finally, having high payment job doesn’t necessarily mean that I will lose the chance to do the job that I enjoy. I can certainly consider doing the job that I enjoy after I save a certain amount of money. This strong economic foundation will reduce a lot of my concerns, therefore I can do the job that I like more freely and I will end up enjoying the job more. Besides this benefit, a strong economic ability also makes it possible for me to enjoy a lot more things. Then, maybe the job that I once considered interesting will not be that fun anymore.
  While some people may argue that this stance is too realistic or materialistic, I want to remind everyone that we, as human beings, have more obligations that we need to fulfill. A high payment job will make these a lot easier to meet. What’s more, it also will offer us opportunities. So payment will be my number one concern when i choose a job.
  TOPIC:Advances in transportation and communication like the airplane and the telephone have changed the way that nations interact with each other in a global society.Choose another technological innovation that you think is important.
  Although internet came into being about 2 decades ago, it has changed the way we live much more than the last 200 years. Its influence on business, communication and information is so profound that people now simply can’t live without it.
  Based on the development of internet, a lot of new types of business ranging from international conglomerate to regional small online shops are also established. The most famous internet based international conglomerate would be Google. Companies like this basically do not sell products but their service. This changed the traditional way of doing business which always involved some concrete products sell to people. Internet opens a cyber world in which a huge market is untapped. Besides large companies, internet also prospers small businesses. For example, local stores can do their business online. All they have to do is to create a website of their own and all customers need to do is to go to their websites and order what they want. Then they just need wait at home for the products they just purchased to be delivered. This way, we never need to worry about the traditional exhausting shopping.
  Internet also fundamentally changed the way people communicate. There are a lot of chatting programs, such as MSN, YAHOO MESSENGER, SKYPE, that make it possible for people from different parts of the world to have a conversation with each other as long as everyone has access to internet. They even provide audio and video services meaning not only people can chat, but also they can hear and see each other. Besides that, what really makes them appealing is that they don’t charge us for doing these things. These advantages definitely surpass the service that mobile phone provides us.
  Internet is also like a huge tank that can contain almost infinite information. A search has shown that right now the information that internet can provide us exceeds any library in the world and some even argue that it has more information than all the libraries in total. I certainly wouldn’t doubt that. I use internet to search for a lot of information. Whenever I have an project to finish, the first thing I do is to go to the internet to find relevant materials.
  There is no doubt that internet has had a fundamental change on our everyday life. Though there are many problems that accompany with it, we can’t deny that internet is one of the most innovations in human history.
  TOPIC:You are planning to study abroad.What do you think you will like and dislike about this experience?Why?
  Studying abroad is becoming more and more popular among college students. It not only provides us opportunity to learn sophisticated technology and knowledge but also gives us chances to experience different cultures and life. However the fact that it will get me away from my family and friends for a long time is a bother to me.
  One of the major reasons that I want to study abroad is to acquire state of the art technology in a particular field. Now I am majoring electrical engineering, and I want to get further education in this field as a post graduate. However electrical engineering is not as well developed in my own nation as it is in the US. So in order to be an expert in this field and to follow my personal interest, studying abroad is a very good option. This way I can always have access to valuable knowledge as well as keep myself in the frontier in electrical engineering.
  Besides getting technical knowledge, studying abroad is also a chance for me to learn about different culture. It’s quite obvious that life in another country would be totally different from that of my own. First of all, I have to speak their language so that I can interact with other people. Secondly, I have to adjust myself to their way of thinking, and way of dealing with people, in other words, social skills. Finally I would also acquaint myself with a variety of new things that simply don’t exist in my home country. For example, American football is not that popular in China, but if I study in America and I want to have topic with other students, I think what I will have to do is to force myself to watch it, least of all, get to know it a little bit. These experiences would be very valuable since you can not get them anywhere else but this particular country.
  While I experience new culture I would certainly miss things and people traditional in my own country. Studying abroad is a long-term investment. I might be away from home for a year or maybe even two years, which means that I will not be able to see my families and friends for that long time. Without doubt, I will miss them a lot, and sometimes this miss might be so intense that I simply can’t deal with it. What’s more I will miss the traditional foods so much as well. I never expect that I can find the similar flavor of those foods in another country. So that poses me another problem of studying abroad.
  Despite all these disadvantages, I still prefer to study abroad. Because after all, my ultimate goal is to learn sophisticated knowledge and technology, which could better prepares me for my future challenges.
  三篇应该差不多了吧,大家好好看看吧。

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  最后我来说说综合写作:
  这个其实面很广,不好说。比如说有的是READING中三个论点非常明显,然后LECTURE 中再来三个论点,要么SUPPORT 要么OPPOSE。这类的综合写作相对来说是比较好写的,比BARRON,DELTA 上的综合写作都要好写。大家可以用高分120写作,上面基本上是这一类的。我只有一次IBT考试经验,我考的时候就是这一类的,但是至于是不是所有的考试都是这一类的,我就不好说了。 所以大家还是最好把每一类的都写写,重点可以放在我刚才讲的那一类上。
  下面附上一篇我考试前一天晚上写的这一类的文章(高分120上的关于马可波罗的)
  In this set of materials, the reading passage discusses reasons that seem to show that Marco Polo never made it to China, while in the lecture, the professor argues that she thinks Marco Polo did go to China and gives her reasons.
  The first point made in the reading passage is that the fact that Marco Polo never picked up any Chinese and his reference to Chinese locations are borrowed from Persian language demonstrates that he did not arrive at China. However in the listening passage, while the professor confirms the fact, she argues that the borrowing of names from Persian is reasonable because the Persian region is what connects Asia and Europe in the past.
  The second point made in the reading passage is that Marco Polo never mentioned tea and teahouse in China in his books. Therefore it’s not likely that he did come to China. But the professor says at that time in China, tea and teahouse were only popular in Southern China. Since Marco Polo spent most of his time in Northern China, it is not a surprise that he did not mention tea and teahouse in his book.
  The third point made in the reading passage is that there is no records in China as to whether or not Marco Polo served at the court of the Mongol ruler. The professor explains that it might be because he was referred to by a different name because at that time in China, some court record didn’t use real names,or the record about him was lost.
  最后再给大家一点建议: 综合不要写得太长,题目上说要225字,我觉得超出一点没有关系,但是保持在260字以内最好,曾经有一个哥们写了400多字结果只有一个FAIR,我觉得原因是他把READING 中的话大段大段的抄在了自己作文上。这点大家一定要慎重! READING 可以抄,一两句话即可,抄上中心思想,重点意思就OK 了。当然自己归纳也是可行的。
  终于写玩了,我也要安心准备GRE了。祝大家也祝我自己好运。BYE!

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