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　　【具体内容】

 

　　写作部分：

 

　　从小小的冠词开始

 

　　一 基本规律 (Basic rules)

 

　　1. Indefinite article (不定冠词)

 

　　我们用 "a , an " 当我们不知道他是诸多人或事中的哪一个：

 

　　* is one of many. ( 是许多个中的一个)

 

　　He is an artist.(=there are many artists)

 

　　* is not unique. (不是的)

 

　　I have just bought a book

 

　　* has not been mentioned before. (之前没有提到过)

 

　　There was a new student in class today.

 

　　2. Definite article (定冠词)

 

　　我们用 " the " 当我们知道他是诸多人或事中的哪一个：

 

　　* is unique (or unique in that context) (是的)

 

　　The Australian Prime Minister. (=there is only one)

 

　　I looked inside, the engine was in a terrible state. (=there is only one engine, in this case)

 

　　* has been mentioned before. (之前提到过)

 

　　The man gave me a ticket. I looked at it, and saw that the ticket was a single.

 

　　* is defined by the phrase which follows it. (要被接下来的短语详细说明)

 

　　What is the new student\'s name?

 

　　3. No articles (无冠词)

 

　　我们不用冠词当我们普遍地提及事物的时候：

 

　　* using plural or uncountable nouns (在使用复数或不可数名词时)

 

　　Do you like sport?

 

　　* with the names of people or places, but there are many exceptions (人名和地名的时候不用冠词，但是地名有许多例外，下文一一介绍)

 

　　He is Professor Jones

 

　　4. Fixed phrases ( 固定短语)

 

　　有许多固定搭配需要用或者不用冠词，我们应该来单独学习，他们包括：

 

　　a few at home at work at the beginning atthe end go to bed

 

　　go to the cinemas, shops, station in the world once a week

 

　　sixty kilometres an hour the next the other the other day

 

　　the same

 

　　二 经常发生问题的区域 (Areas that often cause problems)

 

　　1. Jobs (工作)

 

　　如果有许多人做这个工作我们用 a 或 an.：

 

　　My husband is an architect. (=there are many architects)

 

　　但是如果一个工作特别对应一个人，我们就要用“the”了：

 

　　He is having talks with the French foreign minister(外交部长). (=there is only one)

 

　　2. Superlative (最)

 

　　我们使用“the”在形容词最前面：

 

　　She is the best person for the job.

 

　　3. Last and next

 

　　有一些形容词如 “last” 和 “next ”同时可以用也可以不用定冠词“the”但是句意会发生变化

 

　　I saw James last night. (=the one before this one)

 

　　It is the last night of our holiday. (=the fanal one)

 

　　I will see you next week.(=the one after this one)

 

　　4. Institutions: school, prison, university, church, home, hospital

 

　　和以上机构连用时我们不用定冠词“the”

 

　　My sister had to stay in hospital overnight.

 

　　然而，如果我们指的是这个建筑，我们就要用“the”

 

　　Our flat is opposite the hospital.

 

　　托福写作范文实例(1)

 

　　It has been said, "Not every thing that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?

 

　　"Experience is the best teacher" is an old cliché, but I agree with it. The most important, and sometimes the hardest, lessons we learn in life come from our participation in situations. You can\' learn everything from a book.

 

　　Of course, learning from books in a formal educational setting is also valuable. It\'s in schools that we learn the information we need to function in our society. We learn how to speak and write and understand mathematical equations. This is all information that we need to live in our communities and earn a living.

 

　　Nevertheless, I think that the most important lessons can\'t be taught; they have to be experienced. No one can teach us how to get along with others or how to have self-respect. As we grow from children into teenagers, no one can teach us how to deal with peer pressure. As we leave adolescence behind and enter adult life, no one can teach us how to fall in love and get married.

 

　　This shouldn\'t stop us from looking for guidelines along the way. Teachers and parents are valuable sources of advice when we\'re young. As we enter into new stages in our lives, the advice we receive from them is very helpful because they have already bad similar experiences. But experiencing our own triumphs and disasters is really the only way to learn how to deal with life

 

　　托福写作范文实例(2)

 

　　Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

 

　　The twentieth century has brought with it many advances. With those advances, human lives have changed dramatically. In some ways life is worse, but mostly it is better. Changes in food preparation methods, for example, have improved our lives greatly.

 

　　The convenience of preparing food today is amazing. Even stoves have gotten too slow for us. Microwave cooking is much easier. We can press a few buttons and a meal is completely cooked in just a short time. People used to spend hours preparing an oven-cooked meal, and now they can use that time for other, better things. Plus, there are all kinds of portable, prepackaged foods we can buy. Heat them in the office microwave, and lunch at work is quick and easy.

 

　　Food preparation today allows for more variety. With refrigerators and freezers, we can preserve a lot of different foods in our homes. Since technology makes cooking so much faster, people are willing to make several dishes for even a small meal. Parents are more likely to let children be picky, now that they can easily heat them up some prepackaged macaroni and cheese on the side. Needless to say, adults living in the same house may have very different eating habits as well. If they don\'t want to cook a lot of different dishes, it\'s common now to eat out at restaurants several times a week.

 

　　Healthful eating is also easier than ever now. When people cook, they use new fat substitutes and cooking sprays to cut fat and calories. This reduces the risk of heart disease and high cholesterol. Additionally, we can buy fruits and vegetable fresh, frozen or canned. They are easy to prepare, so many of us eat more of those nutritious items daily. A hundred years ago, you couldn\'t imagine the process of taking some frozen fruit and ice from the freezer, adding some low-fat yogurt from a plastic cup and some juice from a can in the refrigerator, and whipping up a low-fat smoothie in the blender!

 

　　Our lifestyle is fast, but people still like good food. What new food preparation technology has given us is more choices. Today, we can prepare food that is more convenient, healthier, and of greater variety than ever before in history.

 

　　托福写作范文实例(3)

 

　　People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

 

　　People attend colleges or universities for a lot of different reasons. I believe that the three most common reasons are to prepare for a career, to have new experiences, and to increase their knowledge of themselves and the world around them.

 

　　Career preparation is becoming more and more important to young people. For many, this is the primary reason to go to college, They know that the job market is competitive. At college, they can learn new skill for careers with a lot of opportunities. This means careers, such as information technology, that are expected to need a large workforce in the coming years.

 

　　Also, students go to colleges and universities to have new experiences. This often means having the opportunity to meet people different from those in their hometowns. For most students, going to college is the first time they\'ve been away from home by themselves. In additions, this is the first time they\'ve had to make decisions on their own. Making these decisions increases their knowledge of themselves.

 

　　Besides looking for self-knowledge, people also attend a university or college to expand their knowledge in subjects they find interesting. For many, this will be their last chance for a long time to learn about something that doesn\'t relate to their career.

 

　　I would recommend that people not be so focused on a career. They should go to college to have new experiences and learn about themselves and the world they live in.

 

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