下面以2011年05月13日北美新托福獨立寫作真題為例,題目為:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
It is better for parents to encourage their children to take a part-time job.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
題目:父母該不該鼓勵孩子做兼職工作?
破題思路:
1)問:不做兼職會怎樣?答:有可能無所事事而招惹麻煩,受到周圍人的影響沾染上壞習(xí)性。
2)問:做兼職會怎樣?答:學(xué)會管理時間、培養(yǎng)責(zé)任心、珍惜閑暇時光和辛苦賺到的錢(全文中心論點)。
因此,開頭可以這樣展開。
第一句,不做兼職可能會怎樣:
Children with too much free time are more likely to get themselves in trouble because teenagers tend to develop bad behavior from the influence of their friends and peers.
第二句,還是做兼職好(引出中心論點):
I think that a parent should encourage his or her children to do a part-time job to instill in them the value of time management, a sense of personal responsibility, and also to help them to learn the value of money.
中間段落的邏輯展開也可以如法炮制,如Paragraph 1:
問:做兼職有何好處?答:學(xué)會管理時間(本段論點)。
While a part-time job sometimes conflicts with studies, this experience can help young people acquire important time management skills that will help them succeed in college.
問:具體而言,管理時間有何意義?答:拖延時間會拉低學(xué)習(xí)成績(舉例論證)。
If students begin learning to manage a tight schedule in high school, they will soon understand that procrastination can be detrimental to their grade point average.
得出結(jié)論,點題:
A part-time job makes them block off more time each day for work, school and homework.
反問:如果不做兼職可能會怎樣?答:時間觀念差(再次強調(diào)論點)。
Without a part-time job, their schedules are more likely to be unstructured.
后面的段落與之相仿,也是通過自問自答將行文邏輯展開,層層遞進、環(huán)環(huán)相扣。這樣的文章思路清晰、邏輯嚴謹、可操作性強,便于模仿和記憶