2014.11.9托福独立写作范文+解析

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【题】Which factor influences you the most when it comes to a major purchase: 1) recommendations from your friends or colleagues;2) information from media; 3) salesman in the market

题型分类：对比题

论证角度：原因挖掘

观点选择：让步

开头：朋友同事的推荐影响最大。（话题引入+他人观点+明确立场+过渡）

When people plan to buy something that costs a great deal of money, they will think twice before making the final decision. Factors that will affect the decision might be recommendations from friends and colleagues, information on media and words of salesman in the market. Among all those factors, I believe that what friends and colleagues say play the most important role in helping us with the decision-making. I am going to elaborate my point of view in the following paragraphs. (75 words)

中间段1：同事朋友比较靠谱。（主题句+说理论证+细节例子）

My first reason is that friends or colleagues’ words are reliable. When offering recommendations for us to make a purchase, friends and colleagues are highly unlikely to lie to us about the quality of the goods while TV commercials and salesmen will try to convince customers to make the deal by any possible means out of commercial purposes. Imagine that I want to buy a car, a salesperson probably recommend me an expensive car that is beyond my purchasing power. Conversely, if I have a friend who is a car-lover, he will guide me to buy a car with a high quality-price ratio. (103 words)

中间段2：朋友的建议能给我们完整的信息。（主题句+说理论证+细节例子）

In addition, friends or colleagues’ recommendations provide us with complete information about the product, which is beneficial for making a wise decision. When friends or colleagues can recommend us something, they must have bought or tried this product so that they have a deeper understanding of the features of the product including its quality, price and value. In this sense, their advice is very helpful for our decision. For example, I am very satisfied with the computer that I have bought recently. Expect for its reasonable price, the performance far exceeds my expectation. It is attributed to the recommendation from my friend--Jack, who has already bought one before. (109 words)

让步段：当然，朋友和同事的推荐也不一定全部正确，因为其中或许有他们的个人偏好，并不适合我们，但是比起销售人员或电视广告的商业性而言，朋友同事的推荐还是值得参考的，但是最后还得自己做决定，也不能盲从。（承认漏洞+堵漏）

Admittedly, I am not saying that recommendations from friends and colleagues are absolutely correct. They may involve their personal preferences when buying the goods, and therefore what they recommend to us may not be totally appropriate for our own situations. However, as long as we can fully realize our true needs and stop following others’ footsteps blindly, there will be nothing to worry about. (63 words)

结尾：重申观点+归纳理由/升华主题

In conclusion, when it comes to a major purchase, I prefer to turn to my friends or colleagues for recommendations or advice. It is not only because their words are more reliable but also because their information can help us reduce the risk of making false desicions. (46 words)

 

第二篇：20xx年11月17日托福独立写作范文解析

20xx年11月17日托福独立写作范文解析

People often say that you can tell a lot about a person from his or her interests. One of the best ways to learn about people is through the types of movies and books they enjoy.

First, if you know what kinds of books or movies a person likes, you can learn about his or her interests. For example, if a person’s favorite movie and book genre is science fiction, you know that she is interested and knowledgeable about technology and science. If you meet somebody who loves watching French films, you can guess that he knows French and is probably a Francophile of some sorts. Knowing somebody’s interests is a way you can know somebody better.

Also, you can discern an individual’s personality from the types of movies and books he or she prefers. Depending upon the genre, you can tell if a person is serious or humorous. My brother, for example, is one of the funniest people I know. One look at his movie collection and you can tell that he has a good sense of humor. Name any major comedy from the past twenty years, and chances are that he has the DVD. My sister, on the other hand, is very creative and artistic. One look at her DVD rack or bookcase and you can tell she thinks outside the box. She definitely has the strangest collection of interesting books and creative movies.

Finally, you can learn about person based on the books and movies he or she likes, because knowing somebody’s interests is a good way to have a conversation with

a person. I travel a lot, and I often strike up a conversation with passengers sitting next to me on the train or plane by talking with them about books and movies. Usually the conversation starts with small talk about the latest movies or current books we are reading. Then we go into a more detailed conversation based on some shared ideas about a certain movie or book. Through this conversation, which was started by talking about movies and books, I can learn more about a person.

There are many ways to get to know somebody. Knowing a person’s interests is a way to understanding their personality and it also helps facilitate conversation between people. One of the easiest ways to learn about a person is to know about their taste in movies and books. (400 words)