托福獨立寫作真題范文 | 電子設備對學生到底是好是壞？

　　托福獨立寫作題目

　　一些老師認為允許在學校使用電子設備能幫助學習/school work，另一些老師認為電子設備have limited role，因為他有很多壞處，讓你選你同意哪個。

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　　Some conservative college professors want to ban the use of electronic gadgets in the classroom, because they believe students’ academic performance may be hampered in this way. However, I tend to hold a more progressive view, claiming that access to electronic devices is enormously beneficial to both students and teachers.

　　本段解析：

　　開頭段先讓步寫明別人的觀點， 再轉折過渡到自己的觀點即可。

　　重點詞匯：

　　* Hamper v. 妨礙

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　　Before I elaborate on my point of view, I will firstly try to set those conservative professors’ mind at rest. With electronic devices incorporated into the classroom, students’ attention may indeed be distracted. As they are searching for references or submitting reading notes on their tablets, a new window involving interesting yet irrelevant contents may pop up, attracting students to spend minutes or even hours exploring them. In the end, nothing would be achieved. Worthy of mention is also the eyesight impairment, which chiefly results from the habits of staring at the screens over long periods of time. However, those problems shouldn’t be a concern anymore. The technology is now so developed that it can intervene when necessary. For example, parental control mode can be activated to limit students’ access to certain sites or applications when they are studying. Not only that, it can also restrict students’ using time, and specifically, the devices may be automatically switched off every two hours to prevent students’ from forming sedentary habits.

　　本段解析：

　　先簡單說明大家對于電子設備在課堂的焦慮點所在，然后進入轉折，將大家的焦慮解除。經典的讓步反駁段落。

　　重點詞匯：

　　* Incorporate v. 納入;包含

　　* Worthy of mention is xxx 值得一提的是

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　　Doubt removed, we are ready to talk about the benefits of electronic devices in education, and the primary one must be an easier way to understand new knowledge, usually obscure at first. Compared with traditional methods like the use of blackboards and old school black and white projectors, electronic devices, namely tablets and laptops, employ true-to-life audio-visual presentation. This is a major advantage because students are technologically-enabled to appreciate abstract concepts in a more vivid way, which largely facilitate learning. My personal experience is a telling example of this. In my Biology class, by reading the descriptions of the sea otter on textbooks, we gained little understanding towards them, not to mention that the lengthy text was a real bore. Things were different when we watched a short video on our tablets. Within few minutes, we, fully absorbed by it, basically acquired all essential information about this animal, like its habitats, looks, dietary choices and predators.

　　本段解析：

　　寫作時除了句間的銜接，段落與段落間的銜接也有，三選一駁回的兩段間的銜接不妨就在中心句寫明兩個選項的對比，即A 不比B 好到哪里去。

　　重點詞匯：

　　* Obscure adj. 晦澀的, 難懂的

　　* technologically-enabled 復合詞 被科技允許的

　　* facilitate v. 促成，助力

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　　Another obvious advantage of electronic devices lies in its sandwich-like portability. With knowledge stored in portable devices, students do not have to carry heavy loads of textbooks to here and there. This allows them to utilize spare minutes, particularly time spent in waiting for the bus or meals, to memorize several vocabularies or review some formulas. Over time, their knowledge-retention will be enhanced.

　　重點詞匯：

　　* sandwich-like portability 像三明治一樣便攜的

　　* knowledge-retention 知識記憶

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　　總結段，略 。