托福獨立寫作真題 | 影響社會的問題，能在有生之年解決嗎？

　　托福獨立寫作題目

　　Do you agree or disagree?

　　The most important problems affecting our society today could be solved within our lifetime.

　　1

　　We are in an era of numerous challenges and risks, for example, from natural disasters and changing weather patterns to social conflicts and wars. Suffering tremendously from those grave challenges, some pessimists assert that they can hardly be solved in our lifetime. However, I tend to argue otherwise.

　　本段解析：

　　開頭段不妨就將下文將要介紹的具體哪些 important problems 做個預告。

　　重點詞匯：

　　* Grave adj. 嚴峻的

　　2

　　For starters, a host of technological advances should give us faith in tackling those problems. In other words, the advent of many state-of-the-art technology has made a huge difference, empowering people to mitigate the worst impacts of current challenging problems. Fewer smog days in China’s major cities, which primarily result from the widespread use of solar and wind power generators, are a telling example of this. Moreover, China and other countries are also utilizing artificial intelligence in sewage treatment, waste utilization and ecological restoration, which protects the environment to a large extent. It is also reported that with new technological breakthroughs in greener economy, American government has faith in achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. In this case, environmental pollution problems, one of the most concerning problems in this era, is being alleviated and will sooner or later be addressed.

　　本段解析：

　　此類抽象文章大量的舉例是完成文章的關鍵。舉例遵循 寬泛的名詞到具體的名詞的過度，例如本段重點說明科技幫助人們解決環(huán)境問題，在例子部分就不再出現科技這個具體的名詞, 而是寫了solar and wind power generators， artificial intelligence，new breakthroughs等具體的科技 以及他們解決來對應的說明問題。

　　重點詞匯：

　　* a telling example 生動的例子

　　* carbon neutrality 碳中和 (一個環(huán)保的表現)

　　* Empower 使能夠控制局勢

　　3

　　Technology is also helping us in other aspects, like ensuring equal access to education. Different from the past, when only the rich and the male could afford the fees to go to school, modern era has witnessed a dramatic surge in literacy rates, because people, regardless of their gender and background, can take various online courses with the proliferation of electronic gadgets and the Internet. Well equipped with knowledge for various vocations, females and people from the lower class are able to find jobs with handsome salaries, so the gender pay gap and the gap between rich and poor populations, which are also perplexing problems of this century, are gradually closing and can be expected to be completely eliminated within decades.

　　重點詞匯：

　　* Proliferation 大量涌現的事物

　　* Eliminate v. 消除

　　* Close the gap 縮小差距

　　4

　　In addition to technology development, the deepening international communication and collaboration is another plus. Despite the deep-seated political and economic tensions, the rivals are stepping up the cooperation to mediate the conflicts among countries. Take the found of the United Nations after World War II as an example. Wars sweeping the whole world have never erupted again with the major countries collaborating together. As such cooperation continues to expand, wars can be expected to be avoided in our lifetime.

　　本段解析：

　　依舊是個經典舉例論證段。

　　重點詞匯：

　　* step up 加強

　　* mediate the conflicts 緩和矛盾

　　5

　　In conclusion, it is safe to anticipate that most problems affecting our society today can be addressed within our lifetime, and those who hold a pessimistic view should have confidence in modern technology and international cooperation.

　　重點詞匯：

　　* it is safe to可以肯定的說