新托福獨立寫作中的“一例多用”

　　《新托福考試官方指南》的267頁到281頁上，列有“托福寫作185題題庫”。這185道題大致代表了新托福考試中寫作部分的出題思路，因而成為我們復習的重點。但是，如果要把這185道題都寫一遍，既費時又費力。那么，有沒有比較便捷的備考方法呢？有！這個方法就是我們今天所講的“一例多用”。所謂“一例多用”，就是用一個例子，解決很多題目。這樣就做到了“融會貫通”，達到“練習一道題，解決多道題”的效果。下面向大家做個展示，用一個例子解決20道題目。

　　1、請看第89題：If you could travel back in time to meet a famous person from history, what person would you like to meet? Use specific reasons and examples to support your choice. 如果讓你見一位歷史名人，你會選擇誰？

　　同學們的答案豐富多彩，有選擇孔子的，有選擇秦始皇的，還有選擇武則天、楊貴妃、西施、貂蟬的。其實，這道題我們選擇誰都可以，只要符合一個前提：這個人我們熟悉。因為，只有熟悉這個人，我們才能夠做到有話可說。好，我們就以孔子為例。于是，我們就寫出以下一段文字。

　　Confucius was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese thought and life. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. These values gained prominence in China over other doctrines, such as Legalism or Taoism during the Han Dynasty. Confucius' thoughts have been developed into a system of philosophy known as Confucianism. It was introduced to Europe by the Jesuit Matteo Ricci, who was the first to Latinise the name as "Confucius." His teachings may be found in the Analects of Confucius, a collection of "brief aphoristic fragments", which was compiled many years after his death. Modern historians do not believe that any specific documents can be said to have been written by Confucius, but for nearly 2,000 years he was thought to be the editor or author of all the Five Classics such as the Classic of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Annals。

　　有了這段文字之后，我們就可以去聯系其他的作文題目了。看一看，這個例子能不能用到別的作文題目中去，從而減少我們的寫作備考壓力，做到“一例多用”。

　　2、請看第86題：If you could go back to some time and place in the past, when and where would you go? Why? 如果讓你回到過去的某時某地，你回去何時何地？

　　我們回到春秋時期的魯國。為什么？因為在那里，我可以見到孔子。于是，上面這段文字，我們就可以用到文章里面去了。

　　3、請看第91題：If you could ask a famous person one question, what would you ask? Why? 如果讓你問名人一個問題，你會問什么？

　　首先，這個名人是誰？我們選擇孔子。問什么問題？“能不能請你介紹一個你自己？”

　　4、請看第176題：Holidays honor people or events. If you could create a new holiday, what person or event would it honor and how would you want people to celebrate it? 制定一個紀念日，紀念一位名人。

　　我們紀念孔子。

　　5、請看第183題：Films can tell us a lot about the country where they were made. What have you learned about a country from watching its movies? 通過看電影了解一個國家的什么？

　　我們通過看一部叫做《孔子》電影，了解了中國的偉人孔子。

　　6、請看第26題：It has recently been announced that a new movie theater may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? 在你家小區里建一家電影院，同不同意？

　　當然同意，因為可以去看一部電影，叫做《孔子》，里面有我最喜歡的偉人孔子。

　　7、請看第79題：Your city has decided to build a statue or monument to honor a famous person in your country. Who would you choose? 建立一座雕像來紀念一位名人，紀念誰？

　　我們紀念孔子。

　　8、請看第149題：Imagine that you have received some land to use as you wish. How would you use this land? 如果收到一塊土地，作什么用？

　　用來建立孔子的雕像。

　　9、請看第147題：Your school has received a gift of money. What do you think is the best way for your school to spend this money? 學校收到一筆錢，作什么用？

　　用來建立孔子的雕像。