我又來往你們的傷疤上撒鹽了。先給大家看題,然後再掛兩隻學渣的神奇跑題操作。題目如下:
In modern society, some people think it is unnecessary to teach children the skill of handwriting. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
【一】
某學渣A出了考場立馬問我:「handwriting是不是書法的意思?答題觀點講書法是中華傳統文化的傳承有沒有跑題啊?」被我直接懟回去了:「那TM叫手寫,書法是calligraphy!」此人已被我逐出師門,歡迎各大門派掌門認領。handwriting的英文註解是writing with a pen or pencil。
學渣B的問題相對來說更具備作為反面教材的價值。他的問題在於想不出太多handwriting的好,於是急中生智,掏出了一個main body用來寫typing的不好。大哥啊,您能不能再讀一遍題,整道題目有提過任何與typing有關的信息嗎?別再幹無中生有的事兒了。我們來拆解題目吧:
In modern society, some people think it is unnecessary to teach children the skill of handwriting. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
話題詞:the skill of handwriting
關鍵詞:unnecessary to teach
寫作任務:agree or disagree
【二】
讀懂題目之後,我們來考慮如何在開頭段回答問題。如果逼我硬著頭皮給出立場agree,那就不得不去解釋為什麼沒必要教會孩子們手寫技能。請恕我實在沒有能力去解釋一個悖論(paradox)。因此,我必然回答disagree。這時,我給大家展示三種智障回答:
In my opinion, I disagree.In my opinion, I disagree with the idea/opinion.In my opinion, I disagree with the idea/opinion, and I believe that it is necessary to teach children the skill of writing. 這些回答真是一睪人膽大啊,是在用2020塊人民幣戲弄考官嗎?記住:your thesis statement functions as an introduction to your main body paragraphs, and you should answer the question with your position including general but clear idea。所以,表明立場的同時,讓考官能預知你主體段大致會講到的觀點。因此,我的回答如下:
Personally, I disagree with the statement, and I am of the opinion that the skill of handwriting remains important in education, employment and everyday life.
【三】
隨後,進入到主體段的寫作。由於我個人能通過brainstorm想到充分的關於handwriting重要性的相關觀點,我考慮用「一邊倒」的思路完成主體段寫作。
1. 首先,「好記性不如爛筆頭」:handwriting can facilitate children's learning and acquisition of knowledge. When they writing something down, it tends to resonate better in their brains. Although writing seems to be slower and less efficient than typing, but it is this kind of labor that makes the learning more impressive and productive.
2. 其次,開發智力:Handwriting is also an effective exercise to develop young children's intelligence, since in the process they have to coordinate their eyes, brains and hands working together. It is worth mentioning that handwriting can help children concentrate on their study.
3. 再者,手寫在生活中也不可或缺:Even though we live in a digital world, most of us still write in some way every single day. We keep notes in meetings, we jot down reminders to ourselves and we leave messages for others. As a teacher, the little words of encouragement she or he puts on top of a student's papar can be very personal and meaningful.
當然,觀點3中的例子可以換成children相關來扣題。比如我們可以說:If a child has good handwriting, the handmade cards with a poem will be more special and meaningful. It is always nice when parents can actually read the card their dear child wrote.
11月還剩下最後一場考試,我依然堅定年末兩月會有流程圖出現,不要掉以輕心。另外,有雅思寫作課程、作文批改和留學文書創作需求的,放馬過來。