托福写作——综合写作

一、托福综合写作怎么写？

　　新托福写作考试中的综合写作部分是很多学生的难点之一，综合写作的过程就是一个英语知识输入与输出的整体过程，因此对学生的基础和技巧要求颇高。以下是为同学们详细解读托福考试综合写作部分，希望能给大家的托福考试准备带来一些启发。

　　The Integrated Writing Task

　　You will read a passage about an academic topic for three minutes, and then  you will hear a short lecture related to the topic. Then you will be asked to  summarize the points in the listening passage and explain how they relate to  specific points in the reading passage。

　　This task gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to show  that you can communicate in writing about academic information you have read and  listened to。

　　As you read:

　　A. Take notes on your scratch paper。

　　B. Look for the main idea of the reading passage. The main idea often has  to do with some policy or practice or some position on an issue. Or it may have  to do with proposing some overall hypothesis about the way some process or  procedure works or should work or how some natural phenomenon is believed to  work。

　　C. See how this main idea is evaluated or developed. Usually it will be  developed in one of two ways:

　　(1) Arguments or explanations are presented that support the main position;  for example, why there are good reasons to believe that some policy or practice  will be beneficial or prove useful or advisable or perhaps why it has been a  good thing in the past。

　　(2) Arguments or explanations or problems are brought up concerning why  some policy or practice or position or hypothesis will not or does not work or  will not be useful or advisable。

　　D. You do not need to memorize the reading passage. It will reappear on  your computer screen when it is time to write。

　　E. Note points in the passage that either support the main idea or provide  reasons to doubt the main idea. Typically the main idea will be developed with  three points。

　　As you listen:

　　A. Take notes on your scratch paper。

　　B. Listen for information, examples, or explanations that make points in  the reading passage seem wrong or less convincing or even untrue. For instance,  in the example just given, the reading passage says that working in teams is a  good thing because it gives individuals a chance to stand out. But the lecture  says that often everyone gets equal credit for the work of a team, even if some  people do not do any work at all. The reading says that work proceeds quickly on  a team because there are more people involved, and each person brings his or her  expertise. But the lecture completely contradicts this claim by stating that it  may take a long time for the group to reach consensus. The lecture brings up the  idea that the whole team can be blamed for a failure when the fault lies with  only a few team members. This casts doubt on the claim in the reading that teams  can take risks and be creative because no one individual is held  accountable。