2019年7月4日木曜日

TOEFL iBT Independent Writing, If you could ask a famous person one question, what would you ask? Why? - revised -

Writing Topic 
If you could ask a famous person one question, what would you ask? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.


Let’s think
1.      The same types of questions as this writing topic are as follows:
-       If you could meet a famous entertainer or athlete, who would that be, and why?
-       If you could travel back in time to meet a famous person from history, what person would you like to meet?
-       If you could go back to some time and place in the past, when and where would you go?

What do you think are the things that you have to keep in mind when you write an essay on these kinds of topics?
--- Whoever or wherever you might choose, it is safe to choose a person or a place you have many things to write about, the person or place you often think or hear about.
--- If you write about a person the rater of your essay might not know even though the person is famous among a number of people, it is important to make sure that you explain why he or she is famous.

2.      Give a short lecture about the person about whom you are going to write. Then, with your group members, come up with several questions that you might want to ask the person.


Essay for Ideas and Expressions
(Barron’s, Writing for the TOEFL iBT, p.297)


Sample short response:
If I could ask a famous person one question, I would ask Bradley Manning if he would do the same thing that he has done if he were to live his life again because I think what he has done is worth more than respect and I do not know if I would have done the same if I had been in his position.

He is famous as a Wikileaker. He is said to have leaked to WikiLeaks, a leaking site for transparent government, confidential documents and video of the American military and was arrested and was in jail for a long time. However, because of his deed, it became open that there are more civilian casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq than were officially reported and that there is at least one war crime committed in Iraq.

If I asked the question, he might say he would do the same, because I hear he is a person of a highly moral
character. He had been sympathetic to the oppressed under dictatorships years before he found the documents that contain facts that those people should know.

He might also say that he would do the same but would do it more carefully. He was arrested because he hinted what he had done to a person who he thought was his friend. If there is one thing he might regret, it would be that he tried to believe that a friend would never tell on him.


Your short response:
If I could ask a famous person one question, I would ask                                              
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                   
because                                                                                             
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                   
He / She is /was famous for /as                                                                     
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                   
If I asked the question, he / she might say                                                          
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                   
He might also say                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                   

Comments, suggestions, questions, etc.
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                   




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