2021年9月4日土曜日

TOEFL iBT Independent Writing Drills 1) Are people in your town good people? 2) We should do something about the climate crisis.

 

Drill 1  Which of the two answers below is probably more accurate as a response to the following question? How can you improve it? Statement:  Are people in your town good people?

 

Answer A: Yes, of course. People in my town are the best people I know. They are always nice to me, and when I am in trouble, they help me. We trust and care about each other and share information. We never quarrel or fight. I have never seen such good people as them.


Answer B: Except for some, people in my town are good people. They are nice, ready to help others, and try to solve problems diplomatically. However, some, especially older people, are narrow-minded and do not get along with some groups of people whose race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation is different from theirs.

 

 

Drill 2  Discuss the following statement, write a short essay on it including expressions below, and write comments on or correct mistakes of each other’s essay. Technology has improved our lives.

 

●not only but also …. 「~だけでなくも」

場所, where …., 「~ 場所、その場所で(に)….

 

Hints for Points: long and healthy life, plenty of food, development of medicine, development of communication and transportation, improvement of the standard of living, increase of knowledge, efficient and effective work, less monotonous work, automation, convenience, comfortableness, new entertainment, new weapons, weapons of mass destruction (WMD), nuclear weapon, pollution, global warming, climate crisis, new diseases, more workload because of efficiency, physical inactivity, sedentary lifestyle unemployment, unhappy feelings

 

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