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第一題
Many feel that the common educational system of teachers and students in a classroom will be replaced by the year 2050.
Do you agree with this view? Give your opinion.
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第二題
2. Doctors recommend that older people exercise regularly. However, many of them do not get enough exercise.
What are the reasons? What can be done to encourage them to exercise more?
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第三題
3. Some feel that it is impossible for a country to be economically progressive and environmentally friendly at the same time. Others disagree with this view.
Discuss both points of view and give your opinion.
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第四題
4. Water pollution has become an increasing problem over the past few decades.
What causes water pollution? How can we prevent this problem?
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TOEFL Task 2
Your professor is teaching a class on social studies. Write a post responding to the professor’s question. In your response, you should
- express and support your personal opinion
- make a contribution to the discussion in your own words
An effective response will contain at least 100 words.
Professor: Today, we’re going to discuss the impact of social media on society. On one hand, social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram have connected people from all over the world. However, there are concerns about the negative effects of social media, such as the spread of misinformation, the rise of cyberbullying, and addiction to social media use. What do you think? Does social media cause more harm than good?
Sarah: I think that social media has caused more harm than good. While it’s true that social media platforms have connected people in unprecedented ways, they have also caused real harm to individuals and societies. Additionally, when people spend too much time on social media platforms, they could suffer from mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. This is probably because they allow people to anonymously bully and harass other users.
Mark: I think that social media has mostly improved society. For instance, it has given a voice to people that previously were ignored. Moreover, it has provided platforms for political activism that has led to positive change. And, of course, social media has made it easy for everyone to stay connected to family and friends who are far away. In the past we had to make expensive phone calls to contact our loved ones, now we can talk to them and send them pictures for free on social networks.
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4 paragraph
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view，社群媒體好或壞
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Sarah批判的觀點，像是How spend too much time → provide examples → what problems would cause? maybe work delay 2b. why anxious, depressed: school bullying news
2c. IG, always outside, travel →Europe, many countries, many days but I’m at home
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Mark批判他觀點，像是 how to do → discuss(vote), raise awareness 如果看到這個想不到就可以換另外一點 另外一點如果又想不到，可以想說why important?
⇒ 給他feedback要給他concrete（直接跟他講要講什麼） 像是，Sarah觀點不錯，但是他要解釋why spend too much time? 4. I agree with Sarah/Mark and explain why → agree w/ who, why(explain more), plus: other factors 3C3CE… → 可以直接講說因為其中一位的觀點不好，所以我覺得B講的比較好，另外再使用3C3CE額外補充，像是可以講說social network provides job opportunities…
I think social media provides more harm than good .
Mark thinks that social media makes good society. He made a good point, however(1) based on the recent research social media won’t change any person’s opinions(3). The discussion feature it provides only make this society more polarized,(2) therefore I don’t think that’s the case.
I agree with Sarah. Sarah provided some examples based on the harm to individuals and societies because of wasting too much time on it, but I think Sarah can explain more on how populations spend too much time on it, like TikTok or YouTube nowadays have the feature called short videos. This feature makes lots of people stick on to the platform several hours a day costing many to fully ignore their job or homework.
Toshi’s feedback
如果時間不夠，直接走兩段式：
- your view + you agree with whom
- elaborate on whom’s points: 3C3CE + How/Why/So
Paragraph 1: I agree with mark that … 之後，其他全部留下來
(1)I would add that… (2)therefore I don’t think that’s the case 刪掉整句改成 (3) Perhaps he should consider… (4) nevertheless, if we can resolve this issue, his argument would be stronger
Paragraph 2: In addition, I would add that 或者when we consider （factor/ cost/ job/ edu）