满分TOEFL综合写作秘诀2

满分TOEFL综合写作秘诀（2）

上回纯属纸上谈兵，这回，我们一起来做套题吧。

OG P250方框内有一段不短不长的文字。请用三分钟时间阅读。

滴答滴答滴答滴……

In many organizations, perhaps the best way to approach certain new projects is to assemble a group of people into a team. Having a team of people attack a project offers several advantages. First of all, a group of people has a wider range of knowledge, expertise, and skills than any single individual is likely to possess. Also, because of the numbers of people involved and the greater resources they possess, a group can work more quickly in response to the task assigned to it and can come up with highly creative solutions to problems and issues. Sometimes these creative solutions come about because a group is more likely to make risky decisions that an individual might not undertake. This is because the group spreads responsibility for a decision to all the members and thus no single individual can be held accountable if the decision turns out to be wrong.

Taking part in a group process can be very rewarding for members of the team. Team members who have a voice in making a decision will no doubt feel better about carrying out the work that is entailed by that decision than they might doing work that is imposed on them by others. Also, the individual team member has a much better chance to "shine," to get his or her contributions and ideas not only recognized but recognized as highly significant, because a team's overall results can be more far-reaching and have greater impact than what might have otherwise been possible for the person to accomplish or contribute working alone.

问：在刚才的三分钟时间里你做了什么？

答：阅读啊。

问：能读懂？

答：差不多吧。

问：读了什么内容？还能记得？

答：讲team work, 很好，很rewarding。

问：还有吗？

答：嗯……差不多就是这些。

问：做笔记了吗？

答：没。

问：为什么没？

答：没必要啊！反正做完了听力阅读材料又会再出来。

珍惜那些容易获取的资源

张爱玲的名言，家喻户晓：也许每一个男子全都有过这样的两个女人，至少两个。娶了红玫瑰，久而久之，红的变了墙上的一抹蚊子血，白的还是“窗前明月光”；娶了白玫瑰，白的便是衣服上的一粒饭粘子，红的却是心口上的一颗朱砂痣。对于在身边唾手可得的，

我们似乎总不珍惜——这是人性，有时也蔓延到考试做题中。（这段题外话可忽略。）

我发现，不少考生对阅读信息有一种不以为然的态度。一来，阅读信息在听力结束后会

再出现，且一直停留在屏幕上；二来，在实际写作中，阅读信息的价值远低于听力信息。但这并不意味着阅读信息不重要；相反，对于越容易获取的资源越要珍惜，尤其当它能为你带来获取稀缺资源的线索。如果能在第一遍阅读时成功地记录关键词，考生将能更好

地在听力前做预测，因为二者关系通常是相反的。

关键词的模样

问：什么叫关键词？

答：就是很重要的词。

好，试试你能不能找对。

以阅读材料第一句为例：In many organizations, perhaps the best way to approach certain new projects is to assemble a group of people into a team.

哪些词关键呢？

我遇到很多同学都说是assemble。试想三分钟阅读结束后，你看着草稿纸上assemble这

个单词，能回忆出这句在说什么？我看有点难。那大家为什么会第一反应出这个词呢？我猜测，多半是因为这个词长得像生词。在中国的英语精读课上，老师主要做三件事：1. 把每句英文翻译成中文；2. 让学生找后边练习题的答案；3. 勾画文中的生词。经过多年锲而不舍地训练后，我们的眼睛总能首先看到那些让我们心生畏惧的单词。越长，越复杂，我们越觉得它们关键。

我想以一种未必十分精准的数学方式来解释关键词。如果一个句子由15个单词构成，其

中一、两个单词传递出该句子80%的含义，而余下的单词合起来传递20%的含义。那这一、两个单词便是这句话的关键词。依照这种方式，第一句的关键词是team和best。闭

上眼，让这两个单词浮现在你眼前，能大概回忆出这句话的意思？我想你会点点头。

所以，请重新阅读一遍，一边读，一边写下各句的关键词。

滴答滴答滴答……

In many organizations, perhaps the best way to approach certain new projects is to assemble a group of people into a team. Having a team of people attack a project offers several advantages. First of all, a group of people has a wider range of knowledge, expertise, and skills than any single individual is likely to possess. Also, because of the numbers of people involved and the greater resources they possess, a group can work more quickly in response to the task assigned to it and can come up with highly creative solutions to problems and issues. Sometimes these