還在為托福寫作煩惱嗎？必勝祕訣教戰（2)

我是Ben老師。今天我們來介紹托福寫作。托福寫作的題型基本上有兩種，相比其他例如speaking來講會簡單很多。只要掌握這兩種題型，並熟悉它們的破解方法，基本上就能輕鬆應對。

托福寫作的題型主要有整合性寫作（Integrated Writing）和學術討論題型（Academic Discussion Task）兩種。今天，繼續跟大家介紹學術討論題型寫作。

題型介紹：學術討論題型（Academic Discussion Task）

這是去年新制的題型。這題只有10分鐘時間，需要讀、想、寫三個步驟。

• 注意事項：閱讀部分會有一個教授提問，並有兩個學生分別給出相反的意見。我們需要選邊站，表達自己的意見，並與兩個學生互動。

• 準備方法： 選邊站，表達自己的意見。 與兩個學生互動，展示我們的觀點和反駁。 清晰表達自己的立場和與學生的互動。

• 考試時間：這題需在10分鐘內完成至少100個字。

題型實際演練

接下來，我們通過實際演練來理解這種題型。

【題目】

Your professor is teaching a class on education. 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. You have ten minutes to write.

Professor: A new story about Artificial Intelligence （AI） is in the news almost every day. And, of course, companies are spending an enormous amount of money to develop new technologies related to AI. Before next class, I want you to consider the following question: Is AI a dangerous technology that, overall, will be harmful to society, or is it a powerful tool that will improve the lives of people?

Megan: Personally, I think AI is a threat. As AI advances, many jobs may become automated, leaving people without work. That will certainly increase income inequality. Additionally, there’s the risk that AI systems could be programmed with biases or used to discriminate against certain groups. We need to be careful and ensure that AI is developed in an ethical and responsible way. Since we can’t guarantee that right now, I think it is best to slow down.

David: I disagree with Megan. I’m of the opinion that AI has the potential to solve many of the world’s problems, from climate change to disease. Additionally, AI can help us make better decisions by analyzing vast amounts of data and identifying patterns that humans may miss. That said, I agree with Megan that we must ensure that AI is developed and used in a responsible way that benefits society as a whole.

【答案】

Personally, I believe that AI technology will only be an impactful tool that can improve our lives in the future. I strongly agree with David's idea that many world's issues like climate change and disease could potentially be dealt with by AI. I'd add that the algorithm will allow this technology to complete numerous tasks more efficiently in order to cut down manual effort, such as customer service and text comprehension. While Megan raised the relevant point that income inequality could be one of the consequences as many jobs may become automated due to the AI advancement, she didn't mention that there are still plenty of important jobs that are irreplaceable by technology, especially those that require human empathy. To be specific, although we can talk to Alexa or Siri to check up on the weather or news, it is hard to build a trusting relationship and find mental health support from AI because they are highly dependent on human interaction. Therefore, I think that despite some concerns, AI will undoubtedly be a useful tool to assist our daily lives.

【老師講解】

當我們在準備學術討論題型的時候，基本上我們讀加想加寫只有10分鐘，讀的時候盡量要把時間省下來，盡量能找到重點趕快開始寫。

1.找到professor的問題：通常這個問題在最後一句，直接先讀最後一句就好，如果題目不清楚再去前面看前言的部分。 例如，is AI a dangerous technology that overall will be harmful to society or is it a powerful tool that will improve the lives of people？題目非常清楚了，問你AI是不是危險的工具，我們要做的就是選邊站。

2.選邊站： 以這個答案為例，我們是support AI is gonna become a powerful tool to improve our lives，首先straight to the point回答問題，personally I believe that AI technology will only be an impactful tool that can improve our lives in the future，straight to the point，不需要太多前言。

3.與學生互動：先與David互動，因為他跟我們站同一邊，summarize他為什麼，reason是什麼，I strongly agree with David's idea that many world issues like climate change and disease could potentially be dealt with by AI，summarize，結束。

加入自己的觀點，為什麼也支持AI對人們有幫助，讓流程變得非常有效，I will add that the algorithm will allow this technology to complete numerous tasks more efficiently in order to cut down manual efforts，減少人力，節省人力成本，such as customer service and text comprehension，more efficient，帶一點例子，customer service, text comprehension，這些工作容易被取代，也可以省下很多人力成本。

與Megan互動，雖然站不同邊，不支持AI，也summarize讓她 recognize your point，while Megan raises the relevant point that income inequality could be one of the consequences as many jobs may become automated due to the AI advancement，再來challenge，她沒有提到還有其他重要工作不能被技術取代，especially those that require human empathy，很多需要人們同情心的東西，AI做不到，這個例子一句話就好，to be specific, although we can talk to Alexa or Siri to check up the weather or the news, it’s hard to build a trusting relationship or find mental support from AI because they’re highly dependent on human interaction。

4.總結：therefore I think that despite some concerns, AI will undoubtedly be a useful tool to assist our daily lives in the future。清楚的開頭，與第一個學生互動，提出自己觀點，與第二個學生互動，反對第二個學生，最後做結論，框架完整，10分鐘內寫完，抓時間，如果時間不夠，一些example可以省略性刪除，主要還是大方向觀點和反對點講清楚，有時間再補充。（下下週六待續）◇

——轉載自「Candice先生留學家教團隊」 ◇