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托福獨立寫作  高分範文 (五)

寫作想要拿到高分，一開始可以先模仿，了解一篇好的英文文章到底要怎麼寫，以及英文文章的架構到底為何，之後不斷地練習模仿；第二個檢討，了解自己的文章用字和句型到底與好文章到底差在哪，是因為用錯或是過於簡單，這兩個基礎功絕對是要寫好作文所應具備的。

The twentieth century saw great change. In your opinion， what is one change that should remembered about the twentieth century？ Usespecific reasons and details to explain your choice.

There have been many changes ，both technological and cultural， in the twentieth century. I believe that one stands out above the rest ：advances in medical science. The changes in medical science go together with the changes in technological and cultural areas.One can move ahead only with the help of the others.We can see the results of medical advances in three areas： development of vaccines and antibiotics， expanded access to health care ， and improved surgical techniques.

When medical researchers learned how to prevent disease and stop it from spreading， thequality of life for many people around the world improved. Today smallpox is a forgottendisease and vaccinations are no longer required. Polio is under control and the vaccine iswidely available . The development of penicillin has helped many people recover from seriousillness.

Although health care is not universal even in developed countries， it is much better than itused to be. Local clinics， visiting nurses and specially hospitals have all improved the health carefor our communities.

If you should be unfortunate and require surgery ： you are still lucky to have the surgerytoday rather than even ten years ago. Now with microscopic and laser surgery， operationsare more efficient. You spend less time in the hospital and you recover faster.

I can’t think of any other change that has affected the lives of so many people. Our health isimportant to all of us. We all are thankful for advances in the area of medical science.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: Your job has more effect on your happiness than your social life does.

I tend to believe that one’s job exerts influence on one’s happiness. In other words, whether you enjoy your job or not determines your happiness. Three reasons can be used to justify my opinion.

To begin with, a person’s happiness has something to do with 和…有關his/her financial conditions and generally speaking, job decides a person’s economic conditions. So if you have a well-paid job, you are less likely to suffer from  financial cares財政憂慮. Although we are told that happiness has nothing to do with money, I still believe that without basic necessities, it is next to impossible for people to be really happy. Take many Chinese youngsters for example. A majority of young people aging from 18-30 are unhappy nowadays. The reason is simple: housing prices in nearly every city, large or small, are escalating增長: ten years ago, 100,000dollars could buy an apartment in Beijing. Now to buy the same apartment, you have to pay 500,000dollars. To rent a well-equipped apartment, you have to pay at least 500dollars, while the average salary in Beijing is 1000dollars. Rising housing prices, coupled with和...一起 stagnant停滯的  wages plague困擾youngsters and their parents. If those youngsters had a job which can bring them at least 50,000dollars a year, they would have the opportunity to rent or buy a decent apartment, therefore living a better life.

Second, happiness has a strong correlation with a sense of fulfillment 滿足感. It is our job that produces most of our achievement. When we finish ourworkflawlessly 完美無瑕地, we are more likely to be happy, for the perfect work means a strong capacity that not everybody has. But messing up 把…弄糟a work is definitely frustrating. It is true that social life can also have some impact on our happiness, but this effect is minimal and will not last for a long time. The reason is obvious: in our society, people evaluate a person by his/her ability to perform job-related tasks. A doctor will be excited with a complete recovery of his/her patient; a teacher feels perfect when his/her students achieve academic success. Nothing brings a person genuine 真正的 happiness than his/her job does.

Last but not least, it is your job that consumes much of your time. In this highly competitive modern society 高度競爭的現代社會, to maintain our competitive edge 保持競爭優勢, we have to do our best. Spending 8 hours on one’s work is normal and most of us actually spend at least 10 hours on work on a daily basis 每天. If you love your work, then you are happy to get up early and enjoy the whole day, but if you hate your job, then the process would be a nightmare and you have to suffer. I consider myself happy because I choose my job and I enjoy the whole process. Even if I have to work overtime, I do not complain. But my sister is not so lucky. Despite the fact that her social life makes her happy, the happiness is transient 短暫的. When she goes back to work, she has to suffer.

From the discussion above, I firmly 堅定地 believe that a person’s happiness links with his/her job. A happy person is a person with a well-paid job, and at the same time, he/she does the job with passion and enthusiasm 熱情.