托福綜合寫(xiě)作是讓很多托福新手感到頭疼的一個(gè)備考部分,畢竟我們之前接觸到的英語(yǔ)考試好像從未對(duì)書(shū)面表達(dá)有如此綜合的考察,同時(shí)涉及閱讀理解、聽(tīng)力理解和信息整合能力,生態(tài)學(xué)是近年來(lái)托福綜合寫(xiě)作考察頻次較高的熱門(mén)話題之一,在TPO綜合寫(xiě)作題目中,最具代表性的生態(tài)類(lèi)話題分布在TPO 14,TPO 18,TPO 20,TPO 21,TPO 23 和TPO 26,它們分別研究的是:樹(shù)木回收性砍伐的好處、佛羅里達(dá)榧樹(shù)的保護(hù)、大火給森林帶來(lái)的損害、轉(zhuǎn)基因樹(shù)的好處、雪松數(shù)量減少、斑馬貝的入侵。
備考托福綜合寫(xiě)作最重要也是最有效的資料就是TPO,我們可以好好把握TPO中曾經(jīng)考察過(guò)的相關(guān)內(nèi)容,挖掘重要考點(diǎn)與信息。具體來(lái)看,TPO14、TPO18、TPO20的這三篇主要考察要點(diǎn)都和環(huán)境保護(hù)息息相關(guān):
(閱讀論點(diǎn)--- 聽(tīng)力論點(diǎn))
TPO 14:回收性砍伐的好處
1. make room for the growth of the new trees---deprive the soil of the nutrients produced during the process of decomposition
2. minimize the danger of insect infestation---some insects are great contributors to the health of the forest
3. provide usable wood by industries and create additional jobs for local people---transportation of these woods is expensive and the jobs provided are temporary
TPO 18:佛羅里達(dá)榧樹(shù)減少的解決方案
1.reestablish Torreya in the same location
with the coolest and dampest microclimate---the microclimate is strongly influenced by either global warming or the drained wetlands
2.move Torreya to an entirely different location---Torreya will threaten other rendangered species
3.preserve Torreya in research center---the research center can not ensure a large and genetically-diverse population of the Torreyatrees, which means the trees are not capableof resisting the disease
TPO 20:Let it burn policy 帶來(lái)的危害
1. damage the trees as well as the vegetation---there appears to be a biggerdiversity for the plants
2.bring negative effects to the wildlife---small animals like the rabbits and hares are more likely to inhabit in the ideal place
3.do harm to the local tourism, negatively contributing to the economy---only if it happens every year would it be a problem for tourism
從單詞的層面上看,生態(tài)學(xué)相關(guān)的托福綜合寫(xiě)作部分我們主要需要做好以下幾方面詞匯積累:
物種名稱(chēng)詞匯( 植物):plant / cedar / plankton / Terroya tree / wild berry / organism / black locust tree
物種名稱(chēng)詞匯(動(dòng)物):wildlife / insect / beetle / bear / mussel / hare / rabbit / shellfish
涉及棲息地詞匯:habitat / dwell / inhabit / habitat / bottom / wetland
生物鏈涉及詞匯:food chain / plankton eater/ predator / parasite / disease / infestation / infest / pest-resistant / resist / dominate / reproduce / germinate / nutrient
關(guān)于物種入侵:wipe out / crowd out / be aggressive / invade / invasion / colonize / compete for
表示物種數(shù)量的下降:decline / descend / shrink / extinct / endangered / minimize / devastate / destroy
科學(xué)技術(shù)層面的單詞:genetic modification / genetictechnology / genetically –diverse / geneticallymodified / uniform / gene / pesticide
在托福綜合寫(xiě)作的閱讀和聽(tīng)力材料中,常常會(huì)出現(xiàn)的生態(tài)學(xué)相關(guān)考點(diǎn)包括:生物減少原因、生物保護(hù)方法、防止生物擴(kuò)散的方法。
生物減少原因:
Environment: temperature / climate change / global warming
Technology: genetically-modified plants /pest-unresistant / uniform in genes
Invasion: compete for nutrient/ infestation / parasite / predator
生物保護(hù)方法:
Environment: temperature / climate change / relocation
Technology: research center
防止生物擴(kuò)散的方法:
Biological introduction: predator
Human activities: capture (financially beneficial) / chemical control (poison / pesticide)
生態(tài)學(xué)題材的內(nèi)容無(wú)論是托福哪個(gè)單項(xiàng)都會(huì)頻繁出現(xiàn),是我們備考的一大重點(diǎn),我們?cè)谶M(jìn)行托福綜合寫(xiě)作相關(guān)內(nèi)容備考的過(guò)程中,也可以充分利用閱讀和聽(tīng)力中的生態(tài)學(xué)相關(guān)內(nèi)容,積累相關(guān)學(xué)科背景知識(shí),助力托福閱讀、托福聽(tīng)力和托??谡Z(yǔ)中涉及相關(guān)知識(shí)點(diǎn)的備考,同步提升托福綜合水平。