Do you agree or disagree：Young people today are more likely to give time and effort to improve the world than young people were in the past.

【譯文】你是否同意：比起以前的年輕人，現在的年輕人比過去的年輕人愿意花時間和精力去改善這個世界。

【解析】在托福獨立寫作考試中，考生應該學會審題，如果考生在審題中出現失誤的話，就算考生的論述再清晰，也不會取得高分的。根據以往的獨立寫作的題目，前程百利小編認為，可以把獨立寫作中的題型分為觀點選擇類，比較對比類。建議考生在看到題目的時候，首先把題目通讀1-3遍，著重看在題目中的名詞和動詞，如果題目中給出了兩個觀點或者是一個觀點的兩個方面，要求考生進行比較論述并給出個人的觀點，那就是觀點選擇類的題目，比如在今天分享的考題：agree or disagree with the following statement就是觀點選擇題;如果要求考生根據兩個對立的觀點做出選擇就是比較對比類型的題，比如在TPO11中了，讓考生在針對人們關于電腦的兩個不同的認知中進行選擇就是這類題目。

Though they can perhaps be faulted for their hubris and naiveté, young people are valuable wellsprings of ambition and hope.  Where time may have rendered older generations impotent through dejection and cynicism, youths become especially important to the betterment of the world.  It has often been said that the world's youths are its primary engines of change, and I think at no point in history has this been truer than it is today. Young people today are more willing than ever to try and improve this planet we call home.

【譯文】盡管年輕人可能會因為傲慢和天真而被指責，但他們是有價值的、有抱負和希望的源泉。或許時間會使老一輩人因沮喪和玩世不恭而變得無能為力時，年輕人對世界的改善尤為重要。人們常說，世界上的年輕人是變革的主要動力，我認為歷史上沒有任何意義比今天更真實。今天的年輕人比以往任何時候都更愿意嘗試改善這個我們稱之為家的星球。

【解析】在這類觀點選擇題中，考生直接選擇其中的一個觀點寫就可以了，一定要注意不要將在題目中出現的不同的觀點進行對比，在表明自己觀點的基礎上，考生可以選擇三個方面進行論證，這些論點之間可以是層層遞進的關系，也可以說平行關系，最后再總述論點即可。

The first reason for this is simply a greater sense of global awareness.  With the advent of prompt and wide-reaching information distribution networks like radio, TV, and especially the Internet, everyone knows more about the state of the world than what was previously possible.  Just the larger absolute number of people made aware of various circumstances, from wars to disasters to grievous social injustices, is enough to increase the absolute number of youths mobilized to action.

【譯文】第一個原因是現在的年輕人更具有全球意識。隨著像收音機、電視、尤其是互聯網這樣的迅速而廣泛的信息傳播網絡的出現，每個人都比以前更了解世界的現狀。從戰爭到災難再到嚴重的社會不公正，只有當更多的人意識到這些現狀，才會有更多年輕人被動員起來采取行動。

【解析】在確定題目類型之后，考生就應該進行謀篇布局了。在確定論點先后順序的時候應該慎重，要有邏輯性的安排這些論點。比如考生可以按照這些論點的重要性進行排列，把最能表達自己觀點的部分放在首位，把最不能表達自己觀點的內容放在最后一個自然段進行論述;或者考生在安排論點的時候可以按照范圍的大小來進行排列，總之一定要有邏輯。

The second reason for more young people are getting involved today is our growing sense of social justice and social responsibility due to a greater intellectual enlightenment. Altruism is a rational response rather than a purely emotional one; the growth of human knowledge and rationality has steadily emboldened youths to pursue philanthropic courses of action.  We are smarter than we were in the past-this allows us to look more easily past false dichotomies of us versus them, or indefensible prejudices arising from fear or selfishness.  Over time it has become clearer that there is only us, and that we are all responsible for our collective wellbeing.  This overarching shift in consciousness not only encompasses young people, but is driven by them.

【譯文】如今，更多的年輕人愿意改變世界的第二個原因是，由于更大范圍的知識啟蒙，我們越來越意識到社會正義和社會責任。利他主義是一種理性的反應，而不是純粹的情感反應;人類知識和理性的增長，使年輕人更加大膽地追求慈善事業。我們比過去更聰明——這讓我們更容易地看到我們與他們之間的是非觀，或者是由于恐懼或自私而產生的無法防御的偏見。隨著時間的推移，我們變得更加清楚，恰恰是我們自己要對我們的集體幸福負責。這種意識的全面轉變不僅包括年輕人，更是由他們推動的這種轉變。

【解析】第二分論點，層層遞進，進一步說明為什么現在會有更多的年輕人愿意花時間和精力來改變世界。

Finally, young people today are more independent and have a greater ability to effect change than ever before. For proof of greater independence, we need only examine how young people in almost all societies have become increasingly willing to break from tradition, disobey authority figures, and transgress established modes of thought-the increasing regularity of political protests worldwide is one indicator of this out of many.  This greater independence is important, because it encourages young people to break from ossified, established channels of inquiry and change as means of improving the world.  For proof of greater ability to effect change, we need only look at the abundance of new organizations, websites, projects, missions, and tools created and spearheaded by young people today: Micro-financing websites like Kiva, which would have been inconceivable even 30 years ago; The Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy, which, in a creative twist, gives $100 grants to those who conceive of novel ways to use that $100 to help others.

【譯文】最后，今天的年輕人比以往任何時候都更獨立，更有能力進行改變。為了證明更大的獨立性，我們只需要研究幾乎所有社會中的年輕人都越來越愿意打破傳統，不服從權威，違背既定的思維模式——世界范圍內政治抗議活動的不斷增加是這方面的一個指標。這種更大的獨立性是很重要的，因為它鼓勵年輕人脫離僵化的、建立的調查渠道和改變世界的方式。為了證明更有能力改變現狀，我們只需要看看今天由年輕人創建和引領的新組織、網站、項目、任務和工具的豐富程度：像Kiva這樣的微型融資網站，即使在30年前也是不可想象的;創意慈善的秘密協會，在一個創造性的轉折中，向那些想出了用這100美元來幫助他人的新奇方法的人提供了100美元的資助。

【解析】本文采用經典的五段式的方式表達自己的觀點，文章結構完整，三個分論點充分展示了作者語言的豐富性，邏輯的嚴謹性。

Young people today are more socially aware, feel more socially responsible, and have greater drive and means to effect change than ever before. It thus stands to reason that they are more likely to spend time and effort improving the world than young people in the past.

【譯文】今天的年輕人更有社會意識，更有社會責任感，比以往任何時候都有更大的動力和手段去改變。因此，他們更有可能花時間和精力來改善世界，而不是過去的年輕人。

【解析】總結段，概述上文分論點，重申自己的觀點。首尾呼應，結構完整。

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