TOEFL 作文题目
来源于朗播用户:宋朝攀
【IBT机经-13】Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: If you need to discuss upsetting or controversial problems with others, using e-mail or text messaging is better than using telephone or voice-messaging.
题目分析
翻译
你是否同意下述观点:如果你需要和他人讨论令人讨厌的或者有争议的问题,使用电子邮件或发送短信要比通电话和发送语音信息更合适。
指导
题目非常贴近人们的日常生活,因而和题目相关的例子不在少数。题目的前提条件是讨论有争议的问题,所以要围绕这件事情的特点来展开,破题的关键在于将题目拆分成三个小单元“upsetting or controversial problems(令人讨厌的或有争议的问题)”、“e-mail or text messaging(发送电子邮件或发短信)”“telephone or voice messaging(打电话或发送语音信息)”,讨论每个小单元的典型特点,加以联系即可。
1. 一般情况下,人们进行讨论会采取哪些方式,请结合具体事例分别说明?如果是你,你会采用题目中涉及到的一些方式来进行讨论吗,为什么?
回答:
在课堂和商业公司中,人们一般倾向于面对面的讨论 具体形式有小组讨论 一对一讨论等 他们都属于声音讨论的类型。
2. 令人讨厌的和有争议的问题有什么特点?请结合实际简述。
回答:
第一 这些问题可能具有政治立场和价值观的区分 2这些问题可能比较尴尬3这些问题由于其争议性容易引起讨论者情绪化
3. 人们一般讨论上述问题的时候会出现哪些情况?请结合实际简述,如果是你在讨论这种问题,你会选择哪种方式?你会选择上述之外的方式吗,请具体说明?
回答:
1引起听者的反感,因为可能和他的价值观政治立场不同。2使说话者感到尴尬,因为担心引起对方的反感而无法畅所欲言。更进一步的,如果是上下级的关系,这种担心就更强烈的。
4. 电子邮件和发短信有哪些特点?我们一般用它来解决什么问题?请结合具体事例简述。
回答:
用来解决面对面的口头讨论不方便说的问题,用来解决正式的商业问题,也可以personally和别人单独联系。
5. 打电话和发语音信息有哪些特点?这种方式用来讨论题目中的问题合适吗?请结合具体事例简述。
回答:
需要反复商量、谈判的问题需要不断互动的问题,更适合电话和语音,这样双方互动更方便更直接。
其他用户的回答
作文
If you need to discuss upsetting or controversial problems with others, using e-mail or text messaging is better than using telephone or voice-messaging.I do agree with the statement that we should use e-mail or text messaging when we are going to talk something upsetting or controversial. Because it certainly cause less potiential damage to relationship between talkers. And in most cases it make us keep a cool mind so that it is eaiser for us to solve the problems.In most relationship, whether personal or official, sending e-mail or text messaging could do no harm to the relationship of two sides. Because the text and words in e-mail and message lead us to focus on the problems and the controversial points rather than the characters of talkers, the emothion or the faceexpressions. Those are points which may distract our attentions from problems to the relationships. Thus it may lead to worse situation . Think about couples in quarrel who are not willing to meet each other or talk to each. In this case, they would not answer the phone when seeing the name on screen. But send an e-mail or text for apologize may work out. Because it can be accepted passively, and what's the most important is that they are less emotional when reading. So they might come down and accept the apology.Then they might be as sweet as before. another situation is when we talk with our superiors something upsetting or controversial. Perhaps we clearly know that what we are going to say is not consistent with his or her values, political stands and even religious belief. If we say to him on phone or face to face, it will cause very bad impressions or bisas and misunderstandings because of emotion. Consequently the relationship between us and superiors break down.it is also hard for us to interpret our true points and postions to fix up. But if we use e-mail and text, we can control the vacabularies and sentence after deliberations and express them formally. From our common sense, the later operation is better. Admittely we know that in special case such as business negociations or discussions in class about controversial topics, we should not use e-mail or text. Under these conditions where the abundant interactions are frequently needed, it is very inconvenient and annoying to commuicate by e-mail and text, which seems rediculous. But we should notice that these situations are specific and easy to recognize. So in most cases, I agree that e-mail and text is better.