2018托福写作素材:人类发展戏剧的动机
TPO1 中有篇文章是 The Origin of Theater, 当谈到人类发展戏剧的动机时给出了两个理论,一个是说人类喜欢模仿,另一个人类擅长幻想。关于幻想的这一段话是一个非常好的写作素材。Another, advanced in the twentieth century, suggests that humans have a gift for fantasy, through which they seek to reshape reality into more satisfying forms than those encountered in daily life. Thus, fantasy or fiction (of which drama is one form) permits people to objectify their anxieties and fears, confront them, and fulfill their hopes in fiction if not fact. The theater, then, is one tool whereby people define and understand their world or escape from unpleasant realities.
另外,20世纪提出的先进理论认为人类擅长幻想,通过幻想将日常生活中的现实重塑成更加令人满意的形式。因此,人们通过幻想或虚构(戏剧的一个形式)把他们的焦虑和恐惧具体化,再通过这种方式面对焦虑和恐惧,并从虚构中满足他们现实中无法实现的愿望。所以,戏剧成为了一种帮助人们认识和理解这个世界,或是帮助人们逃避不满现实的工具。
素材示范
电视电影类的题目在托福写作中考得也不算少。很多同学苦于遇到类似题目没有相关素材。我们只要对上面的内容稍作改动就可以搞出下面这段话。可以作为一个非常好的此类题目的素材,因为它写的是电影电视的积极的方面。
…. humans have a gift for fantasy, through which they seek to reshape reality into more satisfying forms than those encountered in daily life. Thus, fantasy (of which movie is one form) permits people to objectify their anxieties and fears, confront them, and fulfill their hopes in fiction if not fact. The film, as a result, is one tool whereby people define and understand their world or escape from unpleasant realities.
看电影,我们很多人相信,有助于舒缓我们的情绪无论什么时候我们感到有压力的话。根据著名的20世纪提出的理论,人类擅长幻想,通过幻想将日常生活中的现实重塑成更加令人满意的形式。因此,人们通过幻想(电影也是幻想的一种形式)把他们的焦虑和恐惧具体化,再通过这种方式面对焦虑和恐惧,并从虚构中满足他们现实中无法实现的愿望。所以,电影成为了一种帮助人们认识和理解这个世界,或是帮助人们逃避不满现实的工具。