托福獨(dú)立寫作難點(diǎn)話題思路解讀和高分范文賞析：working by hand or using machines

　　Doing work: by hand or using machines?

　　Some people like doing work by hand. Others prefer using machines. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

　　寫作思路展開結(jié)構(gòu)分析

　　分情況。有些事情適合用手做，比如：洗衣服：有些人就喜歡用手洗衣服(wash clothes)，而不用洗衣機(jī)(laundry machine)。寫字：不用電腦，而堅(jiān)持用筆，基本上只有50歲以上的人才干得出來(lái)。很多的事情只能手工去作(舉例);而另外也有很多事情只能用機(jī)器去做(舉例)。還有一些事情要二者結(jié)合才可以，比如統(tǒng)計(jì)工作。搜集數(shù)據(jù)(collect data)，往往更依賴人工(manual work);數(shù)據(jù)處理(data processing/manipulating)，最好由計(jì)算機(jī)完成。

　　本話題高分范文賞析

　　Some people like doing work by hand. Others prefer to use machines. I definitely fall into the latter category. I use a machine for almost all of the work I do. The reasons why I prefer to use machines are that most hand work is tedious, machines are faster and more efficient, and I am more proficient with most machines. Two things that I spend a copious amount of time doing are writing and sewing. Both of these endeavors border on pain if I do not have a computer or a sewing machine, respectively. What was once a fun task becomes very monotonous, and no longer enjoyable. Using a machine can turn ordinary tasks into exciting ones. Using machines to do work is also much faster and more efficient than using your hands to do it. For example, if I wrote this essay by hand, rather than using the computer, it would probably take me at least five times as long. Hand sewing a shirt would take ten times longer than using a machine to do the same work. Not only are machines faster and more efficient, I am much more proficient using machines than I am doing the same work by hand. I find that when I am sewing by hand, all of my seams are very uneven and crooked. However, when I sew on a machine, my seams are perfect. The machine helps to keep my hand in line, therefore I can turn out a much better product. It is the same for writing essays. My handwriting is messy at times. If I had written a paper, I cannot correct it as easily as if I had written it on the computer. My writing blurs together, and sometimes I cannot even read what I have written down. Machines are definitely a better way for me to work efficiently, proficiently, and enjoyably.