一些时事新闻就是最好的托福[微博]写作素材，将这些素材应用到具体的托福写作论证段落中将会非常精彩。下面为大家带来托福写作中环境话题如何利用新闻素材，希望对大家托福备考有所帮助。

　　在练习托福写作的过程中，随着对英文写作本质的不断认识，同学们会逐渐认识并重视例证以及细节对一篇好的托福独立写作的重要性，但很多同学在编辑例证的时候会缺乏思路，最主要的原因是大家对于很多常识性的知识还是缺乏了解，正如ETS所强调的，托福考试是一个对于非英语母语国家的语言测试，会尽量避免因为文化差异而存在的不公平，可这并不能作为学生们写出恶俗的例子和写作素材匮乏的借口。其实托福写作素材的积累也并不难，只是大家可能在备考托福的过程中没有太多时间和精力，因此敏敏老师将定期总结一些时事新闻，并且将这些素材应用到具体的托福写作论证段落中，让大家有机会接触并积累一些当下热门、新鲜的论证素材！ (素材来源于一些很好的网站，如大家耳熟能详的 NBC news，经济学人，NPR news 等等)

　　今天为大家带来的是有关环境话题的托福写作素材打造，请同学们先阅读以下新闻段落：

托福写作中环境话题如何展开论述

托福写作中环境话题如何展开论述

　　上面的截图就是来自于NBC news的一篇新闻报导。

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: the environmental problem is too complex and cannot be handled by individuals. 是否认同：现在我们面临的环境问题太复杂，并不是个人力量所能掌控的。

　　这是一道看似很具体其实又比较抽象的题目，具有一定的难度。我建议采用拆分的观点去进行展开，有的同学可能会对环境污染进行拆分，如水，空气，光，土壤，白色污染等，然后围绕这几个点进行展开。敏敏老师个人并不建议采用这样的思路，因为大家很可能在段落展开的时候会缺乏有力的细节补充。

　　同学们可以在这里对individuals(人群)进行拆分。若写作中间段采取两个例证段+让步段的形式，则可拆分普通人和名人；若采取三个例证段落，可拆分为普通人，政客以及明星。下面就具体演示如何应用新闻中最新的素材去展开这样的一个托福写作段落。

　　【Writting Sample】

　　To begin with, the ordinary can play a role in precipitating the improvement of environmental quality。(论点) By participating in the environmental campaigns, the perilous environmental deterioration will experience an enormous modification owing to the constantly strengthened consciousness of preserving the environment for the common citizens who are willing to transform their conventional behaviors。(解释论点) The campaign happening on April 22 in 1970 can fully demonstrate the irreplaceable function of citizens in the process of environmental conservation。(印出例子) In that day, millions of people took to streets for 60s-style demonstrations and marches, attempting to call attention to hazardous pollution of America’s land, air and water, and ten thousand of campaigners flocked to the Washington Monument for a folk music concert. And the campaign that triggered the formation of Earth Day, in a long run, turns out to create huge impacts. For instance, the aggregation of emissions of six major air pollutants has dropped more than 60 percent since 1908. Apart from that, only about a third of American water was safe for swimming and fishing before the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, but today, that proportion has risen to about two-thirds. (描述具体例子细节)Accordingly, it is no difficult to explore the importance of ordinary people’s involvement in environmental protection。(得出结论)

　　同学们可以仔细阅读和体会这个托福写作段落的具体展开步骤。如果喜欢，请转载帮助更多的同学！