新托福独立写作技巧：“自问自答”的逻辑展开法

很多考生认为独立写作不容易写，主要原因是因为没有想法或语言不好表达。其实，思路和表达是由逻辑决定的。而所有文章的逻辑都可以通过一种“自问自答”的方式展开。这样，你的思路如同行云流水一般流畅，而你的语言也会随着思路从容地表达出来。

下面以2011年05月13日北美新托福独立写作真题为例，题目为：
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
It is better for parents to encourage their children to take a part-time job.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

题目：父母该不该鼓励孩子做兼职工作？
破题思路：
1）问：不做兼职会怎样？答：有可能无所事事而招惹麻烦，受到周围人的影响沾染上坏习性。
2）问：做兼职会怎样？答：学会管理时间、培养责任心、珍惜闲暇时光和辛苦赚到的钱（全文中心论点）。

因此，开头可以这样展开。
第一句，不做兼职可能会怎样：
Children with too much free time are more likely to get themselves in trouble because teenagers tend to develop bad behavior from the influence of their friends and peers.

第二句，还是做兼职好（引出中心论点）：
I think that a parent should encourage his or her children to do a part-time job to instill in them the value of time management, a sense of personal responsibility, and also to help them to learn the value of money.

中间段落的逻辑展开也可以如法炮制，如Paragraph 1：
问：做兼职有何好处？答：学会管理时间（本段论点）。
While a part-time job sometimes conflicts with studies, this experience can help young people acquire important time management skills that will help them succeed in college.
问：具体而言，管理时间有何意义？答：拖延时间会拉低学习成绩（举例论证）。
If students begin learning to manage a tight schedule in high school, they will soon understand that procrastination can be detrimental to their grade point average.
得出结论，点题：

A part-time job makes them block off more time each day for work, school and homework.
反问：如果不做兼职可能会怎样？答：时间观念差（再次强调论点）。

Without a part-time job, their schedules are more likely to be unstructured.
后面的段落与之相仿，也是通过自问自答将行文逻辑展开，层层递进、环环相扣。这样的文章思路清晰、逻辑严谨、可操作性强，便于模仿和记忆（本题范文请参考《常远新托福写作真经》第205页）。