2013年12月21日托福独立写作范文.doc

2013年12月21日托福独立写作范文 古时候有个皇帝给爱妃修建设空中花园 但是时间久了就毁坏了了，那古巴比伦的空中花园是否存在呢？ 阅读：认为存在 1， 很多Greek的历史学家都有清楚记载了它的大小和细节并且细节都相互支持联系 2， 大帝建造过很多建筑令人印象深刻，因此也有可能建造过空中花园，此外还发现了running water在花园里 3，历史学家发现一些遗迹复合描述，文中还提到一群德国小队发现了花园地下有大孔有可能是水泵可以用来把水引到屋顶上去，来给花园灌溉 听力反驳： 1，虽然被提及过，但是这些历史数据并没有明确说明其所描述的就是巴比伦空中花园；此外，Greek的历史学家那时还没有出生，他们的记录都是在很多年后写的并且他们从未去过那里。 2， 虽然他的建筑令人影响深刻 但是建筑用的的clay粘土无法与植物需要的running water 共存，即便当时有一个可以适应的clay 但是也在那里很难找到。 ? 3，花园和建筑都和复杂，大孔可能不是用来做水泵的， 就算是水泵可是花园离水源太远当时的技术是很难实现的。 Advertising is less honest than in the past. For this reason, advertisements are not useful for helping people choose products to buy. ? With every passing year, it seems like advertisers come up with more and more ways to make their products appear more glamorous and desirable than they actually are. Some think that this makes modern advertisements useless for helping people decide on what products to buy, but I disagree. ? First of all, no matter how exaggerated advertisements get, people are unlikely to misinterpret the basic functions of the products advertised. This is because consumers nowadays are used to the embellished language and imagery that advertisers use. They have learned to see past the unrealistic claims made in advertisements. Gatorade or Nike advertisements, for example, often feature sports stars performing amazing feats of athleticism. But that doesn’t mean I’ll automatically think that drinking Gatorade or wearing Nike will make me good at sports. I know all that flash is just for show. What the ad gives me is the context in which the product is used—namely, the context of sports. ? Second, even though the flashiness of advertisements can be misleading, advertising budgets can be used as an indirect way to judge the reliability of products. Nowadays, big flashy advertisements are almost always made by successful, highly visible companies. In some ways, their success and visibility provide a guarantee that the products they make are well-made and safe. If Gatorade made a harmful drink,