2013年9月1日托福独立作文题：

D or DA: Only movies that can teach us something about real life are worth watching.

【解析+范文】

l 题型：绝对题

l 观点：让步

l 论证角度：具象拆分

1. 开头：话题引入+双方/对方观点呈现+我方观点

With remarkable progress of people’s living standard, watching movies seems to be a dispensable part of people’s lives, as movies not only entertain the viewers but also enlighten them. Some people claim that only movies that can teach us something about real life are worth watching. However, I regard this assertion as unfair and arbitrary, because there are at least 2 otherkinds of movie that are also worth watching: comedy and scary movie. And my reasons and examples are given below.

2. TS1：喜剧片让人哈哈一乐，放松心情。(主题句+解释句+细节扩展)

Comedies are worth watching, for they give us a real good way to relax ourselves. It is because the only goal that the comedies try to achieve is tomake people laugh and laughing is in fact proven by science to be one of best medicines to alleviate pressure, pain or depression. I still can remember when I was preparing for the college entrance examination--a make-or-break exam that even determines one’s future--the most enjoyable thing was to watch a JimCarrey movie after a whole day’s hard work. Through those hilarious plots and exaggerating acting of Jim Carrey, my intense minds suddenly got relaxed.

3. TS2：恐怖片让人能在安全的环境下体验恐惧的刺激。(主题句+解释句+细节扩展)

Another kind of movies, scary movie, is also worth watching because it allows people to experience the excitement of horror under a safe circumstance.In most cases, people are pursuing happiness while avoiding risks, but humanbeing’s nature of curiosity sometimes makes us want to experience those fearful feelings that we hate to have in real life. Though this kind of mind may be paradoxical, but it does exist sometimes. For example, almost every scary-movie lover enjoysthe moment when they breathed a sigh of relief at the end of the movie.Vicariously sharing the experience of others can be a kind of happiness.

4.让步(承认对方的好处+打压+回归主旨)：

Admittedly, people really benefit a lot from movies that can teach us something about real life. For instance, some movies teach us how to deal with relationship between family members, some teach us how to realize one’sAmerican dreams by defeating difficulties one after another, and some great movies show us what is true love. Nevertheless, no matter how useful and meaningful these movie can be, it is still inappropriate to assert that they arethe only ones worth watching.

5.结尾(重申观点，归纳理由)：

In conclusion, it is absurd to believe that it is only worth watching movie that can teach us something about real life. As another 2 important movie genres, comedy and scary movie are equally important to our lives and should be given due respect.