2018年托福写作试题：vehicle

　　托福写作题目：A vehicle that changed people's lives

　　Choose one of the following transportation vehicles and explain why you think it has changed people's lives.

　　automobiles

　　bicycles

　　airplanes

　　Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

　　参考分析：

　　应该选择automobiles。注意，要回答为什么汽车改变了人们的生活。

　　汽车改变了人们的时间、空间观念，进而改变了人们的生活。

　　汽车使货物的远程运输成为可能，进而使人们可以购买更多的商品。

　　汽车使汽油变得格外重要，直接间接导致了很多中东地区的战争。

　　汽车使空气污染更加严重，导致人们的健康受到影响。

　　范文：

　　An airplane is a form of transportation that has changed people's lives. Thanks to the plane, our lives are now faster, more exciting, and more convenient that before. You cannot deny that a plane is fast. For example, the Concorde flies at supersonic speed. A businessman can leave Paris at 11 a.m. in the morning and arrive in New York at 8 a.m. the same morning in time for a day's work. Many business people in Europe will fly to London for a noon meeting and then return home to Rome or Madrid for dinner.

　　It is always exciting to take a plane trip. When you take a trip by plane, you know that you might cross many time zones, many oceans, and many countries. When you get off the plane, you could be in a place that speaks a different language. A plane is like a magician's trick. You get in a box and you come out somewhere totally different.

　　Nothing can beat the convenience of a plane. In the old days, it might take you days to do what the plane can do it an hour. Boats, for example, only leave on certain days of the week and take a long time to get to their destination. Planes give you the option to leave several times a day and get you to your destination quickly.

　　Although other forms of transportation may be more comfortable ,none has changed the way we do business and live our lives more than the plane. Thanks to the speed, excitement, and convenience of the planes, our lives are richer.