托福独立写作常见话题高分思路解读：当代学生关心政治

　　题目：

　　Students today are more interested in politics than they were in the past.

　　分析：

　　这这道题目是一道古今对比的题目，古今对比题目 “总分总” 结构最简单，这道题目选择的观点是不同意，即认为过去的学生要比现在的学生对政治更感兴趣，具体思路如下：

　　全文思路结构：

　　理由一：课业压力的大小造成的。过去的学生课业压力相对较小，时间较为充裕，而现在的学生学习太忙，没有时间去关注政治。(First and foremost, the current heavier academic load of students have made them less interested in politics than their counterparts in the past. It is self-evident that the heavier load of study will lead to the decrease of students’ spare time, thereby lessening the likelihood that they are concerned about anything unrelated to study. According to the statistics conducted by the Education Ministry in 1990 and 2010, students spent only 6 hours on study every day in 1990, while the figure has increased to 8 hours per day in 2010, which indicates that students devote more time to their study. )

　　理由二：由于政治形势的不同造成的。现在处于相对和平的时期，政治与学生的生活没有关系;在过去政治局势较为动荡，政治与学生的生活息息相关。(Secondly, the current stability of political situation is another factor to reduce students’ enthusiasm in politics, in that what we are interested in is usually affairs closely related with our daily life. To be specific, in the relatively peaceful environment, students nowadays tend to think The May 4th movement in China is a good case in point. )

　　结尾段：有些人认为由于获得信息途径的多样化，现在的学生可以获得更多的信息。但是这个理由和我们观点的理由比起来暗淡无光。 所以我还是认为过去的学生比现在的学生对政治更感兴趣，因为他们的时间更加充裕而且过去的政治与他们的生活更加相关。(Admittedly, some people may assert that with the diversification of information channels, students today can gain access to more political news. However, this reason seems lackluster compared with that of our opinion.)