托福独立写作难点话题思路解读和高分范文赏析：what to take when preparing for a trip

　　What would you take when preparing for a one-year trip in addition to personal necessities?

　　Imagine that you are preparing for a trip. You plan to be away from your home for a year. In addition to clothing and personal care items, you can take one additional thing. What would you take and why? Use specific reasons and details to support your choice.

　　写作思路展开结构分析

　　这道题目对很多将来有计划出国留学的同学是比较有现实意义的，因为很可能就是大家以后留学前要考虑的问题，所以大家可以借着写文章的机会先思考起来。思考携带物品的时候大家需要注意题目给出的提示In addition to clothing and personal care items，所以衣服和个人护理用品就不要写出来了。一般来说像是计算机、全家福照片、书之类具有通讯作用和纪念意义的物品大家可以优先考虑起来，也比较好展开话题。

　　本话题高分范文赏析

　　During the planning of an extended trip away from home, we have to decide what items to carry with us. While considering this problem I pondered many possibilities, such as a family photo album, my journal, my music collection and many others. Finally I realized that the best thing for me to bring on an extended journey would be my laptop.

　　A laptop computer can act as a journal. In fact it can outperform a journal in its abilities to catalogue experiences. With this added functionality, I could add pictures, captured with the web cam and sounds, captured with the built-in microphone, to the text. As there is a diverse range of software available for computers, there is an added possibility of loading my experiences on to a web page and publishing them on the Internet.

　　While traveling or living abroad, it is often necessary to communicate with loved ones or business colleagues. In spite of the ever-decreasing cost of international calls, long distance telephone bills can quickly add up. Once again a laptop computer has the ability of solving this problem. With a relatively inexpensive Internet connection, a person can harness one of the most powerful attributes of a computer: communication. This form of communication adds the extra abilities of being able to see the person you are contacting and allow people to share files, information and even programs.

　　A new city can be a lonely place and it can take a significant amount of time to adjust to a new environment and make friend. During such a transitional period, it can be very helpful for one to have access to entertainment: reading a book as an e-book, playing a video game, or watching a DVD, all of which can be done on a laptop. Entertaining oneself can also be a marvelous way to pass the time on a long bus ride or flight.

　　Hence, I posit that a laptop is the ultimate travel companion, whether for a short journey or an extended voyage. Personal computer seems to solve many of the problems that arise from travel.