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Please help me with my TOEFL writing~~~~(>_<)~~~~ #1 (permalink) Thu Jan 19, 2012 15:59 pm   Please help me with my TOEFL writing~~~~(>_<)~~~~
 

Hi, I'm Aimee from China. I'm going to take TOEFL ibt this March. But I'm really weak in writing. So I intend to post my articles here everyday, and pleeeeeeeeease help me to find the errors in the usage of the vocabularies, sentences and so on .................. . I'll be grateful to you veeeeeeeeeeeery much.

Some people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient. Other people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Some people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient while other people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful. For people who support the latter opinion, they firmly believe computers make people reluctant to do exercise as well as and face-to-face communication, and hence people will be in the state of subhealthy. Blamelessly, I admit that those phenomena do happened in the past few years, but I believe that the advantages computer has brought to us overweigh the disadvantages.

First of all, a computer bring us enormous amount of information, which can be divided into data and news.
For one thing , since I major in biology, I can use a computer to look up literature when writing a thesis. A computer will provide me with all the latest and complete experimental data I may need, which saves considerably amount of time for me compared with some seniors who spent the whole day in the library looking up a little date covered with a thick layer of ash many years ago. For another, I can use a computer to get access to the latest news, without which I will always wait in front of a TV until news is broadcast.

Second, I can use a computer to do a slideshow for a presentation, which shows the progress of my experiment, my thoughts and some arrangement, and I can even share some novelty with my coworkers. I can't imagine the scene that I stand in front of a group of people describe something without a slideshow, and all that l say will be "just guess the process" and "please guess the results", which seems considerably pale and unconvinced.

Finally, playing computer games is my favorite way to relax my mind. Nowadays people are under great pressure, and consequently they need a variety of entertainments. Computer games are diversity and always with high playability, in this way, I can often get a fully relaxation.

Though some people believe spending more time in front of a computer means less time to exercise and communicate face to face, there are many tips on the internet reminding people the significance of exercise. Meanwhile, on the Internet, there do have many introduction to a variety of ways to strengthen one's body. Accordingly, it can not bear closer analysis when some people criticize that a computer occupies one's time for exercising. Instead, it is one's willpower that determines. As for communication, needless to say, one can use a video camera to take place video phone calls, which is a typical "face-to-face" communication.

To conclude, I believe that computer bring us undeniably convenient such as provide us with more information and more ways to share and enjoy ourselves. Based on the arguments above, I have to agree with the statement written above, that computers have made life easier and more convenient than made life more complex and stressful.

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Re: Please help me with my TOEFL writing~~~~(>_<)~~~~ #2 (permalink) Thu Jan 19, 2012 16:48 pm   Re: Please help me with my TOEFL writing~~~~(>_<)~~~~
 

Hi, I think you did a really good job. However, I still made some change. There're some sentences not very clear to me, and maybe you should check them carefully.
I hope this can help you.

Aimee The Crab wrote:
Hi, I'm Aimee from China. I'm going to take TOEFL ibt this March. But I'm really weak in writing. So I intend to post my articles here everyday, and pleeeeeeeeease [please] help me to find the errors in the usage of the vocabularies [words], sentences and so on .................. . I'll be grateful to you veeeeeeeeeeeery much.

Some people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient. Other people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful. What is your opinion? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Some people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient while other people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful.[don’t copy the question] For people who support the latter opinion, they firmly believe computers make people reluctant to do exercise (as well as) and face-to-face communication,( and hence people will be in the state of subhealthy – you make your sentence long without adding any further idea). [you may consider my sentence: for people supporting latter opinion, computers are making people lazy to do exercise, and communicate in person.] Blamelessly, I admit that those phenomena do happened [did happen] (in the past) few years ago, but I believe that (the) advantages computer has brought to us overweigh (the) [its] disadvantages.

First of all, a computer bring [provides] us [with] enormous amount of information(, which can be divided into) [such as] data and news. For one thing [for example], since I major in biology, I can use a computer to look up literature when writing a thesis (I don’t see any relation between your two clauses). A computer will provide me with all the latest and complete experimental data I may need, which saves [me] considerably amount of time (for me) [by comparison with] compared with some seniors who spent [spend] the whole day in the library looking up a little date covered with a thick layer of ash many years ago (this sentence sounds figurative, I think). For another, I can use a computer to get access to the latest news, without which I will always wait in front of a TV until news is broadcast[ed].

Second, I can use a computer to do a slideshow for a presentation, which shows the progress of my experiment, my thoughts and some arrangement, and I can even share some novelty with my coworkers. I can't imagine the scene that I stand in front of a group of people, describe [describing] something without a slideshow, and all that l say will [would] be "just guess the process" and "please guess the results", which seems considerably pale and unconvinced.

Finally, playing computer games is my favorite way to relax (my mind). Nowadays people are under great pressure, and consequently they need a variety of entertainments. Computer games are diversity [diverse] and (always with high playability-what is playability?) [interesting], in this way, I can often get a fully relaxation. (maybe, you want to rewrite this sentence)

Though some people believe spending more time in front of a computer means less time to exercise and communicate face to face, there are many tips on the internet reminding people the significance of exercise. Meanwhile, on the Internet, there do have [are] many introductions to a variety of ways to strengthen one's body. Accordingly, it cannot bear closer analysis when some people criticize that a computer occupies one's time for exercising. Instead, it is one's willpower that determines. As for communication, needless to say, one can use a video camera to take place video phone calls, which is a typical "face-to-face" communication.

To conclude, I believe that computer bring us undeniably convenient [undeniable convenience] such as providing us with more information and more ways to share and enjoy ourselves. Based on the argument above, I have to agree with the statement written above, that computers have made life easier and more convenient (than made life more complex and stressful.-this sounds weird)

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Re: Please help me with my TOEFL writing~~~~(>_<)~~~~ #3 (permalink) Thu Jan 19, 2012 17:11 pm   Re: Please help me with my TOEFL writing~~~~(>_<)~~~~
 

I see...thank you so much for reading and modifying it!!
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Please help me with my TOEFL writing~~~~(>_<)~~~~ #4 (permalink) Sat Jan 21, 2012 0:41 am   Please help me with my TOEFL writing~~~~(>_<)~~~~
 

Hi Aimee, I'm not a native English speaker, but I would like to help you as far as I can :D By the way, I took the TOEFL iBT last week :):)

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Some people say that computers have made life easier and more convenient while other people say that computers have made life more complex and stressful {don't ever try to repeat the prompt, you will be penalized for doing so, instead try to paraphrase}. For people who support the latter opinion, they firmly believe {that} computers make people reluctant to do exercise as well as and {hinder}face-to-face communication, and hence people will be in the state of subhealthy{you might say instead: in addition to other things that might pose a threat on the person's health. I did't find the meaning of "subhealthy", actually I don't think it exists}. Blamelessly, I admit that those phenomena do happened {did happen} in the past few years, but I believe that the advantages computer has brought to us overweigh the disadvantages {always take a side in the introduction, and make that clear. In addition, state the main points that you are going to talk about in the body}.

First of all, a computer bring us {enables and facilitates the access of} enormous amount of information, which can be divided into data and news {I don't think this is true :) except if I got it wrong :P}. For one thing {what do you mean by that?}, since I major in biology {honestly, I didn't know we can say so haha}, I can use a computer to look up literature when writing a thesis {do you mean a research paper?}. A computer will provide me with all the latest and complete experimental data I may need {in a fast and accurate manner}, which saves considerably amount of time for me {I'm not sure about that, but you may say:: thus saving a considerable amount of time} compared with some seniors who spent the whole day in the library looking up a little date covered with a thick layer of ash many years ago {what do you mean by that?}. For another {I looked up for "for another" but couldn't find it, though I'm not sure if it's wrong? You can use "Furthermore" " Additionally" "Moreover"...}, I can use a computer to get access to the latest news, without which I will always wait in front of a TV until news is broadcast. {I wont comment on the structure of the sentence but you should know that combining two ideas in one paragraph is unfavorable! In each paragraph focus on one idea and elaborate on it using the appropriate examples}

Second, I can use a computer to do a slideshow for a presentation, which shows the progress of my experiment, my thoughts and some arrangement, and I can even share some novelty with my coworkers. I can't imagine the scene that I stand in front of a group of people describe something without a slideshow, and all that l say will be "just guess the process" and "please guess the results", which seems considerably pale and unconvinced. {I believe that this is a particular example for a general idea which could be something like: "computers facilitate work". Actually, during the exam I avoided using "me, I..." in the body paragraphs, because they limit me. For example, the main idea for this paragraph would be as we mentioned "computers facilitate work", the first example would be about professors explaining lectures -you can use the same points you said in the paragraph because they are great :)-, the second example would be about critical experiments -e.g. cancer or HIV- that need computers to be achieved, and you may elaborate on the negative consequences if we didn't have computers...}

Finally, playing computer games is my favorite way to relax my mind. Nowadays people are under great pressure, and consequently they need a variety of entertainments. Computer games are diversity and always with high playability, in this way, I can often get a fully relaxation. {I believe this paragraph would be fantastic if you didn't use "I" or "my" and tried to be bias)

Though some people believe spending more time in front of a computer means less time to exercise and {to} communicate face to face, there are many tips on the internet reminding people {about} the significance of exercise {I think it should be exercising}. Meanwhile, on the Internet, there do have many introduction to {includes}a variety of ways to strengthen one's body {not convincing :P}. Accordingly, it can not bear closer analysis {I'm not sure about this phrase} when some people criticize that a computer occupies one's time for exercising. Instead, it is one's willpower that determines. As for communication, needless to say, one can use a video camera to take place video phone calls, which is a typical "face-to-face" communication {but this one is convincing lol}.

To conclude, I believe that computer bring us undeniably convenient such as provided us with more information and more ways to share and enjoy ourselves. Based on the arguments above, I have to agree with the statement written above {repetition, and that is not good at all}, that computers have made life easier and more convenient than made life more complex and stressful {again, never copy and paste, paraphrase}.
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Thank you! #5 (permalink) Sat Jan 21, 2012 3:48 am   Thank you!
 

Thank you so much !Wish you success!~~
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