托福作文范文：学生比以前关心政治

 　　托福作文范文之学生比以前关心政治：

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "Students are more interested inpolitics today than before." Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

　　范文：

　　College students are more aware of their political power today than before, when they put theirminds to it. Many are actually getting involved by using "voice and vote" to choose governmentofficials and make decisions about public policy. What they think could really matter and couldhelp shape the future of politics.

　　The importance of young adults' political tendency is increasingly being felt, when it comes toelection campaigns. College students are becoming an influential¹ constituency and it is hard tofind elections where young people's opinions are ignored. It is because their votes and voicesrepresent their age group and must be valued as such. Since their voices are heard and theirvotes count, they as students begin to feel more confident that their opinions could have animpact on some key political issues. In short, college students are gradually becoming moreenthusiastic toward the art or science of running governmental affairs. So, if you think thatstudents are more interested in politics today than before, you can say that again.

　　The future of politics is in the making in the minds of young adults, especially students. Duringtheir free time, college students are taking part in making decisions about the studentgovernment on the campus, for instance. Partly in this way, they learn independent thinkingand debating--listening as much as speaking. In general, there is a growing awareness² thatpolitics is in the best interests of people and that apathy³ to politics may not be the rightattitude. Thanks to the influence of information through the media, particularly television andthe Internet, they realize that modern politics means more than a bunch of old guys arguingwith each other. In fact, some of today's college students with strong political inclinations⁴ arelikely to become such "old guys" in the time to come.

　　It is clear that the opinions of young people (18-25 years old) are too important to bedismissed from politics because their opinions could foreshadow how the governmental affairswould be run in the future. The political power of students ought not to be under-estimated,now that they can have a say and can vote. They will be the mainstream⁵ of politics.

1 influential   

adj.有影响的，有权势的

参考例句：

• He always tries to get in with the most influential people.他总是试图巴结最有影响的人物。
• He is a very influential man in the government.他在政府中是个很有影响的人物。

2 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

3 apathy   

n.漠不关心，无动于衷；冷淡

参考例句：

• He was sunk in apathy after his failure.他失败后心恢意冷。
• She heard the story with apathy.她听了这个故事无动于衷。

4 inclinations   

倾向( inclination的名词复数 )； 倾斜； 爱好； 斜坡

参考例句：

• She has artistic inclinations. 她有艺术爱好。
• I've no inclinations towards life as a doctor. 我的志趣不是行医。

5 mainstream   

n.（思想或行为的）主流；adj.主流的

参考例句：

• Their views lie outside the mainstream of current medical opinion.他们的观点不属于当今医学界观点的主流。
• Polls are still largely reflects the mainstream sentiment.民调还在很大程度上反映了社会主流情绪。