人的一生總是要面臨各種各樣的取舍: 最新最好用的電子產(chǎn)品價(jià)格總是高的驚人，價(jià)格心儀的商品又感覺沒有那么適合自己。我們總是要在比較中平衡利弊做出最合適的選擇。在托福獨(dú)立口語當(dāng)中，也有這樣一些題目，每個(gè)選擇都不是那么完美，考生往往絞盡腦汁也選不出最完美的答案。今天就讓我們一起來看看如何揚(yáng)長(zhǎng)避短，完美選擇。

　　我們拿TPO61 Task1作為例題：

　　Imagine that you must decide between two homes to live in. One place is very large and is brand new; but it is very far from your place of work or university. The second place is very small and is very old, but you would be able to get to work or university in less than five minutes Which place would you prefer to live in? Explain why

　　這是一道選擇住所的題目，通過審題我們可以看出，這兩個(gè)選擇截然相反：一個(gè)是“遠(yuǎn)大新“——特別遠(yuǎn)特別大特別新，另一個(gè)是 “近小破”——特別近特別小特別破，各自的優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)在“very”一詞的加持下，顯得尤為明顯。在回答這道問題時(shí)，考生的重點(diǎn)不應(yīng)放在房子的狀態(tài)上，即房子并沒有那么遠(yuǎn)、那么破，因?yàn)?ldquo;very”一詞作為已知條件不容反駁。此時(shí)，我們可以采取揚(yáng)長(zhǎng)避短的方法，即放大優(yōu)點(diǎn)的影響、縮小缺點(diǎn)的影響。

　　如選擇“遠(yuǎn)大新”，放大優(yōu)點(diǎn)影響——大而新的房子提供適宜的居住環(huán)境，讓人心情愉悅進(jìn)而提高每天的工作及學(xué)習(xí)效率;縮小缺點(diǎn)影響——可以利用較長(zhǎng)的通勤時(shí)間看書背單詞，高效利用，或者對(duì)遠(yuǎn)程學(xué)習(xí)辦公的影響不太大;而選擇“近小破”，放大優(yōu)點(diǎn)影響——住的近可以省去通勤時(shí)間，每天可以晚起一些或利用這些時(shí)間高效學(xué)習(xí);縮小缺點(diǎn)影響——每天大部分時(shí)間在學(xué)校度過，在家里的時(shí)間不多，即使又小又破也沒有太大影響。這樣揚(yáng)長(zhǎng)避短雙保險(xiǎn)后，答案自然而然就非常有說服性了。

　　我們來看一下sample answer:

　　As a senior student, I prefer the second place for two reasons:

　　First of all, I’m a completely night person, who has been used to sleeping late in the morning. It will kill me if I have to get up early to catch the early bus every morning. Also, I may use the hours in the morning to have breakfast or even have morning reading, which will definitely make the whole day efficient.

　　Secondly, living in small and old place is not so awful for me. I mean, I’m a senior student, so I spent at least 18 hours in the laboratory every day. To me, home is just a place for sleeping, therefore there are not any differences between a big house or small place.

　　最后我們?cè)倭粢坏兰彝プ鳂I(yè)，看看大家有沒有掌握揚(yáng)長(zhǎng)避短這一方法：

　　TPO 58 Task1:

　　Imagine you are looking for a new place to live near your university. You have two choices The first place is in a house, which you would share with several other students. The second place is a small apartment, which you would not have to share with others Which would you choose? Explain why.

　　想象你正在尋找一處新的住所，面臨著兩種選擇：一種是和其他學(xué)生合住在一棟大房子里;另一種則是獨(dú)居在小公寓里。你更想要住在哪里?

　　趕快用揚(yáng)長(zhǎng)避短的方法試試吧。