TOEFL Writing Independent 編

1パラグラフ（イントロダクション）:

質問に対するちょっとした見解（例: テクノロジーの発展とそれに付随する経済成長で人々の生活が改善された）

賛成か反対か。（例: 賛成, 現代の生活の方が祖父母が子供だった時よりも快適かつ容易である）

2パラグラフ（理由1のため）:

最初の理由を紹介する。（例: 現代の方がモノへのアクセスが容易だ）

次に、前述の理由を裏付ける例を幾つか、考えられるだけ書く（祖母曰く、食べ物がなくて困った〜　嘘でも可）

3パラグラフ（理由2のため）:

最後の理由を紹介する。（例: 就労開始年齢が高く、自分探しをする時間がより多くある）

次に、前述の理由を裏付ける例を幾つか、考えられるだけ書く（例: 祖父が〜　嘘でも可）

4パラグラフ（結論）:

2,3の例を上手く書き換えて、賛成か反対か改めて述べる。

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Life today is easier and more comfortable than it was when your grandparents were children.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

I believe by dint of technological advancement followed by economic growth, lives of people have been improved, so I agree with the idea that life today is better than it was when my grandparents were little for some reasons while some may not agree.

To begin with, more resources and goods are available these days than before. When my grandparents were teenagers, they did not have access to the Internet, games, and even enough food. On the contrary, present people can easily play games for fun, and always eat whatever they want to. My grandmother’s story demonstrates this. When she was little, her family struggled with the scarcity of food and drink, so they were always hungry and thirsty, feeling unhealthy. On the other hand, when I was little, I could readily drink water, coke, and any soft drinks I loved and ate cakes, candy, and any sweets I liked. Moreover, she could not read articles, or play games online when they were bored, unlike contemporary children can. As a result, she and her siblings were always bored unlike me, who’s always been leading a comfortable and readily life.

Finally, people do not have to start working early. Most must agree that we want to do something other than work after graduating from high school, but while the majority of the young these days go to college after graduating from high school in Japan, those in my grandparents’ time did not. Therefore, they could neither pursue their academic interests nor discover their future career paths more than us. For instance, my grandfather told me that he actually wanted to study Economics at college and work, utilising the academic knowledge after graduation. However, he started working for a restaurant as a cook because his family was not financially stable and could not afford to pay the tuition for further study. Therefore, present young people must be feeling more comfortable as they are not forced to work as soon as they graduate from high school and they can pursue their curiosity or have time for hobbies.

To sum up, I can ascertain that children today are leading more comfortable life than them in my grandparents’ time since they have more access to goods to have fun and to keep themselves healthy, and they can commit to their curiosity and have more time to ponder about their future careers.