当你在托福写作中一筹莫展无从写起时，同学们可以用“下定义”这个方法凑字数啊。看着这一两行甚至三四行文字，心里自然能踏实许多。

　　在此，小编整理了若干托福独立题目中常涉及到的概念并给出难易适度的定义，分享给同学们。希望能让你安心

　　“下定义”这个工具，无论是开头(“天下大势”型)还是主体段落(“explanation”部分中的“下定义”工具)都能出这招，而且用的得当的话，效果非常不错，也可以有效填充文章内容。

　　以下每个定义句的后面，有该句可能用到的独立作文题目举例，都出自近期托福机经，极有实用性。

　　“科技”定义：

　　Technology is the activity or study of using scientific knowledge for practical purposes in industry, farming, medicine, business, etc.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　Technology designed to make our life simpler actually makes our life more complicated.

　　“电话”定义：

　　The telephone is a technology of communication that makes it possible for people to talk directly to someone else in a different place.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　Telephone has had greater effects on people's lives than television.

　　“电视”定义：

　　Television, a communicative medium sending and receiving pictures and sounds by electrical signals, has become a traditional form of mass media and part of the modern culture.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　The purpose of television should be all educative, not entertaining.

　　“电影”定义：

　　Movies, moving pictures that can tell stories or show reality, have become a mainstream form of art and an important way of entertainment.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　Movies and TV have more negative effects than positive effects on the way young people behave.

　　“电子书”定义：

　　An electronic book refers to a book-length publication in digital form.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　In twenty years from now, students will not use printed books anymore.

　　“旅行”定义：

　　Travel means one’s moving from a familiar place to another or to several places.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　Which way is the best for students to make new friends: joining a sport team, participating in community activities, or travelling?

　　“体育运动”定义：

　　Sports are games such as football, tennis and other activities which need physical effort and skill.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　Sports can teach people important lessons on the understanding of life.

　　“社会生活”定义：

　　Social life consists of the activities in which people socialize, for example in their houses or at parties.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　It is more important for schools to fund their students’ social activities than to improve students’ meals.

　　“社交技能”定义：

　　Social skill is any skill facilitating interaction and communication with others.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　Students should not take part-time jobs while they are studying in universities.

　　“建议”定义：

　　If people give you advice, they tell you what they think you should do in a particular situation.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　Getting advice from people who are older than you is more valuable than from people of your age.

　　“政府”定义：

　　A government is the group of people who are responsible for governing a country for a particular time.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　People can solve important problems by themselves or with the help from their family members so there's no need for the government to help them.

　　“教育”定义：

　　Education is a form of learning in which the knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, or research.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　Improving schools is the most important factor in the successful development of a country.

　　“大学”定义：

　　A university is an institution where students study for degrees and where academic research is done.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　For the successful development of a county, a government should focus its budget more on the education of very young children (5—10 years old) rather than on university.

　　“教授”定义：

　　A professor is a scholarly teacher whose duty consists of both teaching and doing research.

　　可能用到的题目：

　　It is more important for professor to teach students than to do researches.