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Question
2025年5月25日的托福学术讨论真题

Your professor is teaching a class on society. Write a post responding to the professor's question.
In your response, you should do the following:
•express and support your opinion.
•make a contribution to the discussion in your own words.
An effective response will contain at least 100 words.

Doctor Gupta 
Today, we are going to discuss an emerging work arrangement known as job sharing. Job sharing is a type of employment in which one full-time position can be shared by two part-time workers, that is, the two people share the work hours, and pay of one job. For example, two part-time accountants share one full-time accounting position, splitting the responsibilities of the position. Do you think the job-sharing arrangement is a positive trend? Why or why not? 

Kelly
I’m not sure job sharing is a good idea. I think it would be too confusing for employers to keep track of who is working on which day or who is responsible for certain projects. Co-workers who have questions about certain projects would also get confused about which person to address their questions to.

Paul
I think job sharing can lead to more fulfilling lives for a lot of people. Many workers want to continue developing their careers but don’t want to spend so much time working full-time jobs. Some people want to spend time developing their hobbies or taking classes, for example. Job sharing could be very convenient for their schedules.

范文正文

I think Paul’s perspective is more reasonable. Job sharing is indeed a positive development, as it promotes a better work-life balance【原因状语从句】. When two individuals share the same position on a part-time or reduced-time schedule, both can allocate more time to attend appointments, run errands, or spend quality time with their families. The flexibility they have when job sharing enables them to prioritize their responsibilities at both work and home while still fulfilling their job duties. Although Kelly argues that job sharing may complicate the tracking of workers’ responsibilities, this issue can be easily addressed. When implementing a job sharing strategy, leadership should first determine how to divide the responsibilities. Companies may opt for the twin model, where each job share partner performs the same tasks and shares identical responsibilities, or the islands model, where the work and responsibilities are split based on each partner’s skills and strengths.【定语从句】 Ultimately, it is the leadership skills, rather than the job sharing strategy itself, that influence the outcome of the work.【强调句】

写作思路和特色

这道题是2025年5月25日的托福学术讨论真题，是对改革前的独立写作题目的改编。教授要求两名学生讨论“职务分担”这一工作方式好不好。所谓职务分担，就是由两位非全职工作人员分担一项职务并分享薪资的工作方式。Kelly认为职务分担并不好，因为这会造成混乱。雇主将难以弄清楚某个项目具体由谁负责；如果对某个项目有疑问，也会不知道该问谁。而Paul认为，职务分担能让人们的生活更充实，尤其是那些想在工作之外发展爱好或上课的人，职务分担让他们的日程安排更方便。

本文的采取了“观点+解释+让步+反驳”的结构。观点是认为Paul的看法更合理。职务分担确实是一个积极的趋势，因为它促进了工作与生活的平衡。接下来解释了职务分担是怎样促进生活和工作的平衡的。当两个人以兼职或减少工作时间的方式分担同一个职位时，他们都能有更多时间来参加约会、处理杂事或与家人共度美好时光。工作分担的灵活性使他们能够更好地处理生活中的事务，同时还能履行工作职责。至于对方Kelly提出的潜在缺点，文章表示虽然职务分担可能会让领导难以了解下属的工作状况，但这个问题是可以解决的。具体的解决措施是：在实施职务分担策略时，公司领导层首先应确定如何分配工作职责。公司可以选择双重模式，即参与职务分担的每个工作者都执行相同的任务并分担相同的责任，也可以选择独立模式，即根据每个工作者的能力和优势分配工作。所以，影响工作结果的是领导能力，而不是工作分担策略本身。

这道题所提到的“job sharing”（职务分担）话题，在改革前的托福独立写作中比较常见，但在改革后的学术讨论题目中却是新题。这种工作方式对考生可能稍显陌生，但本文提供了一些话题素材，比如job sharing的两种模式（twin model and islands model）等，希望能为备考的同学们带来一些启发。

用词用语整理

allocate v. 分配
例句：
The government is allocating £10 million for health education.
政府将拨出1000万英镑作为健康教育经费。 

run errands 跑腿，出门办事
例句：
After school he runs errands for his father.
放学后他替父亲跑跑腿办些事情。 

quality time n. （用于全心照顾某人的）宝贵时光，优质时间 

prioritize v. 确定（事项的）优先次序
例句：
You must learn to prioritize your work.
你必须学会在工作中确定事情的轻重缓急。 

complicate v. 使复杂化，使更难懂
例句：
The rescue operation has been complicated by bad weather.
恶劣的天气使救援工作变得更加艰难。 

leadership n. 领导层

【原因状语从句】
Job sharing is indeed a positive development, as it promotes a better work-life balance. 
这句话先提出观点“职务分担是一件好事”，然后用原因状语从句给出原因“它能促进生活和工作的平衡”。符合英语议论文写作中“先概括后具体”的逻辑，层层深入。 

【定语从句】
Companies may opt for the twin model, where each job share partner performs the same tasks and shares identical responsibilities, or the islands model, where the work and responsibilities are split based on each partner’s skills and strengths.
这句话解释了职务分担中的两种常见模式，其一是“双重模式”，即参与职务分担的每个工作者都执行相同的任务并分担相同的责任；而另一种是“独立模式”，也就是根据每个工作者的能力和优势分配工作。用一个长句解释了两种不同的模式，表达意思比较清晰的同时，也展现了语言能力。

【强调句】
Ultimately, it is the leadership skills, rather than the job sharing strategy itself, that influence the outcome of the work.
这句话作为本文的总结句，概括了刚才让步反驳部分的主旨，即职务分担这个工作方式本身并没有错，关键在于如何使用。使用了强调句型，强调了主语。