托福综合写作题目：俄斐这个古老城市是否在南亚

　　本文托福综合写作题目为俄斐这个古老城市是否在南亚2016年5月7日托福考试写作

托福综合写作Topic 议题whether Ophir was an old kingdom located on South Asia
	Reading	Listening
Thesis 总论点	The location was in South Asia	Against
Sub-point1 分论点1	The origin of products like rare woods found in Ophir was only in South Asia.	Maybe Ophir was a trade center, and products from South Asia were transported to there, waiting to be sold.
Sub-point2 分论点2	It took a year and half to travel from Ophir to the Mediterranean area by ship, which is the same as the time that it took from South Asia to Mediterranean area.	The navigation and shipment technologies 3000 years ago were primitive and ships often got lost, which made the voyage at that time much longer than now.
Sub-point 3 分论点3	There were similar words that were both used in Ophir and South Asia.	The similarity of some words cannot prove the connection. For example, England and native Australia coincidently use the same word “dog”, but they did not have any connection at that time.

　　托福综合写作范文Sample answer:

　　The reading and listening both talk about the location of Ophir. However, the professor contradicts the idea raised in the reading that kingdom Ophir was located in the South Asia.

　　Firstly, the reading says that the origin of products like rare woods found in Ophir was only in South Asia. Whereas, the professor argues that there were many trading centers at an ancient time. Maybe Ophir was only one of them, and products from South Asia were transported to there, waiting to be sold. The rare woods may come from other places, in order to carry conveniences for merchants to bring them to some other places.

　　Moreover, the reading claims that time spent on shipping from Ophir to the Mediterranean area can prove its location on South Asia. On the contrary, the lecture opposes that navigation and shipment technology 3000 years ago were primitive, and ships often got lost, which made the voyage at that time much longer than now. Therefore, it is normally for a city nearby to get to the Arabian Peninsula for such a long time.

　　Finally, the reading states that there were similar words that were both used in Ophir and South Asia. Contrarily, the listening argues that the similarity of some words cannot prove the connection. For example, England and native Australia coincidently use the same word “dog”, but they did not have any connection at that time.