题目如下：

Do you agree or disagree:

Nowadays it’s easier to maintain goodhealth than it was in thepast?

虽说题目是老的点，但是ETS也似乎在给我们做一个提示，健康，环保，政府建设是近几年不论哪个国家都持续关注的热点问题。所以本着“与时俱进”的原则去考量托福独立写作的出题意图和策略，题目都在我们的复习范围之内。

 针对此题，如果选择同意现在比过去更容易保持健康。思路可以从以下几个方面展开：

1.人们的健康意识比过去增强很多，主要体现在两个方面：适当运动和体检保健

2.饮食健康和食品质量得到了有力保障。

3.医疗水平的发展让人们免受疾病之苦。

如果选择不同意现在比过去更容易保持健康。思路可以从以下几个方面展开：

1.现在人们普遍呈现亚健康状态，主要体现在两个方面：生活习惯和生活压力

2.环境污染成为罪魁祸首。

3.药物滥用使人们抵抗力低下。

针对第一种思路，给出范文供学生们参考。

Do you agree or disagree:

Nowadays it’s easier to maintain goodhealth than it was in thepast?

Good health has been highly prized as thetop consideration individualstake into in pursuit of well-being. Some may takenegative attitude that modernpeople’s health condition is going downhillcompared with it was before.Although I can related to their concerns about thedifficulties of keeping goodhealth, I still think people maintain good healthymore easily and flexibly.

First off, it has been acknowledged thatpeople have taken initiative toimprove their physical health to a largeextent. Living in the city, you neverfail to miss out on several advanced gymsand sports centers along the street,fully-equipped with diverse fitnessfacilities. Citizens, especially those whoare under great working pressure,are more willing to get a gym-pass to spendtheir weekend, instead of being acouch potato like before. Jogging, uplifting,swimming and doing yoga, all ofthem meet individuals’ personalneeds to keep fitness or lose weight. Properexercise every day not only keepstheir body a good shape, but also lifts theirspirits. Besides enjoyingcutting-edged sports fields, modern people start todevelop a good habit ofdoing annual physical check, which has been supportedand provided by theirworking places as a kind of welfare. Thanks to regularphysical check, those whogot lung problems give up smoking and those who get atumor can deal with itwith a prompt cure. Therefore, with the consciousness toembark on dailyexercise and continue with thorough physical check, getting agood health offthe ground is naturally much easier than before.

Moreover, the food quality has beenimproved to a new plate, whichprovides a better guarantee for people’s dietinghealth. Rememberwhen I was a child, the most snacks I bought from the vendorswas cheap junkfood without any food-quality certificate. I did not make surewhat this kind ofunqualified food was made of till now, but none ofsupervising institutes tookactions to keep it at bay. No wander I often got stomachedat that age, andobviously I fall a victim of those unsafe food. Unlike thepast time, governmentnowadays has implemented strict laws and regulations forthe food-relatedcompanies, ranging from the food production plants, food suppliersto smallcatering restaurants. Any harmful substance like plastic, industrialchemicals,toxic additives must be excluded from the food production; otherwisetheproducers and food suppliers will commit the crime and even be sentencedtodeath. How can we say people are experiencing a harder way to keep agoodhealth under such a potent food policy regulation?

Last but not least, with the advancement ofmedical technology, citizensdo not need to suffer from hard-cure diseases.Almost every year, a kind ofnewly-minted medicine or medical equipment will beupgraded and published. Notonly can patients feel less painful fighting withthe diseases, but also theycan combat it thoroughly and resume health. Recentreport from TV programsdiscovers that the success rate of organ- transplanthas increased by 3 timescompared with decades ago, and the expert doctors canexploit the mostcutting-edge operation facilities to ramp up the speed andaccuracy of theoperation. Besides, those who receive organs can enjoy a normaland healthymonth in half a year, quite a short time.

Sure, modern people are still facing withenvironmental problems or drugabuse, which puts their health at jeopardy.However, don’t you see thegovernment has already tackled the problems withrelated laws, and people’s realization to deal with environmental pollution andresist thetemptation of drugs goes a long way. Therefore, it is much easierfor modernpeople to maintain a good health than it was before.