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　　2012年7月6日北美托福独立写作题目再现：The benefits that students can get from student organizations or club activities are as many as that they can get from their academic studies.
　　1. Goal setting目标设定
　　The most important part of goal setting is that the people who have to reach the goals also take part in setting them.目标设定里最重要的一点是：那些必须达到目标的人也应该是参与设定目标的人。
　　2. Strategic planning全局性规划
　　Strategic planning for the organization is the responsibility of top management.一个组织的全局性规划是高管们的责任。
　　3. Problem solving解决问题
　　He has problem solving skills.他有解决问题的能力。
　　4. Personal growth个人成长
　　A concern with personal growth and development对个人成长和发展的重视
　　5. Freshmen
　　Help freshmen to acclimate to college life帮助新生适应大学生活
　　6. A Student organizations学生组织
　　Students organizations are a great place to meet new friends.学生组织是一个很好的交朋友的地方。
　　7. Common interest
　　The share a common interest in photography. 他们在摄影方面兴趣相投。
　　8. Participate in
　　She is keen to participate in any form of service to the community.她渴望参加各种为社区服务的活动。
　　We encourage students to participate fully in the running of the college.我们鼓励学生全面参与学院的运作。
　　9. Aside from除...以外(尚有...)
　　The city, aside from being an industrial center, enjoys a high moral record.这城市不但是个工业中心，道德风气也一向很好。
　　Aside from the social aspects, students organizations provide benefits for the future.除了社会方面(的好处)，学生组织给(学生的)将来也提供了好处。
　　10. Get involved in参与
　　Getting involved in something that pertains to(有关) your major, provides you with invaluable experience that can help get an internship or a well-paid job.参与一些与你专业相关的活动能给你提供宝贵的经验。这些经验能帮你找到实习机会甚至是待遇很好的工作。
　　(Good health is an invaluable blessing.身体健康是千金难买的好福气。)
　　11. Real-life 现实生活
　　Games are real life in miniature.游戏比赛是现实生活的缩影。
　　That does not go on in real life.这在现实生活中是不会发生的。
　　12. Be faced with遭到/面临
　　Be faced with resolute opposition遭到坚决的反对
　　Be faced with a nasty fear被恐惧所困扰
　　The historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.试图重现远古时代的历史学家始终面临一项艰巨的任务。
　　The problem that faces sb.(或that sb. is faced with)某人所面临的问题
　　The real-life situations we are faced with in some student organizations are equipping us to better handle various problems in the future.我们在学生组织里面临的真实的生活情形使得我们更好地在将来处理各种问题。
　　(His own ordeal equipped him to understand his friend’s suffering.他自己的苦难经历能使他能理解他朋友的痛苦。/Her evening study has equipped her for a career as an electrical engineer.她在夜校的学习使她能担任电气工程师的工作。Equip使有准备)
　　13. Previous experience相关经验(previous以前的)
　　Most of his ministers had no previous experience of government.他内阁中的大部分成员缺乏行政管理的经验。
　　Have you had any previous experience, or is this kind of work new to you?你先前有过这种经历吗，抑或这对你来说是新工作?
　　14. Set sb apart from...使与众不同
　　(to make sb/sth different from or better than others)
　　Her bright red scarf set her apart from the other girls.她那鲜红的围巾使她在姑娘们中间显得特别引人注目。