一篇TOEFL 和 GRE 写作可马上拿来用的外刊结构

文章引述了不同角度的观点，所以整个展开结构特别适用于 TOEFL 的 Independent Writing 和 GRE 的Issue 部分。

具体文章可模仿的结构为

原标题 The Unclear Future for Gifted-and-Talented Education

原作者 Ben Chapman 

Will gifted-and-talented school programs still exist in five years? [用问句点题，直接引入话题]

Controversy has ramped up around the longtime practice of providing accelerated classes for selected students. Racial-justice movements highlighted inequalities, prompting changes in districts across the nation. Lawsuits related to these programs are pending in states including Virginia, Missouri and New York.

某个话题引起讨论的句式可以再丰富一个了： Controversy has ramped up around the longtime practice of + 话题

Critics say [引入反对方观点] gifted-and-talented classes lead to racial segregation and take resources away from other students who need them. Even some proponents say changes may be needed in methods for selecting students and in the names of these programs, which many brand as elitist.

Backers argue  [引入支持方观点] they are a strong selling point for public education, especially to middle-class families, and play a valuable role in educating students. Some say advances in assessing the ways that children learn, which have been helped by new technology, point toward a need for more tailored instruction, not less.

反对：critics

支持：backers， proponents

结尾部分

Local conflicts over access to gifted programs have become more widespread as the nation navigates a period of social change, Dr. Plucker says. The acrimony, he says, has led many educational leaders to want to get rid of the programs altogether. [重申下话题：关于gifted programs 有很多的 conflicts，只是用引语的方式结尾是newspaper 常用的，对于考试不是特别适用]

But the drawbacks of deprioritizing programs for the nation’s talented children could be huge, he says. “We need to get this right, or else we’re all going to pay for it down the line.” [重申作者态度：虽然是引用了别人之口，但表达的是作者的态度。同样引语不适合考试时候使用]

文中有另外一个表达“某个话题引起讨论” 的句式

How students are selected for gifted programs is an issue at the heart of the debate. 

话题... is an issue at the heart of the debate.