2025.5.31日托福独立口语话题（重复2022.4.9日/6.29日题目）

When choosing a career, some people think that the amount of money they will earn is the most important consideration, others think that factors such as personal satisfaction are more important than money which do you agree with, explain why. 

话题整体思路解析：

赞同非钱相关的因素更重要，比如成就感。原因可以从长期动力，个人幸福感以及精神健康出发展开讨论。

一个观点+例子

When choosing a career, I believe that personal satisfaction and other non-monetary factors are more important than the amount of money earned. Undoubtedly, good salary usually brings comfort and finanicial security, but since life is a long journey, I do believe long-term sense of happiness must originate from personal satisfaction and passion观点句. Only with a career that provides personal fulfillment, individuals can easily get movtivated and be willing to focus and dedicated to their daily work. If the work is meaningless and boring, even though it can provide large sums of money, it’s really hard for people to maintain their passion and dedication. Gradually they may feel bored and empty and thus are unable to achieve happiness in their lives.

重点核心词汇：

non-monetary adj. 非金钱的

undoubtedly adj. 毫无疑问的

security n. 安全

fulfillment n. 成就

sums n. 数量（通常指钱数）

maintain v. 维持

一个观点+论据

When choosing a career, I believe that personal satisfaction and other non-monetary factors are more important than the amount of money earned. For most individuals, jobs that provide a sense of purpose, creativity, or positive impacts contribute a lot to overall well-being观点句. While only being paid with great amount of money people may feel stressful especially when they need to pay great efforts and energy into their jobs. In the long run, work-loads without interest may lead to complaint and dissatisfaction. Gradually, people will feel annoyed, anxious or even depressed. In contrast，a career with challenge and interest can easily keep individuals cheering up and healthy mentally.  

重点核心词汇：

non-monetary adj. 非金钱的

creativity n. 创造力

well-being n. 幸福

work-load n. 工作量

complaint n. 抱怨

dissatisfaction n. 不满足感

anxious adj. 焦虑的

depressed adj. 抑郁的

When choosing a career, I believe that personal satisfaction and other non-monetary factors are more important than the amount of money earned. Obviously a career with personal satisfaction or other spiritual achievement can easily bring a work-life balance观点句 . It is known that some well-paid jobs demand -

excessive hours and efforts which means much sacrifice of personal leisure time. Thus people may not enjoy their life fully with families and friends. While careers that align with personal values often offer better balance and happiness.  More importantly, when people pursue careers they are passionate about, they are more likely to get inspired and grow professionally 观点二. Such process of exploration can eventually bring personal growth and happiness as well.

重点核心词汇：

non-monetary adj. 非金钱的

spiritual adj. 精神上的

excessive adj. 大量的

sacrifice n. 牺牲

leisure n. 休闲

align v. 和...平行，一致