“參加學生組織的好處”是托福獨立寫作頻繁出現的話題。因此我總結了有關此話題的相關短語和句子。有用的短語和句子比較多，請同學們找出適合自己的熟練背誦和靈活運用!
　　2012年7月6日北美托福獨立寫作題目再現：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目標設定
　　The most important part of goal setting is that the people who have to reach the goals also take part in setting them.目標設定里最重要的一點是：那些必須達到目標的人也應該是參與設定目標的人。
　　2. Strategic planning全局性規劃
　　Strategic planning for the organization is the responsibility of top management.一個組織的全局性規劃是高管們的責任。
　　3. Problem solving解決問題
　　He has problem solving skills.他有解決問題的能力。
　　4. Personal growth個人成長
　　A concern with personal growth and development對個人成長和發展的重視
　　5. Freshmen
　　Help freshmen to acclimate to college life幫助新生適應大學生活
　　6. A Student organizations學生組織
　　Students organizations are a great place to meet new friends.學生組織是一個很好的交朋友的地方。
　　7. Common interest
　　The share a common interest in photography. 他們在攝影方面興趣相投。
　　8. Participate in
　　She is keen to participate in any form of service to the community.她渴望參加各種為社區服務的活動。
　　We encourage students to participate fully in the running of the college.我們鼓勵學生全面參與學院的運作。
　　9. Aside from除...以外(尚有...)
　　The city, aside from being an industrial center, enjoys a high moral record.這城市不但是個工業中心，道德風氣也一向很好。
　　Aside from the social aspects, students organizations provide benefits for the future.除了社會方面(的好處)，學生組織給(學生的)將來也提供了好處。
　　10. Get involved in參與
　　Getting involved in something that pertains to(有關) your major, provides you with invaluable experience that can help get an internship or a well-paid job.參與一些與你專業相關的活動能給你提供寶貴的經驗。這些經驗能幫你找到實習機會甚至是待遇很好的工作。
　　(Good health is an invaluable blessing.身體健康是千金難買的好福氣。)
　　11. Real-life 現實生活
　　Games are real life in miniature.游戲比賽是現實生活的縮影。
　　That does not go on in real life.這在現實生活中是不會發生的。
　　12. Be faced with遭到/面臨
　　Be faced with resolute opposition遭到堅決的反對
　　Be faced with a nasty fear被恐懼所困擾
　　The historian attempting to reconstruct the distant past is always faced with a difficult task.試圖重現遠古時代的歷史學家始終面臨一項艱巨的任務。
　　The problem that faces sb.(或that sb. is faced with)某人所面臨的問題
　　The real-life situations we are faced with in some student organizations are equipping us to better handle various problems in the future.我們在學生組織里面臨的真實的生活情形使得我們更好地在將來處理各種問題。
　　(His own ordeal equipped him to understand his friend’s suffering.他自己的苦難經歷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.她在夜校的學習使她能擔任電氣工程師的工作。Equip使有準備)
　　13. Previous experience相關經驗(previous以前的)
　　Most of his ministers had no previous experience of government.他內閣中的大部分成員缺乏行政管理的經驗。
　　Have you had any previous experience, or is this kind of work new to you?你先前有過這種經歷嗎，抑或這對你來說是新工作?
　　14. Set sb apart from...使與眾不同
　　(to make sb/sth different from or better than others)
　　Her bright red scarf set her apart from the other girls.她那鮮紅的圍巾使她在姑娘們中間顯得特別引人注目。