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俗话说的好,临阵磨枪,不快也光。在上考场前,好好看看这7道题目吧。
NO.1
The way a person is dressed in is a good indication of his/her personality.(衣着类)
波波点睛:
题目大意:人们穿衣的方式能否反应他们的性格。 此题目有些抽象,波波建议大家选择不同意,即认为穿衣风格和性格没有关系,而是主要取决于场合和心情。
具体思路如下:
论证段一:
主题句:穿衣的风格会因为场合的不同而变化,所以很难看出一个人的性格。
论据:不同场合下,我们需要穿不同的衣服。具体来说,在公司,员工通常会被要求穿上同意的制服,所以他们的个性很难从衣服上来辨别。在学校里也是如此。
In the first place, the way people dress may change in order to fit in different occasions, from which we cannot tell their personalities. As is common sense, in our daily life it is quite normal that we have to change our outfits according to the varying occasions we are under. To be specific, in the workplace, almost every company requires their employees to wear certain specific uniform, say, the formal suit for the sake of leaving a good impression on its potential clients. In this case, no matter what personability you have, it is not easy to tell by just seeing the same uniform you are in. The same logic can apply to the school students. According to a 2015 survey conducted by the magazine titled The Youth about the requirement of what students wear in 100 high schools and junior schools, nearly 90% of the surveyed schools set up strict rules about how to dress for their students, which indicates that any individual's personalities cannot be revealed by their outfit.
论证段二:
主题句:一个人的心情会同样会让人们改变穿衣的风格,这也会让通过衣服来看一个的性格变得很难。
论据:心情或情绪会极大的影响一个人的行为,包括穿什么衣服或如何去搭配衣服。比如用自身的例子来证明,在心情好的时候,穿正装体现出积极正面的形象,相反心情不好,会改变成另一种形象。
In the second place, the style of dressing also may be influenced by the mood a person possesses instead of by personalities. Bobision Jackson, a distinguished psychologist in Boston University, proposed that our emotional state plays a decisive role in determing our actions and behaviors, including what we wear and how we are dressed. My own experience can shed some lights on the above proposal. When stressed out because of the countless deadlines of papers and projects, I feel gloomy and depressed and then I would like to dress some casual clothes, especially sportswear and T shirts. Such a style of dressing can make me feel more comfortable, thus relieving my pressure to some extent. However, in my delightful and cheerful days, I am inclined to put on the llittle black dress and step into my shiny Oxford shoes, creating a postive image in front of others. In this case, the way people are dressed will send wrong information about their personalities.
NO.2
A leader should admit if he made a bad decision.
波波点睛:
题目大意: 领导做出错误决定时,应该承认。此题目单纯想why,并不好想,所以波波建议采取采用who的思考角度。波波推荐选择同意,分别对领导自身好和对整个团队好。
具体思路如下:
论证段一:对领导好,因为可以体现个人的人格魅力,获得更多的信任。相反,如果一意孤行,只会让人觉得你stubborn
Initially, the leaders themselves will be a beneficiary of acknowledging the bad decisions made by them, because this practice can reflect the charisma of leaders. Just as an old proverb goes, to err is a man, which means that it is impossible for anyone, regardless his or her position or age, to make no mistakes. Undoubtedly, admitting the poor decision is never easy so that those who can face up to the bad decision are likely earn more trusts and understanding from the group members and thus can achieve further advances in career. On the contrary, insisting on the wrong decision and brazening on will make leaders lose his authority in front of team members, thus posing some obstacles to the career of leaders. Take the experience of my brother, an employee in an internet company, as an example. Last year, the CEO of my brother's company recruited a young guy, Joe, to be the manager of marketing department. From the very beginning, the CEO was convinced that Joe was great for the business. As time went by, he was proven to be a terrible manager because he was irresponsible with company funds and had alienated nearly all of his peers on the senior team. Throughout, the CEO continued to support him and to refuse to listen to negative feedback about Joe. The sad ending of the story is that the CEO ended up losing his job, so did Joe.
论证段二:为员工树立良好的榜样,在犯错时及时纠正,减少公司的损失。
In addition, leaders who acknowledge that they are heading on a wrong directions will set a good role model for the members of team, thus creating a positive vibe in the whole team. As is common sense, the behaviors and deeds of a leader have a profound impact on every member in a team. In other words, adimission of poor decision-making by leaders may encourage team members to face up to the mistaken decisions and quickly find a remedy for it, thus improving the work efficiency of the whole team. By contrast, if leaders tend to find endless excuses to explain the poor decision, the group members may follow suit. Gradually, the cohesiveness and competitivenss of the whole team will collapse at last.
NO.3 Some people prefer to buy technological devices as soon as they are available on the market, while other people prefer to wait. Which do you prefer?
波波点睛:
题目大意:在购买科技产品时,应该一上市就买还是等等再买。波波老师建议大家选择等等再买,原因是首先可以省钱,其次使用起来更安全方便。
具体思路如下:
1. 购买刚上市的产品需要一大笔钱,必然会导致个人经济压力陡增。
Making an impulsive purchase of newly-marketed electronic products requires a large sum of money, thus making the financial burden of individuals much heavier.
论据:
When the products are just available on the market, their prices are extremely high in initial stage and are bound to decline with the time passing. In other words, the impulse buyers whose rational sequence of buying is replaced by irrational emtions of self-gratification will suffer a lot in their wallet. Take the latest generation of the iPhone in the form of the iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6S plus as an example. When first unveiled in September 9 of 2015, t iPhone6s and iPhone6s Plus are respectively sold at the prices of 5288 yuan and 6088 yuan, which amount to the monthly salary of a white collar in the large cities. However, six months later, their prices has decreased by approximately 700 yuan, which makes them more affordable for everyone.
2. 购买新上市的产品可能会让消费者承担一定的安全风险。
Customers buying the latest electronic devices are more likely to take the risk of safety.
论据:
Regardless of the kinds of products, it is quite common that the first version of products is more susceptible to malfunction or some more serious problems. As a result, the users of such products may may fall victims to the potential safety hazzard of those devices. Whenever logging onto the website, watching TV and reading newspaper, we could find there is extensive coverage about the malfunction of the latest version of electronic gadgets.
NO.4
People can solve important problems by themselves or with the help from their family members so there's no need for the government to help them.
波波点睛:
此题目意思是个人可以通过个人努力和家人帮助来解决重大问题,所以不需要政府的帮助。此题不管是同意还是反对,想两个理由都较为困难,所以我们可以选择进行对important problems 进行拆分,波波建议大家选择不同意,即认为个人需要政府的帮助来解决很多重大问题,比如环境问题和教育问题。
全文思路如下:
1.First of all, environmental problems must be solved with the help of the government in many cases. (现在环境问题愈来愈严重,雾霾(haze)以及各种污染问题层出不穷,然而个人的力量总是弱小的,只有通过政府的努力才能解决这些问题。比如雾霾主要是由汽车尾气和工业废气造成的,个人只能改变自己的出行方式,但是这对解决环境问题的作用是微乎其微的,只有政府制定法律法规或关闭工厂这些方式才能从根本上解决空气问题)
First of all, environmental problems must be solved with the help of the government in many cases. Currently, with the deterioration of the environment, various environmental problems such as smoggy weather are so serious that any individual or family can do little to handle these problems. Therefore, only when government pays heed to these issues and take feasible actions can the environment situation can be improved. A good case in point is the haze, a combination of smog and fog. As we all know, the main cause of smog is industrial waste gas. What individuals can do is to commute via public transportation, whose effect can be nearly neglected.However, government can lay down strict rules and regulations to shut down the factory producing heavy pollution or fund the scientific research for new clean energy, like solar energy and wind power.Only in this way can the environmental contamination be fundamentally resolved.
2.In addition, the contribution of the government in solving the problems about educational system cannot be overlooked.(众所周知,很多国家存在教育资源不足或分布不均匀的情况,个人无法通过个人的努力来改变国家整体的教育质量,只有通过政府制定相关政策才能使这一问题得到解决。比如,我国偏远地区的孩子无法上学的问题)
In addition, the contribution of the government in solving the problems about educational system cannot be overlooked. In many countries especially those developing ones, the scarcity and disparity of educational resources are one of the most important factors impeding the enhancement of educational quality. In terms of how to address such a grandiose issue, government definitely can do a better job than any individual. Take the current educational situation in southwestern areas of China for example. According to a 2014 report and conducted by Education Online, many primary and middle schools are not equipped with sufficient teaching instruments, let alone multimedia devices such as projectors, and computers. Such a great gap in eduational resources between the rural and urban areas can only be bridged by the government who has abundant financial resources.
让步段:Admittedly, some opponents may argue that with the steady amelioration of life quality, we can solve some important problems independently or with the assistance from family. However, the above reasoning has belittled the complexity of current problems faced by us. In other words, governmental help is indispensable for us in order to live a smoothy life. Taking what has been discussed above, we can draw the conclusion that for the sake of coping with the importance problems, the help from government is of great necessity.
NO.5 In the modern world, we should never be impolite to another person.
波波点睛:
题目大意:在当今社会,我们绝对不能对别人不礼貌。此题目是一道绝对性的命题,波波老师建议承认合理性,反驳绝对性的写法,具体思路为,先去承认在多数情况下,对别人礼貌是有必要的,但是也有一些特殊情况,尤其是在紧急事件和对待犯人时。
让步:
Admittedly, in most cases courtesy is appreciated. After all, it is a marker of a civilized society. It is usually required by social protocol. The way people stand in line when waiting outside the dentist' office, or the way they talk quietly in public places like libraries, demonstrates their manners. Besides, courtesy may also give an edge over our competitors. It is not hard to imagine a well-mannered young man being more likely to win the employer's favor in a job interview than a rude young man. However, to say we should never be impolite to others is an overstatement.
情况一:Consider emergency.
论据:
In such cases it would be senseless to overemphasize politeness. Imagine a man driving his wife to the hospital. She is about to give birth, but he still tries to maintain good manners, waving goodbye to the security guard in the front gate or apologizing profusely to the vehicles he has overtaken. The pregnant woman might end up suffering more because her husband failed to get her to the emergency room in time. Unnecessary politeness during emergencies might cause harm and thus should be put aside. Similarly, in the event of fire, if the firefighters are afraid to make noises and reluctant to slam open the windows, there could be serious consequences. Thus in emergency situations, it would be ridiculous to overemphasize courtesy.
情况二:
The same is true of the cases in which our legal rights are infringed on by others.
论据:
For instance, When criminals resort to violence, there is no reason for the police to mind their manners. It is hard to imagine that when arresting a suspect, a police officer would nicely say to a criminal, "Would you please lower your weapons? I would like to talk with you. " On the contrary, the right thing to do would be to shout, "Freeze" and handcuff the criminal. Shouting and handcuffing are anything but polite, yet it is rough actions like these that work in such circumstances. Therefore, when fighting crime, the never be impolite rule should be broken.
NO.6 Do you agree or disagree: the universities should spend more money in improving facilities (libraries, computer labs) than hiring famous teachers.
波波点睛:
题目大意:学校应该更加重视购买新的设备还是雇佣新的老师。此题是一个比较类题目,而且发现比较的两项:设备和老师, 是可以共存的,对于这样的题目,最简单的写法是选择两者同等重要,即认为equal amount of financial resources should be distributed to buying teaching equipment and employing famous scholars because both of them are vital to safeguarding the education quality. 然后中间段分别取论述买设备和雇教师的作用。
具体思路:
论证段一:
教学设备很重要,因为可以为学生提供良好的学习环境。
First of all, purchasing facilities is not only important but necessary for universities to invest money, in order to create a better learning enviroment for students.
论据:
As for its importance, under the background of constant technological innovation, high-tech facilities have become an integral part of teaching process. The occasions where teachers used the blackboard and chalk to present a class are becoming rare. By contrast, the projector and multimodal equipments, which can play videos and pictures, are more frequently used by our professors. What's worse, the shortage of facilities will make universities withdraw some courses such as the chemical experiments. When it comes to the high cost of these facilities, universities are the only agency who can afford it.
论证段二:
雇佣好的老师很重要,因为教师可以提升教学质量和丰富科研成果。
Secondly, famous teachers play an important role in improving the level of education and strengthening the academic research ability of the whole universities.
论据:
Famous professors are usually better at teaching students, thus making students more concentrated during class. Take my own experience as an example. When I was a sophomore majoring in lingusitics, I was honored to attend the lecture by Halliday, the founder of functional linguistics. In the whole process of listening to the lecture, I was totally engrossed in taking notes and interpreting his enlightening words. I learned quite a lot from the lecture. If universities can hire professor like Halliday, students will benefit a lot. In addition, the research fruits have become one of the most important standard to measure the overall power of a university. Hiring more famous professor means more research achievement, thus benefiting the university too.
NO.7
The opinions of celebrities, such as entertainers and athletes, are more important to the younger people than they are to the older people
波波点睛:
题目大意:名人的观点对于年轻人要比对于老年人来说更重要。此题是一个老少比较类题目,波波建议大家选择同意,理由分别是年轻人更加关注名人和年轻人不够成熟。
论证段一:
First and foremost, due to the psychological immaturity and lack of life experience, young people are more likely to make decision based on the suggestions from famous people.
论证:
By contrast, rich life experience owned by older people enables them to make their own decision independently. Take advertisements for sports shoes made by NBA stars for example. My little brother and my father are basketball fans who are crazy about the NBA. However, their reactions to the recommendation from famous basketball players are totally different. My brother are motivated to buy everything in the advertisement because he wants to imitate his superstar. On the contrary, my father is unlikely to purchase anything advertised as long as the sports wearing is not needed for him. Thus young people are more likely to be affected by opinions from famous figures.
论证段二:
Furthermore, young people instead of older people pay more attention to celebrities in the circle of entertainment and sports, with the result that they are more extensively exposed to information from these famous people.
论证:
The newspaper named American Today surveyed about 10,000 people with the age from 10 to 70 by asking them about their idols. It is found that 89% of young people under 30 choose celebrities as their idols while the older people are more likely to admire their parents. It is easily understood that people will be greatly influenced by what they heard and saw. Thus the difference is caused by the fact that young people are more extensive exposed to various programs about these celebrities.
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