独立写作:(共18题)
NO.1
Do you think classmates or colleagues should work on projects in person or by e-mails. Why?
working on projects in person helps students and office workers improve efficiency. |
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和同事或同学一起工作,会感受到紧张和压力。但是压力才能让我们高效工作。 With either colleagues or classmates in sight, people tend to feel great tension from their peers. à pressure is the best source of motivation. à Working under proper pressure, they are less likely to be distracted by things irrelevant to the projects at hand and thus achieve higher efficiency. |
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我曾经远程办公,效率极低。 I once telecommuted, with the intention to save more time and to do more at home. But things turned out just the opposite of what was originally intended. At home, where everything is cozy and comfortable, I hardly felt the tension of workplace, thus just idling my time away and achieving nothing. |
Only by working in person can people establish effective relationships with their coworkers or classmates. |
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独自工作,通过电话手机跟同事和同学交流是无法让我们交到朋友的。他们对我们来说只是解决问题的方式。 When working individually at home, people tend not to bond strongly with their coworkers or classmates. The email addresses and the telephones numbers of their coworkers and classmates mean nothing other than possible solutions to problems arising at work. |
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我自由职业了一年,跟James频繁通过邮件和电话交流,合作。但是我知道他不是我的朋友,我们只是工作关系。 Return to the above-mentioned example. I have worked as a freelancer for one year, contacting one person named James through the Internet and the telephone. We have a lot of interactions via emails and phone calls. But I know clearly he is not my friend and we are just work-related. |
NO.2
Students should help their parents with household chores, since it's the best way to give them a sense of responsibility.
doing household chores indeed is the best way to prepare children for greater responsibilities. |
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做家务是又琐碎又麻烦的活。但是就是这个过程孩子才会理解什么是责任。 doing laundry, sweeping the floor, setting the table, feeding the pet, cooking simple dishes are trivial and troublesome tasks. But it is through helping parents with such chores that children come to know the nature of responsibility and the difficulties of carrying responsibility. |
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我的外甥Richard通过养宠物变成了一个负责任的小孩。 My parents offered my nephew, Richard, a dog as his birthday gift and asked him to care for that dog. Richard, the once irresponsible and ungrateful child, was finally turned into a helpful and caring one, who never shirks his responsibility for that dog . |
doing household chores is advisable because it is a necessary step in nurturing children’s independence . |
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帮助家长做家务可以教会孩子很多实用技能,让孩子们能够更好应对自己未来的独立生活。 Helping parents with household chores teaches children numerous skills that will become necessary one day when they cannot be protected by parents and have to start their own lives |
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Rosemarry从小帮妈妈做家务,非常独立自信,相信自己能独立解决所有问题。 Rosemerry has always been the best helper to her mother in dealing with household chores from cleaning the house, babysitting her little sister to cooking dishes. Such experiences give Rosemerry the confidence that she is able to solve all problems with or without others. |
NO.3
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? If people are on vacation (holiday), they should leave their mobile phones at home.
Cell phones disconnect people from the beautiful scenery on the road. |
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手机分散人们的注意力,让人们很难专注欣赏沿途的风景。 Cell phones, which were originally designed to broaden people’s minds, have in fact disconnected people from the surrounding environment. With cell phones at hand, people can hardly move their eyes away from their phone screens and therefore pay even less attention to the beautiful surroundings. |
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上个暑假,我去台湾旅行。在途中,我一直在更新的朋友圈,根本就没有看沿途美丽的海景。 Last summer, I journeyed to Taiwan, a beautiful island along the Southeastern coast of China. During the trip, I was busy with refreshing my friends’ Facebook pages or Twitter feeds, having totally ignoring the beautiful seascape along the way. |
With cell phones, the boss can easily track people down, making it hard for people to enjoy their tours. |
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Work e-mails will be sent to people right through their cell phones and the boss can demand their services whenever an emergency at work happens. With those piles of unfinished work assignments looming on their minds, even vacations can be turned into torments. |
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没有把手机放在家,John在旅行中不停的给重要客户打电话,回复老板邮件,根本无法放松。 Without leaving his cell phone at home, John, even on a trip, was forced to reply the messages and e-mails of his clients and his boss immediately. His immediate responses to those demands indeed helped him win a million-dollar contract and maintain his good relationships with his clients. But his vacation just ruined. |
NO.4
司机们应当支付一定的费用,取得“城市高峰通行许可证”,才能在高峰期间上路。谈谈你的看法。(我这个翻译得有些强硬,原句的立场更加中性一些)。
Drivers should pay for a permit, which allows them to drive rush hours, in order to solve the problem of traffic congestion.
观点: agree |
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1 For drivers, the fee for the permit would allow them to have nice driving experiences. |
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解决交通拥堵问题; Asking money from drivers would limit the number of cars going out during rush hours. |
Example |
According to a recent survey, the number of cars driving on main street in downtown area has dramatically dropped. The reasons for this is that drivers are unwilling to pay for the permit, but would rather use public transportation, such as the subway or the bus. Based on their calculation, the monthly expense on subway would be even cheaper than the money for a permit. |
2 For the infrastructure company, they would have funds to improve the road condition. |
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使用permit的收入去改善路况. The company who runs for the road could use the money to ameliorate the road with poorer condition. |
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For the roads with pits, the company would pay the workers to reconstruct the road. For the roads that are too narrow to drive through, the company could expand the road with more lanes. For example, they could turn the four-lane avenue into the one with eight lanes, so that the avenue would sustain more cars to run on it during the rush hour. |
3 For the government, they would get a higher supporting rate. |
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市民会感谢帮他们解决问题的政府: Citizens would show their appreciation to the government who solves their daily problems. |
Example |
For example, Mrs. Smith has been annoyed by the traffic congestion problem every time she picks up her daughter in Raymond High. Parents would stop the car in front of the school gates, so that every one of them would get blocked. After the City Hall notified about this, they assigns police to regulate the traffic and ask parents to buy the permit for driving-through, they situation is better. Because of this, parents all feel pleased about the immediate action and give their votes to the government in a recent poll. |
NO.5
Do you agree or disagree?
A job with a long vacation time but a low salary is better than a job with a high salary but a shorter vacation time.
高薪没有假期的工作有利于自我提高 A high-paying job with a shorter vacation time contributes greatly to personal growth. |
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高薪的工作多是公司中的重要职位,所以伴随巨大的压力;但是只有在压力下工作才能让我们变得更强。而低薪假期长的工作,任务简单无挑战,对成长无益。 Jobs with high salaries are mostly crucial positions in a company àenormous stress à motivation à further improvement in personal strength |
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Richard毕业后选择了Google,薪水非常高,但是几乎没有假期,还让经常加班,但是就是高压的工作,让Richard磨炼了技术,变成顶尖程序员。 Richard worked as a programmer in Google upon graduation. Even though with a lucrative salary, Richard seldom took a vacation because of the intense competition within the company. à But, it is such enormous pressure that made Richard bring out the best in himself. Now, he is a top-notch developer in Google. |
高薪没有假期的工作有助于职业成功 High-paying but insecure jobs can help enhances our chances of future success. |
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做高薪无假期工作的人有更多的机会接触精英人才,这些社会关系有助于将来职业成功。做低薪长假期的工作人多无能力或无野心,他们对我们的职业成长无好处。 When taking a high-paying job, people tend to be surrounded by the elite in their fields of work. à Their acquaintances with those talented people may play a big role in their future success. |
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John的在外资企业工作的经历帮助他结交了很多出色的设计师,这些人在他创业时提供了很多技术上的帮助,甚至帮助他建立了公司的网站。 John had got acquainted with several talented designers when he worked in a foreign-funded company. Those designers turned out to be a great help when John decided to start his own business. They even helped John set up a website that has gone viral on the Internet. |
NO.6
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In the modern world, we should never be impolite to another person.
教室中,老师不能对学生不礼貌 With a classroom setting, teachers need to be polite and considerate to students. Only their consideration and kindness can bring better effects of teaching and learning |
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老师的礼貌和关心让学生感到被认可被尊重,因此更努力学习。 teachers are considerate and politeàstudents feel respected and appreciated à students tend to devote more to learning in and after class. |
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英语老师太粗鲁,导致全班学生放弃学习。 My English teacher in high school was rude and he scolded students for every mistakeà The students in my class gave up learning altogether, skipping classes and even disobeying him in public. |
工作场所,绝对不能对同事不礼貌 When it comes to workplace, courtesy in interpersonal communication is also an integral part of career success. |
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礼貌帮助与同事之间建立好关系,更好的合作才有更好的表现。 politeness helps people establish effective relationships with coworkers. àBetter cooperation brings out better job performance. |
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John的礼貌让John在同事之间变得受欢迎,同事的帮组帮助John解决工作中的问题,得到老板的提拔。 John’s good manners helped him win wide popularity among his coworkers and with their help, John solved a huge problem in his work and got promoted by the boss. |
父母永远对孩子礼貌 As for parents, their politeness weighs a lot in the healthy mental development of their children. |
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父母的耐心和礼貌帮助孩子建立积极的性格特点,比如坚持和自信。 parents’ patience and encouragement build children’s positive character traits such as persistence and confidence. |
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当我因为失败而沮丧落泪时,父母的耐心和好态度让我知道了面对失败要坚强。 whenever I burst into tears because of some setbacks, my parents’ patience and good attitude let me know it is important to be strong in face of failures. |
NO.7
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?
新产品价高 Consumers have to pay relatively high price for the technological product first launched in the market. |
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新上市的产品,功能先进,消费者需求旺盛,所以价高。 When an electronic gadget with innovative features is first launched to market, its irreplaceability resulting from the lack of competition from products with similar features, along with the high demand, always allows sellers to raise the price high above its market value. |
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拿Iphone4举例。 When Iphone4 was first released in China, it cost more than 8,000 RMB, which was nearly two-month salary for most of people at that time. One year or so later, the price of iPhone 4 decreases by approximately 30% |
理性消费才能买到好产品 rational customers may purchase more reliable and durable product, waiting until many people already have them. |
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消费者可以得到用户的评价,做出更明智的决定。 The waiting period is the best time for potential customers to make the purchase decision by getting authentic comments from other users. |
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那Nokia N9举例 In the advertisement, this mobile looked terrific with its shining appearance, reasonable price and cool new features. But in fact, there was a glaring drawback in its operating system, which made it hard to operate and greatly impacted users’ experience. This bug was exposed by angry consumers rather than Nokia company. |
NO.8
Do you agree or disagree with the statement:现在的家长养活子女比50年前较容易?
教育的普及 Current universal access to education is the primary reason why raising children is easier today than before. |
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好教育à孩子们更强的独立思考能力,问题解决,和更广博的知识à养孩子更简单 better education à children’s better independent thinking ability, problem-solving skills and wider range of knowledge à parenting becomes easier |
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比如大学申请父母不再需要参与,孩子在老师的指导下独立完成 in college application, parental role has reduced to the minimum. Under the guidance of their teachers, children for the most part rely on themselves to go through the whole process. |
网络的普及 The proliferation of the Internet further reduces the difficulties involved in parenting. |
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随时随地的网络à父母网上咨询育儿专家à养孩子更容易 easy access to the Internet à parents can turn to on-line experts in child-rearing whenever they are at a loss à raising children becomes easier |
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父母通过网络了解有关营养的信息,保证自己孩子的健康成长 parents can search on line about instructions concerning how to balance nutrition of daily diet à ensure their children are well-nourished. |
生活水平的提高 The improvement in living standard is also a contributor to easy parenting. |
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物质富足à父母能支付各种课外培训à养孩子更容易 material affluenceà parents can afford various extracurricular training classes and have professionals take care of their childrenàless troubles in raising children |
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通过送孩子去上各种乐器培训,家长就算是音乐白痴,也可以培养自己孩子的艺术好品味。 by sending children to piano, violin and guitar classes, parents can nurture their children’s exquisite tastes even if they know nothing of music. |
NO.9
Do you agree or disagree: the universities should spend more money in improving facilities (libraries, computer labs) than hiring famous teachers.
教师质量决定教育质量 the quality of teaching staff is the key contributing factor to education quality. |
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好老师提供好方法好讲解,有了他们的指导,学生成绩更好;但是设备对成绩无卵用。 highly qualified teachers can offer systematic methods and easily-understandable illustration of knowledge. With their guidance, students are more likely to achieve better performance in studies. Facilities, however advanced, can hardly serve this purpose. |
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好的历史老师更帮学生发现历史事件背后的因果关系,不只是告诉学生什么时间发生什么事。 A good history teacher, with their vivid instructions and deep understanding of historic events, can help students better discover the cause-and-effect relationships behind remarkable events. |
著名教授有助工作 famous professors may even come into big play in students’future job hunting. |
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著名教授社会资源广,所以他们的推荐有助学生工作。 professors tend to have large scope of social resources, so their recommendation can help a lot with students ’job hunting. However, facilities have nothing to do with students’ employability. |
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我的教授曾在著名公司做技术总监,他帮助我在那个公司找到工作。 my professor helps me find a decent job in a world-renown company because he once worked as the director of technology department in that company. |
NO.10
The opinions of celebrities, such as entertainers and athletes, are more important to the younger people than they are to the older people.
年轻人与明星年龄相似 The primary reason why celebrities influence young people more is they are of similar age. |
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大部分明星也是年轻人,与他们年轻的粉丝有相似的态度和价值观,所以他们与粉丝之间的共鸣导致很多年轻人对于他们的模仿。 famous entertainers and athletes are mostly young people too à they share similar values and attitudes àso, young people find themselves resonating to the comments and behaviors of celebrities and thus more likely to imitate celebrities. |
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埃米纳姆的音乐,充满了愤怒,愤世嫉俗和热情,总是能够打动年轻粉丝,产生更大的影响。 Eminem’s music, which is replete with anger, cynical attitudes and his great passion for life, never fail to strike a responsive chord in the hearts of young people and thus has a great influence on them. |
Another reason lies in young people’s immaturity. |
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年轻人正处于性格成型的年纪,没有经验,比较容易受到外来意见的影响。 young people, usually at a formative age, are easily susceptible to others’ opinions, due to their lack of experience and critical thinking. àAccordingly, they are easily swayed by celebrities, especially those with high publicity. In contrast, the elder tend to be wiser, so they may think critically of what celebrities do. |
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很多年轻人,出于对于某明星的狂热,放弃学业,甚至滥用毒品,滥交。 some teenagers, out of their admiration of some pop singers, gave up their education and embraced unrealistic dreams of becoming stars. Some, influenced by their so-called “idols”, even engage themselves in partying, drug abuse, rapid marriage and rapid divorce. |