2011年2月26日 星期六

第四週作文-Lynn

Nowadays people are too much emphasized on appearance and fashion.
人們過度重視外表

Agree

1. Dressing nice could provide positive image to others.

2. Buying apparel is a way to release stress.

3. Wearing something nice can also show a persons taste and sense.





Good looks and dresses are more important for success than good ideas.
外表比想法更重要

Disagree

1. Good ideas can fulfill your knowledge and led to success.

2. Good look and dresses is expensive and too wasting.

3. Good ideas can not only bring profit to ourselves but others also.

2011年2月24日 星期四

第四周作文-Allen

跟團旅遊
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The best way to travel is in a group led by the guide.
Give specific reasons and details to support your opinion.

Disagree:

1. Traveling alone will bring more flexibilities of your travel plan.

2. Traveling alone means we can meet more people freely.

3. Traveling alone can make me more enjoyable and relaxing.

小孩玩電腦遊戲是否浪費時間
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Playing computer games is a waste of time. Children should not be allowed to play them.
Give specific reasons and details to support your opinion.

Disagree:

1.Playing computer games can help children relax their anxieties and provide them a relief from daily pressure.

2.It will enrich children's social life, because children get more opportunities to interact with their friends.

3.Well-designed computer games can also assist in the mental development of children

第四週-Ben的文章

I.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Children should only play sports for fun; they should not play in competitions or contests.
Give specific reasons and details to support your opinion.
TH:I disagree that children should only play sports for fun﹒
A: "The spirit of athletes ” would be learned in several sport competitions﹒For instance﹐you could learn to respect your rival after any competitions on racing sports ﹐golf﹐and tennis﹒
B:Some of sports put“group cooperation”on the core position﹒For example﹒by many competitions﹐baseball﹐basketball﹐and soccer could cultivate each athletes' cooperation﹒
C:Putting lots of efforts to reaching honor is the important course for athletes﹒IF athletes lose the game﹐Finding the fault in the process of the game is also very important to athletes﹒Valentino Rossi﹐the Moto GP rider who has nine world titles﹐is the typical instance﹒
II.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
It is not realistic for people to expect to work at the same company or for the same employer all of their life.
Give specific reasons and details to support your opinion.
TH:I agree that it's not realistic for people to expect to work at the same company or for the same employer all of their life﹒
A:In the Capitalism society﹐many companies choose their employees base on these companies' needs﹐not just employees' loyalty﹒
B:If a worker find the better opportunity in another company﹐going to the company may enhance his value﹐and find pleasure on their business.
C:Some people may have another schedule in their life﹐maybe leaving the company is the appropriate choice for them. For instance﹐a journalist had left his job and started his business of bakery.

2011年2月19日 星期六

第四周作文-Tracy

#1做有挑戰性的工作是否讓人較開心

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

People do challenging work happier than easy job.

Give specific examples and reasons to support your position.

Agree:

1) People will become more confident, mature and knowledgeable.

2) We will be admired and esteemed by people surrounding us.

3) Improve the relationship interaction between colleagues.

#2過多的新聞訊息導致真假難辨

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Today, there are so many sources of news and information that it is difficult to know whom to believe or who is telling the truth.

Use specific reasons or examples to support your ideas.

Agree:

1) Many unreliable sensationalism and scandal may mislead teenagers.

2) Media may broadcast rumors spread by malignant people.

3) False information may influence one’s values.

2011年2月18日 星期五

第四週-Edward

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Teachers should be paid according to how well their students perform.

Give specific examples and reasons to support your position.

I disagree with the statement that teachers should be paid according to how well their students perform.

ü Poor performance of a student doesn’t guarantee that the student is taught by a bad teacher.

ü Teachers should be qualified not only in their students’ performance but also with multiple criteria.

ü It would be difficult to evaluate students’ performance precisely because a lot of dimensions could be involved.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Having a job to work with other people is better than the job that you work alone.

Give specific examples and reasons to sup-port your position.

I agree with the statement that having a job to work with other people is better than the job that you work alone.

ü To work with other people, we could absorb from our colleagues the skills we had never learned.

ü Great colleagues could help us with professional and helpful suggestions which make us to finish the job easier.

ü By working with other people, we would meet variety kinds of people and make some good friends.

2011年2月11日 星期五

第三周題目 Ben

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Television, newspapers, magazines, and other media pay too much attention to the personal lives of famous people such as public figures and celebrities.

Use specific reasons and details to explain your opinion.

TH:I agree with that media pay too much attention to the personal lives celebrities.

A:Many journalists﹐especially paparazzi spend much time to focus on celebrities' private live. The next magazine is the typical paparazzi. The paparazzi will corrode journalism׳s value and ethics. It does not help the society﹐in fact﹐it will let audiences think that journalists are very awful.

B:Spending too much time to notice celebrities' private live will deprive these celebrities׳ privacy. Unless celebrities' behavior can appear under the sun to criticize it﹐celebrities should have the basic privacy﹒For instance﹐if the legislator have second wife﹐journalists can broadcast it.

C:Media broadcast tabloid and chasing celebrities׳ private live to stimulate rating﹒Although tabloid can stimulate rating﹐it just satisfy audience' desire as Peeking Tom﹒Audiences don׳t receive any actual benefit from tabloid﹒And it will corrode these audience' thinking﹒



Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Most advertisements make the products seem much better than what they really are.
Use specific reasons and details to explain your opinion.

TH:I agree with that most advertisements make the products seem much better than what they really are.

A:Some advertisers use“product placement”in the news media׳s programs to exaggerate their products effect. This strategy will provoke audiences׳ desire to buy these products﹐and audiences will lose their conscience to think that these products might be not useful for them﹒

B:Exaggerating the product׳s effect on advertisements or the program of advertisement will limit the creation of program's producer﹒For instance﹐some channels broadcast the program which advertise their product׳s effect in the morning﹒The program's producer follow the advertiser׳s thinking to produce this program﹒

C:If advertisers pay too much attention to their product's appearance on their advertisement﹐they will dismiss their product׳s content﹒For example﹐some motorcycle producers use many advertisements to attract audience to buy their products﹒However﹐these products just change their appearance to reduce their cost﹒

第三周作文題目 Allen

Do you prefer to use your knowledge and experience to solve problems or to turn to others
for advice?
Give the specific reasons and examples to support your position.
Agree
1. Solving problem by ourself will make us know how to take responsibility for what we do.
2. Most of the time, others can not give us right advice , because some problems really depend on personal situations.
3. If we overcome the difficulties by ourself, we will learn more and get more confidence.


Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
Most people prefer others making decisions for them than making decisions for
themselves.
Give the specific reasons and examples to support your position.
Disagree
1. We should consider our personal situations to make right decisions for us, because different people will present us with different decisions.
2. Making decisions by ourself makes us responsible for ourself.
3. Even our decisions are wrong, we will not regret, because it is our own decisions.


第三週作文 Edward

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

People should live in the city or country all life instead of moving to another place.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

I disagree with the statement that people should live in the city or country all life instead of moving to another place.

ü By moving to other city, we could experience the cultural difference between cities.

ü We could widen our horizon by living in another city.

ü It would be a unique opportunity for us to improve our adaptability by facing different environment.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

The second time of reading a good book is more interesting than the first time you read it.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

I agree with the statement that the second time of reading a good book is more interesting than the first time you read it.

ü Reading the book at the first time, we could miss some interesting material or important information.

ü As time goes by, our improving life experience could lead us to draw a conclusion that differs from what we had before.

ü By reading a book worth reading again, we would understand the passage in another point of view and enjoy the fresh reading experience.

2011年2月8日 星期二

第三週作文-Tracy

#1 土地開發問題

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Some people think that human needs for farmland, housing, and industry are more important than saving land for endangered animals.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Disagree:

1) There is a delicate balance of the nature. If one small part is removed, it will affect all the other part.

2) The value of animal research.

3) Animals could make our lives better.

#2 健康與環境保護議題

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Governments should pay more attention on health care issue than environmental issue.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Disagree:

1) The effect of industrial pollution.

2) A good quality of life could make our lives healthier.

3) Respect the environment could benefit our future.


:D

2011年1月29日 星期六

第二週作文-Edward

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Parents find it hard to control their children for the children are now influenced by many things outside home like television or movie.

Give specific reasons and details to support your opinion

I agree with the statement that children are hard to control for they are now influenced by many things outside home.

ü Children’s recognition of value could be influenced by TV programs.

ü It could be hard for parents to explain the unreasonable movie plots which was deeply believed by children.

ü It may harm children’s development if children absorb unqualified information transported by watching TV programs or movies.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Students are more influenced by their teachers than by their friends.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

I agree with the statement that students are more influenced by their teachers than by their friends.

ü By going to school, students are actually directed by teachers in many subjects or professional academic areas.

ü Teachers may influence a student’s behavior or thinking by their professional images.

ü Students may prefer to listen to a teacher’s suggestion rather than their parents’ because of the higher degree of innovation.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

If people want to have a good future they should have a careful plan while they are still young.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

I disagree with the statement that if people want to have a good future they should have a careful plan while they are still young.

ü The world is always changing.

ü It could make our ability more rigid if we put too much effort on future plan.

ü We could improve our adapting ability by a “learning by doing” method.

第二周作文題目 Allen

口才重要性勝過書寫能力
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
In the modern society, the ability of speaking well is more important than the ability of writing well.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion

Agree:
(1) Talking face to face is by far the most common way people interact.
(人與人之間的互動,最常見的方式就是面對面交談)

(2) It is a more effective way to express our opinion though speaking to others.
(用言語表達自己意見是最有效率的方式)

(3) The characteristics of today’s job require us to give a public representation.
(日常工作中,我們常常需要在公開場合做一些演說)

老師的能力
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
A teacher's ability to relate well with students is more important than the excellent
knowledge of the subject being taught?
Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.

這題真的題目有點怪... 我想明天大家來討論一下!


團隊合作的能力越來越重要
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
The ability to cooperate with others is more important today than in the past.
Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

disgree:
(1) Cooperation has been seen as a tradition ever since people lived in groups.
(合作已經是一項歷史悠久的傳統了,因為人類是群居動物)

(2) An individual can not survice without cooperation no matter we live in nowadays or in the past.
(沒有合作的話,人類不可能生存,不論是過去還是現在)

(3) It is in terms of individual or whole society that the importance of team work nowadays is the same as it in the past.
(無論就個人還是整個社會來看, 合作的重要性在現在與過去都是很重要的)


2011年1月28日 星期五

第二週作文題目 Brian

1.學習或創造力
Do you agree or disagree to achieve success, knowledge learned through study is more important than the ability of creativity?
Agree :
(1) We always can learn some experience from the defeat.(總是可以從失敗中學習經驗)
(2) To Keep learning new knoledge could help us to achieve success more easily.(持續學習可以幫助我們更容易成功)
(3) Creativity still need the knowledge to implement .(創意還是需要知識去實行)

Disagree:
(1) More creativities make us different from others.(創意讓我們跟別人不同)
(2) It is not every one has creativity.(不是每個人都有創造力)
(3)Creativity could help us to think different points that other people never think.(創造力可以幫助我們想到別人想不到的點子)

2.解決問題的方式
Do you agree or disagree being creative, rather than carefully planning, will be the best solution to solve a problem?
Disagree:
(1)Fully thinking can find the roots of problems, and provide the best solution.(仔細的思考可以發現問題的根源,進而提供最好的解決方式)
(2)Considerating a problem can prepare ourself to face the accidient situation in advance.(仔細思考問題可以讓我們預先準備好面對突發的狀況)
(3)The solution made after carefully planning is more practical than creative thinking.(仔細思考後做的決定比創意的想法更實際)

3.我看不懂題目,所以沒辦法提供大綱(不好意思)
老師的能力
Do you agree or disagree a teacher's ability to relate well with students is more important than the excellent knowledge of the subject being taught?

2011年1月27日 星期四

第二周作文題目 Phoebe

Phoebe:


1.買東西是因為別人也擁有

agree:(1)to satisfied their vanity 滿足他們的虛榮心
   (2)show their ability 表示他們有能力購買
   (3)do not want different with other people 不想與別人不同
disagree:想不出來......都已經說買不需要的東西了還dis個頭!


2.年輕人比老年人會享受人生

agree:(1)more power to do anything you want to do 有力量做想做的事
   (2)can bear the worse environment 可以成受比較惡劣的環境
   (3)more easy to satisfied 比較容易滿足
disagree:(1)more financial ability 較有經濟能力
    (2)less desire 較少慾望
    (3)know how to enjoy their life 知道如何享受人生


3.國際大事的重要性

agree:(1)increase knowledge 增加知識
(2)know the situation of the world 知道世界局勢
(3)morw subject can discuss with other person 更多與他人討論的話題
disagree:(1)useless on daily life 在日常生活中無用
(2)majority of those news are disappointingly 多數的新聞是令人失望的
(3)violence or clash may let childrenhad reverse effect 暴力與衝突會對小孩有負面影響





大概就這樣
如果有拼錯或用字過於簡單很抱歉,看不懂或文法錯誤請隨時跟我說

Allen叫我發表文章= =
呵呵呵~~
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