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7分写作练习——系列三
Essay One ----
Your friend who is going to further her study abroad is hesitant to choose the majors between business management and music. Write a letter to offer some suggestions. In your letter,
1). explain how you feel when you receive her letter
2). explain the benefits of both subjects
3). give your suggestion
Dear Joan,
Sorry for the late reply. I was on a vacation to Bintan last week. Anyway, thanks for your trust in asking me concerning this. If, in any way, my words can be of any help, that would be more than a relief to me.
Business management or music, it’s a question. You know I graduated from INSEAD, so business management sounds less mysterious than music to me. But in your case, things may be a little complicated.
That your parents stay out of this decision-making really surprises me, as you are the only child they have and they definitely need someone to help them run the business in the future. On a second thought, they may love you too much to push you too far too fast. At the very least, whatever you choose to learn, you may still find another half who understands business operation and can pick up the baton of the family business.
So, taking all those into consideration, I guess I have come to a conclusion. But you may have not. In that case, stop being wearying of this and just follow your instinct. After all, you are still young and have no problem affording both majors. It’s just a matter of time, money and order. No big deal, isn’t it?
I hope you can enjoy whatever you choose in the coming years. Let’s keep in touch. I wish to show you my Bintan pictures soon.
Cheers for now,
Laura
(246 words)
Essay Two ----
Nowadays, increasing countries are confronted with the disappearance of cooking skills. What is the situation in your country? Do you agree that the young children should be taught home cooking in school?
Without even noticing it, people across the globe begin to lose the traditional cooking skills that that parents and parents of parents are proud of, and choose to dine outside more and more often, least among Chinese youngsters.
Digging into the root of this phenomenon, we see a couple of reasons emerge as answers. Needless to say, the one-child policy in place for a while accounts for no less than 50 percent. With only one child, either boy or girl, parents naturally take good care of him/her, leaving the child little room to help or learn in terms of doing house chores, cooking included. Take a boarder view, the society currently goes more and ore specialized in labor training and work distribution. Jack-of-all-trades is rarely seen today. Typically, grandfathers who can make furniture, cook, grow plants and even build houses are more versatile than fathers, and fathers more talented than husbands, albeit vice versa for earnings.
As to whether schools should offer cooking lesions to kids and young children, I guess it is a good idea, as long as cooking becomes a selective course rather than a compulsory one. In that case, those who are interested will go for it, while those who are not will be saved from the trouble of worrying about the scores.
By way of conclusion, I totally agree that, cooking, as an indispensible part of culture, should be deliberately preserved. The cause must be carried on. However, I am also convinced that people should have their own choice as to learn or not to learn cooking skills. Those into it may devote a lifetime and turn out to be the chief chef in a 3 star Michelin restaurant; whereas those who hate to cook, even if they can, may choose to dine out over cooking on their own. After all, both ways serve well as incentives to promote economic development.
(312 words)
[ 本帖最后由 laurawlqi 于 9-12-2009 17:07 编辑 ] |
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发表于 12-11-2009 11:17:40
学英语要像玩一样，才能学得好，变成了学习的动力，反而不容易学好。
