TOEFL 真題:笑談大學(xué)無用
唱反調(diào)搞笑回答真題
[奉父母之命上大學(xué)]
謝振禮老師
Jeenn Lee Hsieh
對付雅思或托福的寫作測驗,五段的論文不如起承轉(zhuǎn)合的四段結(jié)構(gòu)。學(xué)院派的課外作業(yè)大多傾向五段的寫法,主要是因為沒有強迫的限制時間,所以可以長篇大論。
謝振禮老師和多數(shù)同行建議候選人寫雅思或?qū)懲懈r,最好堅持布局四段。企圖五段則可能時間不足。少于四段,則恐怕字?jǐn)?shù)不夠。下面一篇原著五段范文傾向唱反調(diào),只供搞笑。
很多人上大學(xué),種種原因。主要有三點》1. 嘗試經(jīng)驗。2.職業(yè)培訓(xùn)。3. 增進(jìn)知識。本篇范文嘲笑這三點,因為更大的原因也許是父母的期待與逼迫。
>People attend college or university for many different reasons, for example, new experience, career preparation, increased knowledge. What do you think that people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
>Sample Essay:
Some young people probably would not consider attending a university seriously were it not for the pressure from their parents. It is absolutely understandable that parents wish to send their sons and daughters to higher education either because they went to college or they didn't. But for this kind of pressure as the most motivational factor, some children might think twice before hastily deciding to go to a university, simply for such doubtful reasons as increased knowledge, new experience and career preparation. Independent of the financial situation, there are good reasons why some smart boys and girls are not actually interested in college education.
>Sample Essay:
Some young people probably would not consider attending a university seriously were it not for the pressure from their parents. It is absolutely understandable that parents wish to send their sons and daughters to higher education either because they went to college or they didn't. But for this kind of pressure as the most motivational factor, some children might think twice before hastily deciding to go to a university, simply for such doubtful reasons as increased knowledge, new experience and career preparation. Independent of the financial situation, there are good reasons why some smart boys and girls are not actually interested in college education.
To begin with, they would think that a university is not the only place where knowledge is. Now that so much information is made accessible so easily via the Internet, it makes little sense studying in a library on the campus just to have a chance once in a while reading a collection of ancient books. Besides, one may just as well feel uneducated even if being filled with a million facts. Moreover, it can be seen that the university brings out all abilities, including 'incapability'. What is more, any academic subject can become boring when a professor becomes a broken recorder who is talking in someone else's sleep. To be sure, going through a college education can increase one's knowledge, and so what? To quote Oscar Wilde: "Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth learning can be taught." Indeed, what cannot be taught is exactly "thinking independently." You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink. Likewise, you can send one to a university, but you cannot make one think.
Ironic but true, a new experience in a university can be a lot of fun, if referring particularly to football in a great university with a stadium seating over 3,000. Aside from that, a university is no place to learn real experience in life. Rather, for quite a few young people it is an ideal place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage. Wise boys and girls therefore need not necessarily obtain a higher education and follow where the path leads. Instead, they may go where there is no path and leave a trail. As such, those who have no vanity for academic degrees can learn examples from many celebrities not having any college education, to whom it used to be a joke if one studied at a university. Imagine, without university experience, one is likely to be a first-rate version of oneself instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.
Last but not least, nor is a university the best dream-land for career preparation. Although it may be true that a university degree is associated with generating more income than the average, it is also true that most billionaires on the planet have never finished higher education. For example, the average professor earns more money in a 'year' than a professional athlete or movie star in a whole 'week'. Sadly, nowadays a lot of graduates with a B.A, M.A., PhD even do not have a JOB. Economists report, jokingly, that a college education does add many thousands of dollars to one's lifetime income, then only to be spent on sending one's children to college. This fact clearly raises doubts about the wisdom of so many parents investing so much in giving their children some kind of career preparation in vain.
To sum up, many people attend college or university for different reasons, but for some of them who do, there is no other factor more influential than pressure from their parents who would not take 'No' for an answer. The logic is simple. If parents went to college, it follows that their children should not be different. If they didn't go to college, nothing could please them more than seeing their children turn out to be different and even better.
- 最新頒獎晚會主持稿結(jié)束語(三篇)
- 小學(xué)教師教學(xué)心得感悟100字(五篇)
- 最新新教師的崗前培訓(xùn)心得體會(三篇)
- 初中家長教育孩子的心得體會和感悟(三篇)
- 2022年學(xué)校家庭教育心得體會簡短(三篇)
- 最新初中生家庭教育心得體會(3篇)
- 2023年小學(xué)班主任工作心得體會簡短(3篇)
- 家庭教育講座心得體會400字(四篇)
- 二年級班主任工作心得體會簡短(3篇)
- 2023年新教師入職一個月心得體會幼兒(三篇)
- 最新銀行合規(guī)心得體會(3篇)
- 父母教育孩子心得體會感悟(三篇)
- 2022年小學(xué)生家庭教育心得體會300字(三篇)
- 最新銀行合規(guī)心得體會800字(四篇)
- 最新初中數(shù)學(xué)教師培訓(xùn)心得體會1000字左右(三篇)
- 教師暑假培訓(xùn)心得體會800字(4篇)
- 2022年新教師匯報課個人心得體會(4篇)
- 2023年高一新教師培訓(xùn)心得體會(4篇)
- 2023年家長家庭教育講座心得體會(六篇)
- 最新大學(xué)生安全教育心得體會300字(3篇)
- 訂婚喜帖祝福語(10篇)
- 三年級小學(xué)生日記300字左右(10篇)
- 我的家鄉(xiāng)400字作文四年級下冊(精選10篇)
- 中國證券業(yè)協(xié)會:2024年6月證券從業(yè)資格考試成績查詢?nèi)肟谝验_通
- 北京2024年6月證券從業(yè)資格考試成績查詢?nèi)肟谝验_通
- 給爸爸的父親節(jié)微信祝福句子(精選10篇)
- 天津2024年6月證券從業(yè)資格考試成績查詢?nèi)肟谝验_通
- 2024年四川巴中巴州區(qū)赴高校公開考試(考核)招聘高中教師25名(6月13日起報名)
- 工作自我鑒定簡短(10篇)
- 畢業(yè)快樂的祝福語(10篇)
- 煤礦安全生產(chǎn)心得體會(通用10篇)
- 轉(zhuǎn)正自我評價怎么寫
- 溫馨端午節(jié)問候句子大全10篇
- 有關(guān)放風(fēng)箏的英語日記(10篇)
- 2024年中共西寧市委黨校面向社會公開考核招聘教師公告(青海)
- 2024年四川廣元中考時間:6月13日-15日(總分920分)
- 安全警示教育心得體會(精選10篇)
- 2024年湖南衡陽衡東縣公開招聘教師(專業(yè)人員)61人(6月16日至19日報名)
- 寶寶睡前聽的故事(精選10篇)
- 2024年湖南高考錄取時間及錄取結(jié)果查詢?nèi)肟冢?月8日起)

