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　　Getting advice from friends who are older than you is more valuable than getting advice from friends your same age. Do you agree or disagree ?从年长的朋友处得到的建议比从同龄的朋友处得到的建议更加有价值?(2016年4月9日)

　　【头脑风暴】

　　常言说，姜是老的辣，酒是陈的香 。一个人的成熟和智慧和他的经历和阅历息息相关。有谁青春不迷茫，有谁年少不轻狂，不听老人言，吃亏在眼前。

　　【思路拓展】

　　① 年长者的人生智慧和生活阅历可以帮助年轻人少走或不走弯路。当我们身处逆境时，需要来自他人的建议，年长者的人生智慧、生活经历、思辨头脑对于我们的指导意义更大。有趣的例证就是：大学的爱情风花雪月，男生喜欢美丽女神，女生喜欢帅气男生，但是，单纯的爱情被肤浅的快乐吸引，情侣们很少考虑家庭的背景，或者是两者的兴趣志向是否相同，这时候，年长朋友的建议对于未来幸福婚姻有很重要的影响，因为，年长的朋友经历过了才懂得大学美好爱情不等于未来和谐的婚姻，仅有爱是不能结婚的。

　　② 再比如：年轻人求学的时候，可以选择海外留学或者国内读书，这时候，可能父辈们的建议和鼓励对于我们学业的成功就有极其重要的指导意义，因为，很多的年轻人都是读书无意识，人生无意识。年长者的眼光通常更加长远，年长者的阅历通常更加丰富，因此，他们的建议是有价值的。

　　【作家立场】 对比年轻人朋友的建议，从年长的朋友处得到的建议更有价值。

　　【首段】 背景介绍 + 争议焦点 + 作家立场

　　A close friend is what every individual longs after. After all, a day without friendship is like a day without sunshine. A true friend should be one from who we can resort to for help or get valuable suggestions when we are in time of adversity. People differ greatly in their views as to whether or not guidance and advice from older friends is superior to the counterparts from peers. As I see it, advice from elderly friends deserves more praises, although suggestions from our peers are never without their merits.

　　【二段】年长的朋友的建议的利好

　　For a start，rich life experience could be seen as a sort of precious wealth, including those bitter or frustrating experiences. Every individual grows up via experiencing failure or dilemma, one might，at times，feel puzzled，thereby，he or she needs advice and guidance from friends. Under such circumstances, older friends could be our best teachers because they have accumulated a pool of life wisdom, thus, their advice could be precious life guidance. A survey is persuasive enough to justify my stand, the survey conducted by Vista, after consulting many people have found that most respondents claimed that compared with communicating with peers, they prefer to get advice from elderly friends, for their suggestions could help to diminish the likelihood of failure and avoid detours

　　【三段】年长的朋友的建议的利好

　　This debate reminds me of my Uncle Paul, who is a successful business leader. My uncle had studied in New Zealand for more than five years, so, he strongly recommended me to study abroad when facing with the option of studying at home or furthering my study in a foreign country. His suggestion was that a young man could become mature, tenacious and confident by personal struggle in an unfamiliar environment. After listening to my uncle’s advice, I studied even harder during the process of self-improvement, I happily found that I can be more attentive and have more self-discipline. More importantly, I had a clear goal to fight for. It was the suggestion form my uncle that helps me to hardened my heart to study overseas. I had deliberately chosen to lead the life I desire, for the life wisdom learning from my uncle could be considered as a shortcut to success.

　　【四段】年轻朋友的建议也有利好

　　Indeed, I have to concede that suggestions from peers might still their merits to some extent. An argument hold by some people is that people of the similar age have a lot in common such as growth environment or educational background, in this sense, their communication could be more convincing. Furthermore, some people might argue that the experiences of past bear little relevance to today’s life. What I want to rebut，however，is that youngster’s understanding about life is far from mature compared with those from older friends, after all, older friends are more far-sighted and wise.

　　【尾段】再次亮明观点

　　In closing, I re-affirm my conviction that guidance and suggestions from mature friends expert a far more profound and beneficial effect on one’s action.

　　【经典语料】

　　1. get advice from = acquire suggestions from = gain guidance from 从……处获得建议

　　2. is more valuable than = is better than = is superior to 比……更好

　　3. friends of your same age = friends of similar age = peers 同龄人

　　4. …… is what every individual longs after. ……是人人渴望的

　　5. A day without friendship is like a day without sunshine. 友谊就像是生活中的阳光。

　　6. People differ greatly in their views as to whether or not 关于是否……，人们观点差异

　　7. Advice from elderly friends deserves more praises, although suggestions from our peers are never without their merits. 年长的朋友的建议更有价值，尽管同龄人建议远非没有利好。

　　8. One might，at times，feel puzzled，thereby，he or she needs advice and guidance from friends 一个人有时候感到迷茫，所以，人人需要朋友的建议。

　　9. A survey is persuasive enough to justify my stand 一项调查研究足以证明我的立场。

　　10. Their suggestions could help to diminish the likelihood of failure and avoid detours. 他们的建议能帮助我们减少失败，少走弯路。

　　11. A young man could become mature, tenacious and confident by personal struggle in an unfamiliar environment 在陌生的环境中奋斗，一个年轻人可以变得更加成熟，坚韧，自信。

　　12. The life wisdom learning from my uncle could be considered as a shortcut to success. 来自叔叔的人生智慧可以被当作是人生的捷径。

　　13. …… could be considered as a shortcut to success. ……可以被当作是成功的捷径

　　14. What I want to rebut，however，is that youngster’s understanding about life is far from mature compared with those from older friends. 但是，我想反驳的是，年轻人对于人生的理解，对比年长的朋友，远非成熟。

　　15. Guidance and suggestions from mature friends expert a far more profound and beneficial effect on one’s action. 年长朋友的指导和建议对于个人的行为有更加深刻和利好的影响。

　　【作者介绍】

　　新东方网专栏作家：薛鹏(@雅思小鹏哥)，长春市作家协会会员，高中时代出版诗文集《选择坚强》, 每年创作20万字托福雅思原创语料库以及范文。吉林大学外国语言学及应用语言学硕士。17年英语教学经验 (7年新东方雅思托福SAT教学经历)，前长春新东方功勋教师，多次培训出雅思和托福高分学员(雅思写作8分，托福写作29分)。

　　爱生活，爱运动，爱音乐电影，爱旅行美食，爱读书摄影，更爱英语教学。20岁登上英语讲台，主讲英语万词速记课程。熟悉GRE、IELTS、TOEFL、SAT、CET等各级别词汇教学。

　　大一时即在报刊杂志上主持“英语学习系列谈”以及“薛鹏教你学单词”等专栏。2006年获得“外研社/朗文杯”新概念背诵大赛吉林省赛区大学成人组冠军，全国总决赛大学成人组二等奖。

　　对于各类写作课程有精深研究，授课方式行云流水，妙语连珠，知识底蕴深厚，对学员极具有启迪性和激励性。

　　教学理念：Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire.(教育不是注满一桶水，而是点燃一把火)

(编辑：Joe)

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