6. One of your good friends is about to study in a foreign university for one year, after finishing that year’s study, your friend will have to study another year in his own university to successfully graduate, which means he has to spend one more year to get his bachelor degree. As for this condition, do you have any advice to your friend, should he go or not?
Sample response:
I suggest my friend should cherish this chance to study one more year in a foreign university.
The most remarkable reason is that he may experience the exotic culture. For example, my friend is a Chinese student, if he studies in Singapore for one year, then he may taste the authentic Singapore foods, such as the curry foods, the chili crab, the Hainanese chicken rice. Apart from the food culture, the beautiful landmarks, like the Marina Bay sand, the largest infinity swimming pool in the world, the tropical scenery may also expand his horizon. He uses one year to see a new and splendid world and this year will be impressive.
Sample response:
I don’t recommend my friend to join such a program because it is money wasting. My friend is a Chinese student; but if he exchanges to America for one year, hemight spend more money. For example, the tuition for a college student in Chinais around 1000 dollars per year, however, the tuition for a college student in America might be around 50 thousand dollars per year. Apart from studying, the cost for renting a housing, taking a taxi, eating in a restaurant will also be more expensive than that in China. All of these may increase his parents’ economic burden. That’s my advice.
7. In our daily lives, we heavily rely on our cellphones, from your perspective, can you talk about the advantage and disadvantage of communication with friends through cellphones instead of meeting friends face to face? Give specific explanation in your response.
Sample response:
One remarkable advantage is money saving. As long as you have the WIFI, no matter how long I talk with my friends, actually the cost is no more than 1 dollar. However, if meeting my friends face to face, no matter in a café or in a restaurant, we may have to order some drinks or foods, then we may spend over 15 dollars or even more.
The disadvantage is staring at cellphones for too long is harmful to eyes. If I spent 15 mins talking with one friend, then adding up, talking with 10 different friends entails 150 mins. The radiation will be bad for children’s eyes, leading to the near sightedness easily.
8. People, especially young students, often drop into a fast food restaurant on the street to have their meals, from your experience, what are the advantages or disadvantages of eating fast foods in those restaurants?
Sample response:
In my view, the most remarkable advantageis time-saving. Eating in those restaurants, no matter it is the KFC or McDonald’s or a Chinese fast food restaurant, ordering what you want to eat, with in 1 or 2 mins, you may get your foods, and foods are delicious but not complex, people may finish their meals very quickly, maybe 15 mins more or less. Then people, especially youngster, can turn to their studies or work. However, if choosing a non-fast food, ordering and waiting and eating, you may spend around one hour to finish one meal; although it’s might be more elegant, yet it is very time-consuming.
9. Usually at the end of the semester students are asked to evaluate teachers’ teaching. What do you think are the advantages and/or disadvantages of this? Give your specific explanations in your response.
Sample response:
In my view, the most remarkable advantage is this may promote teachers’ teaching. Receiving the feedback, teachers may have a clear image about their merits and demerits of their lessons, such as whether students can well understand their instruction, whether the teaching pace is proper or not, whether the homework is too much or not and so on. Then teachers will adjust their lessons to a more appropriate condition, which is beneficial to both teachers themselves and students. However, if without such evaluation, there will be lacking communication between teachers and students, and teachers may lose a chance to perfect their presentation.
10. When shopping in the supermarkets, many citizens would prefer to bring their own shopping bagin stead of buying new cloth bags or plastic bags. Can you talk about the advantage and/or disadvantage of taking your own shopping bags.
Sample response:
In my view, the most remarkable advantage is definitely saving money. Taking my own city for example, one plastic bag or one cloth bag sold in the supermarkets is usually 0.2 dollars, if buying one bag each time, then adding up, it will be much money for consumers. However, if using your own ones, you can save such an expenditure.
The disadvantage is inconvenience. Sometimes we may just drop into the supermarket to buy something after work or after dating. If bringing the shopping bag with us all the time or going back home to fetch the shopping bag, it might be really inconvenient for us.