First of all, I have a sense that it is the living condition that matters. Born in the 1980s, most of us are the only child in the family living in the green house, we receive endless care like flowers. It is the love from our parents that set us away from the real world. As this goes on, when we step into the society one day, we cannot get accustomed to the fierce and competitive social life.
What's more, with a negative attitude, many young people are easy to be tired with everything. When coming across with a sticky problem, they are willing to stay behind rather than have a crack. Perhaps the so-called sloth has claimed them for its own.
The last but not the least, nowadays, the competition in the society is fiercer than we could imagine. In order to survive, the young people have to struggle under burden of study and work. Be adapted to the press and failure, the young people lose their self-confidence and self-esteem little by little, not to mention about the striving spirit.
4. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Over-packed Goods. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:
1. 现在社会上的商品有过分包装的现象
2. 对此你有什么看法？
On Over-packed Goods
In these days, when we walk into a supermarket or a shopping mall, we can find different kinds of commodities with beautiful packages. These goods, with splendid appearance, attract a lot of interest and sell well.
This phenomenon leads into a general discussion. It's unnecessary to have the goods excessively packed. In order to hold a bigger market share, some companies come up with lots of strategies, packaging is among them. Goods become more attractive with beautiful packages, but their cost increased as well. It is the consumers who pay for the extra cost. In other word, the consumers have to buy a useless box when they actually want something else. At a higher level, the useless packaging leads to a waste of resources and results in the inefficiency of the society.
I think the most important character of a commodity is its quality. The beautiful package would be soon thrown into the dustbin—What a big waste! So next time, when you want to buy something, choose the one with higher quality instead of one with better package.
5. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Is it Wise to Give Presents?. You should write at least 200 words following the outline given below:
1. 社会上存在相互送礼现象;
2.相互送礼是弊端,还是好事?
3.你的看法是…
Is it Wise to Give Presents?
Nowadays, the behavior of giving and receiving presents has become worldwide popular. Classmates exchange small gifts to show close relationship. Friends exchange presents to strengthen their friendship. Lovers exchanged carefully selected gifts to express the deepest love between them.
However, is it always wise to give and receive presents? From my prospective, it depends. Above all, it depends on the purpose of present giver. If he or she simply wants to make the receiver happy and improve their relationship, it's just OK. On the contrary, if he or she owns a secret object in the bottom of his or her heart, his or her behavior is wrong and must be forbidden.
Yet, many students set too much emphasis on the price of gifts. Maybe they fear that others may laugh at them if their present is too cheap. But who cares? If someone judges you simply by the price, you can just break up with him or her. This kind of people are not worth your friendship.
