一些人不断地换工作，另一些人一辈子做同一份工作。你喜欢哪一种方式？结合自己的经历给出你的观念、理由和例子。
2．
Due to the development of computer technology, a lot of people choose to
work at home. In your opinion, does this development have a positive or negative effect?
很多人选择在家工作，学习，因为电脑技术和进步，这种发展是积极还是消极？
八、旅游类 1． 旅游利弊 赞成：
(1) 发展旅游业是必需的，因为它有助于国家之间增进友谊。
It is necessary to develop the tourist trade, for it contributes a lot to increasing understanding between nations.
(2) 旅游对许多国家的GNP (Gross National Product) 贡献良多。一些国家的经济以
观光业为基础。
Tourism contributes significantly to many countries’ GNP. The economy of some nations is based on the tourism industry.
(3) 旅游为许多人提供工作，帮助解决或减轻失业这个社会问题。
Tourism provides jobs from many people and helps solve or ease the social problems of unemployment.
反对：
(1) 因为旅游者经常被困在大旅馆里，只能从远处注视本地人，所以旅游业并不能
够增加国家之间的理解。
Tourism cannot increase understanding between nations because tourists are often trapped in big hotels and only gaze at the natives from a distance.
(2) 旅游造成污染并且已经破坏了许多美丽的地方。
Tourism creates pollution and has destroyed many beautiful scenic spots.
旅游类模拟真题：
1． Nowadays, international tourism is the biggest industry in the world. Unfortunately,
international tourism creates tension rather than understanding between people from different cultures. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the opinion?
现在，国际旅游是世界上最大的产业。不幸的是，国际旅游造成了不同文化人们之间的紧张关系，而非理解。你同意这种说法吗？
九、健康与生活类 （Health and Life） 1． 安乐死 （Euthanasia/Mercy Killing） 赞成：
(1) 安乐死是人道的,因为它帮助加速患末期疾病的病人死亡。
Mercy Killing is humane because it helps to hasten the death of terminally ill patients.
(2) 延长一个治不好的病人的生命相当于加重他的痛苦。
Extending the lifespan of an incurably ill patient is tantamount to aggravating his or her endless pains.
相当于：be tantamount, be equivalent to, be nothing but (3) 安乐死的动机无疑就是对垂死病人的爱和同情。
Mercy killing is motivated by nothing but love and sympathy for the dying ones.
反对：(1) 安乐死引发许多道德问题，因为它暗示人们可以采取积极的行动来结束生命。 Euthanasia raises many moral issues since it implies that active measures could be taken to terminate one’s life.
(2) 医生和护士应该尽可能挽救垂死的病人，而不是用积极的手段促进他们的死
亡。
Doctors and nurses should try their utmost to save the dying patients, rather than hastening their death by active measures.
2． 养宠物 赞成：
(1) 学会关心宠物帮助一个孩子成长成为一个具有爱心的人，觉得自己对依赖于他
的人有责任。
Learning to take care of a pet facilitates a child’s growing up into a loving person, who feels responsible for everyone dependent on him.
帮助，促进：facilitate, promote, enhance, encourage, accelerate, hasten, boost
(2) 除了做伴以外，宠物能让我们感到爱和被爱。
Besides providing companionship, pets could endow us with a feeling of love and being loved.
反对：
(1) 把鸟关进笼内，给狗上链条，把猫关在房子里真的是违反自然。
It is against nature to cage birds, chain dogs and keep cats within the house.
(2) 现在的人们偏爱宠物，以至于他们甚至忽略了自己的孩子。
People nowadays are so crazy about pets that they even neglect caring for their own children.
(3) 宠物数量的增长已经引起严重、不能解决的卫生问题。
The growing number of pets has caused serious hygiene problems that cannot be solved.
3． 时尚对社会是否有贡献 赞成：
(1) 时装以其丰富的颜色、多变的款式和美丽给生活增添色彩。
Fashion adds spice to life with its rich color, various styles, and beauty.
(2) 如果人们总是穿着相同风格和同一颜色的衣服，世界将会变得很单调。
The world will become nothing but a lifeless and dull place if people without exception wearing clothes of the same style and color.
(3) 穿着得体在心里上很重要，因为对外表的自信会导致对成功的信心。
Being well-dressed is of psychological importance because confidence in one’s appearance leads to confidence in one’s success in life.
反对：
(1) 流行的改变是故意制造浪费，因为为了追随流行必须丢弃许多衣服，有些甚至
你都从来没有穿过。
The change of fashion is nothing but deliberately creating wastes, for to follow the fashion trend means that you have to discard a voluminous number of clothes, some of them you may even have never worn before.
(2) 人们很虚荣，害怕别人看到自己穿不流行的衣服。
People are so vain that they are terrified of being seen wearing unfashionable clothes.
(3) 服装设计这对服装的保暖、舒适和耐穿这样重要的事情不敢兴趣；他们只对外
表和利润感兴趣。
Fashion designers are not interested in important things like warmth, comfort, and durability of the clothes. They are only interested in appearance and profits.
4． 爱情对婚姻是否重要 赞成：
(1) 婚姻是爱的结果和延伸。因此，浪漫的爱情是婚姻最重要的条件。
Marriage is the result and extension of love. Therefore, romantic love is the most important condition for marriage.
(2) 浪漫的爱情使夫妇能够团结在一起，克服生活中的任何困难。
Romantic love will enable couples to get together, conquering any difficulties encountered in life.
遭遇，遇到：encounter, face, confront with, run up against
(3) 没有爱的婚姻很有可能以离婚收场，产生许多社会问题。
Marriages without love are most likely to end up with divorces, resulting a great
many social problems.
反对：
(1) 谚语说，爱让人看不到缺点，因此只基于爱的婚姻仅仅是一个对幸福的赌注。
As the saying goes, love blinds a man to imperfection, so a marriage based on love alone is only a bet for happiness.
仅仅：solely, purely, merely, barely, scarcely, nothing more than
(2) 只基于浪漫爱情的婚姻不会持久，因为责任感对成功的婚姻来说是最本质的。
A marriage based on romantic love alone will not last long, for a sense of responsibility is most essential to a successful marriage.
(3) 因为爱是浪漫的，而婚姻是现实的，所以爱情不是婚姻最重要的条件。
Lot is not the most important condition for marriage because love is romantic whereas marriage is practical.
5． 禁烟 赞成
(1) 吸烟不但导致肺癌而且导致许多其他的疾病，比如心脏病等心血管类疾病。
Smoking leads to not only lung cancer, but also many other diseases such as heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases.
(2) 吸烟不但对吸烟者本身有害，而且造成非吸烟者的死亡。
Smoking is not only harmful to the smoker himself or herself, but also a threat to the health of non-smokers around them.
Not only…but also的用法 反对
(1) 吸烟者帮助国家增加税收。
Smokers contribute to the increase of the national revenue.
(2) 吸烟不应该被禁，因为香烟给许多人在大部分时间带来快乐。
Smoking should not be prohibited, for cigarettes give a vast number of people a good deal of pleasure most of the time.
(3) 每人都有权维持自己习惯，吸烟者也不例外。
Everybody has the right to keep his or her own habit; smoker is not an exception.
健康和生活类模拟真题：
1． Euthanasia has remained illegal in most countries in the world. Its advocators, however, say
that the practice should be legalized. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement? Support your opinion with your own experience and examples.
安乐死在世界上很多国家仍然是非法的。但是支持者说安乐死应该合法化。你同意这种看法吗？用自己的经验和例子支持自己的观点。
2．Some people claim that using tobacco has brought severe social problems and smoking should be banned while others say that smoking has some merits. Discuss the above statements with your own experience.
有些人说吸烟导致严重的社会问题，应该被禁止，而有些人认为吸烟也有好处。讨论这两种看法。
3． Some people prefer to live in the city, while others prefer to live in the country. Which do you
prefer and why.
有些人喜欢生活在城市，而有些人喜欢生活在乡村。你喜欢那个，解释你的理由。
4． Is romantic love the most important condition for marriage?
浪漫的爱情是婚姻最重要的条件吗？