五、典型題解析

1、Internet Romance（考查：科技對人類的影響）

Opinion: from my point of view, internet romance is…

Reasons:

Pros: share point of views…

Cons: virtual reality虛擬現實

identity : conceal / lie about / disguise / cover / hide one’s identity

people tend to be polished on line

Examples

因果論證法：

Um…personally, I think it’s very good thing. Because you can get to know more people and it offers more possibilities. But on the other hand, it’s very dangerous. The reason I say this is that on internet, people can easily conceal their identities and can be very poli123 To illustrate what I mean, I’ll give you an example.（后面補充自己的例子）

2、Internet Shopping（講義P11，考查：科技對人類的影響）

參考講義上的SCRIPT

Pros: convenient, variety, save time/fast

cheap(用數字來例證：30% cheaper than regular shopping普通購物)

can be paid on line by credit card

we can buy books, electronics, and even clothes if we buy them on line /without going out in a summer day, they’ll be delivered right to my house, which really saves a lot of trouble and time.

Cons: there’re several weaknesses:

get cheated/ fraud /

quality cannot be guaranteed because we can not physically see the product…

Security issues:

The way of payment: credit card number known by other people…

Sometimes we have to provide some personal/ private information/privacy, whether it is secure or not?

Technological criminal

         We cannot enjoy the experience of shopping which we are able to receive from the regular shopping.

3、How do you feel about the censorship of (mass) media?（考察：媒體在社會中的作用）

Pros: it plays the role of watchdog

It advocates the freedom of expression

Cons: there’re too much violence, *, subversive statement on modern media.

It’s a double-edged sword.

Sometimes, it may mislead the public interests and be harmful to our national security.

We should draw a line here, but the fewer, the better. Maybe the best thing to do is to decide everything on case-by-case basis. 就事論事

4、What’s your opinion on research using animals?（結合pet和wild animal的 CARD來談/動物保護、環保話題）

怎樣描述一個動物的外表What it looks like?（上網搜索動物的外部特征）

1) look :   height/ it stands 0.7 meters/2 inches.

          weight/ it weigh about 30 pounds.

2) food : feed on animals such as rices, rabbits and sheep.

3) natural habitat: wilderness, forest, rain forest,wet marshland…

養寵物的優缺點：

（優缺點的題目都可以考慮①for whom? ② what benefits/harms?）

Benefits: old people : they may feel lonely & isolated after retired.

        relieve/ alleviate their loneliness and isolation.

        children will learn to concern for others, foster their love of nature/ animals,sense of responsibility.

Cons: spread diseases, shed everywhere/a burden to housewife, extra expension…

Pets as other purpose（環境對人的影響）:

1.      research for medical purposes

2.      transport

3.      advertisement

4.      sports: horse-riding, bull-fighting, horsemanship.

Use for research acceptable?加入價值觀（上網搜索用動物做實驗的內容）

1、acceptable&necessary

   mice…for   medical

genetic engineering    purposes

cosmetics

   There’s no other ways so far.

   Technological & medical advances/breakthroughs depend on researchs applied on animals.

2、disapproval

   That’s cruel/ it infract the Animal Rights.

   They have equal rights to survive in this world.

   Social progress cannot be realised and achieved at the cost of the lives of millions of animals.

將動物關在動物園里的優缺點：（上網搜索動物園的社會意義）

Pros: educate the public

It have economic merits.

It’s a efficient and effective mean of conservation of endangered animals.

It preserve a gene pool and protect the biodiversification.

5、 What’s your opinion on Hollyhood films?（上網搜索影評）

Pros: 1) theme, stories…

2) directing,director: very original/unique in the world…

3) actors/actress/acting:talented…

4) a good way of relaxation

5) high-tech, visual impact, sound track…

Cons: 1) commercialised: made to cater to the taste of…

2) irrelevant to our real life

3) stereotype/machine-made

4) USA的霸權主義體現，too American.

6、What are the pros and cons of fast food?

5分答案：

Pros: the biggest advantage of fast food is that they’re really fast.

Cons: but it’s really harmful to our health.

6分答案：

Pros: obviously (多使用副詞) ,it saves a lot of time and very convenient.

Cons: it’s not very healthy to people.

加上reasons: because there’re too much fat and sugar in the fast food.

            The fast food are high in fat and sugar.

7-8分答案：多用副詞和非限定性定語從句

Pros: when I travel to another country and don’t like the local food, the standardised services and products in the fast food places can be my good choice. They provide a international flavour of food.

Cons: Behind the fast food there is a culture which influences people’s lifestyles.

children may abandon their native traditional food.

It goes against the passing down of our traditional food culture.

7、what are the positive and negative sides of going overseas to study?

Pros: broad our horizon…

Cons: 1) expensive / can not afford

2) language barrier, which is pretty suffering.

3) culture shork

4) feel lonely and homesick

8、what are the advantages and disadvantages of a traditional family?

Nuclear family

Extended family

a family is a fabric of a society and contribute to the social progress.

Pros: 1) the dual-worker family / grandma and grandpa can take care of the child.

2) traditional values pass down

3) resources of emotional support

Cons: 1) what is the generation gap?

the generation gap is a kind of difference and conflict in the aspects of values, lifestyles and attitudes toward many things, for example, they may have different beliefs on the marriage…

2)no privacy, there’s little space for one to live in…

9、uniform要不要穿？

Pros: 1) avoid social comparison

2) cheap

3) too much concern with the fashion will distract them from their study.

4) foster their sense of social equality

Cons: 1)limit the individuality / aesthetic taste

2) Rights to express: costume if a statement of a person, we have the freedom of expression.

3) foster their imagination…

※10、Internet VS newspaper/ print media 網絡上的媒體會不會取代書？（考察：科技發展對人的生活方式的影響）

注意：描述change的題目，用對比（時間/方式）

用因果論證法：opinion + reasons + examples

Disadvantages of Internet: create many health problems such as radiation and eye strain.

Advantages of Internet: cheap, fast, big pool/capacity of information, involves all kinds of information.

Disadvantages of Print Media: convey a feeling/ an emotion/ imagination, enrichment, spark a love of reading, convenient, easy to carry and read.

Advantages of Print Media: occupy a lot of space

六、社會、政府職責主題

Government:

1)      Law : make / pass laws to regulate the management;

        Produce legislation;

        Adopt/ take positive and constructive measures/steps/policies.

2)      宣傳：through starting / launching/ initiating / adopting the large scale educational campaign.

3)      Resource: provide more job opportunity / training.

Individual:

1)      all do small things such as recycling, not wasting/economize water;

start small.

2)      change our lifestyle before it’s too late;

3)      be volunteers, join the organizations/ charities/funds, make beneficent donation, do beneficent acts.