写作：六级四十天突破—讲义与笔记（6）

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Direction: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic How I Finance My College Education. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below.

1. 上大学的费用（tuition and fees）可以通过多种途径解决2. 哪种途径适合于我（说明理由）
Nowadays, tuition and fees for college are much higher than ever before. How to finance your college education has become a matter of concern for many. You can deal with in many ways. You can get all of the money from your parents. You can apply for a loan especially set up for college students. You can also acquire the money completely by yourself, doing a full-time job in summer or winter holiday. In addition, you can ask your parents for most of it and earn the rest in your spare time in college, by doing a part-time job.

注：    2.太多you can重复使用，缺乏变化

In my opinion, I prefer the last way. Having acquired most of the tuition and fees from my parents, I needn’t worry too much about the money and can concentrate on my study; on the other hand, a part-time job in my spare time makes my campus-life colorful. I can make a lot of friends, improve my abilities and learn lots of knowledge. So, I choose this way to cover my tuition and fees.

   缺点：缺少连贯性

How I Finance My College Education?

 

Previously in China, a university education was funded by the government. This situation is changing and students must now finance their own education. As a result, students are now faced with the question “how to pay for my college education”?

注：This 指代前文

There are several possible ways to raise the money to pay for fees and tuitions. Parents are a source for college funding, as is the case with most students. Scholarships are also available for students with outstanding academic performance. Because scholarships are competitive, they are not available to every one. Students can also take out a loan from the bank. Banks can provide loans to students without collateral for those who need them. And, many students can take on part-time jobs to help finance their education. In cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, there are many part-time job opportunities for students both on and off campus.

注：1.source 来源，TV program is main source of my pleasure 电视是我欢乐的主要来源

        2.available重要词汇，Are you still available? 你还单身吗？

        3.take part-time job打工，还可以用do out job/temporary job

        4.on and off 校园内外

Personally, I believe a scholarship is the best way to fund an education as it not only pays for fees and tuition, but also encourages studying hard.

 

My View on Fake Commodities

 

The prevalence of fake commodities has been a big problem in our society. Almost every day in newspapers carry articles pertaining to fake commodities. Although measures have been implemented to deal with this problem, it still remains a serious threat.

   

Fake goods are harmful on many levels. People sell fake commodities to make a quick profit which undermines the economy and fake goods can also be dangerous to one’s health. The effect is a general mistrust among consumers toward sellers and the free market in general. In addition, many fake commodities have been exported overseas which has resulted in a poor reputation for goods coming out of China and has had a negative influence on exports.

   

There are several ways to address this problem. Laws and regulations should be implemented/make/work out to ban the manufacturing and distribution of fake goods. At the same time, consumers should be educated to/enhance the awareness of  identify these fake goods. With tough laws and an educated public, fake goods will become a thing of the past.

 

用My View On Fake Commodity改写Brain Drain

Brain Drain

       Brain drain is a delicate problem with which our country is confronted. In the last ten years or so, a lot of scientists and technicians have swarmed into developed countries for further studies or research work, let alone numerous promising students. And there are no indications that they will be back home before long. Our country has paid the expenses of training them but lost them. How did that come about?

         It is self-evident that their delay of coming back is due to those favorable working and living conditions which are essential to research work. Sophisticated equipment makes it easier for one to gain academic achievements. Our competent scientists abroad are offered higher rewards and greater opportunities which contribute to their success in career.

         It seems that it isn’t impossible to solve the problem and attract the scientists and the like back home so long as great importance is attached to the intellectual’s deserving treatment and effective measures are taken to provide them with excellent pay and agreeable conditions.