下面是小编整理的2016年12月17日
TASK1：If your friends’ family member were sick, what would you do to comfort him?
参考答题范例：I think I would do the following things to comfort him: first, have a long converSATion with him, because companion is the best therapy for a distressed person; and listening to his worries and anxiety patiently surely helps alleviate his bad energy. Second, I will encourage him to ask for a leave and go back to see his family. If that is inconvenient, I would then suggest him attend some special activities, like joining parties or taking a short trip abroad, coz those activities will help to divert his attention and boost up spirit.
TASK2：Do you agree or disagree that senior students should take a gap year before entering college?
参考答题范例1：I agree that senior students take a gap year before entering college. First, the good thing about a gap year is that you can slow down, and think over what you want to achieve in your 4-year college. In China, students are usually burned out especially after the fiercely competing national college entrance exam; so one gap year will definitely help them to unwind and adjust to the upcoming college life in a better way; second, during the one year, they can travel abroad, take some internship or part time, any those experiences can help them to have a much clearer goal about future and ensure a better performance in college.
参考答题范例2：Well,I do support the choice of a gap year before college.First,Students who come to college with an extra year of life experience bring valuable perspective to the classroom.My best friend Tom had made the choice before being enrolled in college.He tried various part-time jobs and traveled a lot,during which he thought about his future and then he entered college with an explicit goal of learning.Furthermore,a gap year also means saving money.Many students make money during the gap year,which cover their expenses at some extent in college,that’s cool.The work experience will also help them find jobs when graduate.Students should be encouraged to take a gap year.
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Here are 10 good reasons for you to go for a gap year.
1. Learn About the World
Although gap years don’t have to involve foreign travel, most gap year students seize the opportunity to travel abroad.
Young people are able to figure out who they are and what inspires them.This firsthand experience of unfamiliar cultures offers profound lessons, especially for curious and motivated young people.
After all, engaged travel is one of the best forms of genuine education.
2. Learn About Yourself
For students who grew up in a structured environment with clearly defined social, athletic and academic goals, gap years offer valuable personal freedom.
Young people are able to figure out who they are and what inspires them. During the gap year, they begin to emerge as self-actualized adults.
3. Have Fun
You only live once. A gap year bursting with travel, adventure, exploration and self-discovery can be a life-changing and intensely memorable experience.
4. Overcome Challenges
Make no mistake – a gap year isn’t time to slack off or take a vacation.
Gap year students usually work, volunteer or undertake self-directed service projects.
For many students, especially those from sheltered backgrounds, the gap year is a time to learn how to get along in the real world. This process isn’t always easy, but it is an essential part of growing up.
5. Save Money
There’s a common perception that gap years are only for wealthy students.
However, taking a gap year can actually save you money in the long run. Gap year students often work part-time as they travel, or volunteer for organizations that cover their expenses.
At the other end of the spectrum, structured gap year programs often offer college credit and cost less than college tuition.
The kicker is that by taking a gap year, students are much more likely to know what they want to study in college. Clear academic and career goals keep students from aimlessly drifting through 4 years of college and 3 years of graduate school at upwards of $40,000 per year.
6. Improve Your College Admission Chances
Imagine an admissions officer trying to decide between two applicants.
Both applicants boast impressive grades, scored high on the SATs, are highly recommended by their teachers and played varsity field hockey.
However, one applicant has volunteered for 8 months in East Africa, speaks some Swahili and is passionate about public health issues in developing countries.
Who do you think the admissions officer would choose?
7. Avoid the Social Pitfalls of College
Students who arrive at college with a full year of life experience under their belts are less likely to engage in risky behavior than students for whom college is their first intoxicating dose of freedom from parental supervision.
On this note, gap year students often become effective role models for their college classmates.
Photo by Camille Albouy
8. Find Your Academic Niche
College can be an opportunity to explore a wide range of academic disciplines, but students will get a lot more out of their education if they have at least a general idea of what they want to study, and what career their expensive education will prepare them for.
9. Learn A Foreign Language
Proficiency in a foreign language is an invaluable skill for young people in today’s interconnected world.
Living, working and traveling overseas is the best way to learn a foreign language, which means that gap year students who supplement their high-school Spanish withtravel in Bolivia have a serious advantage over their peers.
10. Get Some Serious Perspective
Education, at its core, is about accumulating intimate knowledge of the world through a wide range of life experiences.
TASK3：
阅读标题：Create A Sidewalk Across the Main Lawn
原因1：泥巴路太脏，下雨天会弄脏学生的鞋子
原因2：泥巴路不美观，会降低草坪的吸引力
听力态度：反对
原因1：下雨天学生可以绕路走，不要走泥巴路
原因2：泥巴路比水泥路看上去自然
TASK4：
阅读标题：Environmental Impact Assessment
定义：在实施建筑项目(construction projects)的时候，要考虑工程对于环境的影响，如果影响是负面的，则需要对项目进行调整
听力例子：一家建筑公司(construction company)考虑在一片湿地(wet land)上修建一座大型的购物中心。修建之前，该公司先对当地做了一个社会调查，调查发现如果修建购物中心则会破坏当地的湿地，因此该公司最后放弃了在当地修建购物中心的计划，而换到了其他地点。
TASK5：
问题：男生想去参加art festival，但是他的paper还没有完成
解决方案1：晚上回家完成作业
优点1：不会错过艺术节
缺点1：参加完艺术节之后，回家太晚，来不起做
解决方案2：在大巴上完成作业
优点2：既可以参加艺术节，又可以完成作业
缺点2：大巴的票价太高，男生负担不起
TASK6：
话题：创办一个新的公司或企业面临着许多进入壁垒(entry barrier)，进入壁垒主要有两种类型
要点1：第一种进入壁垒是经济壁垒(financial barrier)
例子1：比如开一家健身房gym，需要投入大量的资金用来购买健身器械等
要点2：第二种进入壁垒是客户忠诚度(customer loyalty)
例子2：比如当地已经有一家很受欢迎的健身房，如果再在当地开一家健身房，则想要把其他健身房的客户吸引到自己的健身房来有困难