【观点类】
Getting advice from friends who are older than you is more valuable than getting advice from friends your same age. 从年长的朋友处得到的建议比从同龄的朋友处得到的建议更加有价值，是否认同?(2009 年11月1日)
【作家立场】支持年长者的建议比之同龄人的建议更加有价值。
【薛鹏思路拓展】
俗语说：姜是老的辣. 讲的的是年长者的人生智慧和生活阅历。当你遇到困境的时候，需要来自他人的建议，自然，年长的者人生智慧，生活经历，思辨头脑对于我们的指导意义更大。因为，年长者的经验可以令我们不走或者少走弯路。有趣的例证就是：大学的爱情风花雪月，男生喜欢美丽女神，女生喜欢帅气的男生， 但是，单纯的爱情被肤浅的快乐吸引，情侣们很少考虑家庭的背景，或者是两种的兴趣志向是否相同，这时候，年长朋友的建议对于未来幸福婚姻是有很重要的影响，因为，年长朋友经历过了才懂得大学美好爱情不等于未来和谐的婚姻，仅仅有爱是不能结婚的。再比如：年轻人求学的时候，可以选择海外留学或者国内读书，这时候，可能父辈们的建议和鼓励对于我们学业成功就有极其重要的指导意义，因为，很多的年轻人都是读书无意识，人生无意识。年长者的眼光通常很长远，年长者的阅历通常很丰富，因此，他们的建议是重要的。
【薛鹏原创语料库】
1. get advice from sb…… = acquire suggestions from sb……= gain guidance from sb …… v 从……中获得建议 (指导)
2. A is more valuable than B = A is better than B = A is superior to B A比B更加有价值
3. friends of similar age = peers n 同龄人
4. have deeper understanding about life v对于生活有更深刻的理解
5. can help us make sound judgment v帮助我们做出合理的判断
解析：sound = reasonable adj 合理的
6. have rational mode of thinking v有更加理性的思维
解析：rational adj理性的
7. Every one of us grow up by experiencing failure or hardship， sometimes， one might feel puzzled so that he or she needs advice and guidance from others. 成长中，人人经历了失败和艰辛，有时候，人会感到迷茫，所以，人需要来自他人的建议和指导。
拓展：feel perplexed = feel puzzled = feel confused v 感到很困惑
8. Advice from older friends deserves more praises, although suggestions from peers are never without their merits. 来自年长者的建议更加值得赞美，尽管同龄人的建议不是没有利好。
9. Rich life experience including those bitter or painful experience could be seen as a kind of precious wealth. 丰富的人生阅历可被当做是宝贵的财富，即使是那些痛苦和辛酸的经历。
10. In this case, older friends could be our best teachers because they have accumulated a pool of life wisdom, thus, their advice could be precious life guidance. 因为他们积累了丰富的人生智慧，他们的建议是一笔宝贵的财富。
点评: 需要例证展开。
11. My brother Paul had studied in America for more than five years，that is why he strongly recommended me to study abroad when facing with the option of study at home or furthering my study in a foreign country. 哥哥保罗在美国学习五年多了，因此，在我选择是国内读书还是海外留学的时候，他强烈地建议我出国留学。
解析：to further my study in a foreign country v海外留学
12. His suggestion is that I could become mature, independent and confident by personal struggle in an unfamiliar environment. 如果在陌生的环境中自我奋斗，我可以变得更加成熟，独立，自信。
13. After listening to my brother’s advice, I studied even hard during the process of self-improvement, I happily found that I can be more focused, and have more self-control.听了我哥哥的建议，我学习更加努力，我惊喜地发现我可以为了梦想变得更加专注和自控。
拓展：be come focused = become more attentive 变得更加专注
拓展：focus on= zero in on = concentrate on v 专注于……
14. I had a clear goal to fight for. It is the suggestion from my bother that helped to hardened my heart to study overseas. 我有了清晰的奋斗目标，正是哥哥的建议帮助我下定决心海外学习。
15. I believe in my choice, for the life wisdom learning from my brother could be considered as a shortcut to success，which helps me avoid detour. 我相信我的选择，因此来自哥哥的人生智慧是成功的捷径，帮助我少走弯路。
解析：avoid detour v 少走弯路
16. Our peers’ understanding about life is far from mature compared with those from older friends because older friends are more far-sighted and wise. 相比年长的朋友，同龄人对于生活的理解远非成熟，因为年长的朋友更加有远见和明智。
拓展：future-minded adj 有前瞻性的;
拓展：provident = far-sighted adj有远见的
17. He who gives no thought to the difficulties in the future is sure to be beset by worries much closer at hand. 人无远虑必有近忧。
解析：be beset by ……，被……烦扰;被……困扰
18. The older，the wiser 姜还是老的辣(年长者的智慧更加丰富)