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本帖最后由 mpromanus 于 2011-4-2 22:09 编辑
27# ttuuttuu
Whether parents should help determined the future of their children or Children are allowed to make their own choices.
The general consensus now appears to be that children are allowed to make their own choices. However, I oppose this viewpoint. That's because of the fact that children don't have enough knowledge to make their decisions, and parents always provide the best way for children (Don't be so quick to make such absolute conclusions on things that might not be as obvious they appear to be..For example, what if the parents themselves are dim-witted while the child happens to be a prodigy? Read 王安石's 伤仲永 to see a prime example of this. I'm not saying your point is wrong. It's just not 'always' right. It is dangerous to use 'always' so early in an essay.) ; following parents' indications can save more time. There are several reasons to support my viewpoint.
First of all, making a good decision depends on having enough knowledge. If children have enough (You could at least use 'adequate' once or twice..) knowledge, they will become successful with ease in the future (I'd love to contend this - this totally reminds me of 书中自有黄金屋 - but nah..not here..). However, they don't know what to do or how to do (do what?) without sufficient knowledge. (You're basically repeating the same point here. I don't see why you have to use 'However'. There's nothing contrary in this sentence from the previous one. Yes, you're trying very hard to use linking words as much as possible, but the successful use of linking words depends on your actual logic. Using them liberally but inappropriately is only detrimental.)Therefore, it will become a disaster if children determine their future by themselves. For instance, John, one of my best friends, wanted to travel to Japan by himself last year. However, his parents disagreed with his decision because he had never traveled to other countries. John still traveled to Japan with insufficient knowledge. He wasted money and got lost several times in Japan. Thus, parents should help children to make suitable decisions because they require ample knowledge. (Alright, maybe your friend John really wasn't thinking much when he wanted to go to Japan, but I can always contend that his parents' decision wasn't necessarily good either. Instead of simply telling John off, his parents could have helped him by getting him travel guides and/or teaching him how to survive in a foreign country. Plus, even John wasted money and got lost, he might still benefit more from his trip than from following his parents' decision - maybe he learnt some Japanese, maybe something else. We just never know because you never really tell us anything else other than very vague descriptions.
You're simply expanding on your topic sentence 'No knowledge, no good decision.' by adding names - 'John has no knowledge, he doesn't make good decision, he made bad decisions; his parents have knowledge, they make good decision.' 'Specific example' does not work this way. You need to write something more in the line of 'John decided to go to Japan (a) beause he doesn't know how dangerous it is (b), so he got shit (c). Getting shit is bad (c), so he made a bad decision (a) because he doesn't know things (b).' Notice how each section (a) and (b) repeats itself but with different level of details, and notice how (c) connects everything together by pointing out where exactly 'good/bad' connects with the details of this example.)
Second, parents always give children the best opinion. I entirely believe that parents expect their children to be successful. Therefore, they always display? convenient and better solutions (What do you intend to express by 'display' solutions?) for their children. For me, I plan to study in the United States. My father encourages me and gives me suitable suggestions. He mentions that I need to study English step by step. In addition, he says that I should truly develop skills including reading, listening, speaking as well as writing, and don't just want to pass the test (If you fill up the 2nd part of this sentence, it reads 'he says that I should don't just want to pass the test'. I trust you see why this is wrong.). When I obtain a high iBT Toefl score, I will obtain the admission easily. These suggestions make me focus on improving my ability in English. Now, I am confident that I can overcome this test. Thus, parents’ opinion usually (incomplete)
(Again, you're simply filling up your topic sentence. 'Parents give children the best opinion' -> 'My father gives me very good opinions, such as blah, blah and blah.'. As I've already said, it doesn't work this way. Your assumption here is that 'study in the US == good, admission == good, high score in iBT == good', which, again, your reader may or may not agree with.)
(A 2nd point here is that you're already off the question. You were slightly off from the start but it didn't become so stunningly obvious until here. The question is 'Whether parents should help determine the future of their children, or children are allowed to to make their own choices (on the future of themselves)'. In the context of your example, this means 'Parents should help determine whether their children should study in the United States'. And you wrote right there under the nose of this question, 'I plan to study in the United States'. Do NOT think that this is a question about making decisions in general simply because you see the word 'choice'. This question is not about any choice. It's about the choice of what future endeavour a child should take. Thus you need to fully understand what exactly the question is, what exactly your viewpoint is, and what your viewpoint translates to in the context of examples.)
Thirdly, parents' suggestion can help children save much time on making a decision. Parents realize? their children because they stay with their children for a long time (You mean, parents 'know' their children..). Therefore, they understand which suggestion is suitable for their children especially their future’s cheer? (You mean, 'career'?). For example, my sister wanted to be an engineer previously. However, my parents suggested her to be a lawyer because she has justice and good memory. In addition, my parents realized that she didn't like physics. (Not all engineering needs a lot of physics..biomedical engineering certainly does not.) Thus, my sister chose law major. In the course, she always obtained high scores and entirely liked her major. Now, she is a good lawyer. Thus, it is efficiently (You mean..'evident'?) that parents’ advice can provide their children a proper decision about their future. (I thought your point is about saving time. Which part of your example is about saving time? Again, you are writing based on this hidden assumption 'suitable major == save time'. I know Chinese people are masters at reading between the lines. Don't try it with the Americans.)
To sum up, I entirely believe that parents should help determined the future of their children. That's because that children's knowledge is not enough to decide their future. In addition, parents always supply proper suggestions for children's future. Furthermore, children's decisions based on lacking knowledge often waste a lot of time to be successful. Thus, children totally are not allowed to make their own choices. (Yeah, not even on whether they should study hard or not..I'm joking. Keep in mind that the question is NOT about 'choices' in general. It's about a very specific kind of choice - 'the future'. Thus your statements should show an understand of this boundary.)
总结:
词汇语法方面问题不是很大,请注意一下莫名其妙的用词不当。。
最主要的逻辑问题,一个是随意扩大论题 - 看见题目里面有个‘选择’就开始写‘选择’‘决定’,可是问题其实只是问你‘对未来发展方向的选择’而已。。严格来说,你三个例子里面只有最后一个是扣题的,但是就这一个还没扣上你的分论点。。不是说你扩大来论述不可以,但是你每个论点扩大之后都要记得收回到题目上去,比如,你说有知识才能做出好的选择,所以父母应该替孩子选择,最后就得跟一句比如‘所以决定未来发展方向这种非常需要知识才能正确选择的事情自然是应该父母搞了’,否则你最后论述的还是不是题目要你论述的。。第二就是如何使用例子阐述你的分论点。如第一个例子后面所提,要让读者看到这个例子怎么和你的论点有直接联系。如果你的论点是‘xx很好’,那么在例子的某一个地方必定得提到和‘好’的关系 - 当然,很多时候你会觉得‘这还不明显吗,xxxx当然就是好的咯!’问题是,不是每个人的价值观都是一样的。对考官来说,我们是外国人,所以更加需要小心这些你自己可能觉得显而易见但放到别人身上可能就是莫名其妙的概念。。 |
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