备考资料：托福IBT考试口语特训(8)

问题 孩子们到了能干家务的时候，就应该在家里帮忙做些家务。赞成还是反对。

Agree：

- use new skills

- teach responsibility

- develop good habits

Disagree:

- let children be without pressure

- avoid failure at jobs

- focus on studies

Topic sentence

- I agree with the statement and believe that children should be encouraged to help maintain the family home. First of all, this is how they learn new practical skills and they can practice them immediately while carrying out their chores. By helping in the home children can contribute to the family. Over time this activity builds pride and self- confidence. Secondly, having work that others are counting on teaches a child responsibility. Throughout the process, a child is building good lifelong habits like cleaning their room. Furthermore, they learn to manage their time. Doing chores teaches children skills and personal satisfaction, which is why I think they should be asked to do them as soon as they are able.

问题 美在观者眼中。你赞成这种说法还是反对。

Agree:

- individual preference

- cultural differences

- familiarity affect beauty

Disagree:

- universal standards

- qualities can differ

- fame, money influence image

Topic sentence

- I agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder because individuals see the world in their own personal way.

Supporting sentences

- Beauty reflects one’s tastes and opinions.

- Beauty is rooted in one’s preferences mixed with cultural identity

- We perceive people more beautiful as we come to know them better.

Closing sentence (optional)

- The influence of cultural values and personal familiarity is what creates beauty in the eye of the beholder.

I agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder because individuals see the world in their own personal way. Beauty, therefore, reflects the tastes and opinions of any individual. This personal view holds true whether beauty is being viewed in a person or an object of art. It is likely that a person’s idea of beauty is rooted in his or her own preferences mixed with his or her own culture. For example, a person might have learned to value external qualities like pale skin or delicate features as well as inner qualities like patience and humor. Another culture might have totally different standards of what is beautiful inside and outside. Nevertheless, I think that we perceive people more beautiful as we come to know them better. Influence of cultural values and personal familiarity is what creates beauty in the eye of the beholder.

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