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托福机经2013.07.21写作
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WRITING SECTION

Integrated writing task

Topic discussed: 对不健康商品如烟,食品和饮料征税的好处。

Notes

Reading: 征税好

l  价格高了,人们不会再买,减少人们消费有毒商品,有利于健康。

l  公平。加税对没这些不好的习惯的人更公平,因为治病需要公费医疗,而这些吸烟的人更容易生病,生病花医保的钱,对不吸烟的人不公平。吸烟者花得更多就应该交得更多,这样才公平financial fairness

l  增加政府收入,使政府能有更多钱做其他事,如己出设施和教育投入,从而大家都受益。

Lecture: 征税不好

l  人们不会减少抽烟,人们会买廉价的烟,更有害健康,而且一直买,没钱花在健康上。如果是食品,人们吃习惯了,即使贵也要吃。

l  加税对有这些不好的习惯的人不公平,因为每个人挣得不一样多,税对富人的影响比对穷人的影响要小。

l  收税使政府容易留着钱,就不鼓励减少这些坏习惯了,比如政府为了税收就不会制定有效政策禁止公共场所甚至私人场所抽烟。

 

Glossary

 

 

Independent writing task

Essay question

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: it is impossible to be completely honest with your friends.

【话题提示】

诚实的朋友是最好的朋友,但是,有时候完全诚实不一定是最好的选择

首先,诚实的朋友更可靠,他们说什么你都可以相信。

其次,不诚实的人通常不被认可为朋友。

最后,即使诚实是应该做到的,有时候看场合也要适当变通,不仅仅说真话,也要觉察到朋友真正的需求给予帮助。

Words and expressions

 

Sample answer

Honesty is a good quality to find in friends. A lot of people say a loyal and honest friend is the best kind of friend. I believe that a friend should be as honest as possible; however there are some situations when honesty is not the best policy.

 

First and foremost, a friend should strive to be as completely honest as possible. There are some people in the world who always tell the truth, regardless of the situation. Everybody has at least one friend like that. These are good friends because their honesty makes them reliable. If you are in any situation where you need support, turning to this kind of friend is the most comforting. You know that no matter what they say, it is the truth.

 

On the other hand, there are some friends that find it very hard to tell the truth. For example, I have one acquaintance that can never tell the full truth. She always says whatever she thinks the other person wants to hear. So if I ask her if she wants to make plans, so always says she is free. When it comes time for us to meet, she always remembers that she cannot come. I would not call her a true friend, because she is not reliable. There are some people that find it hard to be completely honest, but I usually do not consider them my friends.

 

Admittedly, there are some times in a friendship when it is not wise to tell the truth. In order to fully support a friend, we need to tell a variation of the truth. For example, one of my friends once got a really terrible haircut. She realized it looked really bad and was really self-conscious about her appearance. As her friend, it would have been cruel of me to tell her the complete truth. Instead, I told her it did not look as bad as she thought and then I helped her figure out how to style it so it did not look so bad. Even though a person might have a bad haircut, if she acts with confidence, people might not even notice her bad hair. As her friend, it was my job to make her feel confident. In this kind of circumstance, an honest friend should be sensitive to the wants and need of his or her friend.

 

The best kinds of friends are those who are honest. Honest friends are more reliable and trustworthy. However, sometimes complete honesty can hurt a friend, so a white lie, or a variation of the truth, is acceptable. While it is possible to always say the complete truth to a friend, sometimes it is not recommended.

 

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