20. Big city or countryside, which is better for children to grow up in?
It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do you agree or disagree? Use
specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.
『分析』
Edited by Lost Lawyer
不要急于同意或者不同意这个观点。因为哪个回答都有些片面。地点并不是影响孩子成长的唯一因素，也
不是众多因素中最重要的因素。
生活在城市的优缺点
生活在乡村的优缺点
也可以用一系列“不一定”的事实来反驳题目中观点，比如：
在乡村长大的孩子不一定比在城市长大的孩子淳朴(honest; simple; simple sentiments);
在乡村长大的孩子不一定比在城市长大的孩子健康(healthy);
不同的阶段有不同的选择：
学龄前儿童，小学生在哪里都无所谓
初中、高中就可能在大城市更好一点
『范文』
Having grown up in the country myself, I can say without a doubt that I want my own children to grow up in
the city. Life in the city is incomparably better for children than life in the country. The city has better schools,
health care, jobs, and more exposure to the outside world.
The two most important things in any child's life are health and education. In the country, if children get sick,
there are no good hospitals to take them to. Families are often so poor that they can't afford to send all of their
children to school, and the schools are usually of low quality anyway. In the cities, on the other hand, health care
facilities and schools are of excellent quality.
Children from cities also have a much higher chance of getting into excellent universities. City universities
have large numbers of spaces reserved for local residents while they have relatively fewer spaces for students
from the countryside. If I want my child to have a good chance of getting into a good university, I would raise
them in a city.
City salaries are significantly higher than salaries in the country. Jobs in the city are also much easier, on
average, than jobs in the country. A worker in the country might spend 14 hours a day laboring outdoors in the
fields and make much less money per month than the city worker who typically works only eight hours a day. I
want my child to grow up and get a good, high-paying job. A better place to find those jobs is in a city.
Finally, I want my children to grow up into a world that is larger than just their immediate surroundings. In a
city they will have a chance to meet people from all over the country and all over the world. They will have
chances to absorb history and culture from the cities parks, theatres, and museums. Only in the city will they have
the chance to be truly global citizens.
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