30. Do you like a new high school being built in your community?
It has recently been announced that a new high school may be built in your community. Do you support
or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details in your answer.
『分析』
教育是百年大计(a fundamental task crucial for generations to come)，当然要同意。
社区的孩子就近上学很方便，减少了路上可能发生交通事故的可能性;
可以提高社区文化氛围(将有更多的书店，音像店);
进而促进社区经济繁荣;提高就业率等等。
尽管社区可能变得嘈杂一些，但是总体上还是应该支持的。
『范文』
The basic prerequisite of success for any community is the education of its citizens. Because the advantages
of a high school education in my town are presently available to only a limited number of students every year, I
wholeheartedly support the construction of a new school facility to serve our community.
The competition to get into high school in my town is fierce. There are three middle schools in town, but only
one high school. Because the number of applicants to the single high school far exceeds the available spaces in the
high school, only the richest and most qualified students are able to go to school. The skills taught in high school
including advanced math, analysis, and high-level reading and writing are important to every citizen, no matter
what profession they later choose. Even if they are manual laborers, the ability to critically analyze problems taught
in high school will make them better and more highly skilled workers.
Beyond teaching practical skills to more local children, another high school will give children more
opportunity to attend college. Holding a college degree is almost the only way a person can be assured of getting a
stable, high paying job. Even a degree from a two or three year junior college can mean the ability to make a salary
thousands of yuan annually higher than a high school diploma.
Because our current high school is so small, many bright children with promising college careers ahead of
them have no way of even obtaining the high school diploma! We must make sure the road to higher education
remains open for as many young people as possible.
Finally, if we cannot afford to open this high school, our town will have a serious problem with the number
of unemployed youths who graduate from middle school with nothing to do. If they cannot find good jobs, they
might be tempted to commit crimes, use drugs, or, if they are girls, engage in prostitution. Giving these children
another option would both save them and help society.
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