31. Staying in one place or moving in search of another place?
Some people spend their entire lives in one place. Others move a number of times throughout their lives,
looking for a better job, house, community, or even climate. Which do you prefer: staying in one place or
moving in search of another place? Use reasons and specific examples to support your opinion.
『分析』
选择哪一个都无所谓。直接选择一个立场，文章就变成了罗列三个理由的简单说明文。
后者比较容易操作一些。
也可以采取it depends的策略。
小的时候，没有选择，父母在哪里，自己就要在哪里;
长大了，就会不停地寻找合适的地方;
到了老年，就喜欢停留在一个地方了。
『范文』
While moving to a new place can be a traumatic experience, especially for children, I believe that in the end
its benefits outweigh its drawbacks. Moving to a new place to live increases a person's understanding of the world,
offers new challenges and opportunities, and does not preclude putting down deep roots at some point in the future.
One of the greatest benefits of traveling is learning about a new and different place. Traveling to a new place
to live deepens and enriches the sense of newness and learning that a visitor might feel. A new place means a new,
perhaps different job, and new and different friends. Learning the diverse viewpoints of a new place not only
presents totally new information; it also casts a new light on old viewpoints. Often moving to a new place teaches
people more about the place that they are from. Old, seemingly mundane foods, customs, and language are
suddenly new again viewed in the context of a radically different environment. Through comparisons of old and
new places, friends, and ideas, people become more knowledgeable about the world and about themselves.
A new place offers interesting possibilities for personal and professional development. Even though in a new
place people lacks deep connections, they also lack prejudices and rivalries. Often people move to new places to
escape uncomfortable situations that have hampered their personal growth. If I have a long-standing feud with my
neighbor, I might eventually move to a new place to start over in peace. New places naturally have their own local
politics, but learning about them and finding a way to prosper is like starting life with a clean slate. Every
opportunity is available to newcomers to pursue because the local people do not have preconceived ideas about
them.
Some people would say that truly settling down in one place and making deep and lasting connections is
preferable to moving every few years. I say that true friendships can be maintained over distance, and that people
will be happiest when they discover a place that is truly the best for them. How can people really know what place
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is best for them if they have only lived in one place and have no basis for comparison? Moving once, or even
several times does not mean that a person can never settle down in one, but it does ensure that he/she truly like and
understand the place that he/she does settle down in.
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