Task 1 2018.11.24旧题复用: You are going to have an interview but the location is far from your place. Which do you prefer, travel the long distance to have the interview face-to-face or have the interview on the phone?
Task4 生物学:为了提高自己的存活率,会让自己的个体更早的发育到成年adaptations to risky environments。一个是maturing earlier,小baby太脆弱,unlikely to survive。一个是reproducing earlier,replenish population earlier。
独立写作 Which one do you think would best help to increase confidence in meetings at work, or class discussions at school? why? 1、spending more time preparing for class discussions at school or meetings at work 2、learning about and practicing techniques to help you become more confident 3、finding a more experienced person who can give advice about how to handle these situations.
如果同意第一个选项,可以说sufficient preparations enable one to better contribute their ideas in a very convincing way。因为很多时候人们对一件事不自信是因为准备不够所以觉得自己不能胜任要面对的事情,所以也就无法取得好的结果。类比的例子可以说像学生准备考试,或者运动员准备比赛等等。如果没有充分的准备会很担心自己的performance以及其他人的judgement。
另外两个没有选择的选项可以说: 1、学习和练习技巧只是很表面的一种形式(merely helps one to put on an air of superficial assertiveness);而且很多时候如果技巧很多但是准备不够充分,说的东西没有很实质的内容,会让别人觉得没有诚意(not acting out of genuine willingness to engage in these types of work or school situations.)
2、寻找更有经验的人来给建议的局限在于别人的经验不一定适用于自己(their experience may not be applicable to you),只有自己充分准备才会真正地提高自己薄弱的地方,这种方式获得的自信才能持续更久。