托福分类话题作文：每日一练 第20期

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20. It is better for children to grow up in the countryside than in a big city. Do youagree or disagree ? Use specific reasons and examples to develop your essay.

参考分析：                                                                                                         不要急于同意或者不同意这个观点。因为那个回答都有些片面。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。----------思路分析 brainstorm                                                                                                                                                         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

20、不同意，儿童应当长在大城市---参考提纲 outline （1）大城市能让儿童受到良好的教育 （2）大城市能够让儿童开阔视野，接触到很多东西。 （3）大城市的娱乐更多，儿童更喜欢 （4）大城市的医疗设备比较好，儿童得病可以得到迅速治疗

        Topic 20 Countryside or city?
        There are advantages and disadvantages for a child to grow up in the country or in a city. It's hard to say which is better. Growing up in the country means a certain degree of isolation. You're in a small town or on a farm with few people. In addition, the people you meet everyday tend to be just like you. Most have the same background with you, and go to the same schools with you. In the city, people you meet are all different. People come from different culture backgrounds.（作者在开头的时候并没有给出一个很确定的看法，到底支持哪一个）
         
        City people tend to come from a lot of different places and move around a lot. So, there is not a sense of community in the city like what you have in the country. People in the city can live in the same apartment building for twenty years even without getting to know each other. In the country, however,everybody knows everybody. A child can get lost or hurt in the city and have noone to turn to. In the country, everyone is a neighbor, and people feel connected to each other.
         
        A child in the city has a lot of interesting and exciting places to visit. He or she can go to a zoo, museums, art galleries and concerts. There are a lot of restaurants with different kinds of cuisines. It's easy to see new movies that come out. Children in the country don't have many activities to go to.
         
To my opinion, a childhood in the city is better because it prepares a child more for what real life is like.（但是作者通过文章中的细节论述，表达city比country好的各方面优势，最后得出观点，也还是不错。PS：无论你再不确定你倾向于哪边，你的结尾也一定要表达出你的prefer，否则分数会很低）