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ask a famous person - What would you ask & why - what is the most hardest experience?
① his hard experience shows how difficult his success is
② can acquire something important from his hard experience
same weather/weather changes several times - same
① you have only to buy clothes for the same weather, so that you pay less for clothing
② Without climate change, it is easier to look after one's health
important qualities of a good roommate
① help you when you're in trouble - give you some useful advice
② have a similar hobby - playing games or reading books
dancing - an important role in a culture - agree
① dancing gets influenced by the religion of the country
② dancing often uses special products of the country
governments - should spend money for outer space/our basic needs - outer spacce
① to get more natural resource for human life
- which could be replaced with oil or natural gas
② to use more land for human to live on
- increasing population leads to scarcity of lands of the Earth
what way - relief your stress - playing sports
① playing sports helps me concentrate and forget unpleasant things
② playing sports makes my mind resistant to stress
teachers - paid according to how much students learn - disagree
- the first obligation as a student is studying
① teachers should tell their students how important friendship is
② teachers should tell their students how important making effrots is
one thing - representing your country - green tea
① green tea is one of the most famous local products of Japan
② green tea represents traditional spirit of harmony, unique to Japan
- Samurai often had greent tea to concentrate mentally before his battle
share your dormitory room - choose roommates by yourself/university - by yourself
① living with a person who is not a close friend is very tired because I must always care for him
② knowing each other helps exchange information smoothly
governments - spend money on computer technology/basic need
① helps communicate with many people and acquire lots of information
- in the era of wisdom in which a high value will be placed on information
- in the Information Age, it is not too much to say that nothing is more important than getting proper information quickly
② contribute to the creation of employment
- the Internet business can start easily, holding down initial investment
work by hand/machine - machine
① can save much cost
② can save much time
- fit with the times based on large-scale production and comsumption
schools ask their students to evaluate their teachers - disagree
① some teachers try to gain students' favor
- they don't concentrate thier energy on teaching
② students should use thier important time not to evaluate others but to study
characteristics - successful person
① is strict about time
- those who are punctual do not bother others and can use precious time efficiently
② is kind to others
- those who help others would be helped when in trouble
contribute to society - artists/scientists - scientists
① can save many lives
- genius scientists' company, Genentech developed a lot of new medicine to help millions of people
② contribute to advancement of technology
- most of technology we use now were invented by scientists, such as electric lighting, a computer or the Internet
- our life in the future would be more affluent and more convenient
students at universities - live in university dormitories/apartments in the community
① neighbors would help when in trouble and also help study
② can save much cost
- In Japan, living in a dormitory is much cheaper than living in an apartment
travel - 40 miles - transportation
car - driving is very interesting to me
- However, I get tired easily when driving a car
train - All I have to do is to ride on a seat
- However, it costs more to take a train than to drive my own car
- 40 miles are not too long for me, so that I enjoy driving
higher education - open to everyone/available only to good students
① help improve the academic average with good reputation
- Everyone can take many courses of M.I.T. or Stanford University on "iTunes U" for free.
② There are more chance to produce a lot of ideas or new discovery by university education open to every student
advantages - best way to learn - listen to the advice/personal experience
① listen to family or friends
- can take measures to avoid the danger beforehand
- can prepare to get more chance to succeed beforehand
② personal experience
- personal experience would never be forgot because we store the memory of it
another country - follow the new customs/keep their own customs - follow
① learn the culture there naturally
② many people living there are kind to you
spend time - alone/with friends - alone
① decide what to do or where to go without any interruption
② can change activity anytime I want, when doing something
children - study/play - play
① Playing helps children glow and get healthy
② children understand the importance of friendship or teamwork through playing with friends
a new university will be in your community
advantage
- There could be useful facilities for students such as a library, a bookstore, or a hospital
disadvantage
- There could be some noise problems, such as loud voice of students or the engine sound of motercycle
important influence on young adults - parents/friends - friends
① studying or playing with friends could help the young understand the importance of friendship or teamwork
② it also encourages young adults to do their best to emulate their friends
- it helps be the young who hate to lose and they never let things get the better of them
plan carefully/not plan at all - each benefit & which prefer
plan carefully
① can use time as efficiently as possible
② can prepare for a lot of troubles
free
① when bored, you can quickly change what to do or where to go
② when in unexpected trouble, you need not be unconstrained by some plans
learn - do things/read/listen to people - do
① we never forget things that you really experienced
② through doing actually, we can understand something important that reading books or listening to others does not show
friends - similar to/different from you - compare & which prefer
similar
① can share common tastes - playing sports or reading books
② can share a lot of sense
different
① give me new advice from a different point of view
② maintaining a certain distance of feeling is important to friendship
- Too much is not too good.
do new things/stay the same - compare & which prefer
do new things
① can get so much power and stimulation from new experience
② can meet a lot of person in different fields
stay the same
① can make deeper study of their major
② help form an intimate relationship between you and those who are in the same field
different clothes influence the way people behave - agree
① When wearing black or red, I feel naughty. And, light pink and white, I feel more relaxed.
I agree that the color of the clothing that you wear can influence your mood.
② When in uniform, I have a feeling to work sincerely
The decisions that people make quickly are always wrong - disagree
① One’s instinct is based on one’s own experience
- In business, many good entrepreneurs make intuitive decision, which is based on their hard experience
② When you decide quickly, you can use more time to deal with the case
First impression - trust/do not believe - do not believe
do not believe
① looks could be deceiving. you can’t judge a book by its cover.
② quick judgment causes some bad relation
trust
① clothes show one’s taste, so it is too much to say the first impression is false
people are never satisfied with what they have - agree
① people are ever wanting
② the proverb says that blue are the faraway hills.
people should read books of reality - disagree
① cultivate the imagination and creativity
② learning many literary masterpiece helps improve great artistry
students - more important - history and literature/science and mathematics - science and mathematics
① science - contribute to advancement of new technology
② mathematics - at the age of Information, every basic research is based on mathmatics
students - study music or art - agree
① help learn about history of the world
② can have elevated artistic tastes - cultivate the imagination and creativity
there is nothing that young people can teach older people
① mainstream trend among the young
② what the young feel about any products or services
reading fiction is more enjoyable than watching movies - disagree
① to see people moving is thought-provoking
② watching movies are interesting in a shorter time than reading
students - physical exercise/academic in a whole - physical exercise
① physical exercise helps the young be healthy
② students acquire the importance of teamwork or friendship through physical exercise
university - research center - business research/agriculture - business research
① contributes to the discovery of new technology
② economic analysis helps us live a full life
young children spend a great amount of their time practicing sports
advantage
① playing sports helps the young be healthy
② young children acquire the importance of teamwork or friendship through physical exercise
disadvantage
lose much time to study
Only people who earn a lot of money are successful - disagree
① success is not only based on money
② those who have much money don't have time to use it
invent - the new mobile wireless network, which we can use for free
① people communicate with friends for free everywhere
② people can acquire much information through the Internet
a person's childhood years are the most important years of a person's life - agree
① it is said that a child learns more efficiently than the old.
② friends in a childhood have been friends for all one's life
children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are able to do so - agree
① concern for others is important
② children should soon take care of themselves
school - uniform/free wear - uniform
① wearing a uniform lets students think they go to school and study hard
② deciding what to wear costs much more and loses more time than wearing a uniform
playing a game is fun only when you win - disagree
① when playing a game, I could know something important in my life
② playing a game is fun not in itself but because of communicating with friends
high schools should allow students to study the courses that students want to study - agree
① students learn what they like more quickly and efficiently than what they don't like
② high school should help each student develop their advantage
It is better to be a member of a group than to be the leader of a group - disagree
① higher position, happier I would be when succeed
② those who is in a high position could meet other people in a similar position and share knowledge or information
what do you consider to be the most important room in a house - my study
① through reading many books, I can acquire knowledge or information
② I feel at ease when reading books
items made by hand/machine - hand
① items made with great care could be durable - be checked out carefully
② develop emotional attachments to those items
one change in your school - a library with computer networking
① could search easily what students want to read
② could find proper information through the Internet, which helps me study efficiently
what gift - help a child develop - encyclopedia
① there are a variety of attractive things which help children learn, such as nature, science or information technology
- I want them to get intrested in several things
② help a child develop reading skill
live in a traditional house/a modern apartment building - a moderu apartment building
① is fully functioning, such as a built-in kitchen or an automatic water heater - help do things easily
② could rearrange furniture easily to help each of all the families live at comfort
③ do not need too much care about repairing some aging points such as an exterior or a flooring
advertise - buy things we don't need/tell us about new products that may improve our lives - tell us about new products that may improve our lives
① through advertisements, we could learn what a company made and how it would change our lives
② advertisements tell us simply some main features of what a company made
- the commercial message of iPod touch becomes topics of conversation, due to its amazing functionality and operationability
spend free time - outdoors/indorrs - outdoors
① could meet and talk with a variety of friends, through playing sports or going shopping
② going out and taking exercise could be good for one's health
- even only walking helps remove fat
school - spend money - a library with computer networking
① could search easily what students want to read
② could find proper information through the Internet, which helps me study efficiently
playing games teaches us about life - agree
① playing games tells us that it is important in one's life to get around the difficulties
② playing games shows the importance of working together with a good teamwork
use some land - build sports facilities
① I want those to be used by professional athletes of a variety of sports, such as soccer, tennis or baseball, when camping or training
② I want to become friends with them, and share their joy when winning and accomplishing the goal
watching television is bad for children - agree
① it would make them lose their good eyesight
② it often contains violent or pornographic contents, which is bad for growth of children
the most important animal in Japan - dog
① one of the most popular pet in Japan is a dog
- they are always with people
- people enjoy spending time with pets such as dogs
② a dog has a healing power
- in this stressful world, a dog helps us feel relaxing
- a dog serves as a lubricant in the family conversation
important natural resourse - forests
① if deforestation continues, the ecological system will break up
- forests absorb carbon dyoxide, which causes global warming,
generate oxygen, which is needed for human and other animals
② if forests disappear, many animals might go homeless
- most animals become extinct, which means that people cannot live well
a zoo has no useful purpose - disagree
① many people feel enjoyable and comfortable in a zoo
- seeing many live animals, which we see in some encyclopedias, could be interesting
② it helps people understand how animals live
- understanding that we, including animals,
are members of the earth is one of the most important ideas in the world
prevent - smoke in many places - agree
① it is bad for one's health
- many people do not think seriously how big the impact of tabacco is on health
- more people died from tabacco-related causes,
such as cancer or pneumonia, than those who don't smoke
② secondhand smoke is worse than mainstream one
- those who is around a smoking man unintendedly absorb secondhand smoke
- the research shows that secondhand smoke is more dangerous to one's body than mainstream one
a kind of plant - important - to generate oxygen
① through photosynthesis, a plant generates oxygen, which is needed for human life
② before generating oxygen, a plant absorbs carbon dioxide, which causes global warming
which country - traveling for two weeks - England
① I really want to go watching many games of the Premier League,
which is called the strongest soccer league in the world
② I also want to see the British Museum,
which is now one of the largest in the world, housing more than seven million articles.
- it is said that we can't see all the articles in even two weeks
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