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2012年5月20日托福議論文兩篇：
OWL 1）工作為利 2）工作為名
新托福真題還原：“工作是為了金錢(qián)報(bào)酬還是為了社會(huì)地位？”
作者答題的立場(chǎng)1）為利，2）為名。兩邊都不好說(shuō)。嘗試各寫(xiě)一篇相反立場(chǎng)的范文給網(wǎng)友做參考比較。答題的立場(chǎng)既然不同，兩篇的主題也不一樣。支持主題的論證--理由，例子，細(xì)節(jié)--也隨著見(jiàn)風(fēng)轉(zhuǎn)舵。尚請(qǐng)讀者評(píng)審哪一篇比較具有邏輯說(shuō)服力？
TWE真題：1. 工作為利
>Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "The main purpose for people who have jobs is for money rather than social status." Use specific reasons and any relevant examples and details from your knowledge or experience to support your answer.
OWL Example Writing
By Jeenn Lee Hsieh
謝振禮原創(chuàng)貓頭鷹議論文
Social status is not one of those few things which money cannot buy. More than fame or praise, income is the most motivational factor that people work, live and die. It is possible that successfully earning a lot of cash is a ladder to high social status; fame alone, although being success just the same, does not necessarily generate huge wealth.
In a world of mixed economies, nearly everything carries a price tag, and social standing is no exception. As people place an importance on social standing, inevitably they are thinking about money in the first place. The ultimate incentive for people who have jobs is understandably money rather than any other thing. In other words, holding powerful and influential position is the means to the end--getting richer. So, if one has to work to make ends meet, it is more about real money than vain respect. In fact, rarely does anyone seek merely social status without previously calculating in brain the size of monetary gain.
There is a common perception that financial standing and social status are one and the same. And this explains in part why the two are often evaluated similarly and can sometimes substitute for each other to some extent. The difference lies perhaps only in the order of priority: first money, then all the rest. Money being the main purpose, literally not a few people prefer to be working to death so that they are able to live well in life. An analogy may be found in an old Chinese saying: "Just as birds would die when hungry for food, people would die when hungry for money." The same is seldom true of social status in a capitalist society, though.
Speaking of people who need to work anyway, money is everybody's universal "mother tongue," social status being invariably a "second language." Money talks and can buy plenty of important things, including food and fame. Logically, it is better to believe that people could live happily without high social standing but would live miserably without sufficient money. (Essay created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh)
海外大學(xué)教師謝振禮原創(chuàng)
