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Present your perspective on the issue below, using relevant reasons and/or examples to support your views. 1、"We can usually learn much more from people whose views we share than from people whose views contradict our own."; disagreement can cause stress and inhibit learning." ------------------------------ 2、"No field of study can advance significantly unless outsiders bring their knowledge and experience to that field of study." ------------------------------ 3、"A nation should require all its students to study the same national curriculum until they enter college rather than allow schools in different parts of the nation to determine which academic courses to offer." ------------------------------ 4、"The video camera provides such an accurate and convincing record of contemporary life that it has become a more important form of documentation than written records." ------------------------------ 5、"It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public." ------------------------------ 6、"Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive, because it is primarily in cities that a nation’s cultural traditions are preserved and generated." ------------------------------ 7、"All nations should help support the development of a global university designed to engage students in the process of solving the world’s most persistent social problems." ------------------------------ 8、"Many of the world’s lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them. The governments of countries in which these languages are spoken should act to prevent such languages from becoming extinct." ------------------------------ 9、"Although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life are entirely harmless, they in fact, prevent people from developing into truly strong and independent individuals." ------------------------------ 10、"Most cultures encourage individuals to sacrifice a large part of their own personalities in order to be like other people. Thus, most people are afraid to think or behave differently because they do not want to be excluded." ------------------------------ 11、"There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and, even more importantly, to disobey and resist unjust laws." ------------------------------ 12、"Anyone can make things bigger and more complex. What requires real effort and courage is to move in the opposite direction---in other words, to make things as simple as possible." ------------------------------ 13、"Most people would agree that buildings represent a valuable record of any society’s past, but controversy arises when old buildings stand on ground that modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes. In such situations, modern development should be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings so that contemporary needs can be served." ------------------------------ 14、"Students should memorize facts only after they have studied the ideas, trends, and concepts that help explain those facts. Students who have learned only facts have learned very little." ------------------------------ 15、"Unfortunately, the media tend to highlight what is sensational at the moment. Society would be better served if the media reported or focused more fully on events and trends that will ultimately have the most long-term significance." ------------------------------ 16、"Public figures such as actors, politicians, and athletes should expect people to be interested in their private lives. When they seek a public role, they should expect that they will lose at least some of their privacy." ------------------------------ 17、"The primary goal of technological advancement should be to increase people’s efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time." ------------------------------ 18、"Money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial." ------------------------------ 19、"Creating an appealing image has become more important in contemporary society than is the reality or truth behind that image." ------------------------------ 20、"Most of the people we consider heroic today were, in fact, very ordinary people who happened |
