III.Consider
Isitgoodforstudentstohavepart-timejobs?
Arguments
1.Itsgoodforstudentstohavepart-timejobsbecausethishelpscultivateindependenceamongyoungpeople.
2.part-timejobsinbusinesscanfosterasenseofcompetition,whichisimportantforstudentsinthefuture.
3.After-schoolworkenhancesayoungpersonssocialdevelopment.
4.Beingabletoearntheirownmoneygivesstudentsafeelingthattheyvebecomeadultsand,therefore,makesthemfeelmoremature.
5.Part-timejobsmakestudentsmoreconfidentinthemselvesbecausethroughtheworktheycanrealizetheirownvalueandprovethattheyarecapablepeople.
6.Part-timejobexperiencegivesstudentsaninsightintowhatworkisaboutandpreparesthempsychologicallyfortheirfuturejobs.
7.after-schoolworkteachesstudentshowharditistoearnmoneyandhelpsdevelopthriftinessinouryoungergeneration.
8.Part-timejobscanhelpstudentsapplytheirknowledgeinpractice,and,inreturn,theirexperiencewillmakethemknowbetterwhattheyhavelearnedinclassesandbooks.
9.Part-timejobsgivestudentsafeelingofachievementthroughcontributingtonationalconstruction.
10.Part-timejobscanmakestudentslivesmorecolourfulandaregoodfrotheirpersonaldevelopment.
11.Studentspart-timejobscontributealot,inonewayoranother,tooursocialistconstruction.
12.Studentswhohavepart-timejobscanrelieve,tosomeextent,theeconomicburdensoftheirparents.
13.Withthemoneyearned,studentscanbuymanyofthebookstheylike.
Counter-arguments
1.Itsnotgoodforstudentstodopart-tomejobsbecausetheywillbecomemoney-oriented
2.Manystudentswhohavepart-timejobshaveshownadeclineintheirstudies.
3.Part-timejobsdonothelpdevelopasenseofthriftinessamongyoungpeoplebecausemanystudentsspendthemoneyonhigh-priceditems,luxuriesthattheirparentscanhardlyafford.
4.Part-timejobsoftendistractstudentsattentionfromtheirstudies,andsomestudentsevenplaytruant.
5.Themaintaskofstudentsistostudyhardandlearnwhatisneededforthedevelopmentofournation.Socialexperiencecanbegainedlateraftertheyfinishtheirstudies.
6.Sincestudentsareintheirformativeyears,part-timejobsmayexposethemtosocialillsatanagewhentheycannotdifferentiategoodfrombad.
7.Somestudentsbecomejuveniledelinquentsbecausetheycomeundertheinfluenceofbadpeoplethroughpart-timejobs.
8.Thoughstudentswhohavepart-timejobsmayrelievetheirparentseconomicburdens,theirearlycontactwithsocietyaddsgreatlytotheworriesoftheirparents.
9.Thoughsomeafter-schoolworkcanhelpstudentspractisewhattheylearninclasses,manyofthejobsrequirenothingofthestudentsknowledge.
10.Somestudentshavebecomedrop-outsbecausethroughpart-timejobstheyvefoundthatthemoreeducationyouhave,thelessmoneyyoumake.
11.Afterthechaotic10-year-longCultrualRevolution,Chinanowhasashortageof60millionengineers.Theproblemofdropoutsonlymakesthesituationworse.
Questions
1.Doyouthinkstudentshouldhavepart-timejobs?Why(Whynot)?
2.Whyaretheresomanydrop-outsfromprimaryandsecondaryschools?
3.Whataretheconsequencesofschooldrop-outs?
4.Howcanthisproblembesolved?
IV.Write.
Workoutanoutlineofyourownviewpoints.Theoutlineshouldconsistofmajorstatementsandsupportingevidenceandexamples.Donotwritedowneverywordofyourspeech.
V.Speak
1.Speakaccordingtoyouroutline,orgivespontaneousspeecheswhenyoudisagreewithyourclassmatesorwhenyouwanttosupportyourowngroupwithsimilaropinions.
2.Languagedevices:Youareexpectedtoextendyourabilitytoagreeofdisagreewithotherpeoplesopinionsandtoaskthemtoexplaintheirpointsofview.
Itakeyourpoint.
Icouldntagreemore
Theressomethinginthat.Isuppose.
Icouldnthaveputitbettermyself.
Well,whatImtryingtosayisthat...
Isupposethatstrueinaway,but...
Yes,thatsquitetrue,but...
Doyouthinkso?
ImafraidIdontagree.
Idontagreeatall.
VI.Sumup
1.Thewholeclassdecideonthebestpreparedspeechandthebestspontaneousspeech.
2.Thewholeclasspickoutthemostconvincingstatementsfromtheargumentsandcounter-arguments
3.Theteachergivescommentsonstudentsideasandlanguage.