■ Direction You have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. You response will be judge on the basis of The quality of writing and on how well your response presents the points in the lecture and the relationship to the reading passage. Typically, an effective response will be 150 to 225 words. ■ Question Summarize the points made in the lecture you just heard, explaining how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading
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▶ Topic :People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. | |
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▶ Your Answer :Seduced by a thirty-year old lover, a young prospective Oxford student quits high school in hope of marrying this old romanticist. However, soon after the rosy engagement, the female protagonist soon realizes that he is a married man, a habitual perjurer who deceives young girls for sexual relationships. Unfortunately, the girl has learned her lesson too late, missing the college application deadline for Oxford University and various examinations to graduate. When the female student returns to the high school to beg the principal to accept her again as a senior, the professor calmly asks her for the purpose of the education.
The student replies that she was temporarily blinded by immediate pleasures of life, such as improvised travel to Paris, late date night in a five-star restaurant and wild sex in the hotel room. Burdened by piles of homework and assignments, she has indeed been coaxed by such pleasurable activities that seemed to be the whole end for studying. However, the female student finally and prudently concludes that though education can be arduous, it provides an honest route to success and pleasures that accompany life. Instead of waiting for her husband and marriage to bring such earthly pleasures, education enables her to be financially and emotionally independent.
Having never thought about why I was rigorously studying for TOEFL and attending one of the most prestigious universities in the United States, I have become suddenly enlightened by this movie, An Education. Perhaps, as the topic stated, some might attend university for new experience, career preparation and increased knowledge. However, as the protagonist in An Education experiences and realizes, the purpose of college education is to ultimately prepare and mature ourselves enough to earn our very own status in the society. Instead of depending or parasiting on others, education provides opportunities to be independent and mature in this world. | |
미국 명문대를 다니고 있긴 하나, 토플은 처음이라 아직 많이 낯설기만 합니다. 이런 식으로 쓰면 점수 만점 못 받나요? 꼭, first, second, last 이런식의 탬플릿을 따라야만 점수를 잘 받는건가요?