Topic(题目)：
Do you agree or disagree with the followingstatement? There is nothing that young people canteach older people. Use specific reasons and detailsto support your opinion.
Model Essay(范文)：
Many of us believe that young people have nothingvaluable to teach older people. However that is notalways the case. Young people can teach olderpeople about technology, young culture, and young-related social issues.
Young people are usually better at using new forms of technology than older people can learn touse computers from young people. This is true of other technology too. For example ,I taughtmy grandparents how to use a video cassette recorder when I was thirteen years old. Theydidn’t know what it could do? Showed them. Now they use it regularly.
Older people are usually not familiar with youth culture, and younger people can help here too. This is important because it can help older people live a more enjoyable life. For example, popular music is generally youth oriented, and older people don’t always listen to it. However, when young people teach them about it, they may come to enjoy it. My
Grandmother, for example never listened to popular music before I introduces her to it. Noteshe and I listen and dance all the time. I plan to teach her about another piece of youth culture---rollerblading----very soon!
Of course, there are more serious issues about which younger people can teach older people. As with computer, today’s children have grown up knowing about AIDS and school violence. That is not true for older generations. Here, again, children can teach older people about thingsthat are important to everyone.
I know there are people who would say “you can’t teach an older dog new tricks.” However, it’splain to me that the young have plenty to teach the old if they take the time to try. When theydo, I think both gain a new appreciation for each other.
重点单词 全部解释
violence['vaiələns]n. 暴力，猛烈，强暴，暴行
social['səuʃəl]adj. 社会的，社交的
n. 社交聚会
popular['pɔpjulə]adj. 流行的，大众的，通俗的，受欢迎的
plain[plein]n. 平原，草原
adj. 清楚的，坦白的，简
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
n. 特
appreciation[ə.pri:ʃi'eiʃən]n. 欣赏，感激，鉴识，评价，增值
valuable['væljuəbl]adj. 贵重的，有价值的
n. (pl.)贵
statement['steitmənt]n. 声明，陈述
disagree[.disə'gri:]v. 不一致，有分歧，不适应，不适宜
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